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What Khaleda Zia meant for Bangladesh politics

India, Dec. 31 -- Bangladesh's first woman prime minister Khaleda Zia, who has died at the age of 80 after prolonged illness, will perhaps be best remembered for her intense and decades-long rivalry w... Read More


MAGA narrative on H-1B has done lasting damage

India, Dec. 31 -- Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November 2024 promising to crack down on illegal immigration. True to form, his second term has featured highly visible deportation o... Read More


Growth story powered by indigenous engines

India, Dec. 31 -- The year 2025 might well go down in Indian economic history alongside 1991 as a year that marks a decisive break with the past. These were both years that accelerated our intent, amb... Read More


Maha forest dept to import birth control drugs unavailable in India for leopards

Pune, Dec. 31 -- Following final approval from the Centre on November 17, the Maharashtra forest department has initiated planning for a pilot leopard birth control programme in Junnar, one of the sta... Read More


Shah, Mamata in war of words on infiltration

Kolkata, Dec. 31 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over infiltration, alleging that the demography of the state... Read More


Woman SI attached to police lines after misconduct with couple

MEERUT, Dec. 31 -- A woman sub-inspector was attached to the police lines after a video allegedly showing her misbehaving with a car-borne couple at Bombay Bazaar in Meerut went viral on social media,... Read More


Agra tightens traffic and safety norms

Agra, Dec. 31 -- Heavy vehicles will not be allowed to enter the city area of Agra on December 31 and January 1 as part of traffic restrictions for New Year celebrations. The Agra police have drafted ... Read More


Security on high alert as Revenue dept measures Sambhal graveyard land

MEERUT, Dec. 31 -- Security has been intensified in Sambhal with the deployment of police, Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and Rapid Response Force (RRF) personnel ahead of a major anti-encroachme... Read More


ED to seek custodial remand of sacked cop

LUCKNOW, Dec. 31 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to seek custodial remand of dismissed police constable Alok Pratap Singh and his associate Amit Singh Tata in connection with an alleged ill... Read More


Hiding criminal past amounts to abuse of judicial process: SC

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The Supreme Court has taken a stern view of litigants concealing their criminal antecedents, holding that the suppression of such material facts amounts to an abuse of the judici... Read More