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Militant arrested in Manipur's Imphal West

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 05:37
“Among the recovered items were a .303 rifle with a magazine, a .22 rifle, a 9 mm submachine gun, hand grenades, an MK-1 grenade, and 57 bullets of different calibres,” police said
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Youth Congress workers trespass on Health Minister Veena George’s official residence, lay funeral wreath to protest “increasing medical negligence”

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 05:11
The trespass on Ms George’s residence was the latest incident in the escalating Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) following the startling discovery of an artery forceps in the abdomen of a woman who underwent surgery at the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, in 2021. 
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Allahabad HC quashes case against two students booked for reading namaz at restricted site

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:51
A court in Sant Kabir Nagar had taken cognisance of the alleged offences and issued a summoning order against the two students in May 2019
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'Alpha male' AI world shuts out women, says computing professor Wendy Hall

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:47
A 2024 UNESCO study found that large language models described women in domestic roles more often than men, who were more likely to be linked to words like "salary" and "career"
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Twenty Point Programme chief cautions against populist schemes and freebies

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:21
The Chairman, accompanied by BJP district president Samanchi Srinivas and General Secretary Kadiri Naresh, received petitions from the public on civic and administrative issues
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Businessman held for using fake number plate, 12 challans wrongly issued to another vehicle owner

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:21
The accused, Arif Khan, a resident of Ahmed Nagar in Masab Tank, was apprehended by Langar Houz police following inputs from the Hyderabad Traffic Police
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AI summit statement delayed to ‘maximise’ signatories, says India

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 03:48
"There is huge consensus on the declaration. We are just trying to maximise the number," India's IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters
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Simultaneous elections are essential to become a developed nation by 2047: Chaudhary

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 03:05
Electoral reform is needed, and simultaneous polls is an issue of national interest, says the chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Bill on concurrent elections; political ideologies, the BJP MP adds, will have to be set aside for it, and it is not a reform that the BJP alone is pushing for
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Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin Yojana: Waiting for ₹1,500

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 22:53
The Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana was rolled out ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections in mid-2024. It assured women between the ages of 21 and 65 a monthly stipend of ₹1,500, and the first tranche of payouts were made. After the Mahayuti government returned to power, it introduced mandatory e-KYC verification, which led to a reduction in the number of eligible beneficiaries, reports Vinaya Deshpande Pandit 
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CPI(M)’s Md Salim says there is no lobby in the party as estranged leader Pratik Ur Rahaman raises questions about lobbying and favouritism

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 21:45
The senior CPI(M) leader avoided any direct questions about the estranged leader amid the political buzz of Rahaman joining the ruling Trinamool Congress
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U.P. court sentences ex-junior engineer, wife to death for sexual exploitation of 33 children

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 21:34
The POCSO court termed the crimes as "rarest of rare" and held Ram Bhawan and his wife Durgawati guilty of systematically abusing children between 2010 and 2020
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Haryana Governor Ghosh says crimes against women decreased by 16% in 2025

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 21:15
The Governor said that the crime against women in respect of the Scheduled Castes has been declining for the last 4-5 years
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MNS Chief Raj Thackeray stresses need for constructive Opposition, reaches out to ruling dispensation

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 21:05
Raj Thackeray, who met the Shiv Sena leader a day earlier, said his outreach was driven purely by civic concerns and not political realignment
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As two of the world’s largest democracies and dynamic economies, India and Brazil cannot remain distant: President Lula

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 20:27
Bilateral trade between Brazil and India reached its highest level in 2025, but it remains far below its true potential, says the Brazilian President
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PM Modi stressed a ‘progressive and inclusive’ Bangladesh in letter to new PM: MEA

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 19:53
The Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal said, “The letter underlined India’s commitment to supporting a democratic, progressive and inclusive Bangladesh”.
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Amid SIR exercise, Home Ministry notifies another panel to clear pending CAA applications in West Bengal, primarily by Matuas

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 19:48
“This is an additional committee that will process and fast-track CAA applications in the State,” says a government source
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