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PDP legislator Parra submits Bill on divisional status for Chenab valley, Pir Panjal valley in J&K
The Bill also pressed for new districts in Jammu as well as Kashmir
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Nitish Kumar kicks off fifth phase of Samriddhi Yatra
The Chief Minister announced that his government has set a target of providing jobs and employment opportunities to 1 crore youths in the next five years
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Packaged water turns costly as raw material prices rise due to West Asia conflict
The cost of each cap used in bottles has increased from about 10 paise to 30 paise or 40 paise; the price of a 20-litre bubble-top container has been increased by ₹5 to offset rising input cost
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Telangana Cabinet clears Hate Speech and Parents Support Bills
Chief Minister keeps his promise on bringing in a law to deduct from salary of employees who neglect their aged parents
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Transgender persons hold protests demanding withdrawal of amendment to Transgender Bill
Transgender rights activists noted that these amendments violate the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Indian Constitution and contradicts the historic 2014 NALSA judgment by the Supreme Court
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Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: 25,03,842 voters in final list in Ernakulam; number goes up by 34,048 post SIR
According to the latest list, there are 12,18,707 men, 12,85,108 women, and 27 transgender people in the district
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Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: 120 candidates file nominations in Ernakulam as deadline ends
Those who submitted the nominations include official candidates announced by political parties, dummy candidates put up by parties, and Independents
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Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2026: NTK releases manifesto; pitches decentralised governance, anti-drug measures, Tamil-centric policies
The manifesto proposes a major administrative overhaul, including the creation of multiple functional capitals across Tamil Nadu to ease pressure on Chennai and improve access to governance
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People will assess governance failure, corruption and favour UDF: KPCC chief
Sunny Joseph dismisses concerns of internal dissent within the Congress over granting electoral berth to former CPI(M) leaders; he says the UDF’s decision to support such leaders will strengthen the coalition; results of local body elections indicate strong anti-incumbency sentiment, he adds
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Supreme Court gives Centre four-week leeway to respond to petition on airfare hike, says govt. handling ‘bigger problems now’
Petitioner had sought steps to address fare fluctuation, fare transparency, and continuity of essential air services
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Centre launches AI skilling drive with Google, YouTube
Part of initiatives unveiled by Ashwini Vaishnaw to boost creative economy; a citizen creator platform, and in-built satellite tuners in television sets for access to DD Free Dish launched
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Mannachanallur DMK MLA ‘distributes’ SUVs; ECI issues notice
The AIADMK alleged that Kathiravan and his father V. Srinivasan had given SUVs to five panchayat union secretaries and two town panchayat secretaries of the DMK on March 16 and 17 when the Model Code of Conduct was in force
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Anil Ambani bank fraud case: Supreme Court says CBI, ED showed reluctance
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta promises to personally convey the court’s message to ED and CBI directors in “harsher terms”
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National Commission for Scheduled Castes to investigate Bharathiar University Registrar appointment
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U.S. military pause on Iran attack: India tracking developments, says Centre
The announcement led to cooling of oil prices with benchmark Brent Crude futures (May) slipping more than 12%
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Centre mulls delimitation based on 2011 Census to fast-track Women’s Reservation Act
“Under the amendments that the government wants to bring in, the basis for the selection of seats will be the Census data of 2011. The number of seats in Parliament will increase to 816, out of which 273 will be reserved for women,” a source said
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Impact of West Asia war likely to be felt for long time, PM tells Lok Sabha
Country should be prepared and united, says Modi as he condemns attacks on commercial ships and obstruction of Strait of Hormuz; India has 5.3 million tonnes of petrol reserves, and govt. is working towards increasing this to 6.5 million tonnes
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Battle of Bengal: On the West Bengal Assembly election 2026
The Trinamool Congress is fighting off anti-incumbency sentiment
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ED restitutes $5.6 billion assets in corruption cases: Director
India hosts 12th Steering Committee meeting of Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities, seeks deeper international cooperation
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