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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron visiting the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in Saint-Paul-les-Durance in southern France on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI India and France on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) announced that they would continue to work closely to implement the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) project. The … Read more

Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaking to mediapersons. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The Congress on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) asked the Narendra Modi-led Union government to come clean on the claims made in a news report that it had changed the rules regarding land allocation near international borders … Read more

K.C. Venugopal, at a meeting held on Wednesday (February 12, 2025), directed the government to review the existing rules that decide the toll tax on National Highways. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, headed by senior Congress leader K.C. Venugopal, at a meeting held on Wednesday (February 12, 2025), directed … Read more

Congress’s Shashi Tharoor reported the highest individual expenditure of ₹94.89 lakh. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Candidates in the 2024 Lok Sabha election each spent an average of ₹57.23 lakh for campaigning, according to an Atlas on last year’s general elections released by the Election Commission of India on Wednesday (February 12, 2025). While the … Read more

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chairs a high-level security meeting, at PCR in Srinagar on February 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Days ahead of the anniversary of the Pulwama attack, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) chaired a security meeting in Srinagar, and said … Read more

Legitimate business messages will now have further disclosure requirements. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) notified tighter rules for spam calls and SMS messages over telecom networks. Under the fresh amendment to the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR), 2018, telcos are required … Read more

P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft. File Photo: Bhagya Prakash K./THE HINDU “India is looking to revive the proposal to procure six more P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft from the U.S. and the issue is expected to figure in the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump,” sources in the know said. … Read more

Ranveer Allahabadia, known as BeerBiceps, has already apologised for his “lapse in judgement” but the issue has refused to die down. File Photo: Arrangement Comedian Samay Raina on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) said he has removed all episodes of “India’s Got Latent” from his YouTube channel in the wake of the controversy over influencer Ranveer Allahbadia’s … Read more

Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor addresses ‘Yuva Samvad’ event, in Patna | Photo Credit: PTI Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj Party, hit back on questions raised over the funding sources of his party on Wednesday (February 12, 2025), saying he owed his earnings “to his intellect”. Mr. Kishor also took dig … Read more

DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister V. Senthilbalaji. File. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) asked Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji to give a straight-forward answer in “yes or no” whether he intends to continue as a government Minister while facing trial … Read more