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admin Oct 20, 2026

Mob vandalises prayer hall over burial dispute in Bastar

Christians have been facing increasing opposition in the free practice of their religious customs in the Bastar region in recent times. Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In yet another episode of violence over the burial rights of Christians in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a mob in Kanker district vandalised […]

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Congress asks why PM didn’t pay tribute to Garg during Assam visit

i Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Monday questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t pay tributes to Assam’s cultural icon, Zubeen Garg, during his recent trip to the State. Mr. Modi was in Assam on December 20 and 21 to inaugurate key developmental projects, including the new airport terminal in Guwahati and a fertilizer plant in Namrup in Upper Assam. “The […]

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IndiGo to begin flight services from Tamil Nadu to Navi Mumbai airport from December 29, 2025

An IndiGo aircraft makes a landing at Navi Mumbai International Airport on December 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s new greenfield airport, Navi Mumbai (NMI), will be airlinked with Tamil Nadu from December 29, 2025, with Indigo beginning direct and daily flights from Chennai and Coimbatore. An aviation source said the 186-seat all-economy class […]

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admin Oct 20, 2026

Chennai RWA shines in TN’s solar race

Bollineni Hillside, a 1295-unit gated community in Perumbakkam off Old Mahabalipuram Road, has bagged an award for the biggest solar rooftop installation in Tamil Nadu in the category for resident welfare associations Source link

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admin Oct 20, 2026

Comfort fit for conservancy workers: how three Indian cities are getting the ‘measurements’ right

In 2021, when the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs urged all urban local bodies to adopt the new design standards in allotting uniforms to sanitation workers, Indore Municipal Corporation sought an exception. It was not a move of defiance, but one of concern, concern for its safai mitras, as its conservancy workers are called. […]

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admin Oct 20, 2026

A ‘ballerina’ from Eurosiberia seeks a new stage in India

A vagrant Demoiselle Crane photographed at Nemmeli salt pans on March 1, 2026 by Naman Bora. | Photo Credit: Naman Bora Marie Antoinette’s image has been shaped by words not her own, but consistently put in her mouth through the centuries. Two things she did not say continue to be misattributed to her. One, the […]

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Women Reservation Bill: In 20 States & UTs less than 10% MLAs are female | Data

Women visitors arrive at the Parliament House on the day of debate on the Women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, during the special session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The BJP government tabled the Women’s Reservation Bill as the first order of business in the new Parliament House on September 19. Prime […]

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admin Oct 20, 2026

Headline numbers mask AGP’s steady slide despite 10 years in power

Atul Bora, AGP president and party candidate from Bokakhat constituency, filing his nomination in the presence of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in Golaghat on Monday. | Photo Credit: PTI While an upstart born in the aftermath of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests manages to hold its own against the principal Opposition party, the one […]

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admin Oct 20, 2026

The controversy over the proposed Mekedatu water project

The story so far: The stage appears set for a summer of discontent yet again, as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are heading for a political confrontation over the Mekedatu drinking water project across river Cauvery, proposed by the former. Within days of Tamil Nadu Assembly’s resolution against the project, Karnataka’s legislative assembly is set to […]

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admin Oct 20, 2026

Maratha reservation stir | What are its implications of the OBC backlash?

OBC leader and Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal took issue with Maratha leader Jarange-Patil’s stance over the OBC quota on November 24, 2023. He said the Maratha community should not be given reservation from the other backward class (OBC) category. He wanted to know how paperwork proving Marathas were Kunbi OBCs were being discovered all of […]

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