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India had faced continuous criticism and accusations from the Trudeau government of Canada regarding the killing of Nijjar.
The latest incident follows a pattern seen repeatedly during periods of heightened public interest in India-China relations. Old military footage, unrelated videos of troop movements, satellite images or clips from other countries are often repackaged with new captions claiming a fresh Chinese incursion into Indian territory.
Indonesia will become the first country to import Indias indigenous Astra Mk1 beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM).
In practice, this is the difference between the cost of supply rate and the rate a household actually pays. A rural lifeline consumer using up to 100 units a month effectively pays around 3.00 per unit after subsidy, even though the underlying cost of that power is much higher. The state government is absorbing the gap for now, not the consumers.
Himanta Biswa Sarma has been unabashed about his Hindu identity and has meticulously worked to unite the community across linguistic and ethnic lines in Assam. The historical differences between Assamese Hindus and Bengali Hindus have healed, and the State has moved in the direction of permanent reconciliation.
The early release of Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed has triggered widespread outrage in Britain. Despite losing his British citizenship, a loophole in the 1971 Immigration Act and diplomatic resistance from Pakistan currently prevent his immediate deportation.
He dedicated the country's first greenfield integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex to the nation at Pachpadra in Rajasthan's Balotra district, marking a major milestone for India's energy sector and industrial development.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has formally asked Pakistan to reverse recent reconstructions and unnecessary interventions at Mohra Moradu, a Buddhist monastery and stupa complex from the Kushan era, and Sirkap, the Indo-Greek city layer.
AACs Sardar Aman Khan said, Look, it was the Pakistan Army that put guns into the hands of Kashmiris. Kashmiris had guns because the Pakistan Army gave them those guns. The entire Pakistan Army did it. And today, they have the audacity to call us terrorists?
An Indian Express opinion column invoked Mahatma Phule's legacy and Bahujan pride to question BJP MP Medha Kulkarni's visit to Mahatma Phule Wada in Pune for offering Vat Purnima rituals.
Indias mandatory shift to E20 petrol has sparked debate over vehicle mileage and engine safety. While car owners express concern, the government defends the rollout as a highly strategic, decades-old national policy modeled after Brazil to slash oil imports and boost rural economies.
The West Bengal Assembly has passed two amendment bills to implement a May 2024 Calcutta High Court order. The legislation reduces the states total OBC reservation to 7% and removes the OBC status previously granted to 77 Muslim communities.
The case of Guo Wengui building a fake persecution story, building a following by attacking a regime or political ideology despised abroad, defrauding people, and when accountability knocks on the door, crying politically motivated persecution, by a fascist or authoritarian regime, reminds one of Rana Ayyub, the Washington Post columnist and notorious Hinduphobe.
On June 3, Rahul Gandhi predicted an imminent doom and gloom for India. Speaking at an event, he proclaimed, A severe economic Tsunami is going to hit the country, one that will cripple our economy, and it will be worse than any economic crisis you have seen in your lives. The entire system is collapsing, and the Modi government is not capable of stopping it.
Rs 1 crore for wedding expenses, a mysteriously missing passport, a failed cliff-top incident and an ill-fated return to Lohagad, the Ketan Agarwal case is as much about ignored red flags as it is about the murder conspiracy.
PM Modi initially visited Seychelles in 2015 and is currently on his second visit to the vital island nation.
The main objective of the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, is to prevent organised crime before it takes place. The West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes that people convicted of damaging public or private property during riots, unlawful assemblies, protests or other disturbances affecting public order can be made to compensate for the losses.

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