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Ayodhya: FIR filed against eight persons for alleged embezzlement of Ram temple donations
A first information report was registered on Thursday against eight persons for alleged embezzlement of donations made to the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The FIR was filed based on a complaint by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which manages the temple, The Hindu reported. It invoked provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining…
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J&K: Army officers booked for allegedly assaulting police officers
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has filed a first information report against the commanding officer of the 17 Rashtriya Rifles and several other Army personnel in Kishtwar district for allegedly assaulting police officers and damaging public property, The Indian Express reported on Thursday. The Army said that the matter was being examined through the appropriate…
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Opposition asks Centre what proves citizenship after MEA says passport is only a travel document
Opposition leaders on Thursday asked the Centre what documents Indians can rely on to prove their citizenship. The question came a day after the Ministry of External Affairs said that a passport is a travel document and not proof of citizenship. Congress leader Supriya Shrinate noted that a passport is a “document issued by a…
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India is ceding leverage while kowtowing to the US
In a move that signals a blunt recalibration of South Asian geopolitics, the United States has quietly shifted its strategic focus. It has reverted its “Indo-Pacific Command” back to its traditional designation of US Pacific Command (USPACOM). The structural reversal effectively undoes a 2018 policy that symbolically merged the maritime interests of the US across…
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Rush Hour: NCERT adds 1975 Emergency to Class 9 text, Kolkata warehouse collapse toll at 9 and more
A section on the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi between 1975 and 1977 has been introduced for the first time in the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s Class 9 social science textbook. The section has been added to the textbook Understanding Society: India and Beyond as part of a chapter on the strengths…
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Fiction: Mehr, a graphic novelist, stumbles upon Queen Jind Kaur and is immediately taken in by her
In those days, going to Lahore was a major event for us girls – for my many friends and sisters and cousins and cousins of cousins! Once, in the month of Maagh, a village elder, Bapu, took us to the city to see the basant mela but he ended up losing his way in the…
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NCERT adds section on Emergency in Class 9 textbook for first time
The National Council of Educational Research and Training has, for the first time, introduced the topic of the Emergency imposed from 1975 to 1977 in a Class 9 social science textbook, ANI reported on Thursday. The section has been added to the textbook Understanding Society: India and Beyond. The Emergency has been made part of…
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One killed in Arunachal Pradesh flash floods, IMD warns of heavy rains in North East
One person was killed and four went missing after heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides in Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district, The Hindu reported on Thursday. The flash floods occurred after heavy rainfall on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, particularly around a project site of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited…
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Kolkata warehouse collapse toll rises to nine
The toll in the warehouse collapse in Kolkata has risen to nine, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said in the Assembly on Thursday. The under-construction warehouse near Brace Bridge in the Taratala area had collapsed on Wednesday, trapping several persons under the rubble. At least 20 persons were injured in the incident, said the…
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A new book offers new age tips on how to refine one’s skills for the workplace
Eleonora is a mid-career professional. She has been working in the consumer goods industry for nearly 15 years. She is not only good at her job, but also proactive, aware of the trends and full of initiative. Over the last several years, as her industry started becoming more digital, she upskilled herself and started volunteering…