Ten dead, eleven injured in Odisha hospital ICU fire. Odisha health minister announced Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia for families of each victim who died in the tragic hospital fire. The sirens began wailing in Cuttack just as the city’s millions of residents were deepest in sleep. It was between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on Monday,
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Former Maoist commander Devuji says arrested before surrendering Devuji spent four decades underground in armed struggle The Long Walk: Four Decades, One Ideology, and an Unfinished Promise The man sitting before the television cameras in Hyderabad spoke with the calm certainty of someone who had spent forty years listening to the whisper of leaves in
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ED attaches ₹35.05 crore assets in Hyderabad bank fraud ED action follows CBI FIRs alleging Hyderabad firms used fake land records to secure loans, then diverted funds. The Paper Dream: A Farmer’s Lost Land The summer sun beat down on the parched earth of Ranga Reddy district, and old Pedda Reddy squatted at the edge
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Kashmir court acquits three accused of harbouring terrorists Terrorists shot dead BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and brother inside their shop in Bandipora, July 2020. The Long Wait for Justice: A Widow’s Empty Verdict The news reached her not through a lawyer or a family member, but through a scrolling ticker on a
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Congress may announce Bengal poll candidates in phases. Congress rules out any electoral alliance with Trinamool Congress for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. The train from Howrah to New Delhi leaves at 8:15 p.m., and Suvankar Sarkar is on it, watching the lights of Kolkata fade into the dark Bengal countryside. His phone buzzes
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Gunman held after attempt on Farooq Abdullah. Security personnel overpower gunman Kamal Singh Jamwal. The bullet missed my father by less than a foot. My name is Omar, and I am writing this from a room that smells of anxiety and old carpet, my hands shaking so badly I can barely type. The call came
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Congress plans Parliament debate on Iran conflict impact. Opposition unites to back no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla in Lok Sabha voting on Monday. The Sunday afternoon meeting room at 10, Rajaji Marg, the official residence of Mallikarjun Kharge, hummed with quiet intensity. Congress MPs filed in, exchanging nods and brief greetings, their faces carrying
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Move to oust Speaker sets stage for stormy session. Opposition plans strategy meeting at Mallikarjun Kharge’s office, pushing debate despite knowing numbers stacked against their motion. The polished wooden benches of the Lok Sabha chamber were being dusted and polished on Sunday evening, the last preparations before Parliament resumed its Budget Session. But the real
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Telangana HC fumes over unpaid Mission Bhagiratha bills HC warns unpaid bills leave workers, contractors struggling The Telangana High Court courtroom fell silent as Justice T Madhavi Devi’s words cut through the morning air. On one side stood the government’s lawyer, shuffling papers, offering explanations about budget sessions and payment priorities. On the other sat
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Nitish Kumar may quit as Bihar CM. Nitish may move Rajya Sabha and Nishant tipped Deputy CM. The news traveled through Bihar like a slow, mournful wind on Thursday, March 5—not with the shock of sudden violence, but with the quiet ache of something ending. In the narrow lanes of Patna’s old city, in the
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