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AAP Leader, Supporters Injured After Shots Fired During Rally In Punjab's Ludhiana
- Dec 19, 2025 00:37 am IST
- Reported by: Gurpreet Singh Chhina
A political rally celebrating the Aam Aadmi Party's victory in rural election results in Punjab's Ludhiana on Thursday turned violent when unidentified gunmen opened fire, injuring three people, including the block committee election winner.
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'G Ram G' Bill, To Replace MGNREGA, Clears Parliament Amid Opposition Walkout
- Dec 19, 2025 00:30 am IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) Bill --- meant to be an updated version of UPA government's flagship MGNREGA was pushed through parliament within two days amid massive turbulence in both houses.
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5 Children Get HIV In Madhya Pradesh From Donated Blood, 2 Doctors Suspended
- Dec 19, 2025 00:25 am IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
What began as routine, life-saving treatment for five children suffering from thalassemia has turned into one of the gravest public health failures Madhya Pradesh has witnessed in recent years.
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Faith And Tribal Tradition Faultline Cracks, Burial Turns Into Battleground In Chhattisgarh
- Dec 19, 2025 00:12 am IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
Months after a burial dispute from Bastar reached the Supreme Court, exposing the deep fault lines between law, faith, and tribal tradition, a fresh and violent clash erupted in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
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Devendra Fadnavis Accepts Maharashtra's 'Rummy' Minister's Resignation: Sources
- Dec 18, 2025 23:47 pm IST
- Reported by: Abhishek Sureshkumar Awasthi
Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Manikrao Kokate's resignation from the state cabinet has been accepted by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He resigned yesterday after a conviction in a 30-year-old housing scam.
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3,746 Challaned, 61,000 PUCs Issued On Day 1 Of 'No PUC, No Fuel' In Delhi
- Dec 18, 2025 22:51 pm IST
- Reported by: Ishika Verma
Delhi's 'No PUC, No Fuel' directive came into force across the national capital on Thursday amid claims of strict enforcement
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"Bulldozing": Opposition As Centre Introduces 'G RAM G' Bill In Rajya Sabha
- Dec 18, 2025 22:37 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The government on Thursday introduced the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Rajya Sabha that seeks to replace the 20-year-old MGNREG Act amid protests from non-NDA parties demanding parliamentary committee scrutiny.
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Construction, Traffic, Forest Fires: What's Driving AQI Spike In Uttarakhand
- Dec 18, 2025 22:33 pm IST
- Reported by: Kishor Rawat
- Edited by: Srishti Kapoor
The air quality in many cities of Uttarakhand, often seen as a refuge by those looking to briefly escape the poor to severe AQI in Delhi-NCR and surrounding regions, has seen a dip in the past week.
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"Fantastic Experience": Fans Praise Delhi Leg Of Lionel Messi's India Tour
- Dec 18, 2025 22:22 pm IST
- Written by: Raunaq Lekhi
Argentinian football legend Lionel Messi's G.O.A.T India Tour ended on a high note in Delhi's Arun Jaitley stadium on Monday after a chaotic beginning in Kolkata.
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Man Immolates Self In Tamil Nadu, Cops Suspect Link To Deepam Row
- Dec 18, 2025 22:21 pm IST
- Reported by: J Sam Daniel Stalin
A 40-year-old man died after setting himself on fire in Madurai this evening in an incident the police suspect is suicide linked to the ongoing controversy over the lighting of a deepam on a pillar at the Thiruparankundram hilltop.
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Assam Asks 15 People, Declared Foreigners, To Leave India Within 24 Hours
- Dec 18, 2025 22:03 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Assam authorities on Thursday asked 15 'declared foreigners' to leave the state within 24 hours, invoking the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950.
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Maharashtra's 'Rummy' Minister Resigns, Second From NCP To Quit Cabinet
- Dec 18, 2025 21:58 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Nationalist Congress Party minister Manikrao Kokate has resigned from the Maharashtra Cabinet following a court verdict upholding his conviction and two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case.
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Mahayuti's Seat-Sharing Talks On Mumbai Civic Polls See Progress, Roadblocks
- Dec 18, 2025 21:54 pm IST
- Reported by: Radhika Ramaswamy
- Edited by: Srishti Kapoor
With polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) nearing, political manoeuvring in the city has entered a critical phase, marked by both progress and fresh contention within the ruling Mahayuti alliance.
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Searches At Shilpa Shetty's Mumbai House In Connection With Case Linked To Restaurant: Sources
- Dec 18, 2025 20:59 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra's house was searched by income tax officials today in a case linked to her restaurant, Bastian, sources said on Thursday. Her lawyer insisted that no searches were carried out and it was a "routine verification".
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UP Man Who Killed Wife Over Burqa Denied Her Aadhaar To Keep Pic Private
- Dec 18, 2025 20:51 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, who killed his wife over not wearing the burqa and two daughters, did not let her apply for an Aadhaar because he did not want her photo to be seen, the police said.
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Iran To Tajikistan: Probe Agency Uncovers New Trail In Kerala Kidney Racket
- Dec 18, 2025 20:28 pm IST
- Reported by: Aswin Nandakumar
- Edited by: Srishti Kapoor
A Kochibased man accused of running an international kidney racket allegedly trafficked poor Indians not just to Iran, but also to Tajikistan for illegal transplants, latest National Investigation Agency (NIA) case records show.
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"Had A Muslim Man Lifted Hindu Woman's Veil...": Omar Abdullah On Hijab Row
- Dec 18, 2025 20:19 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, speaking on the hijab row in Bihar and the BJP's reaction to it, said today that one can expect no better from the party.
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Lamborghini Urus, BMW Z4 Among Luxury Cars Found In Raid On UP YouTuber
- Dec 18, 2025 19:45 pm IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
A YouTuber who made a huge amount of money from online betting and gambling apps lived lavishly, with a garage full of high-end sports cars. Anurag Dwivedi, who also runs a YouTube channel, is a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Unnao.
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Red Fort Blast: 9th Accused Sent To Anti-Terror Agency NIA's Custody Till Dec 26
- Dec 18, 2025 19:25 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A Delhi court on Thursday remanded Yasir Ahmad Dar, the ninth accused arrested in a case related to the Red Fort blast, to NIA custody till December 26.
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Delhi Air Quality Worsens Despite Stricter Anti-Pollution Measures
- Dec 18, 2025 19:15 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A blanket of haze enveloped Delhi on Thursday, reducing visibility across the city as air pollution worsened, with the 24-hour average AQI in the 'very poor' category with a reading of 373, up from 334 a day earlier, according to official data.