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"Greatest Strategic Challenge Since 1971": S Tharoor-Led Panel On Bangladesh
- Dec 18, 2025 18:44 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The current situation in Bangladesh poses the "greatest strategic challenge" for India since the Liberation war of 1971, said a parliamentary committee headed by Congress's Shashi Tharoor.
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All You Need To Know About India's Free Trade Agreements
- Dec 18, 2025 18:43 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
India on Thursday signed a trade pact -- Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) -- with Oman, its 17th deal so far as the country aims to boost bilateral trade and investments.
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Sourav Ganguly Files Complaint Against 'Argentina Fan Club' Head Over Remarks
- Dec 18, 2025 18:36 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday lodged a police complaint against the head of Kolkata-based 'Argentina football fan club', alleging that the individual made objectionable remarks against him, a senior officer said.
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Opinion | Good vs Evil: Will Vijay's Tamil Nadu Election Pitch Succeed?
- Dec 18, 2025 18:33 pm IST
- TM Veeraraghav
By framing the upcoming election as a battle between good and evil, Vijay is deliberately reviving memories of the Jayalalithaa-Karunanidhi rivalry - an intense, deeply personal feud that defined Tamil Nadu politics until they died.
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Case Against Hyderabad Mall, Organisers Actor Actress Nidhhi Agerwal Mobbed At Event
- Dec 18, 2025 18:25 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A case was registered here on Thursday against management of a mall and the event organisers after actress Nidhhi Agerwal was allegedly mobbed by a crowd following the launch of a song from the upcoming Prabhas-starrer 'The Raja Saab', police said.
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'Road Accidents Killed More People Than Any War': Nitin Gadkari In Parliament
- Dec 18, 2025 18:16 pm IST
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
The number of people killed in road accidents in India is more than casualties in a war or the Covid pandemic, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in parliament today.
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Newborn Girl's Body Found In Toilet Commode In Madhya Pradesh Hospital
- Dec 18, 2025 18:03 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
Just weeks after Madhya Pradesh became a grim symbol of state failure with the deaths of more than 20 children due to poisoned cough syrup, another chilling incident has surfaced, this time from inside a government hospital itself.
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Amid 'G Ram G' Row, Mamata Banerjee To Rename Bengal Scheme After Mahatma Gandhi
- Dec 18, 2025 18:02 pm IST
- Reported by: Rittick Mondal
Amid an ongoing political storm over the renaming of the MGNREGA scheme for rural jobs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her government will bring a bill in the state Cabinet to rename the Karmashree scheme after Mahatma Gandhi.
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"'Ram' On Lips, Dagger In Heart": Shivraj Chouhan Slams Congress On G Ram G
- Dec 18, 2025 17:54 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chouhan said Thursday the opposition's conduct in Parliament had "tarnished democracy", referring to the ruckus that followed Lok Sabha passing the G RAM G bill.
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"Mehbooba Mufti Also Got Burqa Removed": Omar Abdullah's Reminder Amid Row
- Dec 18, 2025 17:45 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a throwback.
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Case Against 2nd Accused In Kerala Actor Assault Case For Defaming Survivor
- Dec 18, 2025 17:04 pm IST
- Reported by: Aswin Nandakumar
A case was registered against the second accused in the 2017 actress assault case in Kerala for allegedly defaming the survivor on social media, police said on Thursday.
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Opinion | After Bondi Beach Attack, Some Hard Questions For The Muslim World
- Dec 18, 2025 16:58 pm IST
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
The Muslim ummah needs to confront the anger, denial and victimhood narratives that create the environment in which extremists begin to believe their violence is righteous.
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"Against Pardah, But...": Javed Akhtar Slams Nitish Kumar Amid Hijab Row
- Dec 18, 2025 16:53 pm IST
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar said that he is strongly against the concept of pardah or veil, but cannot accept Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's act of removing a Muslim doctor's veil by "any stretch of imagination"
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'Cars Can Cross Toll Plazas At 80 Kmph Soon': Nitin Gadkari On New Tech
- Dec 18, 2025 16:51 pm IST
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
Think twice before speeding on the highway, especially between two toll plazas.
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2 Killed, 3 Injured As Truck Rams Tea Shop Amid Dense Fog In UP: Cops
- Dec 18, 2025 16:47 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Two people, including a truck driver, were killed and three others injured after a truck rammed into a tea shop amid dense fog conditions in the Lambhua area here on Thursday, officials said.
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"Mother Of Scams": Jagan Reddy Slams Proposed Medical Colleges' Privatisation
- Dec 18, 2025 16:47 pm IST
- Reported by: Ashish Kumar Pandey
YSRCP chief and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called the proposed privatisation of medical colleges the "mother of all scams" and said the fight would continue until the decision is withdrawn.
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"Woman Can Go To Hell": Giriraj Singh's Shocker On Nitish Kumar Hijab Row
- Dec 18, 2025 16:40 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
Union minister Giriraj Singh, who has emerged as the newest champion of Nitish Kumar in the hijab row, today had a message for the woman who refused to show her face to him.
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BJP vs Congress Over 51 Cartons Of 'Missing' Jawaharlal Nehru Papers
- Dec 18, 2025 16:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Rajeev Ranjan
Fifty-one cartons of 'missing' documents from Jawaharlal Nehru's desk papers the centre insists must be stored in the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library, an archive of past heads of state are the latest flashpoint between the BJP and Congress.