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Rahul Gandhi's "Indian Manufacturing Declining" Remark In Germany Sparks Row
- Dec 17, 2025 19:08 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
Congress's Rahul Gandhi, who is now in Germany's Munich, has waded into another controversy with his comments of manufacturing in India.
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Delhi Police Busts Rs 47-Lakh Cyber Fraud 'Scam' With Chinese Links
- Dec 17, 2025 18:57 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
The Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a major online stock trading fraud involving Rs 47.23 lakh, arresting five more accused and exposing a cyber fraud syndicate allegedly operating under the command of a Chinese national.
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Cash Withdrawal Not Allowed From Railway App's E-Wallet: Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Dec 17, 2025 18:56 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
People who have deposited money in the e-wallet account of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) can use it only for purchasing tickets and cannot withdraw it.
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Car-Pooling App, Smog-Eating Surfaces: Inside Delhi's Pollution Control Plan
- Dec 17, 2025 18:56 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Delhi government will overhaul the Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) system with third-party monitoring, develop a car-pooling app to reduce vehicular congestion, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced.
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Daily Wage Couple, Trinamool Councillor 'Dead' In Draft Bengal Voter List
- Dec 17, 2025 18:51 pm IST
- Reported by: Sreyashi Dey
A Trinamool Congress leader was added to the list of 'dead voters' in the draft version of the revised Bengal voter roll that was published, after the Special Intensive Revision, Tuesday.
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Renaming MGNREGA Is Second Assassination Of Gandhi: P Chidambaram To NDTV
- Dec 17, 2025 18:42 pm IST
- Reported by: TM Veeraraghav
The renaming of the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act) is like the "second assassination" of the Father of the Nation, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said today.
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OTT Content Not Under Censor Board, Regulated Under IT Rules: Centre
- Dec 17, 2025 18:04 pm IST
- Reported by: Vasudha Venugopal
In a move aimed at curbing obscenity and making the internet safe for users, including women and children, the Centre has listed norms, making it mandatory for social media platforms to appoint local officers and publish compliance reports.
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Passengers Need To Pay For Extra Luggage On Trains: Railway Minister
- Dec 17, 2025 17:51 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that passengers need to pay charges for carrying luggage beyond the prescribed free allowance limits while travelling by train.
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Video: Passengers' Dramatic Escape As Van Rolls Down Slope Near Dalhousie
- Dec 17, 2025 17:51 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A major accident was narrowly averted near Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh when a tourist vehicle with passengers on board suddenly started rolling down a slope.
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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali Drives PM Modi Again, This Time To Airport
- Dec 17, 2025 17:49 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday concluded his two-day visit to Ethiopia and departed for Oman for the third and final leg of his three-nation visit.
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After Admissions And Nursing, Madhya Pradesh's New Medical Education Crisis
- Dec 17, 2025 17:43 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
Madhya Pradeshs medical education system appears to be trapped in a cycle of scandals and systemic failure, with paramedical education under scrutiny after medical admissions and the nursing scam.
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CNG, Domestic PNG Prices To Drop By Rs 2-3 Per Unit From January 1
- Dec 17, 2025 17:19 pm IST
- Asian News International
Consumers across India are set to benefit from reduced prices of Compressed Natural Gas and domestic Piped Natural Gas as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board announced a tariff rationalisation that will come into effect from January 1.
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Aadhaar Database Remains Protected, Multi-Layered Tech Being Used: Ministry
- Dec 17, 2025 17:18 pm IST
- Asian News International
The government has implemented comprehensive measures to protect the personal data of Aadhaar number holders, and no breach of data has occurred from the central database to date.
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"Showing True Colours": Omar Abdullah Slams Nitish Kumar Over Hijab Video
- Dec 17, 2025 17:07 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the hijab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
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"Imagine The Audacity": BJP's Amit Malviya Lights Up Parliament Vaping Row
- Dec 17, 2025 16:45 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The 'smoking in Parliament' row blew up Wednesday after BJP leader Amit Malviya shared a 35-second video that showed, he claimed, Trinamool MP Kirti Azad vaping in the House.
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Key Suspect In Punjab Kabaddi Player's Murder Killed In Police Encounter
- Dec 17, 2025 16:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Gurpreet Singh Chhina
Two days after a 30-year-old kabaddi player was shot dead in the middle of a tournament in Punjab's Mohali, the main accused, Harwinder alias Middu, was killed in a police encounter.
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7.6% Voters Removed From West Bengal Draft Roll, 1.6 Crore Under Scanner
- Dec 17, 2025 16:36 pm IST
- Reported by: Sreyashi Dey
- Edited by: Srishti Kapoor
About 58 lakh voters, amounting to 7.6 per cent, were removed from the voter list because they have died, moved away, were absent or were registered more than once.
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'Md Salim Awasthi': CPM Leader, A Muslim, Becomes Brahmin In SIR Draft Roll
- Dec 17, 2025 16:35 pm IST
- Reported by: Sreyashi Dey
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
In an epic error during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal, CPM's state general secretary and former MP, Mohammed Salim, and his son, Atish Aziz, have been given a Brahmin last name -- Awasthi -- in the draft roll
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Blog | "It Was A Shell From My Tank": When A Father Met The Pak Soldier Who Killed His Son
- Dec 17, 2025 16:21 pm IST
- Rohit Khanna
"He stood like a rock before our Patton tanks," Brigadier Naser (retd) told Madan Lal Khetarpal, almost three decades after his son was killed in battle.
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"Why Can't 9 Tolls Be Shut Till Jan?" Supreme Court On Delhi Air Pollution
- Dec 17, 2025 16:07 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a sharp notice to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and came down heavily on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over the operation of toll plazas at key entry points to the national capital.