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Government adopts Satellite Imagery of plots for transparency in paddy procurement

So far, survey of nearly 25 lakhs of plots completed Tokens being issued after verification Bhubaneswar- 02.01.2026 With the ongoing Kharif season, State Government has ensured that suspected non-cultivated paddy plots identified through Satellite Imagery are thoroughly verified in a systematic manner to identify genuine paddy cultivation in registered land parcels and to accurately identify…

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India has every right to defend its people when it comes to ‘bad neighbours’: EAM S Jaishankar

Chennai, 2/1: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said India has every right to defend its people when it comes to “bad neighbours” and asserted that a neighbouring country cannot ask New Delhi to share water if it continues to spread terrorism in the country. At the same time, he said with “good neighbours”,…

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Ahead of Assembly polls, Assam seeks to expel ‘declared foreigners’ within a week of identification

Guwahati, 1/1: The BJP-led Assam government is set to expel persons declared foreigners by the Foreigner Tribunal within a week in a move to give “new direction” to deal with the state’s longstanding issue of infiltrators. In the last three months, our government has pushed back nearly 2,000 illegal migrants to Bangladesh. But now, we…

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Amid strained ties, India and Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations, civilian prisoners

New Delhi, 1/1: India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged the lists of each other’s nuclear installations and facilities covered under a 1988 agreement, which survived the 1999 Kargil War as well as the 2025 cross-border military flare-up between the two South Asian neighbour. New Delhi and Islamabad also exchanged the lists of fishermen and other…

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At least 40 feared dead, scores injured after fire & explosion rip through ski resort bar in Switzerland

Geneva, 1/1: Swiss police said ​on Thursday that several ‌people ⁠had ‌died and others were injured due to ​a fire of unknown causes at ‌a ‌bar called “Le Constellation” in ⁠the ski resort of Crans-Montana in ⁠southwestern ⁠Switzerland. The area has ‌been ‌completely closed off, and a ‍no-fly zone has been imposed over Crans-Montana, the…

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India-Bangladesh border recorded highest infiltration attempt cases in 2025

New Delhi, 1/1: Around 25,000 “infiltrators” were arrested in close to 9,700 infiltration attempts at India’s borders with Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal between 2014 and November 2025 but not a single case was reported from India-China border official statistical showed. The Ministry of Home Affairs’ data showed 8,632 infiltration attempts were reported on…

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