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On first day of 2025, people of Delhi hope you give up habit of lying, BJP’s Sachdeva writes to Kejriwal

New Delhi, 1/1:  In a jibe at AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva urged him to give up what he said were the former CM’s “deceitful and dishonest” political practices as a new year resolve. The dig at Kejriwal comes in response to his letter to RSS head Mohan Bhagwat…

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In a historic first, Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agree to share chess World Blitz title

Washington DC, 1/1: The chess world will have two World Blitz Champions for the first time in its history after former World Champion Magnus Carlsen agreed to share the title with Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi after three sudden-death games failed to produce a winner. It was Carlsen who made the suggestion to Nepomniachtchi, who then accepted…

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Thousands march in Bangladesh to mark student-led uprising that ousted PM Hasina

Dhaka, 31/12: Thousands of Bangladeshis rallied at a ‘March for Unity’ in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the student-led uprising five months ago that led to the ouster of longstanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and remember the more than 1,000 killed. The Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group that led the protests, dropped a…

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Security forces clash with mob of Kuki women in Manipur in fresh escalation

Imphal, 31/12: A mob led by Kuki-Zo women clashed with security forces in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Tuesday, triggering fresh tensions in the ethnic strife-hit state. The incident happened at Uyokching near Thamnapokpi after the mob tried to “disrupt” the deployment of a combined team of Army, BSF and CRPF, police said in a post…

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Puri: Queue system of darshan in Srimandir postponed to January 20

NPuri: Ahead of the New Year 2025, uncontrollable crowd of devotees can be witnessed in the Puri Srimandir. The queue system of darshan (dhadi darshan) will be place from January 20, 2025 informed Prithviraj Harichandan, Minister of Law. Arrangements for the devotees have been done for safe and smooth darshan. In the Srimandir corridor, fans,…

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SEBI refuses to share dates on which Buch submitted asset declarations under RTI

New Delhi, 31/12: SEBI has refused to even provide the dates on which its chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch submitted declarations on financial assets and securities held by her and family members to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. Transparency activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retired) has sought information about the dates on…

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Afghanistan: Taliban orders all NGOs to stop employing women or face closure

Kabul: Taliban has announced it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) employing women in Afghanistan. In a letter shared on X, Taliban-led Ministry of Economy warned that failure to comply with the order would result in NGOs losing their license to function in Afghanistan, Al Jazeera reported. The Taliban announced the latest…

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