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Eminent Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award winner Vinod Kumar Shukla passes away

India, Dec. 23 -- Eminent Hindi writer and Jnanpith laureate Vinod Kumar Shukla passed away on Tuesday evening due to age-related ailments at a government hospital in Raipur, his family said. He was 8... Read More


BJP natl working president returns to rousing welcome in Patna, takes digs at Rahul, Tejashwi

PATNA, Dec. 23 -- Newly-appointed BJP national working president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and called him a "part-time politician who came to Bihar only during ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | A colonial-era law on wills has finally been repealed: Good move

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- Among the flurry of bills passed by India's Parliament during its Winter Session, one of them repealed 71 Acts in a single swoop, many cobwebbed and dusty, dating back to the Bri... Read More


VB-G RAM G: More than name, fine print a cause of worry, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

Sangrur, Dec. 23 -- Punjab chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday said instead of debating on the "name" of the new bill replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act... Read More


BJP-led alliance in Goa sweeps zilla panchayat elections, winning 32 of 50 seats

Panaji, Dec. 23 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led ruling alliance in Goa swept the zilla panchayat elections, winning 32 of the 50 seats across the state in a mandate Prime Minister Narendra Mod... Read More


"Sends wrong message": CPI-M MP John Brittas slams Priyanka Gandhi for attending tea party with PM Modi

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas on Tuesday expressed concern over Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi attending a tea party with BJP leaders, including Prime Minister ... Read More


Dharmendra Pradhan urges Centre to include Odisha's SEBC communities in Central OBC list

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, on Monday, wrote a letter to Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar to include 108 Socially and Educational... Read More


Ration dealers' body threatens nationwide stir over 'CBDC rollout'

Kolkata, Dec. 23 -- The All India Fair Price Shop Dealers' Federation (AIFPSDF) has threatened to launch a nationwide movement amid concerns that the Centre may introduce the Central Bank Digital Curr... Read More


Protests in various Indian cities over mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The protests erupted in several parts of the country after the mob lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh on Tuesday. Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death by a mob over alleged... Read More


KMC to set up eco-friendly dog pound near Dhapa

Kolkata, Dec. 23 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has set the process in motion for establishing an eco-friendly dog pound on vacant wetland land beside Dhapa, with the committee constituted... Read More