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Mint Quick Edit | India's customs regime should be rejigged to sharpen our export edge

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- It would be music to many ears that India's government is planning to overhaul its customs regime. The goal will not just be to ease compliance, but also bring down rates wherever... Read More


Benin's president condemns a foiled coup bid and says mutineers are 'fleeing'

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country's army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of... Read More


Water Security is National Security: India Advances Mission Watershed in Nagaland

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 8 -- In a significant step towards strengthening India's water security and advancing sustainable rural development, the Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications, D... Read More


MHA team to assess industrial growth bottlenecks in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, Dec. 8 -- With the city's industrial sector struggling and long-pending demands remaining unaddressed, a central team is set to meet Chandigarh industrialists on December 9 to explore solu... Read More


Senior Indian official Munu Mahawar in Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Dec. 8 -- Munu Mahawar, an additional secretary at India's Ministry of External Affairs who is in charge of Nepal and Bhutan desk, arrived on a four-day official visit to Nepal on Sunday. T... Read More


Only BJP can fix Punjab's failing law and order: Jakhar

Chandigarh, Dec. 8 -- Bharatiya Janata Party's state president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday expressed concern over the continuously worsening law-and-order situation in Punjab and questioned the excesses of... Read More


Floods - Education budget revised to accelerate recovery of schools

Jakarta, Dec. 8 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is revising its 2026 budget to accelerate recovery of schools disrupted by floods and landslides across Aceh, North Sumatra, ... Read More


After Raja Singh, Armoor MLA questions Telangana BJP leadership

Hyderabad, Dec. 8 -- Signs of internal dissent surfaced in the Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Armoor MLA P Rakesh Reddy expressed displeasure with the leadership and suggested a change i... Read More


Two years on, Bathinda rRs.r100-cr ISBT project stuck over political deadlock

Bathinda, Dec. 8 -- Two years after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government announced Rs.100 crore for a new inter-state bus terminus (ISBT) in Bathinda city, the project has failed to make any progress ... Read More


Congress accuses BJP of trying to rewrite history, give political colour to Vande Matram

India, Dec. 8 -- The Congress on Monday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech during the discussion on 'Vande Mataram' in the Lok Sabha saying why Parliament needed a debate on the nationa... Read More