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Reconsider 211% hike in salaries: Odisha MLAs to CM amid backlash

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators of Odisha on Thursday requested chief minister Mohan Majhi to reconsider the controversial 211% hike in MLAs' salaries and allowances, ... Read More


SC junks 'luxury' plea over packaged water

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday disapproved of what it termed an "urban-centric approach" to public interest litigation, refusing to entertain a plea seeking fresh and stricter sta... Read More


CM Fadnavis accepts Kokate's resignation

India, Dec. 19 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis accepted the resignation of cabinet minister Manikrao Kokate on Thursday, days after a sessions court upheld his two-year imprisonment in... Read More


Odisha BJP seeks to reverse big pay hike

India, Dec. 19 -- Facing public anger over a legislative move that made Odisha's lawmakers the highest-paid in the country with a 211% salary hike, BJP MLAs on Thursday urged chief minister Mohan Majh... Read More


worsening air quality sparks row between state govt, aap

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Public Works Department and water minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, alleging that a decade of administra... Read More


Securities Markets Code Bill 2025 introduced in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Securities Markets Code Bill, 2025, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. She moved that the Bill be referred to a Select ... Read More


26 iNDIANS KILLED FIGHTING FOR RUSSIA IN UKRAINE WAR, PARL TOLD

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Twenty-six Indian nationals were killed while serving in Russian armed forces during the Ukraine conflict and seven have been reported missing, while efforts are on to ensure ear... Read More


Sikkim HC row derails judge's elevation as chief justice

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court collegium on Thursday recommended new chief justices for five high courts, including Sikkim, where the senior-most judge appears to have lost her chance to head... Read More


Sikkim HC row derails judge's elevation as chief justice

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court collegium on Thursday recommended new chief justices for five high courts, including Sikkim, where the senior-most judge appears to have lost her chance to head... Read More


SC inches closer to deciding euthanasia case, to meet family

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday moved a step closer to taking a "final call" on whether life support and medical treatment may be withdrawn from a 31-year-old man who has remained ... Read More