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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla urges Brics parliaments to turn dialogue into concrete outcomes

India, Oct. 27 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday urged parliaments of Brics member and partner countries to turn dialogue into concrete outcomes, strengthen democratic institutions and ensure th... Read More


Maharashtra's plan to scrap Gramdan Act puts collective land ownership at risk

India, Oct. 27 -- The government's proposal last month to repeal the Maharashtra Gramdan Act, 1964, has triggered a debate over the future of 21 villages in the state that are governed by a collective... Read More


EPS-95 higher pension row: Pensioners' body writes to President Murmu, seeks withdrawal of EPFO's 'flawed' circular

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The National Confederation of Pensioners' Associations (NCPA), which represents over 1 million pensioners from public sector undertakings (PSUs) and exempted provident fund estab... Read More


Ankita Bhandari murder case: CBI summons journalist, main petitioner for questioning

India, Oct. 27 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Ashutosh Negi, an Uttarakhand-based journalist and petitioner in Ankita Bhandari murder case, asking him to appear before it in... Read More


Ho Chi Minh City opens GRECO 2026 to push green growth

Ho Chi Minh City, Oct. 27 -- Ho Chi Minh City opened its fourth Green Growth Products & Services Exhibition (GRECO 2026) on October 26 as part of the 2026 Autumn Economic Forum, pitching the event as ... Read More


'Unanimity doesn't mean rules were followed': Congress leader rejects ECI affidavit amid CEC row

India, Oct. 27 -- Unanimity did not establish whether the decisions complied with the rules, the Congress said on Monday after the Election Commission of India (ECI) submitted an affidavit in Supreme ... Read More


J&K ministers hold meet as cabinet expansion today

Srinagar, Oct. 27 -- Ahead of the J&K cabinet expansion, the sitting ministers gathered at the official residence of agriculture minister Javeed Dar for a meeting on Monday. Deputy chief minister Suri... Read More


Himachal CM: rRs.r3 lakh under housing scheme for Valmiki community soon

Shimla, Oct. 27 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said the state government would soon launch a housing assistance scheme offering financial aid of Rs.3 lakh to eligible families belo... Read More


SP, Congress care more about infiltrators than for Dalits: Yogi Adityanath

Kanpur, Oct. 27 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused the Samajwadi Party and the Congress of caring more about Bangladeshi infiltrators than about Dalits, the poor and the youth. He wa... Read More


'Unacceptable': HP BJP protests Kharge's remark against PM

Shimla, Oct. 27 -- Terming Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge's remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "derogatory", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a protest in Shimla on... Read More