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Court rejects former attorney-general Malami's bail request, gives reason

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- Former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami on Thursday lost a bid to secure bail for his release from the custody of the Economic and F... Read More


CRPF jawan dies of cardiac arrest

Srinagar, Dec. 18 -- A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan died of a suspected cardiac arrest at Anantnag Railway Station during the intervening night, officials said. Officials said that the j... Read More


Bengal allows conversion of one-time motor vehicle tax to lifetime tax

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The state Transport Department has issued a notification allowing owners of certain motor vehicles who have paid a one-time tax to convert it into a lifetime tax by paying the resi... Read More


Presidency Univ begins review of 2026-27 admission process

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Presidency University has begun reviewing its undergraduate and postgraduate admission process for the 2026-27 academic session, with the admission committee holding a meeting on T... Read More


PMAY-U houses crosses 45,000 Mark in J&K, 1,434 sanctioned in Ladakh

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- More than 45,000 houses have been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) and PMAY-U 2.0 in Jammu and Kashmir, the government of India informed the Lok Sab... Read More


Centre approves 44 Flood Management Projects for J&K

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Centre has approved 44 flood management projects for Jammu and Kashmir since the Eleventh Plan, through an estimated cost of rs 2,594.12 crore; of this, rs 805.27 crore has b... Read More


False marriage promise invalidates consent, says Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man for rape, holding that consent obtained on the basis of a false promise of marriage amounts to consent given... Read More


Modi's 'Bankim Da' remark sparks row in KMC meet

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Heated scenes unfolded in the KMC House on Thursday after a BJP councillor accused Mayor Firhad Hakim of having once referred to a part of the city as "Mini Pakistan", triggering s... Read More


Mumbai's best new bars of 2025 that had the city ordering another round

India, Dec. 18 -- Mumbai didn't just raise the 'bar' in 2025 - it redefined it and served it with a perfectly cut ice cube. Think moody listening rooms, innovative cocktail labs where magic comes to l... Read More


Farmers descend on Brussels to protest EU Mercosur trade deal

France, Dec. 18 -- Hundreds of tractors began rolling into the European quarter of the EU capital on Thursday morning, ahead of a high-stakes summit among European Union leaders. Convoys of farmers h... Read More