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'Don't use tourist visa for purpose of giving birth': US warns Indian appliers
Indian nationals anxious with change in laws
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December 13, 2025
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Minister, scholar, LS speaker: Multi-faceted Shivraj Patil passes away
FORMER Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar passed away at 90 on Friday morning at his native Latur in Maharashtra after a brief illness.
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December 13, 2025
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ONE OF THE RICHEST STATES IS FAILING ITS SCHOOLKIDS
KARNATAKA Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently received a letter from children in Pachedoddi, a hamlet in Chamarajanagar district that lies entirely off the publictransport grid.
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December 13, 2025
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DRAVIDIAN DESIGN: FORGOTTEN GENIUS OF TN IDENTITY
OR a country as vast and layered as India, a single, monolithic \"Indian design\" is an impossibility - and perhaps even an injustice.
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December 13, 2025
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Ops to hunt terrorists in Jammu forests
AFTER a series of encounters and brief gunfights in the forest belts of Jammu region in the last six months, security forces have launched a major winter offensive to track down militants hiding in the dense and rugged forest areas.
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December 13, 2025
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MNREGA gets new name, 125 days of employment
SETTING the stage for a major overhaul of the country’s flagship rural jobs scheme, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved the renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana.
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December 13, 2025
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Ajithkumar case: DSP, 3 others named as suspects
THE CBI has added the names of former Manamadurai deputy superintendent of police N Shanmugasundaram and three other policemen as suspects in the case relating to alleged custodial torture and death of B Ajithkumar, a security guard of Madapuram Badrakali Amman temple in Sivaganga.
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December 13, 2025
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OUTFOXING AI, FOR BETTER OR VERSE
A paper on ar Xiv by researchers at the Icaro Lab in Italy has set off a firestorm of headlines.
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December 13, 2025
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Police post built with stones thrown at cops during Sambhal clash opens
A newly constructed police post was inaugurated on Friday, just 100 metres away from the residences of Samajwadi Party’s Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barg.
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December 13, 2025
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MahaYuti stays united, seals Maha seat deal for BMC polls
THE BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are set to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections—scheduled for next month—unitedly.
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December 13, 2025
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MESSI MANIA: MEET AND GREET WITH STAR FOR ₹10 L
WANT to meet and greet one Lionel Messi?
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December 12, 2025
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Ex-judge who ordered DSP's arrest suspended by HC
THE Madras High Court on Thursday suspended former Kancheepuram Principal Sessions and District Judge Pa U Chemmal, who came under scrutiny after ordering the re-
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December 12, 2025
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High valuation deal puts off broadcasters
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) and one of its broadcast partners, JioStar, continue to battle headwinds as the partners try to renegotiate the inflated $3bn deal for the right to show the sport’s biggest events over a four-year cycle.
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December 12, 2025
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Prez visits Manipur amid shutdown call by rebels
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu arrived in Manipur on Thursday on a two-day visit amid a shutdown called by a body of banned insurgent groups.
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December 12, 2025
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Luthra brothers detained in Thailand, Delhi court dismisses anticipatory bail
SAURABH Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the co-owners of the Goa restaurant where 25 were killed due a fire incident on Saturday, were detained by the Thailand police early on Thursday on the request of the Indian government.
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December 12, 2025
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ROW OVER QUALITY OF KERALA MEDICINE
THE Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed a protest during Zero Hour from the CPI(M) over allegations of spurious and substandard medicines in Kerala.
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December 12, 2025
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Top leader surrenders in MP, Naxals on back foot
TWO Naxalites carrying cumulative rewards of 43 lakh on their heads surrendered before the security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
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VIKSIT WOMEN FOR A VIKSIT BHARAT
WHEN the Government of India released a report titled Children in India 2025, one statistic stood out quietly but powerfully: at the secondary school level, girls are now marginally ahead of boys in enrolment.
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December 12, 2025
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Maha debt moves up from ₹7.8L cr to 9.3L cr this year
WITH continuous high-interest borrowing and the tabling of over additional %75,000 crore supplementary demands in the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly, the cumulative debt burden of Maharashtra is projected to go up from 27.82 lakh crore in 2024—25 to €9.32 lakh crore by the end of the current financial year.
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December 12, 2025
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100 booked, 40 detained as farm stir against ethanol unit steps up in Raj
FORTY people, including a Congress leader, were detained and over 100 others booked in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district on Thursday, a day after a clash broke out between farmers and police during a protest over the construction of an ethanol factory in the district.
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December 12, 2025
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Modi’s 3-nation tour to Oman, Jordan & Ethiopia soon, trade deal expected
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation tour from December 15 to 18, with stops in Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman, a visit aimed at deepening India’s strategic footprint across West Asia and Africa and sealing a major free trade agreement with Oman.
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December 12, 2025
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70% women in extremely hot districts experience amplified health risks: Study
EXTREME heat is emerging as a grave public-health threat for women across India's most heat-vulnerable states, according to a new study by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai.
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December 12, 2025
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Diary entries of Patel’s daughter: A gift to Rajnath from Jairam
CONGRESS leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday handed Rajnath Singh a copy of the diary entries written by Vallabhbhai Patel’s daughter, saying the records contained no reference supporting Singh’s claim that Jawaharlal Nehru intended to rebuild the Babri Masjid with public funds.
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December 12, 2025
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India faces $131-bn deficit with 6 FTA partners
AS India is aggressively pursuing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with several countries and regions, the country has a combined trade deficit of more than $131 billion with six of the 11 regions it is actively involved in negotiations, revealed the data from the Ministry of Commerce.
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December 12, 2025
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Almost a quarter of real estate buyers in Dubai are NRIs
WITH the new property ownership norms under which the Dubai government has allowed foreigners to own residential and commercial properties on a freehold basis, the real estate market in the city-state has seen a major shift and almost a quarter of units have been snapped up by NRIs.
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December 12, 2025
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India's only free spinal rehabilitation centre gets a fresh lease of life
THE Soulfree Inspire Centre, India's only integrated spinal rehabilitation centre that offers treatment free of cost, which had feared closure after its lease ended last week, will now continue to function for another three years after the Tiruvannamalai administration renewed its lease until December 2, 2028.
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December 12, 2025
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Once a Maoist hotbed, olympics begins in Bastar
CHHATTISGARH Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday inaugurated the three-day division-level annual Bastar Olympics at the Indira Priyadarshini Stadium in Jagdalpur, where athletes from the seven districts of the Bastar division presented an impressive march-past.
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December 12, 2025
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ACCESS FOR DISABLED MUST COVER ALL SPACES
THE Supreme Court's December 2 judgement on ensuring full accessibility for persons with disabilities inside prisons is far more than a routine legal directive.
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December 12, 2025
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FIFA WC 2026: Amul to sponsor Argentina again
AMUL, the world’s largest dairy cooperative and India’s leading food brand, has extended its partnership with the Argentina Football Association (AFA) for another season, continuing as the Official Regional Sponsor of the reigning FIFA World Cup champions.
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December 12, 2025
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Karthi-starrer Va Vathiyaar’s release stayed over producer’s debt
A division bench of the Madras High Court comprising justices SM Subramaniam and C Kumarappan on Wednesday injuncted Studio Green, the production company of KE Gnanavelraja, from releasing Va Vathiyaar starring Karthi, in any form including theatres and digital formats until the unpaid dues are cleared.
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