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Nitish should 'strike': Cong on Bihar special category status demand

The Congress on Monday sought to know what Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is doing about the demand for special category status for the state and asserted that "he should strike" as he is in a......

Will Nirmalaji Be Generous To Bihar?

If it was Andhra Pradesh last Budget, it's poll-bound Bihar that has now turned to Centre with a list of demands. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pays a courtesy call on Bihar Chief......

Treat transgenders only as special category for job, education: HC

Holding that the transgenders should be treated only as a special category irrespective of their caste, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to not bring them under either......

Will BJP give in to these demands of Bihar allies JD-U, LJP?

Bharatiya Janata Party ally Janata Dal-United has sought an extension in the tenure of the Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the bills proposing simultaneous elections, while another......

Kerala woman sentenced to death for poisoning boyfriend

A court in Kerala on Monday sentenced a woman to death for the sensational murder of her boyfriend in 2022. IMAGE: Greeshma with her boyfriend Sharon Raj. Photograph: X The Neyyattinkara......

Column: Is Bihar a special category state?

The plea from Bihar to be designated a special category state has been gaining ground over the last year. In April, Anil Pathak, the general secretary of the Bihar State Citizens' Council, marked......

Budget 2025: What states want from Sitharaman

Finance ministers of states demanded an increase in allocation under 50-year interest-free loan scheme, while fiscally stressed states like Punjab and Kerala pitched for a special package and......

Sazerac targets India's whisky mkt to uncork bourbon growth

Sazerac Company, the largest distiller in the US, is looking to leverage India’s position as the world’s largest whisky market to introduce a range of bourbon whiskies in the country.......

Panel rejects Bihar's demand for special category status

Bihar's long-pending demand for grant of a special category status has received a big jolt, with an inter-ministerial group rejecting the state's request, finding it not feasible. The panel,......

Maruti to talk CBG production expansion with Centre: Suzuki Motor

Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) will hold discussions with the Centre and state governments on how the production of compressed biogas (CBG), which can be used in vehicles that run on compressed natural......

'My Life Was In Danger'

''I received many threatening calls and letters.''A fatwa was issued against me.' IMAGE: A young Salma Agha. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salma Agha/Instagram She became a household name in 1982,......

National Games: Narmada shoots down 10m air rifle gold

IMAGE: Narmada Nithin Raju claimed the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle with a new national record score of 254.4, narrowly missing the World record by 0.1 points. Photograph: Gun For Glory......

Aus Open PIX: Fritz; Rybakina cruise; Navarro survives

Images from Day 3 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday. IMAGE: Taylor Fritz serves during his first round match against Jenson Brooksby at the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park......

3 yr old Anish is youngest rated chess player!

IMAGE: Kolkata born Anish Sarkar's chess jouney commenced a year ago. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Ahmed via ChessBase India While most children his age are absorbed in cartoons like Peppa Pig......

Telangana CM rewards Chess heroes Arjun, Harika

IMAGE: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy felicitates chess grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi and Harika Dronavalli. Photographs: ANI Photo After winning the double gold medals at the Chess......

Sema's Paralympic bronze, a testimony of his steely grit

IMAGE: India’s Hokato Hotozhe Sema celebrates after winning bronze in the men's Shot Put F57 category at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Narendra Modi/X......

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