ED moves HC against dismissal of its case against Sonia, Rahul Gandhi | India News

NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate Friday moved Delhi high court challenging a trial court’s Dec 16 order that dismissed its prosecution complaint (equivalent to a police chargesheet) against Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and others, in the National Herald laundering case. The criminal revision petition is likely to be listed for hearing next week.ED…

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Rahul Gandhi calls G RAM G bill anti-rural poor, vows to force government to withdraw it | India News

NEW DELHI: Raising the battle stakes over MGNREGA with the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday said Congress will force the Modi govt to withdraw the disbanding of the job guarantee scheme, with the party warning that farmers’ protest forced the Centre to roll back the “three black farm laws”. ‘Congress also warned that after…

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VYZOV Prize draws applications from 40 countries, expands global reach in 2025 | India News

Artem Oganov, Chairman of the VYZOV Prize Scientific Committee The VYZOV Prize has expanded its international footprint in 2025, drawing applications from researchers across 40 countries and reinforcing its evolution from a national award into a global scientific honour.The prize, which recognises high-technology research with potential for practical application within the next decade, received 632…

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No conclusive data linking higher AQI to lung diseases, govt tells Parliament while admitting it as triggering factors for respiratory ailments | India News

NEW DELHI: The government has told Parliament that there is “no conclusive data” establishing a “direct correlation” between higher air quality index (AQI) levels and lung diseases.In a written response to a Parliament question in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, the Union environment ministry, however, underlined that air pollution is “one of the triggering factors for…

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National Herald case: ED moves Delhi HC against order on Sonia, Rahul Gandhi; trial court refused cognisance | India News

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday moved the Delhi High Court against a trial court order that refused to take cognisance of its prosecution complaint against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case.The move follows a Delhi court order passed on Tuesday. The court declined to take cognisance of…

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SHANTI, but not quiet: How India is rewriting rules of nuclear energy | India News

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) TL;DR: Driving the news Parliament on Thursday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, a landmark law that opens the country’s tightly controlled civil nuclear sector to private and foreign investment for the first time since Independence.The Rajya Sabha approved the bill…

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EWS housing scam case: Bombay HC suspends ex-Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate’s two-year sentence; bail granted, conviction stands | India News

Manikrao Kokate (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bombay High Court on Friday suspended a two-year sentence to former Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate in a case centred around cheating and forgery connected to a government housing scheme. It also granted bail to the NCP leader.However, citing strong preliminary evidence of Kokate’s involvement, the court refused to…

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SIR showdown: EC deletes over 97 lakh voters in poll-bound Tamil Nadu; 14.25 lakh deletions in Chennai alone | India News

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik on Friday said the draft electoral roll, after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), for the state now includes 5,43,76,755 voters, comprising 2.66 crore women and 2.77 crore men.She said that prior to the SIR, the poll-bound state had around 6.41 crore registered voters, and the exercise…

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