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February 27, 2025
AAP's ad blitzkrieg: 1,200% increase in spending between '18 &'22
THE Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's spending on advertisements skyrocketed by an astonishing 1,200% between 2018 and 2022, raising serious concerns over financial mismanagement and violations of Supreme Court guidelines, according to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit report, yet to be tabled in the Delhi Assembly.
1 min
CBI names Abhishek in Bengal job scam chargesheet
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its third supplementary chargesheet mentions Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's name in the investigation into the teachers' recruitment scam.
1 min
Tunnel rescue ops to be over in 2 days: T'gana
THOUGH rescue teams made little headway in their efforts to save the eight workers trapped in the collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel, irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said a concrete plan of action is ready to bring out the workers within two days.
1 min
Govt draws the turf line, says convicted MP ban part of House's domain
THE Centre on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing the demand for lifetime ban on convicted MPs/ MLAs from contesting polls, saying the \"issue falls within legislative policy of parliament and not courts\".
1 min
South states won't lose parliamentary seats due to delimitation: Amit Shah
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday assured the southern states that they will not lose even a \"single parliamentary seat\" due to delimitation and accused Chief Minister M K Stalin of spreading \"misinformation\" on the issue.

1 min
Don moots 'gold card' US visas to replace EB-5
Pay $5 mn to get US residency and pathway to citizenship; blow to green card aspirants

1 min
AAP in huddle over Kejriwal RS nomination buzz
AMID speculation that former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is eyeing a Rajya Sabha seat through Punjab, the AAP on Wednesday announced MP Sanjeev Arora's candidature for the upcoming Ludhiana (West) Assembly by-elections.

1 min
'Weak enforcement at entry points'
Out of capital's 128 entry points for commercial vehicles, only seven monitored: CAG report.
2 mins
AAP clinics: 86% funds unused, targets missed
THE previous AAP government fell significantly short of its target for Mohalla Clinics despite allocating funds.

1 min
CONGRESS FORCES A REAPPRAISAL OF COALITION DHARMA
Acry of despair from a Congress sympathiser who is so passionate about the party's travails that he could be a faceless member in an ocean of sycophants framed the ills afflicting the Congress far more perceptively than the reams tumbling out of 'informed' analyses following the BJP's comeback in Delhi.

4 mins
GREEN CARD FOR THE RICH
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has unveiled plans to offer $5 million \"gold card\" resident permits to foreign nationals - a programme that would also provide a pathway to US citizenship.

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Pig butchering scam: New cyber fraud to target youth, students, housewives
THE Centre has issued an alert against a new cyber fraud module called 'pig butchering scam' which has been targeting unemployed youth, students and those desperate for money, often forcing them into cyber slavery, officials said on Wednesday.

1 min
Caution against earphone & headphone use
THE Union Health Ministry has warned of hearing loss as- sociated with excessive use of earphones and headphones, es- pecially by the younger popula- tion, asking the states and med- ical colleges to create awareness against its prolonged usage as it could lead to “irreversible hearing damage”.
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Tharoor likely to lie low at Rahul meet on Friday
CONGRESS MP Shashi Tharoor, who is at the centre of a row over his opinion piece in The New Indian Express, will not raise any grievances at the Friday meeting called by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi with senior leaders from Kerala.

1 min
HC orders probe into tribal land deal in Gwalior-Chambal
THE Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Ashok Nagar district collector to probe cases where lands belonging to tribals are being grabbed or disposed of by influential individuals.
1 min
Centre asks MP govt to look into forest rights claims
THE Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has asked the Madhya Pradesh government to address complaints about a significant rise in rejection of applications related to community and individual forest rights claims filed through the Van Mitra mobile application, of- ficials said.
1 min
7 new BJP faces in Nitish cabinet
BIHAR Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday expanded his cabinet, inducting as ministers seven MLAs from alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). With this, the strength of his ministry increased to 36 in the 243-member Bihar assembly.

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SC to hear plea against disposal of waste in MP
THE Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a petition challenging the transportation, planned disposal of the 358 metric tons toxic waste of Bhopal's defunct Union Carbide plant at a treatment-storage-disposal-facility (TSDF) in western Madhya Pradesh's industrial town Pithampur.
1 min
Uproar over Punjabi language in Class X board
A political controversy erupted in the state after the Punjab government and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday alleged that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had allegedly dropped Punjabi from the list of subjects for the Class 10 Board exams in the new draft norms while the board officials maintained that the list was only indicative and no subjects would be dropped.
1 min
Woman raped in bus parked 100m from police station
A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a parked state transport bus at the crowded Swargate bus station in Pune, by a man with a criminal background.
1 min
66 cr take dip of faith in Sangam water in 45 days
AS the sun rays fell upon the waters of Sangam on the cool Shivaratri morning on Wednesday, the ghats already throbbing with activity, came alive again to sound of conch shells, bells, vedic chants and Bhajans with a sea of humanity rushing to take dip, the last of the six 'maha snans' marking the conclusion of 45-day-long Mahakumbh the biggest religious congregation on earth.

2 mins
J'khand women yet to get 2-month Maiyan aid
WOMEN in Jharkhand are yet to receive ₹2,500 under Maiyan Samman Yojana for the past two months.

1 min
Gujarat soars as India's bird capital, sets records in diversity, conservation
WITH an estimated 18 to 20 lakh birds thriving across its landscapes, Gujarat has cemented its reputation as a haven for avian life.

1 min
Need clarity on security guarantees, draft mineral deal not final: Ukraine
Full agreement could hinge on talks in Washington as early as Friday, says Zelenskyy

2 mins
Trump asks govt agencies to draw plans for major job cuts
FEDERAL agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed Wednesday by President Donald Trump's administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.

1 min
HAMAS SAYS WILL HAND OVER 4 ISRAELI HOSTAGES' BODIES IN PRIVATE
HAMAS will forgo its usual handover ceremony when it returns the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Wednesday night, with Israel expected to free more than 600 Palestinian prisoners in exchange, the militant group said.

1 min
Don posts Al-generated clip of Gaza beach resort'
AMERICAN President Donald Trump's official social media accounts posted an apparently AI-generated video depicting war-ravaged Gaza rebuilt into a seaside resort, replete with a towering golden statue of himself.

1 min
IndiGo to lease wide-body Boeing 787-9 planes from Norse Atlantic
IN its effort to broaden global presence, country's largest carrier IndiGo has signed another firm agreement with Norway's Norse Atlantic Airways for the damp lease of three wide-body Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

1 min
Wipro announces $200 mn investment in venture arm
WIPRO on Wednesday announced that it will be committing $200 million to its venture arm, Wipro Ventures, in its latest round of funding.

1 min
Airtel in talks with Tata Group for merger of DTH biz
BHARTI AIRTEL, country's second-largest telecom service provider, on Wednesday said it is in talks with the Tata Group to explore a deal to merge Tata Play's direct-to-home (DTH) business with its subsidiary Bharti Telemedia Ltd.

1 min
MALEWAR & NAIR POWER VIDARBHA
A horrible mix-up between Karun Nair (86) and Danish Malewar (138 not out) denied the former a deserving century but their contributions took Vidarbha to a formidable 254/4 at stumps on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy final against Kerala here on Wednesday.

1 min
Afghanistan pull off thrilling win vs England
IBRAHIM Zadran and Azmatullah Omarzai emerged as the heroes as Afghanistan beat England in a thriller in their Champions Trophy league encounter here.

1 min
Hockey teams' progress card ahead of big 2026
THE lights have been turned off, the fireworks burst and the keys have been tucked away by the groundskeeper of the Kalinga Stadium.

2 mins
HIGHWAY ROMANTICISM
IN the white wooden interiors of Vadehra Gallery, usually home to India's modernists, there is, this month, a bit of a disruption.

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