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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.
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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.

3 mins
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.
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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.

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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.

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