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January 22, 2026 10:01 PM

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49th International Kolkata Book Fair Begins at Salt Lake

The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair commenced today at the Boi - Mela ground at Salt Lake in Kolkata. The book fair, which is being organised by the Publishers and Book Sellers Guild, attracts tens of thousands of book lovers every year. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated the even...

January 22, 2026 8:52 PM

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Fifteen Maoists including top leader with 1 crore bounty killed in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, 15 Maoists were killed in an anti-Naxal operation in the Saranda forest of West Singhbhum district following an encounter with CPI (Maoist) insurgents today. Security forces achieved a major success in the anti-Naxal operation in the Saranda forest of Chaibasa under the joint leadershi...

January 22, 2026 8:56 PM

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J&K: Ten Army soldiers killed and 11 others injured as vehicle plunges into gorge

Ten soldiers lost their lives, and 11 others were injured in a road accident in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir today. An Army truck skidded off the road at the nine thousand-foot-high Khanni top along the Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate road and plunged into a deep gorge. A joint rescue operation by...

January 22, 2026 8:30 PM

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CAQM revokes GRAP Stage-III across Delhi-NCR as AQI improves

The Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi and NCR region has revoked Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan with immediate effect. The decision was taken after the improvement of the Air Quality Index level in the national capital. The air Quality index was recorded at 322 today. The ...

January 22, 2026 8:16 PM

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Gujarat Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi holds investment talks at WEF Davos

Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat Harsh Sanghavi engaged in a series of high-level meetings with global industry leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. In a social media post, the Minister shared that his meeting with Takayuki Sumita, Chairman of Japan’s Sumitomo Group, focu...

January 22, 2026 7:17 PM

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Chhattisgarh: Explosion at sponge iron factory kills six, injures five

In Chhattisgarh, six workers were killed and five others seriously injured in an accident at a sponge iron factory in Balodabazar district. The incident occurred when an explosion took place in the dust settling chamber of the plant. The injured workers have been admitted to the Burn Trauma Centre i...