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March 16, 2026 2:40 PM
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The Election Commission has transferred four senior police officers in West Bengal with immediate effect. The commission has ordered transfers of the Director General of Police (DGP) of the state, DG Correctional Services, ADG Law and Order and Commissioner of Kolkata Police. The Commission has appo...
March 16, 2026 1:57 PM
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Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha JP Nadda has accused the Congress Party of playing politics over the reported LPG crisis in the country, saying that the current crisis is not because of India, nor does India have any role in creating it. He alleged that the Indian National Congress and the Oppos...
March 16, 2026 1:51 PM
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The government has said that self-employment in the country has increased to 58 per cent from 52 per cent in 2017-18. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha today, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that along with the country’s economic growth, th...
March 16, 2026 2:40 PM
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Polling is to be held today for 11 Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar, Odisha and Haryana. Twenty-six leaders have been elected unopposed. The Election Commission had issued a notification last month for biennial polls for 37 Rajya Sabha seats in 10 states. Our Patna correspondent reports that in Bihar, v...
March 16, 2026 1:47 PM
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The Rajya Sabha today bid farewell to nominated Member Ranjan Gogoi, who completed his term in the Upper House today. When the House met at 11 AM, Chairman C P Radhakrishnan announced it. He said the former Chief Justice of India, Mr Gogoi, began his association with the House in March 2020 followin...
March 16, 2026 1:40 PM
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Japan, Australia and the UK said they have no plans to send ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as US President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on allies to provide support. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi also said today that it currently maintains no plans to deploy naval assets. Austra...
March 16, 2026 1:37 PM
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the government has taken concrete measures to ensure rigorous and uniform assessment of mortgaged assets by banks and financial institutions. Replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour today, Ms Sitharaman said that master dire...
March 16, 2026 1:23 PM
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The Competition Commission of India (CCI) today organised the 11th Edition of the National Conference on Economics of Competition Law in New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated by NITI Aayog member Rajiv Gauba. In his keynote address, Mr Gauba said that competition is a powerful driver of i...
March 16, 2026 1:20 PM
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The Government has debunked a video circulating on social media claiming that former Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande (Retired) has made statements against the Indian Army. The Fact Check Unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has informed that the video is AI-generated and a deepfake. &...
March 16, 2026 1:16 PM
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The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced that the Assam Legislative Assembly polls will be held on April 9, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4. The notification for the Assembly elections of Assam is scheduled to be issued today by the Election Commission of India. Of the 126 ...
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