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The good news is that India’s growth is becoming more balanced as private consumption’s share in GDP rose in fiscal 2025, according to a Crisil report.

Tension was prevailing within the campus of Kolkata’s iconic Jadavpur University (JU) a day after a ruckus by Left-wing students in which Education Minister Bratya Basu was injured.

The operation to rescue eight trapped persons in a partially collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district entered the ninth day on Sunday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced that the new terminal of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati will be open to the public this year. 

A 17-year-old girl set herself on fire after allegedly being assaulted by a neighbour at her home in Lucknow's Malihabad area. She has been admitted to the civil hospital in critical condition, police said on Sunday.  

The Election Commission of Bangladesh has stated that it will not be possible to hold local elections before national elections. This confirmation came at a time when major political parties in Bangladesh were at loggerheads over which election to have first, according to the local media.

Rescue operations have resumed in Uttarakhand's Mana region as clear weather has allowed teams to intensify their search for the four missing workers trapped after an avalanche struck Chamoli. Helicopters have also been deployed to aid the ongoing mission.  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his best wishes to all citizens on Sunday on the occasion of Ramzan, the sacred month of fasting observed by Muslims worldwide.  

Israel has accepted a US proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and Jewish Passover holiday, according to a statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office around midnight between Saturday and Sunday.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Dhami received latest updates on the rescue operations from Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman and District Magistrate of Chamoli, Sandeep Tiwari, late in the evening.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said that he has requested the Central government to start international flight services from Agartala’s Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) airport at the earliest.

Northeast India’s first production centre of the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) would be set up in Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday after laying the foundation stone of the proposed centre at Purba Laxmibill in Sepahijala District. 

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said India at the moment is in an economic upsurge with phenomenal infrastructural growth, deep digitisation, and technological penetration because people of the country have tasted the fruits of development in the last decade.

Amid the ongoing rift in INDIA Bloc partners, a Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Saturday made a fresh remark which may stir controversy. He said that in some states, regional parties tend to operate through two doors.

Russia on Saturday termed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the United States as a "complete political and diplomatic failure" of the Kyiv regime.

The body of the Bangladeshi smuggler, who was killed during a clash with the Border Security Force (BSF) in Tripura’s Sepahijala District on Friday, was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday, officials said. 

India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in February grew by 9.1 per cent (year-on-year), reaching approximately Rs 1.84 lakh crore, according to official data released on Saturday.

Cumulative coal production reached 928.95 million tonnes (MT) in the April-February period this fiscal (FY25), reflecting a 5.73 per cent increase compared to 878.55 MT in the same period last year, the government said on Saturday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed authorities on Saturday to ensure the free movement of people on all roads in Manipur starting March 8, warning them of strict action against those creating obstructions.  

Delhi Forest and Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday announced a ban from April 1 on sale of fuel to vehicles older than 15 years and constituted a team to identify and restrict movement of overage, polluting vehicles in the city.

India has emerged as a major automobile producer and exporter and a similar transformation has been observed in electronics manufacturing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday.

A top official in Imphal said that the Home Minister during the meeting with the senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Intelligence wings took stock of the security situation in Manipur, where President’s Rule was promulgated on February 13, four days after the Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned.

Out of the 1,200 central and state government schemes, 1,100 are now under the ambit of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.

Acclaimed Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the NXT event held at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Saturday, presenting the Indian PM with the flags of the two countries that had been onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Speaking at a media event, the Prime Minister noted that the “world is keenly watching 21st-century India” to learn and understand how the country is able to manufacture from semiconductors to aircraft carriers.