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    Why Bihar's Sakri residents are doubting Amit Shah’s promise of reopening state's sugar mills

    Manish Kumar
    19 Nov 2025 8:35 AM IST

    The Sakri Sugar Mill, one of many in Bihar that closed in the '90s, provided a livelihood not just for workers, but also farmers supplying sugarcane to it. Many locals have since migrated in search of...

    Why Bihars Sakri residents are doubting Amit Shah’s promise of reopening states sugar mills
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    US Saudi Arabia deal
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    ‘Knew nothing’: Trump defends ‘good friend’ Saudi prince on Khashoggi murder

    19 Nov 2025 7:47 AM IST
    Delhi Red Fort blast Al Falah
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    ED arrests Al Falah University chairman Jawad Siddiqui in PMLA case

    19 Nov 2025 7:17 AM IST
    Hasina verdict | Govts PR exercise to malign Awami League: Ex-minister Chowdhury
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    Hasina verdict | Govt's PR exercise to malign Awami League: Ex-minister Chowdhury

    19 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Khan-el-Khalili-Egypt-souk-in-Cairo-Indian-spices

    How a Cairo souk became India and Egypt’s oldest link on the ancient spice route

    19 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Baba Siddique

    Baba Siddique murder: Key accused Anmol Bishnoi being deported from US, police say

    18 Nov 2025 9:15 PM IST
    Infosys shares fall 15%

    Infosys to kick off its largest-ever share buyback of Rs 18,000 crore

    18 Nov 2025 9:04 PM IST
    Bal Aadhaar

    Aadhaar biometric update for children: UIDAI waives charges

    18 Nov 2025 8:40 PM IST
    Nitish Kumar

    Nitish Kumar to remain Bihar CM: Giriraj Singh

    18 Nov 2025 8:35 PM IST
    KEO computer

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    18 Nov 2025 8:12 PM IST
    Elon Musk

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    18 Nov 2025 7:56 PM IST
    Leh violence: Strict curfew clamped, at least 50 people detained

    Ladakh seeks statehood, Sixth Schedule status in new proposal

    18 Nov 2025 7:33 PM IST
    Voter list

    SIR in TN: DMK MP Elango slams EC, asks ‘Why special treatment for Assam?’

    18 Nov 2025 7:25 PM IST
    SIR of electoral rolls West Bengal BLOs

    Assam on edge as EC revision fuels fears of voter exclusion ahead of 2026 elections

    18 Nov 2025 7:03 PM IST
    16th Finance Commission submits report to President Murmu

    States wary as 16th Finance Commission report heads to Parliament

    Prasanna Mohanty
    18 Nov 2025 6:19 PM IST

    With no terms of reference and a fraught legacy, the Commission's award may reignite Centre-state tensions over tax devolution and fiscal fairness

    Green card holders in the US may be required to surrender their social media handles as an extension of the current process where visa applicants living abroad already have to share their social media handles with the USCIS

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    18 Nov 2025 6:12 PM IST
    Rahul raises questions on SIR; says Cong will fight it politically, organisationally, legally

    Rahul raises questions on SIR; says Cong will fight it politically, organisationally, legally

    18 Nov 2025 6:08 PM IST
    Sheikh Hasina

    Sheikh Hasina death sentence: Can India refuse extradition? What treaty says

    18 Nov 2025 6:08 PM IST
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai

    Google boss Sundar Pichai cautions against blindly trusting AI

    18 Nov 2025 5:42 PM IST
    Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

    Piyush Goyal says India-US trade deal only if terms are fair and equitable

    18 Nov 2025 5:36 PM IST
    protest by Naga group

    Nagas urge Centre, Naga negotiators to deliver early political solution

    18 Nov 2025 5:24 PM IST
    Intense lobbying for Bihar cabinet berths, JD (U), BJP both want Speaker

    Intense lobbying for Bihar cabinet berths; both JD(U), BJP want Speaker's post

    18 Nov 2025 5:22 PM IST
    After witnessing a slump for nine months since November 2024, retail inflation increased to 2.07 per cent in August, driven by a rise in prices of kitchen items, recent data showed. (Representative Photo: iStock)

    Wages slump and low inflation hint at a slowdown despite high GDP growth

    18 Nov 2025 5:15 PM IST
    Sabarimala temple

    Sabarimala: 2 lakh pilgrims in 48 hours; temple struggles to manage crowd

    18 Nov 2025 5:13 PM IST
    Security personnel inspect the premises of the Patiala House Court after it received a bomb threat

    Delhi courts, schools evacuated after hoax bomb threats

    18 Nov 2025 5:10 PM IST
    Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

    China calls Sheikh Hasina's death sentence Bangladesh’s ‘internal affair’

    18 Nov 2025 4:52 PM IST
    Mehbooba Mufti

    Mehbooba Mufti raises alarm over Kashmir raids, demands answers on Nowgam blast

    18 Nov 2025 4:49 PM IST
    Good girls got Lata ji and Asha, bad girls got me: Usha Uthup

    Good girls got Lata ji and Asha, bad girls got me: Usha Uthup

    18 Nov 2025 4:41 PM IST
    Narendra Modi

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    18 Nov 2025 4:40 PM IST
    Hindu Mahasabha floated two-nation theory ahead of Muslim League

    'Hindu Mahasabha floated two-nation theory ahead of Muslim League'

    18 Nov 2025 4:34 PM IST
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