PulseWire: latest news
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Anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa; protests erupt
Police say Jhota was killed while confronting a chemist over alleged sales of intoxicating substances, with the clash streamed live on Facebook. An accomplice has been arrested; the main accused remains at large.
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11 dead, most of them children, as boat capsizes in the Ganga in Bihar’s Vaishali
The boat was taking villagers to a feast in the Raghopur Diara area when it overturned on Tuesday evening. Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has…
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L Murugan quits as Union minister, seeks to give up Rajya Sabha seat to rebuild BJP in Tamil Nadu
The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs wrote to PM Modi saying he wants to work full-time at the grassroots…
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Delhi High Court asks Centre to respond to traders’ and lawyers’ pleas for curbs on protests in central Delhi
Traders told the court they have lost up to ₹2,000 crore as barricades and demonstrations cut off markets such as Connaught Place during the…
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Muhammad Yunus heckled at New York’s JFK airport; Bangladesh government promises legal action
Dhaka called the confrontation with the former interim leader “Awami League terror” and said it would also check whether he was given the protocol…
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China calls India’s naming of 28 places in Ladakh ‘illegal and invalid’, says it never recognised the Union Territory
Beijing’s objection comes 11 days after the Home Ministry put standard names for 28 peaks, passes, glaciers and land areas, including 2020 standoff points…
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DR Congo ex-president Joseph Kabila takes charge of new rebel coalition with M23, vows to end ‘tyranny’
The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation was unveiled at Kabila’s home in rebel-held Goma and says it will use force if needed,…
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Retired scientist loses ₹1.25 crore to ‘digital arrest’ scam; Delhi Police arrest 11 in Cambodia-linked racket
Police say the gang ran mule bank accounts, forwarded OTPs to handlers abroad through an app and was paid in cryptocurrency. Its accounts are…
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Supreme Court stays defamation trial against Rahul Gandhi over ‘commander-in-thief’ remarks on PM Modi
The interim order halts proceedings in a Mumbai magistrate’s court on a BJP worker’s 2019 complaint, weeks after the Bombay High Court refused to…
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Supreme Court wants senior Delhi Police officer in court to explain alleged assault on women journalists
A petition by the Network of Women in Media, India, will be heard on Thursday along with contempt pleas that say reporters were pushed…
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Drones strike two cargo ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, one sinks; PM Radev to summon Russian envoy
All 15 crew of the Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3 were brought to Varna, and one sailor was pulled from the second ship, which went down.…
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CJP leaders scale locked gates of de-notified Jantar Mantar, detained; police file FIRs over INDIA bloc march
A day after Jantar Mantar lost its status as Delhi’s protest site, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka climbed in carrying the Tricolour. Police have…
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IMF lifts India’s growth forecast to 7% as war and oil prices split the world economy
The Fund now sees India growing 7% in both 2026-27 and 2027-28, the fastest among major economies, while it cuts forecasts for West Asia…