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Parliament Clears Central Excise Amendment Bill, 2025
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 5th Dec: Parliament on Thursday approved the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha returning it to the Lok Sabha, clearing the way for revised excise duties on cigarettes and other tobacco…
PM Modi Likely to Visit Bengal on December 20
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 5th Dec: With the West Bengal Assembly elections drawing nearer, the Bharatiya Janata Party has intensified its preparations across the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Bengal on December 20,…
Piyush Goyal Seeks Balanced, Diversified India–Russia Trade
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 5th Dec: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday reaffirmed the enduring strength of the India–Russia relationship, describing Russia as “India’s Sukh Dukh Ka Saathi”—a companion in both good…
HM Amit Shah to Lead Parliamentary Visit to Banas Dairy
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 5th Dec: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will lead a Parliamentary Consultative Committee on a field visit to Banas Dairy in Banaskantha from 4 to 6 December 2025 to review progress in cooperative…
India–Russia Defence Commission Meets in New Delhi
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 5th Dec: Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov on Thursday co-chaired the 22nd India–Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military & Military Technical Cooperation…
Centre Launches 100-Day Drive to Reinforce Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 5th Dec: The Ministry of Women and Child Development on Thursday launched a 100-day intensive awareness campaign to mark one year of the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat (Child Marriage Free India) initiative. The national…
Tension in Thiruparakundram Over Karthigai Deepam Ritual
Police stop BJP and right-wing groups from lighting Karthigai Deepam at Thiruparakundram hilltop.
Madurai Bench allowed lighting at the Deepathoon pillar; state cites 2014 HC ruling restricting the ritual.
Justice GR Swaminathan…
Congress Expels Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Amid Rape Allegations
Congress expels Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil after two women file rape complaints.
Party says allegations reviewed and he can no longer remain within the organisation.
MLA has been missing since Nov 28; anticipatory bail plea…
Why Congress’s New Political Culture Mirrors Pakistan’s Downfall
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 4th December: Political decay rarely arrives with a warning. It creeps in through habits—habits of evasion, of moral grandstanding, of comforting illusions that excuse failure and postpone reform. For decades,…
Ground Zero UP: How Detention Centers Triggered a Mass Exit Overnight
Paromita Das
New Delhi, 4th December: Uttar Pradesh has witnessed political storms before, but rarely has the ground shifted as dramatically and as silently as it has in the past few weeks. When Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the…