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Bengal rail projects stalled by TMC will now accelerate: Vaishnaw | India News | ACTPnews
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday alleged that several railway and metro projects in West Bengal were stalled for years due to a “lack of cooperation” from the previous TMC government, and asserted that work would now be expedited following what he described as a change in the state’s approach. During a meeting…
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‘Bankipur by-election will be referendum on BJP-led govt’: Prashant Kishor | India News | ACTPnews
Prashant Kishor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) chief Prashant Kishor on Saturday termed the by-poll to Bihar’s Bankipur assembly seat a “referendum” on the promises made by the BJP during last November’s assembly polls, as the state now has its first chief minister from the saffron party.In April, BJP leader Samrat Choudhary…
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Bringing Back the Chirping Sparrow: Reviving Our Urban Ecosystem | India News | ACTPnews
The first sight of the new dawn rolls in with almost evocative sceneries. The morning dew sits fresh on the leaves. The temperature offers a brief respite from the waves of oven-like heat to come and the sky is a thousand different shades of yellow and orange.But something is not quite right.The song of the…
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Tmc: The fall of the twin flowers: How Mamata Banerjee lost control of her party | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress was built around one leader, one family name and one political belief – that Mamata Banerjee alone could hold the party together and lead it to victory every time. Barely a month after a crushing assembly defeat, that belief is facing its biggest test as a rebellion threatens to split…
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Ladakh records over 43% rise in tourist arrivals in 2026: Lieutenant Guv | India News | ACTPnews
Ladakh has witnessed a historic surge in tourist arrivals this year, recording a growth of more than 43 per cent during the first five months of 2026, a development that authorities attributed to improved infrastructure, better connectivity and sustained efforts to promote the Union Territory as a premier tourism destination. Known as the…
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BJP Pushes for GI Tags on Bengal’s Traditional Sweets | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal BJP has begun preparations to secure Geographical Indication (GI) tags for several traditional sweets of the state that still lack recognition, aiming to promote them at national and international levels while also planning to set up ‘Misthi Hubs’ (Sweet Hubs) for organised production and export.A GI tag is a sign…
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‘Indecorous behaviour’: India condemns disruption at CJI Surya Kant’s UK speech | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: The High Commission of India in London on Friday condemned what it described as “indecorous audience behavior” during Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s lecture at Birkbeck College, after videos surfaced online showing an attendee attempting to raise questions about dissent and democracy in India during the event.“Such indecorous audience behavior is…
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Ebola scare in India: Three African nationals quarantined for 21-days in Chhattisgarh’s Durg | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Amid the recent surge in Ebola virus cases across several parts of Africa, Chhattisgarh has reported three suspected cases involving foreign nationals who were isolated in Durg and placed under a 21-day quarantine as a precautionary measure.State health minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal on Saturday announced that the state is fully prepared to handle…
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‘Any sanctions threat would boomerang’: Putin hails India’s stance against foreign diktats | India News | ACTPnews
Vladimir Putin with PM Modi NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin said sanctions threats against India would “boomerang immediately”, affriming that New Delhi has always been “guided by its national interests”.Putin said India was free to choose the products that “they consider to be most up to date, most applicable for them and obviously offering…
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Banned antibiotics behind 43% of shrimp export rejections; CDSCO seeks stricter enforcement | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Nearly 43% of cases in which Indian shrimp exports were rejected by the US, European Union and Japan this year were linked to residues of banned antibiotics, prompting India’s drug regulator to seek stricter enforcement of existing restrictions.The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has directed all states and Union Territories to strengthen…
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