| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's troubles are continuously increasing.
Mann forensic controversy
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
Only three countries in the world — the United States, New Zealand and Australia — treat the passport as equivalent to a citizenship card.
passport citizenship status
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
India ranks 80th on the Henley Passport Index with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to only 56 countries, down six places from its rank of 74 before the Modi government.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
As of 2023 only 9.26 crore Indians — about 6.5% of the population — held passports, and only 35% of passport holders have actually used them for foreign travel.
passport ownership data
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
Even under previous governments the passport was not treated as proof of Indian citizenship, and various High Courts and the Supreme Court have ruled that no single document or identity card proves citizenship — so the current government has not changed the rule.
passport citizenship status
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
On June 24, Indian Passport Day, the Ministry of External Affairs stated that a passport is a travel document and cannot be treated as proof of citizenship in any form.
passport citizenship status
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
In a 2021 case the temple trust was accused of buying, for more than ₹18 crore, land that had just been purchased by others for a few crore; these allegations remain unconfirmed and the trust denies them.
2021 land purchase
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
Legally the temple trust can refuse to provide financial details, but the issue here is one of morality and of the people's trust.
trust financial disclosure
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
When the Ayodhya ADM wrote to trust general secretary Champat Rai, he refused to share the financial details with the local administration for the PMO, saying the matter is already under SIT investigation.
trust financial disclosure
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
The matter began with letters BJP leader Dr. Rajneesh Singh wrote to the Prime Minister demanding an impartial probe, by an agency like the CBI, into allegations about the Ram Mandir's donations and land purchases.
CBI probe demand
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
The Prime Minister's Office asked the Ram Mandir trust, via the district administration, to provide complete financial details, and the trust refused to share them.
trust financial disclosure
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
India is today talking about (making) a lot of progress in defence.
defence progress
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-25 |
Merely holding a passport will no longer make you an Indian citizen; a passport will not be considered proof of citizenship.
passport citizenship proof
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-23 |
Sanjay Raut said that if the defecting MPs are so popular and honest, they should come out without security and Shiv Sainiks will teach them a lesson.
Sanjay Raut remarks
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-23 |
The six MPs who left Uddhav Thackeray to join Eknath Shinde are receiving threats, and the government has therefore increased their security.
Shiv Sena defector threats
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-23 |
Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Election Commission claiming hers is the real Trinamool Congress and sent a list of 24 members of the party's new national executive, naming herself chairperson.
TMC party dispute
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-23 |
After the Lucknow tragedy, raids on coaching centers began nationwide, with security audits of coaching centers and gaming zones starting in UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.
coaching center audits
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-19 |
On May 13 the government raised gold import duty from 6% to 15%; India's gold imports fell from $5.63 billion in April to $3.42 billion in May, a drop of about 39.3%, though spending is still 34% higher than the same month last year.
gold import duty
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-19 |
According to new data, India's gold imports have fallen by up to 70% this month, from 75-100 tonnes per month earlier to 25-30 tonnes now.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-19 |
India currently imports 35 to 40 percent of its crude oil from Russia.
Russian crude imports
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-19 |
Samajwadi Party MP Ruchi Vira openly expressed her anger against her party after she was not invited to the party's PDA conference held in Moradabad.
SP internal discord
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-19 |
Sharad Pawar's party has eight MPs in the Lok Sabha, and for a split to be legally valid six MPs would need to come together.
NCP split math
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-19 |
Ajit Pawar NCP leader and former minister Dharmarao Baba Atram claimed that five to six MPs of Sharad Pawar's party could break away and that five MPs are in his contact, though Sharad Pawar's party leaders called these claims baseless.
NCP split rumours
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-19 |
In yesterday's Karnataka Legislative Council election for seven seats, all five Congress and both BJP candidates won while the JDS candidate lost; 28 votes were needed to win, with Congress holding 140 votes, BJP 62, and JDS 18, and NDA MLAs' cross-voting caused a rift between JDS and BJP.
Karnataka MLC cross-voting
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-19 |
In the Jharkhand Rajya Sabha election, Congress fielded Praveen Jha and the INDIA alliance had enough votes to win, but due to cross-voting the independent candidate Parimal Nathwani won, causing a rift in the alliance.
Jharkhand Rajya Sabha cross-voting
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