Defence Minister Rajnath Singh issued a stern warning to Pakistan during his visit to Gujarat's Bhuj Air Base. “What you saw was just a trailer"... Watch the video to know the details.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh warned Pakistan today that Operation Sindoor isn’t over yet. He said the current ceasefire puts Pakistan on probation, and future actions will depend on its behaviour

For the first time since Taliban took charge of Afghanistan, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed Foreign Minister.

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Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) working president Tara Chand on Tuesday demanded 10 marla plots and Rs 5 lakh for each family residing in border areas for their settlement at safer places in Jammu and Kashmir.
The former deputy chief minister also batted for immediate grant of relief to the residents of border villages who have been directly affected by heavy cross-border shelling and continuous drone strikes.
"We demand that 10 marla plots and Rs 5 lakh be granted in favour of families living along the border, which comes within the firing range of Pakistan. This will facilitate their rehabilitation at safer places along the border," he told reporters.
Chand said most of the forward areas are vacant and people are facing miseries in these camps due to non-availability of ration and relief.
The Congress leader said the government distributed a few items to these families in a pick-and-choose manner.
"We urge the Centre as well as J&K government to provide ...

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April 2025 WPI-based inflation: Oil prices fell by 3.95%, electricity prices dropped by 1.38%, while coal prices rose slightly by 0.22%

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Delhi labour minister Kapil Mishra on Friday said the government will constitute a welfare board for gig and platform workers and frame schemes for their welfare.
Mishra chaired a meeting with gig workers and representatives from major platforms and aggregators, including Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit, Uber, UrbanClap, and BigBasket, said an official statement.
The session provided a platform for gig workers to voice their concerns directly to the government and aggregators. They highlighted pressing issues such as long working hours, inadequate payments, and the absence of an effective grievance redressal system, which have long impacted their livelihoods, it said.
"All these problems will be addressed with the cooperation of platforms and aggregators. The government will constitute a welfare board for gig and platform workers and will frame schemes for their welfare," he said.
He also assured the platforms and aggregators that they will not face harassment from inspectors or any other

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The Bihar government announced a 2 percentage points increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees and pensioners on Friday.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
With this hike, employees and pensioners in the pay scale of the 7th Pay Commission will get DA and Dearness Relief (DR) of 55 per cent, Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat) S Siddharth said.
"A hike of 6 percentage points has been approved for those in the pay scale of the 6th Pay Commission. This will raise their DA and DR to 252 per cent. For those in the pay scale of the 5th Pay Commission, the DA and DR have been raised by 11 percentage points to 466 per cent," he said.
The hike will benefit more than 5 lakh employees and over 6 lakh pensioners, officials said.
It will be effective from January 1, 2025, they said.

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