Kuldeep Kirtirajan

‘Egregious, blatantly unlawful’: Congress challenges Rajya Sabha rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan | India News

Congress on Wednesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to immediately reverse the rejection of its Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination from Madhya Pradesh, calling the poll body’s decision ‘egregious’ and ‘blatantly unlawful’.A delegation of senior Congress leaders, including KC Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, Deepa Dasmunshi, Vivek Tankha and Abhishek Singhvi, met Election Commission…

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In 1967, archaeologists dug up a lost Bronze Age city buried in ash but its residents vanished without a trace, leaving only silence behind | World News

The Akrotiri evacuation remains one of archaeology’s most uncomfortable puzzles because it does not behave like a disaster site. On Santorini, where a massive volcanic eruption buried entire settlements in ash around 1600 BCE, researchers expected a Bronze Age version of Pompeii, chaos frozen mid-moment, bodies left where they fell, daily life interrupted violently. Instead,…

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Effective July 1, US embassy creates $750 ‘fast pass’ for business and tourist visa interviews: Who can apply and all other requirements

Getting a visa to visit the US may soon take less time for some travelers, but at a cost. Starting July 1, travelers applying for B1 and B2 nonimmigrant visas for business and tourist purposes will be able to pay extra to jump ahead of others in the queue for visa interviews. This Temporary Final…

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Congress hangs RSS uniform at Bhopal election office over Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination row | Bhopal News

Congress workers protested the rejection of Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination by hanging an RSS uniform on the locked gate of the Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Bhopal. BHOPAL: Escalating its protest against the rejection of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination, Congress workers on Wednesday hung a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) uniform…

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Samiksha Khadka: We would see the world together, Ama’: Why an Indian founder wore her late grandmother’s green saree on a US trip

For many people, a saree is a piece of clothing. For founder Samiksha Khadka, one particular green saree carries a lifetime of memories. During a recent visit to the United States, she shared the story behind the heirloom and the promise she once made to her grandmother – a promise that, years later, brought tears…

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Italian PM Meloni congratulates PM Modi on surpassing Nehru’s record, recalls recent Rome meeting | India News

PM Modi with Italian counterpart Meloni in Rome (File photo) NEW DELHI: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru‘s record to become India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, overtaking Nehru’s tenure as an elected prime minister. He has served…

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Up Murder: Father-son duo gunned down in broad daylight in UP, shooter dies hours later; CCTV video surfaces | Meerut News

BAGHPAT: A long-running rivalry erupted into bloodshed in UP’s Baraut town on Tuesday when a tent trader and his son were shot dead at their shop in broad daylight, triggering protests and a market shutdown. The alleged shooter, identified by police as gangster Varun Lohari, was also injured during the incident and later died while…

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