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‘Tell us how much black money has been recovered’: Arvind Kejriwal targets PM Modi over raids on AAP leaders | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday carried out searches at premises linked to Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora. The raids were carried out at multiple locations connected to Arora in Ludhiana and elsewhere as part of an ongoing investigation, officials said. The AAP leader had also faced agency action in 2024, when the ED...

‘Targeting commercial shipping unacceptable’: India urges safe navigation through Strait of Hormuz at UN | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday raised serious concerns at the United Nations over threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, urging the immediate restoration of safe navigation and calling for restraint and de-escalation amid continuing tensions in the Middle East.Addressing the UN General Assembly debate under the Veto Initiative on “The Situation in...

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Women’s Quota Act of 2023 comes into force | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

NEW DELHI: While the Lok Sabha debated three Bills, including a Constitutional amendment Bill, to enable the rollout of women’s reservation in the 2029 general election, the law ministry on Thursday notified April 16, 2026 as the date on which the provisions of the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act 2023 — popularly called...

How interplay of caste, geography decides winners in Tamil Nadu | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

In Tamil Nadu, elections are not decided by party arithmetic alone. Across its regions, dominant caste blocs — vanniyars in the north, gounders in the west, thevars in the south, and dalit and nadar communities in key pockets — continue to shape alliances, candidate selection and, often, the final result.Vanniyars are concentrated in northern districts...

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Iran war ‘should be ending pretty soon’

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that “the war in Iran is going along swimmingly.” “It should be ending pretty soon,” Trump said at an event in Las Vegas, echoing similarly rosy predictions about the end of the war that he has made since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late...

Extramarital affair not ground for abetment to suicide charge, says SC | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

New Delhi: A spouse being in an extramarital relationship cannot be a ground to prosecute the partner if he/she commits suicide due to strain in the relationship, SC Thursday said, adding that abetment to suicide requires a positive act of instigation.A bench of Justices K V Viswanathan and Atul Chandurkar said that to sustain a...

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SC rejects 3 appeals against ‘fraud’ tag | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

‘Anil Ready To Discuss, Settle With Banks’ New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed three appeals filed by beleaguered industrialist Anil Ambani and Reliance Communications (RCom) for stay of proceedings related to ‘fraud tagging’ of their bank accounts following a forensic review of debts and alleged diversion and siphoning of loans by ADAG group to the...

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Vijay promises free LPG, doles & wedding gold | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay announced a slew of freebies in his election manifesto, ranging from six free LPG cylinders a year and 200 units of power, to Rs 2,500 monthly dole for women below 60, and Rs 25 lakh family health cover. Releasing the manifesto in Chennai on Thursday, Vijay also promised...

Census will list caste, says Amit Shah, rules out Muslim women’s quota | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah seized on Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav’s demand for quota for OBC and Muslim women to hammer home his party’s avowed opposition to reservation based on religion.He also reiterated govt’s stand that the caste of citizens will be mentioned during the ongoing census to reject SP chief Akhilesh...

Mirwaiz urges Centre to release Engineer Rashid, says MP’s dad critical | India News

TazaPulseApril 17, 2026

Engineer Rashid (PTI image) SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged central govt to release Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who has remained incarcerated at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, on humanitarian grounds, to meet his ailing father.In a statement, the Mirwaiz said he had visited the jailed MP’s father,...