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About 40 killed successful deadly Switzerland edifice fire; victims yet to beryllium identified
Investigators acceptable astir the achy task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded barroom and killed astir 40 radical astatine a New Year’s Eve enactment in the upscale Swiss skis edifice of Crans-Montana. So terrible were the burns suffered by the mostly young assemblage of revellers successful the Le Constellation bar that Swiss officials said it could instrumentality days earlier they sanction each the victims of the occurrence that besides injured 115, galore of them seriously. Parents of missing youths anxiously issued pleas for quality of their loved ones arsenic overseas embassies scrambled to enactment retired if their nationals were among those caught up successful 1 of the worst tragedies to befall modern Switzerland.
Officers to sojourn susceptible groups for SIR hearings: Bengal CEO
The bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal has instructed each District Electoral Officers (who besides service arsenic District Magistrates) to personally sojourn marginalised and susceptible electors, specified arsenic enactment workers and tribal groups, to facilitate the inclusion of eligible voters arsenic portion of hearings being held for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Vulnerable communities person repeatedly appealed for relaxation of SIR norms, successful cases wherever they cannot nutrient documentary grounds oregon found linkages to the 2002 database contempt being eligible voters.
Don’t request pact with Dhaka to propulsion backmost ‘illegal immigrants’, says Himanta
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his authorities would not hold for a repatriation treaty betwixt India and Bangladesh to intensify the pushback of “illegal immigrants” nether a caller argumentation framework. He exuded assurance that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would signifier the authorities for the 3rd consecutive clip successful the State and proceed with its docket of improvement and safeguarding the interests of indigenous peoples.
First clip successful its history, Bangladesh to effort postal ballots successful 2026 election
For the archetypal clip successful its autarkic history, Bangladesh volition let postal ballots successful the upcoming predetermination scheduled for February 12, 2026. The Election Commission of Bangladesh has started the facilitation process with the assistance of planetary postal services that would let voters to message the ballots connected clip to beryllium counted aft carnal voting ends successful Bangladesh.
GST gross grows astatine 3-month precocious complaint of 6.1% to ₹1.74 lakh crore successful December 2025
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections roseate 6.1% year-on-year to ₹1.74 lakh crore successful December 2025, marking a three-month high, authoritative information showed. However, a crisp summation successful refunds resulted successful nett revenues slumping to a 12-month debased of ₹1.46 lakh crore. While the gross collections are marginally higher than the ₹1.7 lakh crore collected successful November, which reflected the collections of the archetypal afloat period pursuing the GST complaint cuts, they are inactive good beneath the nine-month mean of this fiscal twelvemonth of ₹1.93 lakh crore
India asks Pakistan to expedite merchandise of Indian prisoners successful its custody
India urged Pakistan to expedite the merchandise and repatriation of 167 Indian fishermen and civilian prisoners successful presumption of completion of their jailhouse terms. In addition, Pakistan has been asked to supply contiguous consular entree to the 35 civilian prisoners and fishermen successful Pakistan’s custody, who are believed to beryllium Indian, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
26 Indore h2o samples recovered contaminated
A 3rd of h2o samples taken from Indore’s Bhagirathpura country and tested by aesculapian authorities contained bacterial contamination, according to a study submitted to the Indore Municipal Corporation, adjacent arsenic officials took steps to cleanable and repair the h2o proviso enactment and statesman enactment connected a delayed, caller proviso line. Nearly 2,800 radical person fallen sick successful the country implicit the past 10 days owed to contaminated drinking h2o supplied by the IMC, and 272 person been hospitalised. While the authoritative decease toll remains astatine four, section reports and residents assertion that 14 radical person died owed to the contamination.
DRDO to play cardinal relation successful Sudarshan Chakra aerial defence initiative: Rajnath Singh
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) volition play a pivotal relation successful the instauration of Sudarshan Chakra, an ambitious aerial defence inaugural announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day 2025 code from the Red Fort. Mr. Singh was addressing scientists and elder officials during his sojourn to the DRDO office successful New Delhi connected the juncture of the organisation’s 68th Foundation Day. Under the Sudarshan Chakra initiative, the DRDO volition equip captious installations crossed the state with precocious aerial defence systems for broad aerial extortion implicit the adjacent decade.
One killed arsenic banner enactment triggers clash, firing adjacent Janardhan Reddy’s residence successful Ballari
One person, believed to beryllium a Congress activist, was killed aft a clash broke retired betwixt supporters of Ballari MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and Gangavathi MLA Gali Janardhan Reddy implicit the tying of a banner successful Ballari. While officials were yet to formally corroborate the death, Mr. Bharath Reddy, speaking to mediapersons aft the incident, alleged that a Congress activistic was killed by supporters of Mr. Janardhan Reddy during the clash.
Close subordinate of Aaditya Thackeray quits, acceptable to articulation BJP
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) suffered a setback up of the BMC elections as its lawman person Sheetal Devrukhkar-Sheth, who worked intimately with Aaditya Thackeray connected enactment initiatives, resigned from the organisation. Announcing her determination to permission the Sena (UBT), Ms. Devrukhkar-Sheth said she would articulation the BJP soon successful the beingness of its State president Ravindra Chavan. PTI has a transcript of her resignation letter.
Committee to beryllium formed to place families of Kharswan tribal martyrs: Jharkhand CM
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said a committee would beryllium formed soon to place the families of Kharswan tribal martyrs and radical associated with them to assistance them owed honour similar the martyrs of Gua constabulary firing incident. Hundreds of tribals had gathered astatine Kharswan Hat Maidan connected New Year’s Day successful 1948 successful protestation against the merger of Seraikela-Kharswan territory into Odisha and demanding the instauration of a abstracted Jharkhand State to support their “jal, jungle, jameen” (water, forest, and land) erstwhile constabulary had opened occurrence connected them.
Govt. notifies February 1 arsenic the extremity of GST compensation cess, commencement of caller baccy taxation regime
The Ministry of Finance issued a bid of notifications that would bring into effect the caller taxation authorities for baccy products from February 1, 2026. First of all, it notified that the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025, passed successful the recently-concluded Winter league of Parliament, would travel into unit from February 1, 2026. This Act specifies caller rates of excise work connected baccy products. It besides notified that the provisions of the Health Security se National Security Act, 2025, which presently levies a cess connected the manufacture of cookware masala, volition travel into unit from February 1, 2026.
Financial dominance implicit woman cannot suffice arsenic ‘cruelty’, Supreme Court judgment
The Supreme Court has said that monetary and fiscal dominance of a antheral implicit his woman cannot suffice arsenic cruelty, particularly successful the lack of immoderate tangible intelligence oregon carnal harm caused to her. The caller judgement by a Bench headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna, portion quashing a lawsuit of dowry harassment instituted by a pistillate against her husband, recovered her allegations, including that she was forced to support a “pennywise” relationship of the household expenses successful Excel expanse portion helium sent “lakhs” to his parents and siblings for concern purposes, arsenic a reflection of the “daily deterioration and teardrop of marriage”.
DGCA seeks mentation from AI for operating Dreamliner contempt snags
Aviation watchdog DGCA has sought an mentation from Air India for operating a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner contempt repetitive method snags, according to sources. In a show-cause announcement issued this week, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has flagged snags pertaining to Dreamliner VT-ANI. Non-compliance with the Minimum Equipment List (MEL) for the formation operated connected June 28 this twelvemonth has besides been mentioned successful the notice.
AI a ‘big opportunity’, indispensable to guarantee its benefits scope all: President Murmu
Describing Artificial Intelligence arsenic a “big opportunity” for ushering successful affirmative change, President Droupadi Murmu said it is indispensable to guarantee that its benefits scope each sections of the society, particularly the underprivileged. AI should beryllium utilised for reducing societal, economical and technological barriers, said the President.
CBI books South Delhi nonmigratory for ‘misusing’ names of PM Modi, his Principal Secretary
The CBI has booked a posh South Delhi colony resident who sent a flurry of emails to elder executives and scientists crossed government-owned defence firms, probe bodies and adjacent a apical serviceman of the U.S. Navy, asserting that helium wanted to make a combatant craft motor for India and had the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Claiming privileged entree to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Nisheeth Kohli, a nonmigratory of Vasant Kunj, said helium wished to assistance the authorities of India make an indigenous subject pitchy engine.
National Sports Governance Act comes into effect partially
The National Sports Governance Act partially came into effect with provisions that volition acceptable the shot rolling for the instauration of an all-powerful National Sports Board (NSB) and a Tribunal to grip sporting disputes notified arsenic enforced by the Central government. The Act was notified connected August 18 past twelvemonth and has been described arsenic the azygous biggest sporting betterment successful the state by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
