Friday, August 21, 2026

ECHOPRESS

Voices of the Region, Echoes to the World

ECHOPRESS

Voices of the Region, Echoes to the World

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India

‘Forgiveness only on reel or will you withdraw cases?’: Abhijeet Dipke comments on PM Modi’s late night video | India News

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s call for compassion towards students accused of abusing him at the Jantar Mantar protest has triggered a fresh response, with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke questioning whether the message of forgiveness would extend beyond words.Reacting to the Prime Minister’s selfie-style Instagram video, Dipke wrote, “Fraand, sirf reel…

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Climate change rewrites the monsoon script, but Bengal defies East India trend | Kolkata News

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File picture of an waterlogged Kolkata street Kolkata: Even as India grapples with an unpredictable monsoon, Bengal has emerged as an anomaly, recording near-normal rainfall despite a 30% deficit across eastern and northeastern India, a Climate Trends briefing has found.Monsoon 2026 began under the threat of a developing Super El Niño, prompting the India Meteorological…

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Complaint filed against MP Pappu Yadav over Parliament protest on Ram Mandir donation ‘theft’ row | Delhi News

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Complaint filed against Purnia MP Pappu Yadav in Delhi over Parliament protest NEW DELHI: A complaint has been filed against Independent Purnia MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav at Delhi’s Jehangirpuri Police Station over his protest inside the Parliament complex on the alleged Ram Mandir donation embezzlement issue, as reported by news agency ANI.The complaint,…

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TOR FOR MEKEDATU PROJECT ONLY AFTER JAL SHAKTI AND CWMA APPROVALS: CENTRE INFORMS RAJYA SABHA | Chennai News

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Chennai: The Centre has said that the Terms of Reference (ToR) for Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu reservoir project would be issued only after receiving clearance from the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and final approval from the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).Union of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh told the Rajya…

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‘Same people who litter here, use dustbin abroad’: Bombay HC on civic sense | India News

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The court stressed that maintaining cleanliness is a fundamental duty and called for strict action against offenders. (Generative image) NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Friday came down heavily on Indians who litter public places at home but follow cleanliness rules abroad, saying the same people who “throw garbage on the road without batting…

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Posed as techie, lived among cops for 3 months: How JeM operative ‘tracked’ Suvendu Adhikari’s movements | Kolkata News

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A 24-year-old man was arrested by the Special Task Force in Burdwan. KOLKATA: A 24-year-old man suspected of being a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative was arrested by the state’s Special Task Force (STF) from a gym inside a gated township in Burdwan on Thursday night, with investigators alleging he had been tracking CM Suvendu Adhikari’s movements….

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