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Can’t have different DA hikes for staff and pensioners: Supreme Court | India News

NEW DELHI: Observing that inflationary pressures do not discriminate between a serving employee and a pensioner, hitting the two equally, Supreme Court Friday held that fixing differential rates of enhancement of inflation-linked dearness benefits for the two categories is arbitrary and cannot be allowed. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Prasanna B Varale disapproved…

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EC rejects TMC pick’s nomination for subsisting contract with govt | India News

KRISHNANAGAR (NADIA): EC has cancelled the nomination of Trinamool Congress candidate Abhinav Bhattacharya from Krishnanagar North in Nadia district on grounds of conflict of interest – the first such rejection involving a recognised party’s candidate in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections, reports Ashis Poddar. The poll panel invoked section 9A of the Representation of the…

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Legally married, currently separated, says actor-BJP pick on marital status | India News

KOLKATA: “Legally married; currently separated” is how actor and BJP’s Kharagpur Town MLA Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay (Hiraan) has described his marital status in his nomination affidavit while mentioning Anindita Chattopadhyay as his spouse. Earlier this year, Anindita had filed an FIR accusing Hiraan of mental and physical cruelty and entering into a second marriage without divorce…

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Army delayed strike during Op Sindoor at terror camps to respect namaz, reveals General Dwivedi | India News

NEW DELHI: Revealing the reason for the timing chosen for Operation Sindoor last year, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has said that Indian Army deliberately delayed a planned strike to avoid disrupting ‘namaz’ at a terrorist camp.In a podcast, the Army chief said the operation involved flexible timing, but the commanders kept in mind the…

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