Pakistan gets 25th IMF bailout despite repeated breach of loan terms

IANS | December 26, 2025 4:22 PM

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Pakistan has become chronically dependent on bailouts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it has been plunging from one fiscal crisis into another over the years. It is, however, ironic that the country been getting these loans despite Islamabad’s failure to meet the IMF conditions to revive the economy.

IANS Year Ender 2025: How CM Sharma redefined Rajasthan’s bureaucracy

Archana Sharma | December 26, 2025 3:59 PM

Jaipur, Dec 26 (IANS) As 2025 draws to a close, Rajasthan’s political story remains incomplete without mentioning the unprecedented churn in its bureaucracy. Under Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, the year emerged as one of the most decisive and disruptive periods for the state’s administrative machinery, marked by rapid transfers, the rise of new power centres, and a clear assertion of authority by the new government.

Nitin Nabin offers prayers at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi

IANS | December 26, 2025 3:23 PM

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) BJP National Working President Nitin Nabin visited Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi and offered prayers on Friday as part of the observance of the Shaheedi Month of the Sikh community, a party leader said.

Govt drive returns Rs 2,000 crore unclaimed savings to rightful owners

IANS | December 26, 2025 2:56 PM

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The government has succeeded in returning to the rightful owners a total amount of nearly Rs 2,000 crore that was stuck as "unclaimed savings" across banks, insurance, mutual funds, dividends, shares, and retirement benefits held within the regulated financial system, according to an official statement issued on Friday.

Family members of Unnao rape survivor, activists protest outside Delhi HC against Sengar’s bail

IANS | December 26, 2025 2:52 PM

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The family members of the Unnao rape survivor, along with women’s rights activists, on Friday staged a protest outside the Delhi High Court against the suspension of the sentence of Kuldeep Sengar, who was convicted in the Unnao rape case. The demonstrators raised slogans and expressed anger over the court’s decision to grant him conditional bail.

PM Modi calls for ending Macaulay's legacy of mental slavery on Veer Bal Diwas

IANS | December 26, 2025 2:46 PM

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stirring call to the nation's 140 crore citizens to pledge liberation from the "mental slavery" deliberately imposed by British colonialist Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay, while commemorating the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh's young sons, the Sahibzadas.