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.