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West Bengal Tarapith Hotel Fire: Pilgrims dead, owner arrested; what happened inside what it says about safety

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A pre-dawn fire at a four-storey hotel near Tarapith temple left sleeping guests trapped as flames spread through the building
Scholar links kanwariya aggression to rising economic inequality, uncertainties
Gujarat already has 80,000 eyes, but they do not speak to one another. The hackathon must build the brain that connects them, tracks a trail across cameras and helps police see the full picture
The draft SHANTI Rules, 2026 propose a tighter framework for operator liability, insurance and financial safeguards as New Delhi moves to expand nuclear power and open the sector to greater private participation
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says Indian banks have buried their bad-loan crisis, with NPAs falling below 2%. Now, a high-powered committee must ensure the race towards Viksit Bharat does not build the next one
On August 17, 1947, the Radcliffe Line was made public, drawing the new India-Pakistan border across Punjab and Bengal and reshaping the map of the subcontinent
Another crowd, another tragedy: From the Maha Kumbh and New Delhi Railway Station to Bengaluru, Karur and Bihar’s temples, deadly crushes have repeatedly exposed India’s crowd-control failures. The settings change; the deadly pressure points do not
Khanauri and Shambhu have again become flashpoints after anchoring the year-long farmers’ agitation of 2024-25. The latest barricades return the battle over MSP and farm policy to painfully familiar ground
One registration could eventually let healthcare professionals practise across India, helping hospitals recruit faster and underserved regions secure critical staff. For now, it remains a NITI Aayog proposal, not an enforceable national licence

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