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    Kolkata

    Gig workers strike on New Year’s Eve over worsening work conditions

    Abirami Sekar
    31 Dec 2025 9:51 PM IST

    Delivery partners across platforms like Swiggy and Zomato resent falling wages and 10-minute delivery targets that they say risk lives

    Gig workers protest continues
    India
    Despite the weakened informal sector contributing to half or more of the GDP, data indicates that its growth continues to surpass the indicators of the formal sector during FY23-FY25 and in the first quarter of FY26 [Representative Image: iStock]
    Business

    Indian economy robust but faces trade-related risks, says RBI report

    31 Dec 2025 8:56 PM IST
    EAM Jaishankar meets BNPs Tarique Rahman, hands over PM Modis letter
    India

    EAM Jaishankar meets BNP's Tarique Rahman, hands over PM Modi's letter

    31 Dec 2025 8:41 PM IST
    Interest rates on small saving schemes left unchanged
    India

    Govt keeps small savings interest rates unchanged for January-March 2026 quarter

    31 Dec 2025 8:21 PM IST
    India witnessed a slowdown in industrial growth in October.

    Why RBI sees growth slipping despite tax relief, GST cuts and benign food prices

    31 Dec 2025 7:52 PM IST
    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

    Country belongs to all, do not judge by caste or wealth: Mohan Bhagwat

    31 Dec 2025 7:09 PM IST
    Faisal Karim Masud

    Prime accused Masud denies role in Bangladeshi student leader Hadi’s murder

    31 Dec 2025 6:44 PM IST
    China claims mediating India-Pakistan standoff, raises questions in New Delhi

    China claims mediating India-Pakistan standoff, raises questions in New Delhi

    31 Dec 2025 6:31 PM IST
    Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee

    Abhishek Banerjee alleges vote theft through rolls, slams CEC Gyanesh Kumar

    31 Dec 2025 5:54 PM IST
    Goa nightclub fire

    Two pollution board officers suspended over Goa nightclub fire

    31 Dec 2025 5:37 PM IST
    Opposition slams DMK govt as ‘zero ganja’ claim faces scrutiny in TN

    Opposition slams DMK govt as ‘zero ganja’ claim faces scrutiny in TN

    31 Dec 2025 5:36 PM IST
    SIR hearings add to voter anxiety in North Bengal

    SIR hearings trigger Rajbongshi voter anxiety, put BJP on the spot

    31 Dec 2025 5:26 PM IST
    The CBSE fact-finding committee also discovered that there was an almost non-existent anti-bullying system, paired with the absence of a functional counselling mechanism

    CBSE scraps Jaipur school affiliation over 9-year-old student's suicide

    31 Dec 2025 5:26 PM IST
    Vodafone Idea, government of India gets stake in company

    Government approves major relief for Vodafone Idea, freezes Rs 87,695 crore dues

    31 Dec 2025 4:40 PM IST
    Tablets stock photo

    Centre bans high-dose Nimesulide oral drugs citing health risks

    Agencies
    31 Dec 2025 4:22 PM IST

    The Union Health Ministry prohibited the popular painkiller with immediate effect following ICMR advice, citing the availability of safer alternatives

    Police also recovered around 200 explosive cartridges and six bundles of safety fuse wire

    150 kg ammonium nitrate, 200 explosive cartridges seized from car in Tonk, two held

    31 Dec 2025 4:15 PM IST
    Falling yields, rising oil imports crush Anantapur’s groundnut farmers

    Falling yields, rising oil imports crush Anantapur’s groundnut farmers

    31 Dec 2025 3:46 PM IST
    About 3,000 police personnel from outside the district have also been deployed to Ayodhya, anticipating the rise in devotee numbers during the celebrations

    Rajnath hoists Ram Temple flag marking second year of idol consecration

    31 Dec 2025 3:20 PM IST
    Congress cites historian Sugata Bose on Tagore

    Congress slams PM Modi over China’s India-Pakistan mediation claim

    31 Dec 2025 2:04 PM IST
    gig workers

    Zomato, Swiggy offer higher incentives to gig workers ahead of New Year

    31 Dec 2025 2:01 PM IST
    civic polls

    From chases to crematorium: High drama over Maharashtra civic polls ticket war

    31 Dec 2025 1:58 PM IST
    The survivor’s sister in her complaint alleged that the two men drove her around in their van for around two and a half hours, and continued to assault her

    Woman gang-raped in moving vehicle in Faridabad; two nabbed

    31 Dec 2025 1:51 PM IST
    Why do we get song snippets stuck in our heads? Are earworms more common with OCD?

    Why do we get song snippets stuck in our heads? Are earworms more common with OCD?

    31 Dec 2025 1:48 PM IST
    Delhi crime branch, JNU attack, JNU Violence, Aishe Ghosh, Hindu Raksha Dal

    Six Hindu Raksha Dal activists arrested for distributing swords in Ghaziabad colony

    31 Dec 2025 1:40 PM IST
    New Year’s Eve deliveries to be hit as gig unions call for nationwide strike

    New Year’s Eve deliveries may be hit as gig workers call for strike on Dec 31

    31 Dec 2025 12:59 PM IST
    Odisha CM tells ‘King Kansa’ about Rs 1,362-crore development push

    Odisha CM tells ‘King Kansa’ about Rs 1,362-crore development push

    31 Dec 2025 12:40 PM IST
    Tripura MBA student Anjel Chakma killed in fight over racial slurs; incident sparks outrage

    Anjel Chakma murder: Family slams Uttarakhand Police's 'jest' remark

    31 Dec 2025 12:35 PM IST
    Bangladesh unrest casts long shadow on 2026 West Bengal polls

    Bangladesh unrest casts long shadow over 2026 West Bengal polls

    31 Dec 2025 12:20 PM IST
    churches of Mumbai

    Mumbai’s churches, up close: Architecture to notice, art to seek, stories to remember

    31 Dec 2025 12:07 PM IST
    60 injured in train collision inside Uttarakhand hydro tunnel

    60 injured in train collision inside Uttarakhand hydro tunnel

    31 Dec 2025 11:48 AM IST
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