Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the Bharatiya Janata Partys election campaign in Jammu and Kashmir by addressing a large rally in Doda, where he accused the Abdullah, Mufti, and Gandhi families of ruining the region. Terrorism in J&K is nearing its end and the upcoming elections will determine the future of the Union Territory (UT), Modi said. Modi alleged that the National Conference (NC), People's Democratic Party (PDP), and Congress have promoted separatism and terrorism in J&K for t

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Lord Hanuman temple in Connaught Place to offer prayers on Saturday. Kejriwal was released on bail from Tihar prison on Friday after the Supreme Court granted him bail in cases related to the alleged scam in Delhi liquor policy. The Aam Aadmi Party leader visited the temple along with his wife Sunita, former deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bharadwaj. Kejriwal also visited Rajghat and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhis mem

Stones were pelted at the Vande Bharat train running between Chhattisgarh's Durg and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh during a trial run on Friday night. Reports said the window panes of the train were damaged in the incident. The stone pelting was reported in Chhattisgarh's Mahasumund and five arrests were confirmed in connection with the case. The accused were reportedly identified as Shiv Kumar Baghel, Devendra Chandrakar, Jitu Tandi, Lekhraj Sonwani and Arjun Yadav all residents of Chhattis

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited the site where the junior doctors have been protesting seeking a resolution to the month-long agitation and promised to consider their demands. Mamata, accompanied by state Police DG Rajeev Kumar, arrived at Swasthya Bhawan in Salt Lake and offered to consider their demands. Adding that she needed to consult other stakeholders, Mamata added: I do not run the government alone. I will discuss your demands with the Chief Secretary, Home

Delhi Police has filed an FIR over bursting of firecrackers outside the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in north Delhi's Civil Lines to welcome him upon his release from jail, officials said on Saturday. The Delhi government on Monday announced a ban on the production, sale and use of firecrackers in the national capital to control air pollution in the coming winter season. A case under section 223 (disobedience to orders promulgated by public servant) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called for an encyclopedia of the Nath Sampradaya with collections from literature from all over the world including Afghanistan and Pakistan to be compiled. Artefacts from all over the world should also be collected; and where they no longer exist, replicas be made and displayed in a museum, he said. He was speaking at the inaugural session of an international conference which will discuss the contributions of the Nath sampradaya to social amity. T

The final verdict in the MUDA case on alleged land allotment scam involving Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, could be a landmark judgment that redefines the role of a governor, at a time when repeated standoffs between governors and chief ministers of non-BJP ruled states are raising questions over the practice of parliamentary democracy. The MUDA case proceedings have exposed several grey areas in the Constitution, where the discretionary powers of governors are called in question. ALSO

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X to celebrate the arrival of a new member at his official residence 7, Kalyan Marg. The new member is none other than a new calf, named 'Deepjyothi'. Sharing the video of the adorable calf on his official handle, the Prime Minister said: It is said in our scriptures - 'Gaav: Sarvasukha Prada'. There has been an auspicious arrival of a new member in the Prime Minister's residence on Lok Kalyan Marg. The beloved mother cow has given birth to a new calf, which

The West Bengal police arrested a DYFI leader on Friday after the ruling TMC released an audio clip that it claimed unravelled a conspiracy to attack the protesting doctors and blame it on the state government. Kalatan Dasgupta was arrested by the Kolkata Police on Friday. This came after TMC leader Kunal Ghosh released an audio clip on Friday, which he said proved the alleged move by opposition parties to attack the doctors who are protesting the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at R G Kar

A gentle squeeze and a load of cream spills out... In news for all the wrong reasons, Annapoorna, a popular chain of hotels in Coimbatore has shared a video on its social media channel promoting its viral product cream bun. The Annapoorna Hotel posted a reel about its cream bun on its Instagram channel on Friday. The reel was shared with the tagline Annapoorna thats trending across India. The short video has so far garnered over 20,000 likes and has been shared by over 10,000 followers. Durin

The Supreme Court will on Friday deliver its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail petitions challenging his arrest in the liquor policy case by the CBI. A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant will pronounce the verdict at 10.30 am. Justice Ujjal Bhyan is also part of the bench. The AAP national convener had filed two pleas appealing against the bail rejection as well as his arrest by the CBI. AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said the party is hopeful that Kejriwal will get bail

A gang of armed men waylaid and attacked two trainee Army officials and raped their woman friend in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Wednesday. The incident happened when the officers and their two women friends were out on a picnic at the historic Jam Gate, 50km from Indore, in the wee hours of Wednesday. According to the police, the officers were undergoing the Young Officers (YO) course at the Infantry School in Mhow cantonment town. The 23-year-old officials left for a night drive with th

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to CJI D Y Chandrachud's residence to attend the Ganpati Puja has stoked a row with veteran lawyers and the opposition stating the act sends a wrong signal to the judiciary. A video posted by the Prime Minister on Wednesday showed the CJI and his wife Kalpana Das welcoming Modi at their house. The Prime Minister, clad in traditional Maharashtrian attire, shared pictures of him offering prayers to Lord Ganesha. Joined Ganesh Puja at the residence of CJI, Justi

While one section of the proposed Waqf Amendment Act gives boards the power to frame rules for their functioning, another clause by transferring these powers to the central government reduces the body to a mere cipher. This is one of the anomalies of the proposed Waqf amendment bill pointed out by a representation made to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the bill. The said representation, with inputs from the legal fraternity, has been drafted by Syed Mohammed Haider Rizvi. The

With the Karnataka High Court hearing on Chief Minister Siddaramaiahs plea challenging the governors sanction order against him in the MUDA allotment case reaching its final stage, the ruling Congress is in a state of flux. Senior leaders, especially the cabinet colleagues of Siddaramaiah are openly expressing their willingness to occupy the top post in the event of a change of guard owing to an adverse ruling against the CM in the court. At least half a dozen leaders including ministers G. Para

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released its sixth list of candidates for upcoming assembly polls in Haryana. The party has fielded senior leader Prem Garg from Panchkula and Manish Arora from Ellenabad. The party named its candidates for the Kalka, Ambala City, Mulana, Shahabad, Pehowa, Guhla, Panipat, Jind, Fatehabad, Ellenabad, Nalwa, Loharu, Badhra, Dadri, Bawani Khera, Kosli, Faridabad NIT and Badhkal seats on Thursday. As per the list, O.P. Gujjar will contest from Kalka, Wazir Singh Dh

The Karnataka police have so far arrested 52 persons in connection with clashes during Ganesh Chathurthi procession in Mandya on Wednesday. District authorities said the situation has returned to normalcy and prohibitory orders have been imposed in Nagamangala town where clashes occurred. Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said some miscreants pelted stones at the Ganesh idol procession when it reached near a mosque in Nagamangala town and 52 persons have been arrested from both sides in c

Strengthening of Indias research ecosystem, special attention to regulatory systems, dedicated preparatory funds, unified data with access, special powers to regulator, robust decision-making and global harmonisation are part of the observations made by a NITI Aayog Expert Group report Future Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency Response: A Framework for Action. The report provides an action plan for a 100-day response to any future outbreak and emphasises on the philosophy of We need to be ready

The CBI probe into the irregularities at R G Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata, where a trainee doctor was found raped and murdered, has revealed that the business of selling organs extracted from unidentified dead bodies thrived in the hospital over the last few years. The preliminary evidence unearthed by the CBI sleuths also reveals that the organs were freely removed from the bodies of unidentified persons in the morgues of various government hospitals, according to Anand Bazaar Patrik

A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured after Pakistani troops fired on Indian posts along the International Border (IB) in Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir, during the wee hours on Wednesday. After Pakistani forces violated a ceasefire agreement along the border around 2.35 am, the BSF troops also retaliated. However, the casualties on the Pakistani side are yet to be ascertained. The attack comes as the Union Territory prepares for the assembly elections. The first phase is scheduled for Sep

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's unofficial four-day trip to the United States may have ended yesterday, but the war of words between the party and the ruling BJP is yet to die down. Gandhi was largely critical of the Narendra Modi government during his interactions in the US, and, expectedly, it has not gone down well with the saffron party. Continuing with its attack on Gandhi, the BJP has now slammed him for meeting US lawmaker Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, who ha

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was largely critical of the Union government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his unofficial four-day trip to the US, but indicated that the Congress party was in alignment with the ruling BJP on major foreign policy decisions. Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Washington at the National Press Club, Rahul Gandhi pointed out that his party supported PM Modi's stand on India-US relations, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Israel. When asked about his

After days-long operation, the fifth wolf, which was sowing terror in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich, was captured on Tuesday. Forest officials said the hunt for the sixth wolf would continue, and the captured animal would be taken to a rescue shelter. Divisional Forest Officer Ajeet Pratap Singh confirmed to reporters that the wolf was captured during the early hours of Tuesday. The captured animal is a female, and a search operation is underway to capture the remaining wolf, he added. The operation

As the CBI readies to present Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R G Kar Medical College Hospital who is under arrest for alleged financial irregularities in the hospital, before the Alipore court on Tuesday, over 51 people who allegedly helped Ghosh create a 'threat culture' in the institution are under scanner. Local media reports hinted that the 51 people, who are close associates of Ghosh, created an atmosphere of fear in the campus. They allegedly aided Ghosh in conducting financial irre

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi minced no words on Monday as he lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP accusing them of controlling the recent Lok Sabha elections. Alleging that there was no level playing field, Rahul, who is on a four-day trip to the US, said the entire campaign was structured so that Modi could do his thing across the country. The Congress leader accused the Centre of capturing every field. We kept stressing that institutions have been captured. The education syst

The Uttar Pradesh forest departments Operation Bhediya to capture the man-eating wolves is seeing success as a fifth man-eating wolf was trapped during the early hours of Tuesday. One more male wolf remains to be captured, forest officials said. Forest authorities said the fifth wolf, a female, was trapped at the break of dawn and drones were not used in the operation. District Forest Officer Ajeet Pratap Singh said, The operation to capture the wolf started around 5.30am and was completed by

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge sheet against four persons in the Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast case. The accused, identified as Mussavir Hussain Shazib, Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taaha, Maaz Muneer Ahmed and Muzammil Shareef, were earlier arrested and are currently in judicial custody. They have been chargesheeted under relevant sections of IPC, UA(P) Act, Explosive Substances Act and PDLP Act, the central agency said in a statement. The NIA said its investigati

The Indian Medical Associations Bengal state branch has reiterated its support to the protesting junior doctors at the RG Kar medical college hospital, hours after the Supreme Court directed them to return to work by Tuesday evening. In a statement issued on Monday, the IMA Bengal unit said they were totally disheartened by the proceedings of the court and the CBI. We were even more disheartened to learn that the Honble Supreme Court has asked the junior doctors, who are the forerunners of thi

A major train accident was averted by an alert loco pilot as the Bhiwani-Prayagraj Kalindi Express was brought to a screeching halt after hitting an LPG cylinder placed on the tracks in Kanpur, police said on Monday, adding a bottle of petrol and matchboxes were also found at the site hinting at a sabotage bid. The incident occurred around 8.20 pm on Sunday when the Bhiwani-bound train was running at a high speed. An FIR has been registered and teams have been formed by multiple agencies includ

Darshan Thoogudeepa reportedly confessed to the police that he assaulted Renukaswamy before asking Pavithra Gowda to beat him with her footwear. According to the Kannada actor, Renukaswamy seemed beaten and tired when he arrived at the scene with Gowda. However, he further thrashed him. A Bengaluru court on Monday, meanwhile, extended the judicial custody of Darshan Thoogudeepa, Pavithra Gowda and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case till September 12. The Chitradurga native, 33, was ab

In a suspected case of revenge killing, a 40-year-old woman killed an anganwadi boy in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli on Monday. The body of the child was recovered from the washing machine at the accused lady's house, reports said. The accused was identified as Thangammal of Athukurichi village under Radhapuram police limits. Many suspect the woman was suffering from mental illness following the demise of her child, reports said. Thangammal's child died in a road accident and she blamed the family

What could be the first indication of the failure of a poll alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress, the former, released its first list of 20 candidates for the upcoming elections in Haryana on Monday. This comes amid days of hectic parleys between the two parties over seat-sharing arrangements. While the alliance seemed nearly sealed on Saturday, the delay from Congress in final confirmation led to an impasse, irking the AAP which had threatened to release the names of all 90

In announcing the new Congress chief, the Congress party has reverted to its tried and tested formula of balancing certain caste equations in Telangana. After almost a decade, a leader from the Backward Class (BC) will be steering the party. Over the last three decades, the Congress party has typically handed over the reins of the party to Reddy or BC leaders while in opposition. When in power, Reddys were preferred for the chief minister's post, while BC leaders took over the party. Traditiona

The Indian Army sources on Monday said it thwarted an infiltration bid and killed two terrorists along the Line of Control (LocC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri. The terrorists were reportedly heavily armed. According to the statement released by the Army's Jammu-based White Knight Corps on X, the Army received intelligence that there was likely an infiltration bid and the operation was launched on the night of Sunday, towards Monday morning in the Laam sector of Nowshera. The area was kept unde

By Mohit Sharma A reduction of 40 per cent in PM 10 pollutants has been witnessed in 21 cities, including Varanasi, as per the latest environment ministry data. Particulate Matter (PM 10), a major air pollutant, are particles with a diameter of 10 micrometres or less which are small enough to pass through the throat and nose and enter the lungs and can cause various illnesses. While reviewing the Clean Air Action Plans being implemented in 131 cities, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav s

An attempt was made to derail the Kalindi Express, heading towards Bhiwani from Prayagraj, by placing an LPG cylinder on the tracks in the Shivrajpur area here, police said on Monday. The train hit the cylinder before coming to a screeching halt on Sunday morning. Due to being hit by the train, the cylinder was thrown away from the tracks, they said. An attempt was made to derail the Kalindi Express by placing the LPG cylinder on the tracks. Soon after receiving information about the incident

Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has said the Christian population in Goa has come down while the Muslim population has gone up. Speaking at an event in a church in Kochi on Sunday, Pillai, a former BJP state president of Kerala, said the Christian population in Goa had come down to 25 per cent from the earlier 36 per cent. I spoke to a senior priest. I told him that the percentage of Catholic community members has come down to 25 per cent while the Islamic community members have gone up to

The bodies of two Indian Coast Guard (ICG) officials, who went missing after a rescue helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea off Porbandar coast in Gujarat on Monday night, have been recovered. The search for the third missing person continues. The crash happened around 11 pm on Monday during a mission to evacuate a seriously injured crew member from the Indian-flagged vessel approximately 45 kilometres off the coast of Porbandar. A statement issued by the ICG read: On 02 Sep 2024, India Coast

RG Kar Medical College and Hospital former principal Sandip Ghosh reportedly took a cut of 20 per commission on each tender he awarded to the two vendors, according to reports. The tenders were awarded flouting norms to the vendors Biplav Singha and Suman Hazra, who were arrested by the CBI along with Ghosh on Monday in connection with the alleged financial misconduct at the state-run institute during Ghosh's tenure as its principal. Both Singha and Hazra laundered money for Ghosh, reported The

After Dr Sandip Ghosh was arrested on Monday night following interrogation for over two weeks, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was remanded to an eight-day CBI custody for further investigation on Tuesday. During the day, the West Bengal governments health department also suspended Ghosh, fulfilling a longstanding demand of the protesting junior doctors at RG Kar. Additionally, he was removed from the states medical council. ALSO READ |RG Kar MCH rape-murder: Why jun

The CBI on Monday arrested three others, besides the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh, in connection with the alleged financial irregularities at the establishment. These include Ghosh's security guard Afsar Ali, and vendors Suman Hazra and Biplab Singha. Ghosh was arrested on Monday after being quizzed for 15 consecutive days since August 16 over his alleged involvement in the financial misconduct in the hospital. He also faces charges of negligence in rep

The wolves that have been sowing terror in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich struck again on Monday, by attacking a five-year-old girl. Though the animal tried to snatch the child, her parent's timely intervention saved her life. This comes as 'Operation Bhediya', launched to capture a pack of wolves on the prowl that has so far killed seven people, continues. While the forest department has caught four of the animals from the Bahraich area, with the latest one set to be relocated to Gorakhpur Zoo, two o

The Enforcement Directorate has detained Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan in connection with a money laundering case. The central agency conducted searches at the AAP leaders residence on Monday. Sleuths from the central agency reached Khans residence during the early hours of Monday to conduct searches in connection with a money laundering case. Earlier today, Khan had shared a video on X alleging the Bharatiya Janata Party is harassing him and other AAP leaders. An ED team has reached my

The Supreme Court on Monday took serious note of the bulldozer raj in several states and said it should be streamlined and guidelines should be framed at the national level for such demolitions. The apex court however clarified that it will not protect unauthorised constructions. Hearing a bunch of pleas challenging the demolition of the accuseds houses in several states, the Supreme Court observed a house cannot be demolished just because someone is accused, or even a convict. Hearing the plea

A Juhu Chowpatty-like riverfront coming up in Ayodhya is drawing mixed reactions from the citys natives. The total budget for the project (almost half of which is complete) is Rs 4.65 crore. The Ram ki paudi one among the most recognisable ghats of Ayodhya will have 84 food stalls and raised platforms for tourists to sit. The Ram ki paudi is where Ayodhyas deepotsav is also staged. In November 2022, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a food hub at the Naya Ghat area. The a

The daughter of an IPS officer was found dead on the floor of her hostel room at Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University in Lucknow on Saturday night, according to police. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, in a statement, said Anika who brought in an unconscious state died of cardiac arrest at around 10 pm. Ashiyanya Police said her room was locked from inside and they have found nothing suspicious. They added that there were no injuries on her body. Her friends had to break the door open as she did

Senior AAP leader and MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday claimed that a team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had reached his house here to arrest him. Sources said the ED team reached his house in Okhla as part of a money laundering investigation. The Delhi Police and Central Reserve Police Force teams have been deployed at Khan's residence. In a post on X, Khan said, A ED team has reached my house to arrest me. Early this morning, at the behest of the dictator, his puppet ED reached my house. T

The heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have prompted the South Central Railways to cancel 140 trains and divert 97 services on Sunday. Both states have been witnessing heavy showers for the last two days, resulting in severe flooding and waterlogging. The cancellations and diversion resulted in over 6,000 people getting stranded at Rayanapadu, Kondapalli, Tenali, Vijayawada, Nidubrolu and Bapatla railway stations. They were provided with breakfast and drinking

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, urging his intervention to frame stringent laws to prevent crimes against women. Mamata said the prime minister did not respond to her earlier letter. In her letter, Banerjee said the response received from the Ministry for Women for her earlier letter was very generic. You may kindly recall my letter No.44-CM dated August 22, 2024 regarding the need for stringent central legislation on i

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday visited the Rajkot Fort where a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj collapsed recently and vowed to erect a grand new statue at the same place soon. Visiting the Fort in Malvan, Pawar inspected the place and interacted with authorities here. The statue was constructed by the Indian Navy and was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Navy Day celebrations last year. The state government faced severe public outrage following th