Varanasi (UP): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said he would not contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, quipping that he would take the oath as the chief minister “directly” without entering the electoral fray. Asked by reporters here whether he would contest the next year’s assembly polls, Yadav, in his trademark witty…
Gorakhpur: BJP MP and actor Ravi Kishan on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and asserted that BJP national president Nitin Nabin’s proposed visit to Gorakhpur would sound the bugle for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Kishan challenged Gandhi to defeat Prime Minister Narendra…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the CRPF, the country’s lead internal security force, for recording no casualties in 12 consecutive months – the first time in 47 years. “A zero speaks volumes,” he said in a post on X. The prime minister’s social media post carried a graphic of zero along…
Jammu: BJP national vice president Ram Madhav on Tuesday accused the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi of deliberately spreading false propaganda over the SIR issue as they were unable to challenge the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi through democratic elections. The Congress, he charged, was attempting to destabilise the country, undermine democratic institutions…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday dismissed as a “small issue” the controversy over the BMC deleting actor Dia Mirza’s anti-firecracker video, saying it was not a matter at his level and that the Bombay High Court had not reprimanded the civic body. Mirza’s video for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) eco-friendly Diwali…
Chhatarpur (MP): Bageshwar Dham head priest Dhirendra Shastri has apologised after a controversy over his comments on Lord Krishna, saying he did not intend to insult any deity. In a video message posted on social media from Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, Shastri said he did not intend to draw any distinction between Lord Ram and…
New Delhi: An Indian sailor was killed in an attack on a commercial vessel near Limah in Oman on Monday evening, triggering strong condemnation by India. The vessel, MSV Al Jusufi, had 14 Indian nationals, 13 of whom have been rescued, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday. “We condemn the attack on…
Jabalpur: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday said the Congress will be wiped out from the entire country after the 2029 Lok Sabha polls. Addressing a gathering after the BJP’s “Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao” padyatra (foot march) here, he targeted Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi while referring to the Emergency imposed by then prime…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Monday stressed the need for accurate and comprehensive data collection during Census-2027, saying the exercise would form the basis for future development plans, budget allocation and delivery of welfare schemes. Addressing a programme at Jan Bhavan here on the second phase of the census, Patel said the self-enumeration…
New Delhi: SAD MP Harsimrat Badal has submitted a breach of privilege complaint to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against a senior Punjab Police official for “dismissing” her concerns over the death of a youth in Mansa due to alleged drug overdose, and sought his intervention “to protect the effective discharge of Members’ functions”. Sources…
