Varanasi: As darkness descends on Shivala Ghat in Varanasi, motorboats carrying tourists glide across Ganga, their lights shimmering on the water like floating islands. On the riverbank, a stage is set and hundreds gather, waiting for a cultural performance to begin, as the ancient ghats come alive. This scene captures how Varanasi has changed in…
Mumbai: Senior IPS officer and 26/11 terror attack hero Sadanand Vasant Date on Saturday took charge as Director General of Maharashtra Police. He was heading the National Investigation Agency (NIA) till recently before being repatriated to his home cadre on the request of the Maharashtra government. The 1990-batch officer was appointed as DGP on December…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday announced a nationwide ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ from January 10 to February 25 to demand the withdrawal of the VB G-RAM-G Act, and restoration of MGNREGA as a rights-based law, the right to work, and the authority of panchayats. Addressing a joint press conference, Congress general secretaries K C Venugopal…
Raipur: A day after the Chhattisgarh High Court granted him bail in two cases linked to the alleged liquor scam, Chaitanya Baghel, son of senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, was released from the Raipur Central Jail on Saturday. Bhupesh Baghel noted that it was Chaitanya’s birthday when he was first arrested…
Mumbai: The BJP and its Mahayuti allies have won 68 seats unopposed in the Maharashtra civic polls scheduled for January 15, even as the Opposition parties alleged the ruling combine used threats and money to force candidates to withdraw from the fray. Across the state, as many as 68 candidates from the BJP and the…
Sukma/Bijapur: More than 12 Naxalites were killed in separate encounters with the security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Saturday, police said. More than 10 ultras were gunned down in Sukma, while two were eliminated in the adjoining Bijapur district in the early hours of the day, they said. An exchange of fire broke out…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of “interfering” in India’s internal matters by writing a note to jailed activist Umar Khalid and asserted that India will not tolerate it. Questioning Mamdani’s locus standi to comment on the issue, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia also cautioned the New York…
Bhopal: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that despite the uniform and physical exercises, the Sangh is not a para-military organisation, and it would also be a huge mistake to try to understand it by looking at the BJP. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh works for uniting society and imbuing it with the necessary qualities…
Indore: Under fire over the death of at least four persons due to water contamination in the Bhagirathpura area here, the Madhya Pradesh government on Friday shunted out the Indore municipal commissioner and suspended two senior officials. The health crisis was now under control due to the emergency measures taken, and there was “no abnormal…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the next Mumbai mayor will be from the ruling Mahayuti and “both Hindu and Marathi”, amid claims and counter-claims by political parties over who should occupy the city’s top civic post. “The Mumbai mayor will be from the Mahayuti. The Mumbai mayor will be a Hindu and…
