New Delhi: Delhi saw 10 days of ‘severe’ air quality during the winter season (October-January) in 2025-26 as against 31 days in 2016-17, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Monday. He shared the information in response to a written question by Congress MP Manish Tewari in the Lok Sabha. “The total number of days…
Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy raised serious allegations against what he described as an “extra-constitutional power structure” operating within the Telangana government, naming Faheem Qureshi—whom he termed the “shadow Chief Minister,”—and digital media activist Akram Ali Mohammed, also known as Abu Aimal Azad Reporter. Addressing the media, Reddy referred to reports stating that…
Mahabubnagar (Telangana): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday launched a sharp attack against the BJP-RSS over the Sangh chief’s demand to confer a Bharat Ratna on VD Savarkar. Invoking Maulvi Allauddin, known for his contribution to the 1857 revolt, Owaisi criticised the idea of conferring the highest civilian award to Savarkar. He said, “Maulvi Allauddin,…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday attacked the government for cutting capital expenditure in 2025-26 at a time ‘when neither the public sector, private sector nor foreign investors are investing in India’, while terming Union Budget 2026-27 a “forgettable budget”. Initiating a general discussion on Union Budget 2026-27 in the Rajya Sabha, the…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has received more than 18,600 applications for domicile certificates in the past one-and-a-half months, an unprecedented spike linked to the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said on Monday. Cumulative figures available till February 6 show that 18,605 applications were submitted, far exceeding the…
New Delhi: Speed, privilege, and unaccountability. The Kanpur Lamborghini crash, involving a tobacco businessman’s son, that left at least six injured, has fuelled outrage over perceived elite impunity and has once again drawn attention to a series of high-profile crashes involving luxury cars and reckless driving. The incident took place on Sunday in Kanpur’s Gwaltoli…
Islamabad: There has been a clear shift in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s tone over boycotting the February 15 match against India in the 2026 T20 World Cup. After the Pakistani government’s brief social media statement asking the team not to take the field against India in Colombo, the initial worry among several stakeholders was…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday demanded a “transparent explanation” from Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi over his “visit to Rawalpindi district of Pakistan”, asserting that his visa “explicitly permitted travel only to Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad”. Sarma, in a post on X, said that under Pakistan’s immigration rules, travel beyond visa-designated cities…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi must be allowed to put forth his concerns in the Lok Sabha and described as “absolutely bizarre” the “denial of the right to speak to one side” in the House. Tharoor, who was to initiate the discussion on the…
Surat: Former Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Zubin Irani on Monday said Rahul Gandhi does not hear or read what the Narendra Modi government has mentioned in the 2026-27 Budget presented in Parliament on February 1. Addressing a press conference here, the former Lok Sabha MP further said the Union government presented a progressive,…
