Hyderabad: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday launched a scathing attack on the SIR of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that it was “NRC in disguise” and part of a larger conspiracy to remove voters opposed to the BJP. Yadav, who is in Hyderabad to attend the Vision India – AI Summit on Saturday,…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday met representatives of labour unions from across the country at the Parliament House complex and promised to raise their voices and concerns over the new labour codes. “Today, I met with representatives of labour unions from across the country at the Jan Sansad, where I had a…
Every few months, a familiar script returns to India’s political theatre: a leader from the Congress–PDP ecosystem rises dramatically, points a trembling finger at the BJP, and declares that “minorities are under attack.” The latest performer is PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, who has taken to X to accuse the Centre of “erasing” Waqf properties. According…
Tracing Pakistan’s Untried Operatives — And the Real Men Who Still Walk Free “Perpetrators untried, justice unanswered — the silence speaks louder than evidence.” Indian cinema has long revisited national tragedies, memorialising loss and sacrifice. But most films stop at the explosion, the crisis, the heroic last stand. They seldom touch the darker truth that…
Dharmaja, eager to learn the mystery of the heavenly river’s descent, questioned the sage Romasa as to how King Bhageeradha had brought the celestial stream down to fill the ocean’s depths. The sage, serene in countenance, began his narration. In ancient ages there reigned King Sagara of the Ikshvaku dynasty, conqueror of the mighty and…
Chopla or Chaupala Hanuman Temple is located in Naya Ganj, Agrasen Market, near the historic Delhi Gate in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.The temple stands right in the middle of the main market road, making it easily visible and accessible to devotees. The temple, which is over 100 years old was built at this specific spot because…
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Bhabanipur constituency has recorded nearly four times more deletions from electoral rolls as against opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari’s Nandigram, according to constituency-wise data released by the Election Commission on Friday that highlighted significant variations across West Bengal. According to a poll panel official, Bhabanipur (Kolkata), which had 1,61,509 voters in…
New Delhi: The government has exclusive powers in extraordinary circumstances to cap airfares but it is not a single-way solution, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Friday amid rising concerns over high air ticket prices. Replying to a debate on a private member’s resolution on ‘Resolutions: Appropriate Measures to Regulate Airfare in the…
Belagavi (Karnataka): (Dec 12) Karnataka Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain on Friday claimed that D K Shivakumar will become the chief minister after the ongoing winter session of the state legislature here. The MLA from Ramanagara was among the ministers and legislators who met for dinner, along with Shivakumar, late last night. “MLAs from various constituencies…
New Delhi: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said the government has approved Rs 11,718 crore for the conduct of the Census of India 2027. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to conduct the Census, which will be the first digital exercise of its kind, Information…
