PATNA: The fate of Bihar’s panchayati raj minister Deepak Prakash hangs in the balance as Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), founded and led by his father and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, looks set to split with three of the four party legislators likely to stake claim over the organisation as part of the NDA.The three…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed forensic examination of the Unnao rape survivor’s voice sample in a case relating to her alleged gang rape in June 2017, a week after she was raped by former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar.The order was passed on an application moved by the counsel for one of the…
NEW DELHI: Two men were allegedly beaten up in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Tuesday by a group that suspected they were cattle smugglers. Police got a PCR call. The caller said people had caught suspected cattle smugglers near Janakpuri School and were taking him towards Najafgarh.Police found a damaged car on the roadside. The caller,…
NEW DELHI: Over 9,000 birds across 131 species were spotted along Yamuna floodplains in the capital during the Asian Waterbird Census this weekend.The survey, carried out by a group of nearly 20 birders in collaboration with eBird, an online avian database, flagged several ecological threats to the habitat, including illegal sand mining on the floodplains,…
NEW DELHI: The budget for 2026-27 is likely to be presented on February 1, the first, in recent memory, to be presented on a Sunday.The budget session may start from Jan 28 with the President’s speech. Though the final call on the date will be taken by the cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs (CCPA) on…
NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways has given its “in-principle” approval for the Atal Progress-way, also known as the Chambal Expressway. The project will connect the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway with the Bundelkhand Expressway and will pass through parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.The 420-km expressway, a mix of expansion of existing highway stretches…
Screenshot from video posted by Abhishek Banerjee NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday met Sunali Khatun, a day after she gave birth to her second child. She was brought back to India on the Supreme Court’s orders after being deported to Bangladesh on suspicion of being its citizen.Also Read…
AAP leaders protest in Delhi assembly The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a protest at the Delhi assembly premises on Tuesday, highlighting the rising air pollution and deteriorating AQI levels in the national capital. Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi assembly and AAP leader Atishi alleged that the BJP is “running away” from addressing…
Punjab minister Barinder Kumar Goyal (File photo) Punjab minister and senior AAP leader Barinder Kumar Goyal on Tuesday criticised the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for allegedly imposing an “illegal” financial burden of Rs 500 crore on the Bhakra Beas Management Board.Addressing a press conference here, Goyal, who holds the water resources portfolio, also said…
NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday warned strict action against students who raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah during a campus protest, stating that the university “can’t be laboratory of hate.”Sharing a post on X, the university said, “An FIR has already been lodged in connection…
