A Mumbai-based mountaineer and medical practitioner has been reported missing following devastating flash floods in Nepal, triggering concern among his family, colleagues and members of the trekking community. Dr Milind P. Chitlay, who is associated with an outdoor and trekking organisation, was reportedly in Nepal when severe flooding and mudslides struck parts of the Himalayan...
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has come under the spotlight following allegations that two of its prominent leaders were assaulted in separate incidents in Jaipur, with founder Abhijeet Dipke making a light-hearted remark that chief spokesperson Saurav Das could be “next” to face an attack. Dipke made the comment while speaking in an interview alongside...
Police in Gujarat’s Kutch district have uncovered a suspected illegal liquor manufacturing operation in Adipur, seizing around 10,000 liquor flasks, more than 600 litres of an unidentified chemical and equipment allegedly used to prepare counterfeit liquor. Two men have been detained in connection with the operation. The raid was conducted on Tuesday at a shop...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra is placing renewed emphasis on maintaining unity within the ruling Mahayuti alliance as political competition in the state intensifies. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has begun efforts to strengthen coordination among the BJP, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), with the alliance seeking to prevent internal disagreements from...
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has called for restraint and dialogue amid the ongoing controversy over wearing the hijab in schools in Uttar Pradesh, urging authorities and school managements to resolve such sensitive matters locally rather than allowing them to become prolonged legal or political disputes. Mayawati said issues involving religious customs and practices...
A fresh controversy over religious freedom and school dress codes has emerged after AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi strongly criticised an Allahabad High Court decision rejecting a minor student’s plea to wear a hijab along with her prescribed school uniform. Owaisi described the ruling as an “attack on Islam” and questioned the court’s approach to determining...
Security forces have arrested six suspected militants, including a minor, in Manipur’s Imphal Valley in connection with alleged cases of extortion, kidnapping and intimidation, police said on Wednesday. The arrests were made during separate operations conducted across Bishnupur, Imphal East and Imphal West districts on Tuesday. According to officials, all six suspects are allegedly associated...
Actor Taapsee Pannu has made it clear that she does not want to keep discussing her long-running public friction with actor-politician Kangana Ranaut. During the promotional event for her upcoming film Gandhari, Taapsee appeared visibly frustrated when reporters once again asked her about the latest exchange between the two actors. The issue, which has resurfaced...
Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s recent comments about giving greater responsibility to the younger generation triggered speculation about his political future, but his office has clarified that the remarks were not related to politics or any possible decision to step away from public life. Gadkari made the comments at an event in Nagpur on Sunday while...
Uttar Pradesh has asserted that it has sufficient sugar stocks to help meet India’s consumption requirements for nearly two months, even as a sharp increase in sugar prices has triggered concerns about supply availability across the country. The state, India’s largest producer of sugarcane and the country’s second-largest sugar producer after Maharashtra, maintains that there...