Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, raising serious concerns over the proposed method of collecting caste-related information in the upcoming Census. The two senior opposition leaders have objected to the use of open-ended questions for recording caste identities, arguing that the approach could result in fragmented and...
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was released from Haryana’s Sunaria jail in Rohtak on Tuesday after being granted a 21-day furlough. The temporary release marks his 17th occasion outside prison since his conviction in 2017, bringing renewed attention to the repeated parole and furloughs granted to the controversial religious leader. Ram Rahim,...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the country’s senior security and intelligence leadership to adopt a tougher approach towards infiltration, terrorism and other threats to India’s internal security. The directive came during the National Security Strategies Conference in New Delhi, where senior officials reviewed a wide range of challenges, including illegal immigration, terrorism, cybercrime,...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has intensified its investigation into alleged cyberattacks on Indian government websites during Operation Sindoor, carrying out searches at five locations across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Bihar and Delhi. The searches were conducted as part of an ongoing cyber-terrorism investigation concerning alleged attempts to launch sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks against 54...
Fresh violence erupted in Manipur’s Senapati district after a gunfight broke out between security personnel and unidentified armed individuals, leaving a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer injured. The confrontation occurred in the Taphou area after two houses were allegedly set on fire, triggering renewed tensions between communities in the region. The incident has raised...
The death toll in the spurious liquor tragedy in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district has risen to 11, with three more people succumbing to the effects of suspected toxic alcohol, police said on Saturday. The incident has triggered an intensified investigation into the manufacture and distribution of illicit liquor and raised serious questions about enforcement failures in...
A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Karnataka on charges linked to an alleged terrorist act after police found that he was reportedly in contact with individuals associated with Pakistani gangsters through social media, officials said. The accused, identified as Syed Abubakar, is a resident of Islampur and works as an air-conditioner mechanic. His arrest...
Two workers were killed and nine others injured after a reactor exploded at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Telangana’s Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district on Friday night, August 21. The blast occurred at a pharma unit in the Dothigudem area of Pochampally mandal, around 50 kilometres from Hyderabad. The explosion triggered a fire inside the industrial facility...
At least five people were killed and two others injured after a speeding passenger bus allegedly lost control and crashed into a crowd gathered to watch an orchestra programme in Bihar’s West Champaran district late Friday night. The accident occurred near Lauriya, turning a family celebration into a scene of panic and mourning. According to...
A family dispute over a mobile phone ended in a devastating tragedy in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, where a 19-year-old man and both his parents died after falling from a hilltop during an extended attempt to prevent the teenager from taking his own life. The incident occurred on Friday at Khawadya Hill in the Tisgaon...