The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested six railway officials in connection with separate bribery cases in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The arrests followed allegations that railway personnel had demanded or accepted illegal payments in return for performing official duties, including processing bills and facilitating payments to private contractors and companies. The action is part...
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge were absent from the official Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort on Saturday, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation. Their decision to skip the ceremony for the second consecutive year has revived the controversy over the treatment and seating of opposition leaders at major government...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced a major infrastructure investment plan worth ₹1.5 lakh crore, combining state resources with proposed central government support, as part of the state’s long-term objective of becoming a developed state by 2047. Sarma made the announcement during his Independence Day address at Khanapara in Guwahati on Saturday. The...
Tensions surrounding Jharkhand’s ongoing student agitation over alleged irregularities in government recruitment examinations escalated on Independence Day after student leader Devendra Nath Mahto was stopped by police from leaving Sadar Hospital to participate in a Tiranga Yatra in Ranchi. Mahto, a leader of the Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM), has been undergoing treatment at the...
Four people, including three workers employed at a brick kiln, were killed after a tractor-trolley loaded with bricks overturned on Sultanpur Highway in Lucknow’s Gangaganj area early Saturday morning. The accident occurred at around 4:45 am, leaving the victims trapped beneath the overturned vehicle. According to police, the tractor-trolley overturned on the highway under circumstances...
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has provided a detailed account of the decision-making that preceded Operation Sindoor, recalling that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s immediate priority after the Pahalgam terror attack was to establish who was responsible. In his first major interview since the military operation, Doval described the sequence of events following the April 22,...
The official Instagram account of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was briefly unavailable on Saturday morning before being restored, according to the movement and its founder Abhijeet Dipke. The development prompted Dipke to publicly question the action and accuse those opposed to the organisation of attempting to suppress its voice on Independence Day. Dipke, who...
At least seven workers have died and three others remain missing after a sudden inflow of water, mud and debris entered an under-construction tunnel at a hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, triggering an extensive rescue operation. The accident took place at the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project on Thursday evening. According to officials, 22 workers were...
Actor and former Lok Sabha candidate Prakash Raj has claimed that his name has been removed from the electoral roll in Bengaluru during Karnataka’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, prompting him to question the process and the documentation required to restore his voting rights. Raj raised the issue through a video posted...
Nine members of a family were killed after a passenger van carrying 11 people was swept into a swollen drain while attempting to cross an unfinished bridge in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday morning. Two occupants, including the driver, survived after managing to swim to safety. The accident took place near Padana village...