BANNED IMPORTED CIGARETTES WORTH RS 1 CR SEIZED IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: Four people have been arrested after Delhi Police seized over 2.82 lakh prohibited imported cigarettes worth more than Rs 1 crore from northeast Delhi in a major crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade, an officer said on Thursday. The seizure was made in two phases, with police recovering consignments from Karawal Nagar and […]
WITH FCRA BILL, BJP RISKS LOSING DELIMITATION BACKERS
NEW DELHI: The corridors of Parliament were abuzz on Wednesday afternoon with speculation over whether the government would push for the FCRA bill this week, or delay it to address the elephant in the room — the delimitation bill. While the government needs a simple majority for the passage of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment […]
RAGE OVER CASTE RESERVATION SPILLS ONTO STREETS
NEW DELHI: From Nagpur to Lucknow to Jaipur and Visakhapatnam, anti-reservation protests are being reported from several cities even as a parallel campaign against caste-based quotas is gathering pace online. With several Assembly elections approaching, the growing chorus against reservation could reopen India’s most politically sensitive fault lines. Over the past few weeks, a series […]
DIPKE’S NEW NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday announced a nationwide public outreach campaign, ‘Kya Bolti Public’, saying the party would travel across the country from September to engage with citizens and make issues such as unemployment, education reforms and social justice central to its political agenda. Addressing the media after a […]
MANY LEADERS JOINING CONG
NEW DELHI: Congress media and publicity chairman Pawan Khera and UP AICC incharge Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday welcomed at an AICC press conference a score of leaders joining the Congress, including retired IAS, retired IPS and activists. They are all joining after sensing Rahul Gandhi’s activism. They include Dr Anoop Kumar Ambedkar, who was […]
FIRST SP TICKET TO A PANDIT
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has given the party’s first ticket in the UP Assembly elections for Ayodhya seat to a pandit, Pawan Pandey. He announced this on Wednesday at a convention of the Brahmin samaj in Ayodhya. Akhilesh declared the party’s candidate for the high-pofile seat to tej Narain alias Pawan Pandey […]
ZUCKERBERG TOLD TO APOLOGISE IN 3 DAYS OVER PM MODI VIDEO
NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information Technology has given Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg three days to issue a personal apology after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook video was briefly removed from Facebook. The panel called the incident serious and warned that Meta could face legal action if it fails to respond. The Parliamentary […]
INDIA TO EXCHANGE TERRITORY WITH MYANMAR
NEW DELHI: India and Myanmar are reportedly exploring a possible territorial exchange to settle a decades-old undemarcated section of their shared border along Manipur. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “There are certain areas on the border which are yet to be settled. Discussions […]
PARLIAMENT’S SPECIAL SESSION FOR DELIMITATION, WOMEN’S QUOTA BILLS ON AUG 17
NEW DELHI: Despite repeated disruptions washing out much of the Monsoon Session, the Narendra Modi government is preparing to push ahead with two of its most ambitious legislative proposals in a single package. Government sources said it is likely to convene a special session of Parliament on August 17 after the Monsoon Session ends on […]
CENSUS PHASE 2 BEGINS ON AUG 17
NEW DELHI: Phase 2 (Population Enumeration) of Census 2027 will begin in mid‑August 2026 in Ladakh and other snow‑bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, with online self‑enumeration followed by door‑to‑door enumeration in September. The census will collect caste data for the first time since 1931 and will also record details such […]
