18 LIQUOR DEATHS IN PUNE DISTRICT

NEW DELHI: Police have intensified investigation into an illicit liquor network in the Pune district after 18 people died in the last 48 hours following the consumption of methanol-laced alcohol. While 13 people died in Pimpri Chinchwad’s Phugewadi and Dapodi, five died in Pune’s Hadapsar and Kalepadal after allegedly consuming the liquor. While the police […]

ILLEGAL MIGRANTS VOTED IN BENGAL FOR YEARS

NEW DELHI: Fear and uncertainty are unfolding at the Hakimpur border in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, where dozens of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants have gathered over the past two days seeking to return to Bangladesh. This comes amid growing pressure from authorities and the setting up of holding centres for illegal migrants across the […]

STRATEGIST DK SHIVAKUMAR TO BE KARNATAKA CM

NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, wanted by Congress in various states as a trouble shooter, will be the Chief Minister to lead the party into the 2028 re-election campaign. Even DK touched his feet and hugged the outgoing CM at a cabinet meeting called by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over a breakfast meeting […]

PUNJAB CM REJECTS ALLIANCE WITH CONGRESS

NEW DELHI: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday rejected suggestions of any “contradiction” or “political inconsistency” in the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) approach to alliances, stating that national-level cooperation and state-specific poll strategies are different. The Punjab Chief Minister was responding to a question by NDTV’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Rahul Kanwal on how the […]

CONG CRITICISES FUEL PRICE HIKE AMID GLOBAL CRUDE PRICE DROP

NEW DELHI:  Congress spokesperson Dr Ragini Nayak Basoya on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Modi for the current fuel price hike at a time when the global crude prices were dropping. She said the Prime Minister was claiming no petrol-diesel crisis in the country and no clouds of inflation. She said same was the song by […]

ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FLOCK BORDER AS BENGAL STARTS DEPORTATION

NEW DELHI: Large groups of alleged illegal Bangladeshi migrants have begun gathering along multiple border points in West Bengal amid the BJP government’s newly launched “detect, delete and deport” policy, with scenes emerging from North 24 Parganas and Malda that signal the state’s anti-infiltration drive has moved from political rhetoric to administrative action. At the […]

PANEL TO STUDY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES FROM ILLEGAL INFILTRATION

NEW DELHI: Nearly 10 months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced it from the Red Fort on Independence Day, the Central Government has formally constituted the High-Level Committee on Demographic Change, a body tasked with examining population shifts caused by illegal immigration and other factors that the government considers threats to national security and the […]

CBI TO PROBE TWISHA SHARMA DEATH

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the State of Madhya Pradesh if the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) can be asked to investigate the Twisha Sharma dowry death case. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta submitted that the CBI will take over the probe, and that he will ensure that the administrative steps […]

DELHI HIGH COURT TO HEAR GYMKHANA CLUB’S EVICTION on Tuesday

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Gymkhana Club on Monday moved the Delhi High Court against a notice issued by the Centre, directing it to vacate its premises. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing on behalf of the club, mentioned the matter before the court of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and sought an urgent hearing. Subsequently, the court […]

MAJOR ALLIANCE REALIGNMENT ACROSS PARTIES IN TAMIL NADU

From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) victory in Tamil Nadu, unseating the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) from power, has not only altered the state’s political leadership but also triggered a rapid erosion of the DMK’s once-formidable alliance structure that had won three successive elections that elevated Stalin as an astute leader. […]