ROW OVER PUNJAB BJP LEADER’S VIRAL “DELETE VOTES”
NEW DELHI: A political controversy has erupted in Punjab after a video purportedly showing BJP State Secretary and Dinanagar Assembly constituency in-charge Renu Kashyap went viral on social media. In the clip, Kashyap is allegedly heard saying, “Get the SIR done, get 20,000-25,000 votes deleted, and get your own MLA elected.” The remarks have triggered […]
PRASHANT KISHOR HAS ASSETS OF RS 96 CR
NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, a candidate for the Bankipur bypoll in Bihar, has assets worth Rs 96 crore, according to his election affidavit. In the affidavit filed before the Returning Officer, Kishor declared movable assets worth Rs 22.19 crore and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 73.87 crore. His wife, Jahnavi Das, a medical […]
SEX EDUCATION COMING TO INDIAN SCHOOLS SOON
NEW DELHI: India may be on the verge of a significant shift in the way schools teach children about health, safety and relationships, with the Centre informing the Supreme Court that comprehensive sex education will soon be introduced in schools and colleges across the country. The move comes nearly two years after the apex court […]
SC QUESTIONS DELHI POLICE ON ASSAULT ON A LAWYER
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Police to inform it about the status of investigation into a recent assault on a lawyer inside his residence in the national capital. The Court said that a status report on the investigation be filed by an officer not below the rank of a Deputy […]
ACCOUNTING FLAWS IN RAM MANDIR
NEW DELHI: In an interview with journalist Abhishek Upadhyay on June 9, 2026, for his YouTube channel, Top Secret, that a former accountant with the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Mahipal Singh, laid bare the flawed accounting process – with no mechanism for daily audit or accountability – at Hindutva’s marquee temple in Ayodhya. Singh […]
RAM MANDIR DONATION SCAM: SC SEEKS SIT REPORT, NOTICE TO TEMPLE TRUST
NEW DELHI: In a new turn of events regarding the management of money received by the nation’s most popular religious monument, the Supreme Court of India ordered on Monday the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh government to produce a complete status report regarding its probe into the possible embezzlement of donations made […]
HOW YOGI BROKE LIQUOR CARTEL AND BUILT UP’S FINANCES
NEW DELHI: Rakshpal Yadav, a farmer in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur until two years ago, explored ways to increase and diversify his sources of income and came across an e-lottery application for a liquor licence. When he scanned through the details, he was surprised to know that he was eligible to apply for it. He did […]
IRAN HITS BACK AFTER US STRIKES
(Photo) Courtesy : The Guardian NEW DELHI: In response to fresh US strikes on Iran, Tehran announced it had targeted American Patriot missile systems, ammunition depots and drone infrastructure across the Gulf, marking one of its largest retaliatory offensives since the conflict erupted in February. The retaliatory attacks came hours after US forces struck Iranian […]
RAM MANDIR TO GET A CEO AND REFORMS IN ITS GOVERNANCE ON JULY 22
NEW DELHI: Ram Temple Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Mishra, a former principal secretary of Prime Minister Modi, has described the donation theft at the Ayodhya temple as a “disgraceful blot”, saying everyone connected with it felt deeply humiliated and let down. He also said the temple management system would be improved to prevent such incidents […]
SC PROTECTS 27 DECLARED FOREIGNERS IN ASSAM
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday underlined that the process of determining a person’s citizenship or declaring someone a foreigner must be fair, while granting relief to 27 individuals in Assam who had been declared foreigners by Foreigners Tribunals. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta said questions relating to citizenship […]