Nearly nine hours after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi led a demonstration from Parliament to the Election Commission and began a sit-in near the poll body’s office to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Delhi Police cracked down and detained him and other leaders around 8 pm on Tuesday. Gandhi...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered a corruption case involving an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and other senior officers, and conducted searches at three premises linked to the Punjab chief minister across the state. The searches included Mann’s “camp office” at Kothi No 50 in...
Ashutosh Dixit As Appointed New IAF Chief | New Delhi, Oct. 7: The Central Government has officially appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit as the next Chief of the Air Staff. Consequently, he will assume charge as the 29th Chief of the Indian Air Force on the afternoon of October 31,...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed mass student protests in France on “mass migration” and Islam, pushing his global right-wing narrative ahead of tough midterm elections at home. “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a...
An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck Uttarakhand’s Chamoli around 10.20 pm on Tuesday, and its tremors were also felt in Delhi and its adjoining areas. The confirmation from the National Center for Seismology came only around 10.40 pm, with many people taking to social media until then, wondering if others had felt the tremors too. At least...
A Delhi court has slammed the city police for what it called an “absolutely perfunctory and mere eyewash” report in an organised-crime case, in which two accused allegedly continued to commit heinous offences, including murder, for years after the stringent MCOCA was invoked against them but were arrested only in 2026. Special Judge Gaurav Rao...
officially retired from international career after scoring a goal and providing two assists as Argentina defeated Benin 3-0 in a friendly international on Wednesday. Messi, who helped Argentina win the World Cup and two Copa America titles, entered the game with a national-record 125 goals and 68 assists for his country. Before the final goodbye,...
India and Switzerland today inked five agreements following bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swiss President Guy Parmelin in New Delhi. These agreements are on Migration and Mobility Partnership, Exchange of Young Professionals, Promotion and Collaboration on Transportation Technologies, Mobility Systems and Infrastructure in Identified Areas, Letter of Intent between Department of Science...
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Centre, seeking their detailed responses within a week to a plea challenging the manner in which the poll panel, led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, allegedly took certain decisions without the approval of the other two Election Commissioners....
Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and BL Verma were dropped from list of eight Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh that the ruling BJP announced on Monday. Puri holds the dual charge of Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Urban and Housing Affairs. BL Verma is is the Minister of State in the Ministry...