The Centre has directed the airlifting of 10 more CRPF companies from Chhattisgarh to deploy in Delhi to bolster security measures in view of the student protest underway, officials said on Friday. They told news agency PTI that about 150 CAPF companies will be deployed in Delhi over the next few days. A CAPF company has about...
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a delegation of INDIA bloc MPs towards Gandhi Smriti in central Delhi in a show of solidarity with students protesting over the NEET-UG paper leak. A convoy of three buses carrying the MPs was briefly stopped outside Gandhi’s residence by Delhi Police barricades and police vehicles...
Activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended his 26-day hunger strike after weeks of negotiations with the Centre, doing the same in the presence of Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh after being assured that the accountability of paper leaks in India will be discussed by all political parties in Parliament. Visuals from the hospital showed...
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to file a comprehensive report on the steps taken to comply with the Supreme Court’s directions on removing stray dogs from public spaces. The report has to cover action taken up to July 31. The court passed the order...
IMD has warned of intense monsoon activity across Maharashtra, with extremely heavy rainfall expected in several districts. Authorities have also cautioned about flash floods, waterlogging and travel The IMD has forecast isolated spells of extremely heavy rainfall over Madhya Maharashtra, with Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik and Kolhapur likely to experience intense downpours. The active monsoon system is...
According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), a section of the crowd pelted stones at Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel late on the night of July 21. The incident took place in the Connaught Place area. An RAF Vajra vehicle was also targeted during the stone-pelting. Police exercised considerable restraint...
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was on Tuesday dragged into a police bus as he led a dramatic protest by the Congress outside the high-security residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s ouster Rahul was left with a bruised nose and injuries below his eyes and on chest...
On the directions of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, District-Level Coordination Committees (DLCCs) have been constituted in all 13 districts to effectively address the problem of waterlogging, an official said on Tuesday. Chief Minister Gupta said that the objective of these committees is to prevent waterlogging and minimise its impact through better coordination among various...
At least 20 workers were killed and five others remained trapped for over 24 hours after a tunnel under construction collapsed in Sikkim’s Namchi district following an explosion of suspected methane gas, a police officer said on Tuesday. Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang announced Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia for the next of kin of...
The Lord’s ODI between India and England was touted to be Rohit Sharma’s last in the Indian shirt, but the veteran opener’s valiant hundred in the match has put the retirement chatter to a halt. On Tuesday, Rohit was in the stands as The Hundred 2026 campaign kicked off with the first match between MI...