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New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' remark in his Independence Day speech sparked a war of words between the Opposition and the BJP, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday said the PM was not referring to opposition leaders but only to those who...

New Delhi: Three sets of questions concerning the Cockroach Janta Party-led youth protests were disallowed during the recent Monsoon Session of Parliament citing admissibility conditions, CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das said Sunday, criticising the decision. In a post on X, Das said Lok Sabha MP...

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has rejected allegations of irregularities in faculty recruitment and promotions at the university, calling them 'propaganda'. This comes in light of the demands made by JNU Students' Union and JNU Teachers' Association, asking for the...

Patna: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar Sunday credited the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for a significant rise in voter turnout in Bihar elections. Addressing media persons on arrival in Patna on a two-day visit to Bihar, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said the...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party's Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, Sunday issued a social media post blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the media for the suicide of Asish Banerjee, the former West Bengal Minister and ex-Deputy Speaker of...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Sunday demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for the alleged assault that led to the death of Janab Mafik, the father of CJP volunteer Shaik Abdul Hafeez, in West Bengal. The 25-year-old Hafeez was allegedly attacked after inspecting...

Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday accused the Congress of insulting the national song 'Vande Mataram' and demanded that the party apologise to the people and to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay who wrote the song. Addressing a public meeting in Chittorgarh, Shah alleged that during...

Mumbai: Maharashtra FDA has issued a show-cause notice to actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over their advertisement for Vimal Elaichi, claiming it prima facie amounts to "indirect or surrogate" promotion of prohibited pan masala and tobacco-related products. The use of the...

New Delhi: Several Food Business Operators (FBOs) have taken corrective measures following notices issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) over misleading claims, non-standardised products and labelling violations, it was announced Sunday. “Following Notices from FSSAI, major Food Business Operators (FBOs)...

New Delhi: Bar Council of India (BCI) chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra has apologised to law students after facing criticism over a now-withdrawn order to state bar councils not to enrol any of the current batch of graduating NALSAR students as advocates. In a statement issued...