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Pakistan SC directs govt to move Imran Khan, while a grenade blast near Kabul school injures around 50 children. Meanwhile, Bihar transfers 17 IPS officers amid row over student protest (Photo: AP/IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has directed the government to move imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan to a hospital amid concerns over his health. … Read more

Ritabrata Banerjee to continue as the LoP in the West Bengal Assembly. NEW DELHI: Ritabrata Banerjee will continue as the leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly for now as the Calcutta high court division bench on Tuesday declined to disturb his appointment at the current stage.The bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay … Read more

NEW DELHI: P for Pichde (backwards) … P for Pidit (oppressed) … and now P for Pandit. Is Akhilesh Yadav playing smart with his acronym politics? Or is the SP chief just desperate not to miss any support group as he expands his PDA politics for the 2027 assembly elections?When Akhilesh Yadav coined the term … Read more

On allegations that police personnel used lathis fitted with nails, the affidavit said the videos showed only one such incident, but claimed that the object was in the hands of a protester and not a police officer. NEW DELHI: The Delhi police on Tuesday replied to the allegations raised about having officers present in civilian … Read more

The final balance stood at Rs 8,452 crore on March 31. NEW DELHI: The PM CARES Fund, established to deal with emergency situations like Covid pandemic in 2020, recorded total receipts of Rs 8,452.95 crore in the financial year 2024-25, up from Rs 7,188.63 crore in the previous financial year, according to its audit report. … Read more

The Teesta begins in the Himalayas and flows through Sikkim and West Bengal before entering Bangladesh. Bangladesh does not want its relations with India to suffer because of the long-running dispute over sharing the waters of the Teesta river, country’s water resources minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said.Speaking at a seminar in Dhaka on Sunday, Anee … Read more

‘Platoon-level weapon’ (IANS photo) NEW DELHI: The Bihar government has told the Supreme Court that a constable deployed during student protests in Siwan fired four rounds from an AK-47 only after he was “trapped and surrounded by protesters.”A video showing a policeman firing an AK-47 during the protests went viral, triggering widespread outrage and backlash.The … Read more

Demonstrators stage a protest outside Jharkhand secretariat after cabinet decided to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination in Ranchi NEW DELHI: Around 2,000 successful candidates of the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination protested outside the Jharkhand Secretariat on Tuesday, fearing that the state government’s decision to cancel the exam could cost them their jobs.“Tell … Read more

Gor hails US-India partnership US ambassador to India Sergio Gor said US president Donald Trump had placed significant trust in India and invested heavily in bilateral ties since the beginning of his second term.“President Trump trusts India, and he has invested heavily in this relationship from day one. Just weeks into his second term, he … Read more

DMK mouthpiece attacks Vijay NEW DELHI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay over actor Trisha Krishnan’s presence at the state’s Independence Day celebrations, questioning her front-row seat and the exchange of salutes between the two during the official ceremony at Fort St George.The attack … Read more