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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath (Image credits: ANI) GORAKHPUR: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a comprehensive review meeting on Thursday with MPs, MLAs, and senior officials to discuss upcoming road infrastructure projects across all assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur and Basti divisions, according to an official statement from Gujarat chief minister’s office…

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government on Thursday said that it had “no current plans” to remove the words ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ from the Preamble.Noting the recent calls to review the insertion of the two words in the Preamble during Emergency period, Centre said that “no formal decision or proposal has been announced…

India and the UK on Thursday signed a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement in London, marking a significant step in bilateral economic ties. During the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged his UK counterpart Keir Starmer to act against extremist ideologies misusing democratic freedoms. Separately, in sports, Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of wicketkeeping duties…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, in no uncertain terms, reaffirmed India’s stand against expansionism, a veiled reference to Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region.During the press briefing with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after India and the UK signed the landmark free trade agreement (FTA), PM Modi said…

Ahmedabad has emerged as the safest city in India in 2025, out of the 12 named in the latest 2025 Numbeo Crime Index, a global crowd-sourced database. With a Safety Index score of 68.6, Ahmedabad ranks 77th out of 279 cities globally, topping the list among Indian cities.The 2025 Index by Numbeo evaluates cities based…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over the Karnataka high court’s handling of the Renukaswamy murder case, in which actor and prime accused Darshan was granted bail.Justice JB Pardiwala questioned whether this is a common practice, where bail orders effectively resemble judgments of acquittal, suggesting a questionable use of judicial discretion.During…

Siddaramaiah (ANI) Pramod Sawant (PTI) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday strongly objected to recent remarks by Goa CM Pramod Sawant on the Mahadayi river water project, calling them an “insult to the people of Karnataka.”Siddaramaiah said that Karnataka would fight “legally, politically, and morally until Karnataka gets its rightful share” in the…

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann (Image: PTI) CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday announced that modern sports grounds will be developed in villages across the state to wean youth away from drugs and channelise their energy in a positive direction.“We have decided to develop these grounds. The work on 3,083 grounds is going…