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NEW DELHI: Congress MP from Solapur Praniti Shinde Monday attacked the government on Operation Sindoor, calling it a “tamasha (drama)” and said the entire episode was a media show rather than a real success as claimed by government.Participating in a debate in Lok Sabha, Shinde said, “Operation Sindoor was nothing but a ‘tamasha’ of the…

KULLU: Ten-month-old Nikita, who was orphaned in the June 30 flash floods in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, has been declared a “child of the state”, with government pledging to support all her expenses, including higher education and professional studies.Nikita was asleep when a flash flood struck in the dead of night and swept her parents,…

NEW DELHI: The government had conducted a survey of the quality of drinking water across cities in 2023 but didn’t release the report or rankings after it abruptly cancelled the event scheduled for honouring the best performers in March 2025, just ahead of the last Lok Sabha elections.In a written reply to a question in…

NEW DELHI: Delhi HC (HC) was informed Monday that the producers of the film ‘Udaipur Files – Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder’ had applied to Central Board of Film Certification, seeking re-certification, which was likely to be considered soon.The producers stated that six cuts – as suggested by the Centre – had been made in the…

BENGALURU: Karnataka government has reinstated four of the five police officers suspended over the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium that left 11 people dead.The decision to reinstate the officers – including former Bengaluru City police commissioner B Dayananda, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Shekar H Tekkananavar, ACP C Balakrishna, and inspector AK…

NEW DELHI: In a major relief to Mamata Banerjee government, the Supreme Court on Monday lifted the Calcutta HC stay on implementation of the new list of OBC sub-groups, including 80 belonging to the Muslim community, and said it is well settled that the Executive can notify such a list without passing a legislation.On June…

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that the overall “politico-military” objective of Operation Sindoor was to punish Pakistan, which is fighting a proxy war through terrorism, and the operation was just “paused” when armed forces achieved the desired objective. The opposition, however, sought to corner him for abruptly…

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the power to “rewrite J&K’s history by resolving the Kashmir issue if he wishes”, former CM Mehbooba Mufti asserted Monday, urging the Centre to abandon its “security-centric approach” and embrace meaningful reconciliation and dialogue.Addressing the 26th foundation day of her Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba criticised the Centre’s approach…

Chirag Paswan; Nitish Kumar NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan, who has been criticizing NDA ally and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over the state’s rising crime graph, on Monday said that as a partner in the ruling alliance, it is his responsibility to discuss “issues” in the government so that things can be improved.“As…