‘Ankit Dewan made casteist remarks; issued threats to female family members:’ AI Express pilot’s lawyer | India News

Ankit Dewan, after he was allegedly assaulted NEW DELHI: Air India Express Captain Virender Sejwal, who got into a brawl with a passenger, Ankit Dewan, at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1 last Friday, has accused the latter of making “casteist remarks” and issuing “absolutely unfathomable threats to female members of his family including a child.” Issuing…

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Maharashtra local body polls: Record victory for BJP-led Mahayuti; opposition blames EC, EVMs & money | India News

NEW DELHI: The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance on Sunday recorded a decisive victory in Maharashtra’s local body elections, with the party claiming 48 per cent of councillor seats and winning 129 municipal council presidencies.Counting of votes for 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, conducted in two phases, showed the BJP emerging as the single largest party….

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‘There is radicalisation’: BJP minority morcha chief slams lynching of Hindu youth in Bangladesh; attacks Mamata Banerjee | India News

NEW DELHI: BJP Minority Morcha National President Jamal Siddiqui on Sunday condemned the lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh, alleging growing radicalisation in the country. He also claimed that under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership, West Bengal could head down a similar path.Dipu Chandra Das was killed in a mob lynching in Mymensingh district on December…

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‘Confusion at state level’: Mallikarjun Kharge on Karnataka CM row; defends Cong high command | India News

Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday defended the party’s high command amid the ongoing leadership issue in Karnataka, saying the “confusion” is at the local level.“The high command hasn’t created any confusion. The confusion exists at the local level. Is it right to put the blame on the high…

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VB-G Ram G: President Murmu gives assent to Bill; opposition accuses govt of undermining Gandhi’s legacy | India News

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave assent to the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) Bill, 2025, which replaces the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).The new law aims to provide a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in a financial year to…

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Congress mounts protest over ‘desecration of groundbreaking law’, minister alleges ‘conspiracy’ to mislead country in name of MGNREGA | India News

Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Amid mounting attack from opposition parties, rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday in a video message alleged that “once again, a conspiracy is underway to mislead the country in the name of MGNREGA” and said that that “Viksit Bharat – G Ram G scheme is…

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‘Huge mistake’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat warns against viewing Sangh through BJP lens; asserts organisation has no political agenda | India News

RSS chief Mohan Bhgawat (PTI) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has no political agenda and viewing the orgnaisation throught the lens of BJP is a “huge mistake,” said Sangh chief Mohan Bhgawat. Addressing the ‘RSS 100 Vyakhyan Mala’ programme in Kolkata on Sunday, Bhagwat cautioned against viewing the RSS through narrow or comparative frameworks….

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J&K terror probe: Terrorists take food from village house to forest; search operation launched | India News

File photo (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Security forces launched a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday after terrorists allegedly took food from a house in a village before fleeing into a nearby forest, reported news agency PTI.According to officials, the joint operation involving police and paramilitary forces is underway in…

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Chillai-Kalan begins: Kashmir sees snow and rain in its higher reaches – watch | India News

Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed fresh snowfall while the plains received rain on Sunday, bringing relief to residents as Chillai-Kalan, the Valley’s harshest 40-day winter period, set in after a prolonged dry spell, as per PTI.Officials said snowfall was reported from the Gulmarg tourist resort in north…

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