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New DelhiSeptember 24, 2025 09:05 AM IST First published on: Sep 24, 2025 at 09:00 AM IST A fresh controversy over the “theft” of donations from the parakamani (donation box) has rocked the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that manages the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirumala, just over a year after a row over the laddu distributed to devotees. While the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which is in power in Andhra Pradesh in alliance with the BJP and Pawan Kalyan’s JanaSena Party (JSP), has accused the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) of stealing “hundreds of crores” from the shrine, the Y…

PatnaSeptember 24, 2025 09:05 AM IST First published on: Sep 24, 2025 at 09:00 AM IST Senior BJP leader and former Union minister R K Singh on Tuesday created a flutter in Bihar’s political circles by demanding that Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and state BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal should either “come clean” on allegations levelled by Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor or “step down” from their respective positions. In a series of conversations with media outlets, the 72‑year‑old bureaucrat-turned-politician said that continued silence by the said leaders “is damaging the party’s credibility”. Singh has been at odds with…

Artificial intelligence is joining the list of big and complex global challenges that world leaders and diplomats will tackle at this week’s annual high-level United Nations meetup. Since the AI boom kicked off with ChatGPT’s debut about three years ago, the technology’s breathtaking capabilities have amazed the world. Tech companies have raced to develop bigger and better AI systems even as experts warn of its risks, including existential threats like engineered pandemics and large-scale disinformation, and call for safeguards. The U.N.’s adoption of a new governance architecture is the latest and biggest effort to rein in AI. Previous multilateral efforts,…

New Delhi: There is a sense of anxiety at Indore’s biggest garments market, Seetlamata Market, which has close to a thousand shops. BJP leader and Indore-4 MLA Malini Gaur’s son, Aklavya Singh Gaur, has told the traders to terminate the services of all Muslim salesmen by 25 September.The “vidhayak putra” (MLA’s son), as his followers call him, also wants all Muslim traders to vacate rented shops in the next two months.  Aklavya issued the directions during a meeting with the Seetlamata Bazaar Vyapari Association in the first week of September, arguing that the area has witnessed an increasing number of…

In the latest chapter of the long-standing dispute between the “Maharaja” of the erstwhile royal family of Bharatpur and his son over ancestral property, a new division has emerged, this time over a flag hoisted at their official residence, Moti Mahal.In a late-night break-in on September 21, three men entered the palace grounds and attempted to hoist the “original” flag of Bharatpur instead of the one that had been flying until recently. Though the men were forced to flee after palace guards arrived on the scene, the choice of flag has not only divided the local community but also pitted…

Summary UFC President Dana White has released renderings for a mixed martial arts arena on the White House’s South Lawn for America 250 celebrations in 2026 The arena would host 5,000 spectators and feature a lit arch framing the Washington Monument The White House seemed to confirm the “one-of-one” event on social media UFC president Dana White is assuring fans that all is moving smoothly for the upcoming White House fight. Taking to social media to reveal the official renderings of the mixed martial arts arena, which is set to be build on the South Lawn of the White House…

THE KARNATAKA CID’s investigation into irregular applications seeking deletion of names from voter lists for the Aland Assembly constituency, ahead of the 2023 state polls, shows that nearly 100 SIM cards were involved in the exercise. Sources said separate SIM cards were used to create logins on voter apps of the Election Commission (National Voters’ Services Portal or NVSP, Voter Helpline App or VHA, and Garuda) via OTPs, and to apply online for the deletion of a name across Aland’s 254 polling booths. Aland in Kalaburagi district was one of the two constituencies mentioned by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at…

New Delhi: Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor’s corruption allegations against the leaders of the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar have triggered dissension within the ruling alliance, with many leaders bringing up the charges against their own to point fingers, ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.Kishor, who launched his Jan Suraaj party on 2 October 2024, has been busy cornering the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar over corruption, among other issues, while positioning himself as an alternative leader capable of ushering in ‘clean politics’ in the state. In the past few months, Prashant…

SENIOR SAMAJWADI Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammad Azam Khan walked out of Sitapur district jail on Tuesday afternoon after spending nearly two years in custody — his second stint there.Khan, seen as one of the SP’s most prominent Muslim leaders, has played a central role in the party for years. His legal troubles started with a hate speech case filed before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the first of many that followed. Since then, cases against him piled up steadily. His wife, Tanzeen Fatima, and son, Abdullah Azam Khan, have also faced several charges. On Tuesday,…

Lucknow: Two days after the Uttar Pradesh government issued a notification prohibiting caste-based political rallies, opposition parties are exploring ways to get around it.The Samajwadi Party, for instance, has decided to rename its planned Gurjar chaupals PDA (comprising backwards, Dalits and minorities) chaupals. The Congress is planning Samajik Nyay Sammelans, while the BSP is focusing on Bahujan Samaj meetings, deliberately avoiding caste-specific terminology. Show Full Article According to SP spokesperson and organiser of the Gurjar Chaupals, Raj Kumar Bhati, “We have changed the name of our meetings from Gurjar Chaupals to PDA Chaupals for now. For our proposed rally in…