Author: Rahul M

The Delhi Police have opposed bail of ‘anti-pollution’ protestors who were arrested for glorifying Maoist Madhvi Hidma during a demonstration at Dehi’s India Gate. On Saturday (29th November), the police told the court that they had found new video evidence that connected these students to a radical group linked with Naxalites. During the hearing at Patiala House Courts, DCP Devesh Mahla told Judicial Magistrate First Class Aridaman Singh Cheema that they have a video showing some of the accused attending a conference held by the Radical Students Union (RSU). This meeting took place in Hyderabad earlier this year, on 21st…

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Madani triggered a national controversy on Saturday (29th November) after asserting that “if there is oppression, there will be jihad,” a statement he made while sharply criticising the judiciary and accusing it of failing to protect the constitutional rights of minorities.  Speaking at the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind’s national governing body meeting held at Barkatullah Education Campus in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Madani suggested that several recent court verdicts, including the Babri Masjid decision and the judgment that criminalised instant triple talaq, reflected a judiciary working “under government pressure.” His comments have set off a storm of political…

New Delhi [India], November 30: The bypolls for 12 vacant wards in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) recorded a voter turnout of 5.40 per cent till 9:30 am on Sunday, the State Election Commission, NCT of Delhi, said. Among the wards, Chandani Mahal recorded the highest vote percentage at 7.43 per cent. The polling is underway in Mundka (General), Shalimar Bagh-B (Women), Ashok Vihar (Women), Chandani Chowk (General), Chandani Mahal (General), Dwarka-B (Women), Dichaon Kalan (Women), Naraina (General), Sangam Vihar-A (General), Dakshin Puri (Scheduled Caste) Greater Kailash (Women), and Vinod Nagar (General) wards. After casting his vote, BJP MLA…

A land deal for a 12-acre property valued at over Rs 20 crore in the Bandapura village on the eastern fringe of Bengaluru city, near Hoskote, has become mired in legal issues on account of four women with the name Radha staking claim to be the wife of S Krishnan, the original owner of the property who died in 1986.The property dispute has resulted in the registration of an FIR in the Avalahalli police station of Bengaluru and the arrest, and release on bail, of a senior executive of real estate firm Sattva Resi Pvt Ltd, Ashwin Sancheti, who signed…

Lung cancer has been strongly associated with smoking, but oncologists are now warning that more cases are being found in non-smokers, particularly in cities known for their air pollution. Experts stress that early detection can greatly increase survival, but most patients do not recognize the first warning signs because they are so mild or can easily be confused for other illnesses. Early Symptoms Are Missed According to Dr Abhishek Raj, HOD & Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology, Yatharth Super Speciality Hospital, Noida Extension, “Early signs and symptoms of lung cancer are often subtle and can often be confused or ignored. Cough…

The ruling CPI (M) in Kerala has accused the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of organisation, K C Venugopal, of allegedly working against the interest of the Congress to damage it across the country.While the Congress is the principal Opposition in Kerala, Venugopal is also a party MP from the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency in the state. The CPI(M), which is a constituent of the Opposition INDIA alliance at the national level, has stepped up its attacks on Venugopal at a time when the state Congress circles are also abuzz with his growing clout in the…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, were expected to sit down with a Ukrainian delegation to further hash out the details of a proposed peace framework — talks that come at a sensitive moment for Ukraine as it continues to push back against Russian…

The Maharashtra local body elections seem to have given the ruling BJP a chance to kill two birds with one stone. In the state’s Konkan region, once dominated by the undivided Shiv Sena, the BJP has been working systematically to not only marginalise the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), but also minimise the influence of its Mahayuti ally Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.Amid growing bitterness between the BJP and the Shinde Sena amid the local body elections – to be held for 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats in the first phase on December 2…

New Delhi: One-and-a-half years ahead of the next Punjab assembly elections, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has begun a “performance” survey of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.The survey findings, according to several AAP sources, will be crucial to Mann amid speculation that the party leadership is exploring a change of guard as one of its options for beating anti-incumbency. Punjab residents are receiving calls from the “chief minister’s office”, asking if they are happy with Bhagwant Mann and whether there is anything they would like to flag. “Are you happy with the work of the chief minister or not?” is the direct question…

With 246 municipal councils and 42 municipal panchayats across Maharashtra headed to voting on December 2, these elections have thrown up unusual alliances that have caught many by surprise.Since the Shiv Sena split in 2022, the Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) took on each other in various electoral contests, including the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections held last year. But in several contests in the upcoming local body elections in the state, the two Senas have entered an alliance – a development that stands in sharp contrast to the bitter rivalry…