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Gandhinagar, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the under-construction bullet train station in Gujarat's Surat on Saturday, where he reviewed the progress of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor (MAHSR). He interacted with the engineering and technical team of India's first bullet train project, took their feedback and also suggested the creation of a 'blue book' for documenting innovations and lessons learnt here. Interacting with a diverse group of managers, ...Read More >
Authorities have ordered a forensic audit of Al Falah University. Financial agencies are investigating the institution's money trail. This action follows a high-level meeting reviewing the Delhi blast investigation. The blast near Red Fort claimed thirteen lives. Three doctors linked to the university were detained. The university is cooperating with the probe. The government has ordered a forensic audit of all records of the Al Falah University, which is under the scanner following the Delhi b ...Read More >
Former Union minister Raj Kumar Singh, who has been in the news for his outbursts against the ruling NDA in Bihar, was on Saturday suspended from the BJP for "anti-party" activities, a party leader said. IMAGE: Former Union minister Raj Kumar Singh. Photograph: @OfficeOfRKSingh/X Singh, who has been served with a suspension order by the BJP headquarters in the state, has also been asked to show cause why he should not be expelled from the party. In a similar action, the party also suspended M ...Read More >
The Congress has raised questions over a sudden rise in Bihar's voter numbers, pointing out that the Election Commission (EC) had announced 7.42 crore voters on October 6 while publishing the poll schedule, but post-poll releases showed the figure had climbed to 7.45 crore. Election Commission officials responded on Saturday, explaining that the 7.42 crore figure was based on the final electoral roll published on September 30 following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Under election rules ...Read More >
Congress Bihar Election 2025 Leading Candidates: As the voting is underway in Bihar, here are the only two candidates who have been faring well in the Bihar election and may win seats for Congress. Congress Leading Candidates in Bihar Election 2025: Congress has been faring poorly in the Bihar Election 2025, with only two candidates leading in the Bihar assembly election, which was conducted in two phases on November 6 and November 11. As the voting is underway in Bihar, here are the only two s ...Read More >
The principal and three staff members of a government school in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district have been suspended amid sexual abuse allegations. CCTV footage raised public concern, leading to their suspension and an FIR. An inquiry is underway to ensure a fair, transparent investigation. The principal and three staff members of a government higher secondary school in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district found themselves suspended over grave allegations of sexual abuse, according to offic ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency has arrested a youth in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district. Janisur Alam was apprehended on suspicion of terror links. He allegedly attempted to flee during questioning. Digital devices and documents were seized. The NIA is investigating potential links to sabotage acts and the Delhi blast. A separate raid occurred in Murshidabad following the blast. A youth has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district ...Read More >
Suspended BRS MLC and Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha took a sharp dig at her former party's leadership following its defeat in the Jubilee Hills Assembly byelection, remarking that 'karma hits back'. Her comment, posted on 'X' soon after the results were declared, triggered a fresh round of speculation about deepening rifts and also Ms. Kavitha's serious differences with her family's party, which is now literally being headed by her brother K.T. Rama Rao in the silence of BRS chief K. ...Read More >
An "accidental" explosion ripped through the Nowgam police station in Srinagar, killing nine people and injuring 32 others, senior officials said while underlining that it was not a terror attack. The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the family of each of the deceased in the accidental blast in Nowgam police station. The compensation will be provided from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Those severely injured will get Rs 1 lakh each, Chief Mi ...Read More >
HYDERABAD A day after the Jubilee Hills Assembly byelection result was announced, working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), K.T. Rama Rao visited party activist Rakesh, who was injured in an attack allegedly by Congress workers on Friday (November 14, 2025) night. Condemning the attack, Mr. Rama Rao said the ruling party had resorted to 'goondaism' in less than 24 hours after winning the byelection. The BRS had won several byelections during its 10-year rule but had never resorted ...Read More >
AAP, Tej Pratap Yadav's JJP and BSP could not beat NOTA in over half of their contests The Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) may have outperformed the CPI(ML)(L) in overall vote share in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, but its performance reveals a deeper weakness: the party struggled to defeat NOTA in nearly a third of the constituencies it contested, a Moneycontrol analysis shows. Jan Suraaj secured 3.44 percent of the total vote, ahead of the CPI(ML)(L)'s 3.05 percent, placing it seventh in statewi ...Read More >
Ranchi: State unit of BJP organised Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas across the state on Saturday to mark the 150th birth anniversary of tribal icon Birsa Munda. In 2023, the Centre had announced November 15 as Jan Jatiya Gaurav Diwas.Saffron party leaders converged in Ulihati, Birsa's birthplace, in Khunti district to pay tributes to the tribal revolutionary. Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram also met the descendants of Birsa and honoured them. Later, the BJP leaders addressed a rally which was hel ...Read More >
The blast occurred when personnel were handling the explosive material that had been brought from Haryana's Faridabad, they said. The material, part of the 360 kilograms of explosives recovered from the rented residence of arrested doctor Muzammil Ganaie, was being sampled as part of the ongoing investigation, the officials said. The bodies have been taken to Police Control Room Srinagar. At least 24 police personnel and three civilians were admitted to various hospitals in the city, the offici ...Read More >
The Indian Statistical Institute campus in Kolkata ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Communal graffiti appeared on the Indian Statistical Institute campus in Kolkata this week * Students launched a counter-protest promoting constitutional values against hatred * The institute condemned the graffiti as a violation of core values and code of conduct Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Kolkata: A controversy broke out at a premier institute ...Read More >
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and JKNC President Farooq Abdullah has strongly criticised the way authorities managed the explosive that caused the Nowgam police station blast, calling the handling "our mistake". His remarks come amid rising concerns over procedural lapses and public anxiety following the fatal explosion, which claimed 9 lives and caused severe damage to residential structures surrounding the incident site. Abdullah said, "This is our mistake, those who understand this ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the sweeping victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar as a vote for development, investment and industrialisation as well as a vindication of its fight against the RJD-Congress "jungle raj" that had plagued the state in the past. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the sweeping victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar as a vote for development, investment and industrialisation as well as a vindication of its fight against t ...Read More >
Bihar assembly elections saw incredibly close races. Several seats were decided by very narrow margins. In Bhojpur's Sandesh constituency, the victory was by just 27 votes. Arrah's Agiaon seat had a difference of only 95 votes. Ramgarh saw a win by 30 votes. Nabinagar's margin was 112 votes. Dhaka's contest concluded with a 178-vote difference. At least three Bihar assembly seats witnessed a winning margin of less than 100 votes, while the closest contest was decided by below 250 votes in three ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Opposition in Delhi, especially the Congress, watched the Mahagathbandhan's rout in Bihar with shock, dismay and anger - made worse by reports that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were abroad on the crucial day. While some All India Congress Committee (AICC) functionaries refused to formally confirm this, they could not explain why the siblings didn't turn up to pay floral tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. Others murmured that Gandhi had also failed to ...Read More >
Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Wednesday chaired a meeting with senior officials of the Transport department so as to intensify enforcement measures aimed at reducing road accidents across Telangana. The new enforcement action plan will entail strict, district-level enforcement with teams and three State-level flying squads that will embark on surprise checks and take action against traffic violators. The strategy, Mr. Prabhakar said, was devised to ensure continuous enforcement. Teams ...Read More >
Patna: The just-concluded Bihar assembly poll results have set off an interesting debate in political circles. Although the RJD, headed by Lalu Prasad, put up a disastrous performance in the elections, it had the highest vote percentage of 23. Again, although the AIMIM of the Hyderabad parliamentarian got only 1.85% of the votes, it managed to win five seats, repeating its 2020 poll percentage.Although the RJD maintained its 2020 assembly poll record of getting 23.11% of the votes, it managed to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Hailing JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the "X factor" behind NDA's landslide victory in asembly polls, Jan Suraaj spokesperson Pavan Varma said people did not want the "Jungle Raaj" to return and hence decided to consolidate the "existing forces" that could stop the RJD. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Kumar said, "Nitish Ji was the X factor. People used to think Nitish ji's time was over. There were many speculations about his he ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The city celebrated Tribal Pride Day with devotion and enthusiasm on Saturday, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa Munda. Tribal culture, traditions and his contribution to nation-building were remembered with reverence. Radheshyam Jamle, convener of Tribal Development Forum, Indore Metropolitan Area, said that brothers and sisters from tribal community assembled at two different points in the metropolis and marched to Tantya Bhil Square. Participants reached ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), whose party won 5 seats in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly election 2025 while the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan suffered a humiliating defeat, lashed out at the INDIA bloc, saying the era of entitlement politics is over.In an exclusive conversation with Times Now Group Editor-in-Chief Navika Kumar, when asked about AIMIM winning the same 5 seats in the Seemanchal region in 2025 ...Read More >
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: An "accidental" explosion ripped through the Nowgam police station in Srinagar, killing nine people and injuring 32 others, senior officials said while underlining that it was not a terror attack. Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Nalin Prabhat and MHA Joint Secretary (Kashmir) Prashant Lokhande said the incident occurred while officials were handling samples of the large cache of explosives seized in connection with the Jaish-e-Mohammed 'white-collar' terror modu ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the family of each of the deceased in the accidental blast in Nowgam police station. The compensation will be provided from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Those severely injured will get Rs 1 lakh each, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on his official X account. "As a mark of solidarity and immediate succour, the government has announced ex gratia relief from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund at ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: At least six people were killed and seven injured when a powerful explosion tore through an illegal fireworks factory in the city on Saturday, officials said. Deputy Commissioner Zain ul Abideen Memon confirmed that a fifth body had been recovered from the debris, adding that three of the injured were in critical condition. A spokesperson for Rescue 1122 said the explosion occurred at a firecracker manufacturing site located on the banks of the Laghari Goth river within the Latifaba ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], November 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on RJD and Congress leaders, accusing them of spreading the rhetoric of caste politics and said people of Bihar completely rejected "poison of caste division". Addressing a gathering at Surat airport, PM Modi slammed Rahul Gandhi over the Bihar poll results, saying a large segment of the Congress party, is fed up "with 'naamdaar's' actions". The ruling National Democratic Alliance (N ...Read More >
Patna: Former Union minister R K Singh on Saturday resigned from the BJP's primary membership shortly after the party suspended him and two other leaders for alleged anti-party activities. The BJP also issued show-cause notices to all three, directing them to explain within a week why they should not be expelled.Singh, a bureaucrat-turned-politician and former Ara MP, had been making remarks critical of the party after losing the Lok Sabha election last year. He was effectively sidelined during ...Read More >
Patna: The just-concluded Bihar assembly poll results have set off an interesting debate in political circles. Although the RJD, headed by Lalu Prasad, put up a disastrous performance in the elections, it had the highest vote percentage of 23. Again, although the AIMIM of the Hyderabad parliamentarian got only 1.85% of the votes, it managed to win five seats, repeating its 2020 poll percentage.Although the RJD maintained its 2020 assembly poll record of getting 23.11% of the votes, it managed to ...Read More >
Patna: The NDA's landslide victory in the Bihar assembly polls will enable it to secure all Rajya Sabha seats from the state in the coming two biennial elections, causing a sharp decrease in the number of RJD members in the Upper House unless it wins more seats in the next assembly elections.The RJD currently holds five of Bihar's 16 Rajya Sabha seats with the Congress holding one.The next round of Rajya Sabha elections, slated for early next year, will see the tenures of RJD MPs Prem Chand Gupt ...Read More >
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