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The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira for his alleged "derogatory" comments on social media about women celebrating the ₹1,000 monthly financial assistance announced by the AAP government under the "Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhiyan Satikar Yojna" in its fifth and final budget two days ago. The condemnation resolution was moved by AAP MLA Saravjit Kaur Manuke and seconded by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema during zero hour, follo ...Read More >
India's Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are grappling with over 93,000 vacant posts, raising concerns about law enforcement capabilities and prompting intensified recruitment efforts by the government. IMAGE: All photographs: ANI PhotoKey PointsOver 93,000 posts are vacant in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, with the CRPF and CISF having the highest number of vacancies.The government asserts that the CAPFs are effectively managing their responsibilities despite the ...Read More >
The shockwaves of a war being fought nearly 3,000km away are now reaching India's kitchens. As the US-Israeli strikes on Iran disrupt energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are tightening across India, forcing restaurants to cut menus, shorten hours and in some cases shut down altogether. Social media is awash with video clips showing queues outside cooking-gas dealers across Indian cities and towns as worries over fuel supplies spread. Commerc ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the country is successfully navigating the major disruption in global energy supplies following the West Asia conflict. "India has sufficient gas production and supply arrangements to sustain this position even in the event of a prolonged conflict. Power generation for every household and for industry is fully protected," Hardeep Singh Puri said. Oppos ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Patiala House Court on Thursday heard arguments on an application moved by Mandhira Kapur Smith seeking the production of certain documents from Priya Sachdev Kapur in an ongoing defamation complaint. Mandhira Kapur, sister of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, appeared before the court and filed her reply to the defamation complaint lodged by Priya Kapur, Sunjay Kapur's widow. Along with her reply, Mandhira also moved an application seeking directions for the production of cert ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala), March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday issued its first strong response to veteran leader G. Sudhakaran after he indicated plans to contest the Assembly election as an independent from Ambalappuzha, ending a party association spanning more than six decades. Alappuzha district secretary of CPI(M), R. Nazar, said the party had been "very considerate" towards the former minister even after he was replaced as the party candidate in Ambalappu ...Read More >
Bengaluru, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Thursday criticised the Karnataka government over the State Budget for 2026-27, alleging that the government's only achievement has been increasing borrowing while failing to ensure overall development of the state. Participating in the discussion on the State Budget in the Assembly, Vijayendra said that while the government claims to prioritise development, the budget allocations do not reflect substantial prog ...Read More >
Bandipur (Karnataka) [India], March 12 (ANI): Karnataka Forest and Environment Minister Ishwar B Khandre has defended the State government's decision to temporarily suspend safari operations in Bandipur and Nagarahole National Parks last November, stating that the move was taken to protect human lives after a series of wildlife attacks. Speaking in the Assembly during the Question and Answer session, Khandre was responding to Leader of the Opposition R Ashok who said that over 4,000 people had ...Read More >
Agitated 'displaced' poor people of Vinoba Navodaya Colony, joined by a host of leaders of various mass organisations, staged a dharna at Ambedkar statue in Khammam on Monday demanding justice. Taking up cudgels on behalf of the 'displaced' dwellers, Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha and Dalit Shakthi Programme State president Visharadan Maharaj among others squatted on the main road expressing solidarity with the protesters. Traffic movement on the main road was disrupted for s ...Read More >
Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao, on Sunday, ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the BRS party, declaring that the Bharatiya Janata Party "will not ally with the BRS under any circumstances". He said this was his party's "clear and final decision". Mr. Rao also accused the Congress government of spreading "false propaganda" about an imminent fuel shortage, asserting that there is no scarcity of petrol, diesel or gas anywhere in the country and urging citizens not to panic. A ...Read More >
The political slugfest over President Droupadi Murmu's West Bengal visit escalated on Sunday, with the Union home ministry seeking a report from the state government over the alleged protocol breach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sharpening his attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and chief minister Mamata Banerjee hitting back. In a letter to West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, Union home secretary Govind Mohan sought a response by 5pm on Sunday regarding alleged violations of t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi not to undertake any demolition action against the homes of persons accused in the murder of a 26-year-old man during Holi celebrations in Uttam Nagar. Justice Amit Bansal also directed the petitioners to withdraw their present petitions and file fresh pleas confined only to the issue of proposed demolition by the civic body. Also Read | 'Brain Dead' Pilibhit Woman Breathes Agai ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 11 (ANI): The Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed the last 2 pending disqualification petitions against allegedly defected MLAs Kadiyam Srihari and Danam Nagender. Danam Nagender had won from the Khairatabad assembly constituency with a BRS ticket and later contested as MP from Secunderabad on a Congress ticket. Also Read | Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for 31-Year-Old Ghaziabad Man in Vegetative State ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday took the oath of office in the presence of Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was also present at the swearing-in ceremony. Also Read | Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for 31-Year-Old Ghaziabad Man in Vegetative State for 13 Years. Taranjit Sandhu is part of the major administrative reshuffle of Governors and Lieutena ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], March 11 (ANI): People from across Manipur, under the banner of the Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD), staged a protest against the ongoing census process in the state. The demonstration took place at Ima Market in Imphal, where protesters voiced their opposition to the exercise. The situation turned tense when police fired tear gas shells to disperse the crowd, in which five protestors were reportedly injured. Also Read | Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for 31 ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 11 (ANI): Hyderabad Police's Cyber crime unit has arrested four people for allegedly being involved in an online betting fraud worth atleast Rs 1.5 crore, officials informed on Wednesday. According to officials, the accused supplied SIM cards in the names of their family members and friends, which were used in online betting and gaming frauds through fake social media advertisements. The accused had allegedly approached a person pretending to be from a betti ...Read More >
Pilibhit, Mar 11 (PTI) A 50-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, who had been declared "brain-dead" and sent home with little hope of survival, showed signs of life after an ambulance carrying her hit a pothole on a national highway. Doctors subsequently resumed treatment and the woman made a full recovery nearly 12 days later. The incident, which occurred on the Bareilly-Haridwar stretch of National Highway-74 near Hafizganj, has sparked local discussions -- both about the sta ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that there existed a total vacancy of 93,139 personnel in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), which is nearly 8.5 percent of their overall sanctioned strength. In a written reply to a question asked by MP Ashok Mittal, Minister of State (MoS) Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that the vacancies in CAPFs are reported as on January 1, 2026. According to data presented by the MoS (Home) in the Upper House, the Central Industrial Secur ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Mar 11 (PTI) Karnataka Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the Centre declaring Madurai airport as an international airport while not extending a similar status to Hubballi and Belagavi airports in Karnataka, calling the move "discriminatory and unacceptable". The minister said the central government may have taken this decision keeping the upcoming Tamil Nadu elections in mind. However, its indifferent attitude towards Karnataka's d ...Read More >
India's Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are grappling with over 93,000 vacant posts, raising concerns about law enforcement capabilities and prompting intensified recruitment efforts by the government. IMAGE: All photographs: ANI PhotoKey PointsOver 93,000 posts are vacant in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, with the CRPF and CISF having the highest number of vacancies.The government asserts that the CAPFs are effectively managing their responsibilities despite the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) More than 93,000 posts are lying vacant in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai presented vacancies data in the paramilitary forces, showing that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has the highest number of vacancies at 27,400, followed by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) with 28,342 vacant posts. ...Read More >
Imphal, March 11: Protests linked to the Just Fair Delimitation (JFD) movement intensified in Manipur on Wednesday, with six persons injured after police dispersed demonstrators near Ima Keithel in Imphal and student activists locking down a government training institute over alleged preparations for the upcoming Census. Officials said at least six persons, including five women and one man, were injured after police moved to disperse protesters staging a demonstration near the historic Ima Keit ...Read More >
Imphal, Mar 11 (PTI) Hundreds of people, mostly women, staged a demonstration here on Wednesday, demanding identification of illegal immigrants through NRC or any other exercise before the census in Manipur, police said. A scuffle broke out between demonstrators and security personnel when the agitators tried to march outside the Khwairamband market, one of the largest women-run markets in the country, prompting the police to fire several rounds of tear gas shells to disperse the mob, a senior ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The BJP in Telangana has termed as mockery of the Constitution the judgment of Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, dismissing petitions for disqualification of BRS MLAs who had defected to ruling Congress party. State BJP president, N. Ramchander Rao, called Wednesday's verdict by the Speaker on the petitions for disqualification of Danam Nagender and Kadiyam Srihari as "absolute mockery of the Constitution". In his post on 'X', Ramchander Rao t ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday called Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi "Leader of Propaganda" and said he breaks the rules of the House and attempts to disrupt proceedings. He also asserted that parliamentary functioning would be governed by established rules and not by any external "toolkit". Speaking against the resolution seeking to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Thakur accused the Congress leader of repeatedly violati ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
Chennai, March 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ruling DMK has set March 3 as the informal deadline for the Congress high command to conclude seat-sharing negotiations for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, making it clear that it cannot afford further delay, especially with the Rajya Sabha biennial polls fast approaching. The last date for filing nominations for the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections is March 5. With the DMK-led alliance in a position to secure four Upper House seats and the AIADMK ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a massive blast inside an industrial explosives manufacturing factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra has risen to 19, officials said Monday. Twenty-three others injured in the blast are undergoing treatment at various hospitals. The blast at SBL Energy Limited took place on Sunday morning at Raulgaon village of Nagpur district, about 791 km northeast of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. "Today, an injured worker succumbed in ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 2 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take swift measures to safeguard Kannadigas and other Indian nationals affected by escalating tensions in the Middle East region. In a post shared on X, Siddaramaiah said, "I have written to the Prime Minister seeking urgent action to safeguard Kannadigas and other Indians affected by the escalating Middle East tensions. I have urged strengthened diplomatic outreac ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Indian Administrative Service officers inducted from the State Civil Services and attending the 128th Induction Training Programme at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) called on the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. According to the President's Secretariat, addressing the officers, the President said that their role is crucial to the nation-building process. "They now carry responsibilities that ...Read More >
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