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NEW DELHI: Authorities on Saturday demolished a mosque located inside the district magistrate’s office complex in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur after a court upheld an earlier order declaring the structure illegal.Senior administrative officials, including the district magistrate and sub-divisional magistrate, reached the site as bulldozers began demolishing the structure. The collectorate complex was placed under heavy…

Owaisi and Akhilesh Yadav questioned the UP government over the early-morning demolition of the Saharanpur mosque NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government over the early-morning demolition of an allegedly illegal mosque inside the Saharanpur district collectorate complex.“The fact that they cordoned off…

A minor CJP protester stated Delhi Police promised action against Swatantra Bhardwaj within seventy-two hours NEW DELHI: A CJP protester on Friday said Delhi Police had assured her that action would be taken against Swatantra Bhardwaj within 72 hours, as members of the Cockroach Janta Party gathered outside Parliament Street police station demanding strict action…

Swatantra Bhardwaj (L) in podcast (Image Credit:X) Nishu Aazad (R) NEW DELHI: Opposition parties have targeted the BJP after a video surfaced in which self-styled influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj claimed that a phone call from Delhi minister Kapil Mishra helped him avoid jail after he allegedly attacked the father of a student protester.Bhardwaj has been accused…

CJP on Friday marched to Parliament Street Police Station, demanding action against Swatantra Bhardwaj (R) NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Friday marched to Parliament Street Police Station, demanding action against self-styled influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj over an alleged assault during a protest at Jantar Mantar.CJP spokesperson Saurav Das, co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and others…

His move to commercial aviation comes after a distinguished career in the IAF Former Indian Air Force Group Captain and Vir Chakra awardee Abhinandan Varthaman has joined Goa-based regional airline FLY91 as a pilot.Varthaman, who became widely known after shooting down a Pakistani fighter during an aerial engagement in 2019 before being captured by Pakistan,…

Govt on Wednesday strongly defended the sanctity of GDP data NEW DELHI: Govt on Wednesday strongly defended the sanctity of GDP data, and argued its critics’ arguments are flawed. Critics pointed to the revision in nominal GDP number in Q1 FY 25-26, the base period for calculating this FY’s QI growth rate. Govt said the…

Rajasthan is not an outlier. Reports from eight other states show govt schools struggling with a combination of crumbling or inadequate buildings, teacher shortages and basic facilities that exist on paper but fail children on the ground. Even states that have invested heavily in upgrades reveal sharp gaps. Nearly half of Goa’s govt primary schools…

Indus Waters treaty representational image NEW DELHI: Just days after India rejected an international tribunal’s ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and dismissed its jurisdiction, Pakistan on Wednesday urged New Delhi to engage “constructively” within the framework of the 1960 water-sharing agreement.According to news agency PTI, Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said the…

NEW DELHI: Union minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday slammed the opposition and former finance secretary Subhash Garg for casting doubts over the latest GDP figures released by the government, saying that those who want to see India as “a dead economy” will fail repeatedly.While talking to reporters, Goyal said that “ministers don’t manufacture data” and…