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RAIPUR: One-and-a-half months after top Maoist gun Madvi Hidma was felled in an encounter in Andhra Pradesh, his confidant Barse Deva surrendered along with 40-odd rebels in neighbouring Telangana on Saturday, a development security officials described as the wipeout of PLGA battalion number 1, the most feared Maoist strike unit in Bastar.Deva and Hidma were…
NEW DELHI: BJP working president Nitin Nabin is likely to be formally elected the party’s president before the budget session, which usually starts in Jan last week, setting off an organisational overhaul.Sources said the election process for national president is expected to begin after January 14, which marks the start of an auspicious period from…
INDORE: Political tension flared in Bhagirathpura area on Saturday as BJP and Congress workers engaged in a fierce confrontation, trading slogans over deaths of 10 people due to contaminated water, reports Sagar Choukse. The confrontation occurred when a Congress fact-finding panel visited the affected locality, prompting police intervention and multiple detentions. Indore officials confirmed another…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of expected launch of ECINet platform – which integrates 40 election-related applications or websites onto a single, unified application, enabling ease of use – later this month, the Election Commission has invited all citizens to download its trial version and offer their suggestions on how to improve the application.The suggestions may be…
NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has told states that no bus should be registered unless full compliance with mandatory safety requirements is established. It asked states to ensure that RTOs register buses only after “compliance with all mandatory safety standards”.The ministry has written to all chief secretaries in the light of recent instances of…
Smoke at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Venezuela (AP photo) NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Saturday “strongly advised” Indians to avoid all non-essential travel to Venezuela, which was hit by multiple strikes by the United States.The MEA also said an email id (cons.caracas@mea.gov.in) and the emergency…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, left, Mustafizur Rahman, middle, and BJP leader Sangeet Som NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday released Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from their IPL 2026 squad following a directive from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).KKR had picked Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9.20 crore at the…
The national president of the Indian Youth Congress, Uday Bhanu Chib, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, seeking immediate steps to ensure the safety and well-being of Indian medical students studying in Iran.In the letter, Chib flagged growing concerns around the safety of Indian students amid widespread violence…
US strikes Venezuela: US forces struck Venezuelan targets as Donald Trump claimed Nicolás Maduro was captured, triggering emergency measures and global concern. India announces squad for NZ ODI: BCCI named India’s ODI squad for New Zealand series, with Shubman Gill captain and Hardik Pandya omitted. Tharoor slams Mustafizur’s IPL exit: Shashi Tharoor criticised BCCI-backed IPL…
The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on January 5 on the bail pleas of activist Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria will deliver the decision. The court had reserved its orders on December 10…
