2025

NEW DELHI: Congress is rushing senior politician Ashok Gehlot to Patna for a meeting with RJD scion Tejashwi Yadav to resolve Bihar assembly election-related issues, ranging from “friendly fights” to manifesto release and campaign plan. Opposition sources said Congress general secretary KC Venugopal held a discussion with Tejashwi, following which Gehlot, state in-charge Krishna Allavaru…

NEW DELHI: A push for social engineering in search of additional votes appears to have given way to the governing NDA focusing on consolidation of its traditional support base for the Bihar assembly polls. This turn is most telling in the significant cut in the number of Yadav candidates fielded by its two biggest constituents,…

SRINAGAR: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Dr Gitanjali J Angmo submitted Tuesday a detailed representation to Ladakh administration, National Security Act (NSA) advisory board, and Union home ministry, calling the charges against her husband “flimsy, childish and baseless”.The representation responds to the NSA order issued on Sept 27 and the grounds of arrest dated…

JAMMU: Congress has stepped aside from the Nagrota assembly bypoll in J&K on Nov 11 for governing ally National Conference (NC), citing “the larger goal” of defeating BJP.The decision was taken Monday, the last date to file nominations for the seat where the bypoll was necessitated by the death of its sitting BJP MLA Devender…

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha on Tuesday called for adopting innovation and smart technology for an effective response to new crime trends and to counter “false narratives”, even as he praised J&K Police as an epitome of duty, discipline, loyalty and selfless service.Addressing a Police Commemoration Day function in Srinagar, Sinha said: “Our…