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NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday expressed doubt over Operation Sindoor, saying “something is fishy” and raised questions alleging conflicting statements from top defence officials. Talking to reporters, Congress leader Ajay Rai said, “The CDS says something, the Army Chief says something else, and different people give different statements in completely different ways. This clearly indicates…

NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, election strategist-turned-politician and the founder of Jan Suraaj Party, has triggered a political storm in poll-bound Bihar with his explosive corruption allegations against several state leaders. Interestingly, Prashant Kishor, who has often been accused by opposition parties of helping the BJP, has unleashed his tirade against the members of ruling NDA…

NEW DELHI: Centre on Friday issued an advisory to all states and Union territories calling for a “rational use of cough syrups in the paediatric population” after nine deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara due to kidney-related complications.The ministry of health and family welfare informed that the tests on the cough syrup samples revealed…

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of “deliberately” releasing water without prior intimation to the state government, triggering a flood-like situation in parts of south Bengal during Bijoya Dashami (Vijayadashami) celebrations on October 2.Also Read: Centre rejects…

Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners Vivek Joshi and S S Sandhu will visit Patna for two days beginning Saturday to review poll preparedness in Bihar, officials said.The term of the 243-member Bihar assembly ends on November 22 and polls in the state are likely to be held in multiple phases beginning at…

NEW DELHI: India on Friday strongly rejected accusations by Bangladesh’s interim government that New Delhi was involved in fuelling the recent violence in Khagrachhari district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts terming it “false and baseless”.Responding to a question on Bangladesh home adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury’s remarks, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said:…

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday called the Pakistani forces’ brutality on protestors in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) “horrific”, adding that it is a “natural consequence of Pakistan’s oppressive approach,” after 10 people were killed and many injured. Addressing the weekly press briefing in New Delhi, the MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that…

Chaitanyananda Saraswati in police custody (ANI) NEW DELHI: Self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, also known as Parth Sarthy, was remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody by a Delhi court on Friday after the completion of his five-day police custody, reported news agency ANI.The 62-year-old, Chaitanyananda, was produced before a judicial magistrate Animesh Kumar at Patiala…

NEW DELHI: The Madras high court on Friday said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had been formed to investigate the Karur stampede that killed 41 on September 27. It prohibited political rallies along state and national highways in Tamil Nadu until Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were put in place. The court also dismissed a…

Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh addresses a press conference ahead of the 93rd Indian Air Force Day, at the Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park, New Delhi. (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force Chief A P Singh rubbished tech billionaire Elon Musk‘s recent claim that manned aircraft will be replaced…