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  • Polling begins for 70 assembly seats in Delhi’s 2025 election.

    Polling begins for 70 assembly seats in Delhi’s 2025 election.

    Voting for all 70 assembly seats in Delhi began at 7:00 am on Wednesday with 1.56 crore voters across 13,766 polling stations. The demographic includes 83.76 lakh men, 72.36 lakh women, and 1,267 third-gender voters. Results will be announced on February 8. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal aims for a hat-trick…

  • Liquor worth Rs 36.09 lakh seized in Surat, Gujarat.

    Liquor worth Rs 36.09 lakh seized in Surat, Gujarat.

    The Gujarat State Monitoring Cell intercepted an illegal liquor consignment on the Ro-Ro ferry between Hazira and Ghogha. During a crackdown, officials found 19,200 bottles of liquor worth Rs 19.20 lakh hidden in a laminated steam boiler inside an Eicher tempo at the Hazira terminal. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by PSI V.C.…

  • Arvind Kejriwal faces FIR before Delhi elections.

    Arvind Kejriwal faces FIR before Delhi elections.

    An FIR was lodged against ex-Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and unidentified AAP members in Shahabad for alleging Haryana’s contamination of Yamuna waters by court order under BNS. Filed at Shahabad Police Station, Kurukshetra, the complaint was lodged by Jagmohan Manchanda. Kejriwal accused the Haryana BJP government of adding a harmful substance, likely ammonia, to the…

  • Mumbai local trains will now run more frequently, with intervals reduced to 2 minutes.

    Mumbai local trains will now run more frequently, with intervals reduced to 2 minutes.

    Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw plans to revamp Mumbai’s suburban railway network with new-design trains for better comfort and less overcrowding. The gap between trains will be reduced from 180 to 150 seconds, then to 120 seconds, enabling more services and reducing congestion. Vaishnaw mentioned ongoing Mumbai railway projects totaling ₹16,400 crore on Central and…

  • Supreme Court prohibits decreasing forest area without compensatory measures.

    Supreme Court prohibits decreasing forest area without compensatory measures.

    The Supreme Court, through Justices BR Gavai and K Vinod Chandran, instructed the Union and state governments to not diminish forest land without providing compensatory land. The court stated it would not allow forest area reduction and halted the Centre and states from reducing forest areas pending further directives. Amid legal challenges, the Supreme Court’s…

  • Karnataka Congress faces crisis as Shivakumar’s group seeks Chief Minister role.

    Karnataka Congress faces crisis as Shivakumar’s group seeks Chief Minister role.

    The Congress party in Karnataka faces internal crisis as DK Shivakumar’s faction aims for CM role, raising doubts about Siddaramaiah’s future. They have been in a power struggle since the 2023 elections, with a deal in place for both leaders to serve as CM for two-and-a-half years each. The Karnataka Congress faced a deeper divide…

  • Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized PM Modi and AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal at a Seemapuri public meeting.

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized PM Modi and AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal at a Seemapuri public meeting.

    Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized PM Modi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal as weak leaders who blame each other for their failures, during a public meeting in Seemapuri. She accused Modi of blaming Nehru and Kejriwal of blaming Modi for their shortcomings. Priyanka Gandhi criticized PM Modi for politicizing Sonia Gandhi’s remarks about President…

  • Home Minister Amit Shah will lead significant campaigns in Delhi today.

    Home Minister Amit Shah will lead significant campaigns in Delhi today.

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address multiple public gatherings in key Delhi constituencies on Monday to bolster BJP’s presence and engage with voters before the February 5 elections. The first event is in Jangpura at Bhagwan Nagar Market at 11:30 AM, followed by Bijwasan at Dada Dev Ground in Raj Nagar at 2:30 PM.…

  • Shahnawaz Hussain of BJP praises Budget 2025 as a blueprint for ‘Viksit Bihar’.

    Shahnawaz Hussain of BJP praises Budget 2025 as a blueprint for ‘Viksit Bihar’.

    Senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain praised the Union Budget 2025-26 for Bihar, calling it a historic moment where PM Narendra Modi allocated generously, emphasizing the roadmap for both ‘Viksit Bharat’ and ‘Viksit Bihar’. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget, as per Hussain, underscores PM Modi’s dedication to Bihar’s advancement and its people’s aspirations. This reflects…

  • 81 students were expelled from Bihar class 12 board exams on day one for cheating.

    81 students were expelled from Bihar class 12 board exams on day one for cheating.

    The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) conducted Class 12 board exams across 1,677 centres in the state successfully with two shifts and strict security. Despite vigilance, 81 students were expelled for cheating. Most cases were in Sheikhpura (34), Madhepura (25), Gopalganj (8), Nawada (7), Saran (3), Vaishali (2), Patna (1), and Munger (1). To prevent…