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Two nominations rejected, one Form 26 fight: Hardeep Puri is set to enter the Rajya Sabha unopposed
The returning officer in Madhya Pradesh rejected the papers of Kante Sayanna and Congress-backed Rajkumar Lohani at scrutiny on Tuesday, leaving Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri as the only candidate in the Rajya Sabha bypoll. Congress objected to Puri's Form 26 affidavit and said it will move court. The result is due on November 5.
Shah offers a special session on SIR, and dares the Opposition to turn up
The Home Minister told a Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav gathering in Raipur that the government is ready to convene a special session of Parliament on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. He accused the Congress of backing Naxalism and alleged Rahul Gandhi had 'mocked Parliament'. No date has been set.
Blast on rail track near Pakistan border puts Sri Ganganagar on alert; ATS takes over probe
An explosion on the Anupgarh-Suratgarh railway line near village 50 GB in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district destroyed two concrete sleepers late on Tuesday. The ATS, CID and a bomb disposal squad are at the site and two passenger trains have been cancelled.
Rs 344 crore and two lives: cyclone Murasu leaves Andhra counting as rain continues
Cyclone Murasu has killed two people in Andhra Pradesh and caused preliminary damage of Rs 344 crore, with crops over 52,459 hectares hit, 12,230 people in relief camps and 35 trains cancelled.
FIR against Prashant Bhushan over 'doctored' Lavrov video the MEA had already flagged
Delhi Police have registered an FIR against senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly sharing a digitally manipulated video of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov that appeared to show him criticising India. The case was filed at the Special Cell police station under the BNS and the IT Act.
Ruhullah quits NC and Lok Sabha, tells Budgam crowd 'this is my azaadi'
Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi resigned from the Lok Sabha and from the National Conference on Tuesday, accusing the party leadership, particularly Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, of betraying its promise to fight for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. He announced the decision at a rally in Budgam. The BJP said it had no role in the party's internal rift.
Nadda in Bhopal, Nabin with Yogi in Gorakhpur as BJP's 'save democracy' marches fan out
The BJP is holding 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' marches and rallies in several states on Wednesday, with Union minister J P Nadda leading one in Bhopal and party president Nitin Nabin walking beside Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur. A third march is planned in East Delhi, and the ABVP is taking out a 15,000-strong student rally at Delhi University. The campaign runs alongside the BJP-opposition row over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
Clear the Borivali plot or lose your pay: Supreme Court freezes Mumbai civic chief's salary
The Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to BMC Commissioner Ashwini Bhide for not clearing encroachments from land meant for a BEST bus stand in Borivali, despite two earlier deadlines. Her salary has been frozen and the corporation fined Rs 5 lakh. The BMC began a demolition drive the next day.
Four years becomes six: 75% of Agniveers get a second shot at a uniform
The Cabinet has cleared an extra two years of engagement for the 75% of Agniveers who were to leave after four years. CDS General NS Raja Subramani announced the change in New Delhi on Wednesday, saying those who stay on will be considered for regular enrolment. The selection criteria, vacancies and service-wise terms have not been made public.
Rs 53,866 crore for eight warships the Navy designed itself
The Defence Ministry signed contracts with GRSE and Goa Shipyard on Monday for eight Next Generation Corvettes, the first project where the Navy's own design goes to defence PSU yards picked through competition. GRSE shares rose over 4 per cent on Tuesday. The first ship is due in 2030.
A 19-month-old cheetah cub, five pellets and a boar hunt that went wrong
Madhya Pradesh's STF has arrested two brothers for shooting KNG-22, a cheetah cub rescued from Sheopur forest division on October 25 that died two days later. Police say they confessed to firing while hunting wild boar. It is the first cheetah killed since the animals were reintroduced four years ago.
Shah calls INDIA rally a 'save infiltrators' march, dares Congress to debate SIR in Parliament
Addressing a BJP padayatra in Hyderabad in support of the SIR, Home Minister Amit Shah called the INDIA bloc's Delhi rally a 'save infiltrators' rally. He rejected the charge that 13 crore voters had been removed, saying six crore had changed address and three crore were dead. He challenged the Congress to a Parliament debate on SIR and EVMs.
Rahul Gandhi dares PM Modi to an open debate: 'You became PM with foreign help'
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an open debate, alleging that Modi became and remains Prime Minister with "foreign help". The exchange follows Modi's Rashtriya Ekta Diwas speech in Gujarat, where he called the Opposition an "obstructionist bloc" rather than an opposing one.
Terror funding probe: ED searches 13 locations in Kashmir
The Enforcement Directorate searched 13 locations in Srinagar and Baramulla on Tuesday in a terror-funding case linked to activist Khurram Parvez, the J&K Coalition of Civil Society and the Falah-e-Aam Trust. The ED has attached assets worth over Rs 21.11 crore in the case.
Police officer suspended after rare protest; five demands still on the table
ACP Manasvi Vashishta was suspended late on Monday after an inquiry found she misled seniors, incited subordinates to protest and shared a social media post against a superior. The action follows the October 30 demonstration at Delhi Police headquarters, where personnel raised five demands.
'Where will the farmers go?': Supreme Court pushes back on indefinite protest at Ramlila Maidan
Hearing petitions from the October protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Supreme Court said no group can hold a protest site indefinitely. Traders told the court that business had collapsed around Ramlila Maidan and sought a two-month ban. The court told them to implead the protest organisers, and listed the matters for November 23.
Chargesheet filed, so no CBI probe: Supreme Court closes plea in Ayodhya temple theft
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea for a CBI probe into the donation theft at the Ayodhya Ram temple, noting that the SIT had filed a chargesheet. Petitioners may assist the magistrate, the court said, adding that it had expressed no view on the merits.
24 years, one speech: Aga Ruhullah quits NC and gives up his Lok Sabha seat
Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi resigned from the Lok Sabha and quit the National Conference at a rally in Budgam on Tuesday, ending a 24-year association. He accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and party president Farooq Abdullah of abandoning the 2024 election promises on Article 370, jobs and reservation. His exit lands a day after 25 NC lawmakers gave the leadership a 14-day ultimatum.
A 23-km ride out of Hinjawadi's traffic jam, and all of it driven by women
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pune Metro's 23.2-km Pink Line between Maan-Hinjawadi and Shivajinagar on Tuesday, built at Rs 8,313 crore under a public-private partnership. Passenger services begin at 6 am on November 4 from 17 of 23 stations. He also laid the foundation for four Phase-II corridors worth about Rs 13,500 crore.
Four satellites short and running on one clock: how NVS-03 pulled NavIC back
ISRO's GSLV-F18 placed the 2,250-kg NVS-03 navigation satellite in orbit on Friday night, restoring capacity to NavIC, which had been hobbled since a defunct atomic clock on IRNSS-1F failed in March. ISRO chairman V. Narayanan said about 80 per cent of launch-related spending goes to Indian private and public companies.
Smog at 449 in one Delhi colony, and Diwali still five days away
Delhi's average AQI rose to 331 at 7 am on Tuesday, up from 307 a day earlier, with eight of 58 monitoring stations crossing 400. Jahangirpuri recorded 449 and Rohini 429. The Commission for Air Quality Management invoked GRAP Stage 2 across Delhi-NCR on Monday as stubble burning's share of PM2.5 was forecast to climb to 22 per cent by Thursday.
Cyclone Murasu crosses coast at 110 kmph; zero deaths, but Bapatla takes 150 mm
Cyclone Murasu came ashore near Ongole in the early hours of Tuesday, with winds of 100-110 kmph at landfall. No deaths or injuries have been reported. Bapatla district has recorded over 150 mm of rain and six districts are on flash flood alert.
Voter list deadline moves to Nov 25 in Delhi, Nov 13 in Maharashtra after a nudge from the Supreme Court
A day after the Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to consider giving more time, the EC extended the claims-and-objections window in six states and reopened it in five. Final rolls are now due November 30 in five states and December 22 in Delhi.
Orders broken 'left and right': Supreme Court refuses to read a total cracker ban into the law
A Supreme Court bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale said on Thursday that its orders curbing firecrackers had been violated year after year, and that religious freedom is subject to public health. It asked the Centre and the Delhi government to enforce action against sellers of spurious and banned crackers.
572 deletion forms, one constituency: BJP booth agents named in most objections to Muslim voters
Figures from Form 7 applications in Mustafabad show 843 objections filed since August 31, the highest for any Delhi constituency. Of 597 third-party forms, 96 per cent name BJP booth level agents as objectors, and 572 of those target Muslim electors across 24 parts of the seat.
BJP, BJD and Congress bury differences over Kotia as Andhra polls loom on November 5
Ruling and opposition parties in Odisha agreed at an all-party meeting in Koraput to jointly resist Andhra Pradesh's rural local body elections in the disputed Kotia villages on November 5. Prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS kick in from November 1, and the district administration has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court.
61.4 mm in a night: capital logs wettest October day in four years, air turns 'satisfactory'
The capital recorded 61.4 mm of rain in the 24 hours to 8.30 am on Friday, its wettest October day since 2022, pushing the month's total to 123.3 mm. The IMD issued a red alert for all districts till 11.15 am and a yellow alert for the rest of the day. The Air Quality Index fell to 90, in the 'satisfactory' band.
Helicopter from Badrinath crashes near Joshimath with six on board
A Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter flying from Badrinath to Dehradun crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday afternoon. Six people were on board, including pilot Captain Himanshu and five passengers. Rain, snow and low cloud are hampering rescue teams.
At 11.51 pm, a launch to put NavIC's spine back: ISRO flies a rocket with a risky change
ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on the GSLV-F18 rocket from Sriharikota at 11.51 pm on Friday. The 2,232-kg satellite goes into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, and ISRO will fly it with its pyrotechnic valves already open, a departure from protocol meant to avoid the connector failure that stranded NVS-02 in January 2025.
One day of rain, a year's average: a thousand villages under water and helicopters on the supply run
Cyclone Arnab has flooded more than 1,000 villages across Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, with about 50,000 people severely affected in Ganjam. The state has moved 59,028 people to safety and deployed 313 rescue teams. Around 300 metres of National Highway 326 has been washed away and 36 trains cancelled.