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NEW DELHI: BJP working president Nitin Nabin is set to take over as full-fledged national president of the party on Jan 20, in the presence of PM Modi and other senior leaders, including chief ministers, national office-bearers, state party presidents and national executive council members, reports Akhilesh Singh. He will replace JP Nadda, one of…

The PM’s laudatory words for Gen Z at Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue came against the backdrop of a few opposition netas seeking to coopt them in their agitation against the Modi govt NEW DELHI: Lauding India’s Gen Z, PM Narendra Modi on Monday said it is full of creativity as he emphasised that his…

TANGMARG: At the frozen waterfall at Drung, tourists from different parts of the country are crowding around it, taking photographs and recording videos as the site emerges as a major winter attraction.Drung, part of the Gulmarg tourist circuit, was among several destinations closed after the Pahalgam terror attack last year. It reopened in Nov and…

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said suggestions have been invited from experts on the future use of the Old Parliament Building (Samvidhan Sadan) and a final decision will be taken at the general body meeting of Lok Sabha under his chairmanship. The govt has maintained that the building will be preserved…

Congress leader Rajendra Pal Gautam NEW DELHI: In the wake of the abduction of a Dalit girl and the murder of her mother in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, Congress on Monday alleged that Dalit atrocities are rising in BJP-governed states, but the Centre has not released the anti-Scheduled Castes (SC) crime data for the last four…

NEW DELHI: India and Germany on Monday finalised 19 agreements and announced a series of measures spanning defence, critical technologies, clean energy, education and mobility during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s two-day official visit, with Berlin also announcing visa-free transit for Indian passport holders. The ministry of external affairs said the outcomes were aimed at deepening…

Vijay at CBI headquarters NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday in connection with the September 27, 2025, Karur stampede, which killed 41 people and injured more than 60, officials said. He left around 6:15 pm after being asked questions related to the…

NEW DELHI: Former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday after he suffered two bouts of unconsciousness last week and is scheduled to undergo an MRI, officials said.According to officials, Dhankhar had experienced “two bouts of unconsciousness” on January 10 when he went to the washroom….

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Election Commission of India (ECI) one week to respond to fresh interim pleas filed by two Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs, alleging “arbitrariness and procedural lapses” in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the party-run West Bengal.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI)…

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote a fresh letter to chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing the Election Commission of ignoring two decades of statutory electoral corrections and forcing voters to re-establish their identity during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.In the letter, Banerjee alleged that the EC…