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NEW DELHI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence, labelling his conduct as “irresponsible” and a violation of the dignity of the high office. Addressing a press conference here in the national capital, Prasad took a swipe at Gandhi’s political lineage, reminding him that he comes from a family that has seen three Prime Ministers. “He is sitting on a dharna at the gate of the Prime Minister’s residence. His father (Rajiv Gandhi) was the Prime Minister, his grandmother…

GUWAHATI: Twenty-one more people lost their lives and nearly 5.65 lakh were affected by floods in Assam with incessant rain across several districts deteriorating the overall situation on Wednesday, officials said. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority’s (ASDMA) daily flood report issued at midnight on Tuesday, more than 5,64,600 people have been hit by the deluge in Biswanath, Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong, Nagaon, Sivasagar and Tinsukia districts. Thirteen people, including four women and two children, drowned in floodwaters in the Sivasagar district, followed by five, including two children, in Charaideo, two in…

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has registered over nine FIRs following an attack on a Rapid Action Force (RAF) jawan during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) “Sansad Chalo” Monday’s protest march in the New Delhi area. According to police sources on Wednesday, around eight to nine FIRs have been registered in connection with the incidents so far. The FIR was registered by Delhi Police in connection with the life-threatening attack on the RAF jawan. The police are further investigating the matter. On Monday, Police released footage showing stone pelting in the Connaught Place area. In the video, a group of youths…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP KC Venugopal on Wednesday moved an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha demanding that the Union Education Minister be called upon to make a suo motu statement explaining the paper leak incidents in his tenure. Congress General Secretary demanded that Dharmendra Pradhan must take moral and constitutional responsibility and tender his resignation. “The Government must discuss the NEET and CBSE Issue, examination-related suicides and the crisis in the education sector. Withdrawal of all cases against the students and youth who were peacefully protesting yesterday,” he wrote.He asserted that not a single arrest of importance has been made…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised that energy, food and health security can “no longer be taken for granted” and said that both India and ASEAN are “optimistic about their prospects”. Delivering his opening remarks at the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with India 2026 in Manila, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also underlined the importance of maritime trade. “… Energy, food, and health security can no longer be taken for granted. Because we are all so dependent on maritime trade, that too could become a source of anxiety. Observing international law, in that regard, is therefore vital. Coincidentally, 2026 is the…

REASI: Continuous rainfall in Reasi and upper catchment areas has triggered a surge in water inflow into the Salal reservoir, prompting authorities to open all gates of the dam to regulate the rising water level. The increased inflow and release of water from the dam have caused the Chenab River to swell, with strong currents and elevated water levels being witnessed downstream. Heavy rainfall has been lashing the Reasi region for the past several hours, leading to a significant rise in water inflow into the Chenab River and Salal Dam reservoir. Authorities are closely monitoring weather conditions and the river’s…

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha is set to take up the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, for consideration and passage on Wednesday, with Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal scheduled to move the legislation in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 20 amid continued Opposition sloganeering during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. As per the Lok Sabha List of Business for today, Meghwal will move that the Bill further to amend the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956, be taken into consideration and also move that…

NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted on Tuesday that the government is committed to discussing issues related to the NEET and addressing every genuine concern of youngsters on the floor of Parliament. Pradhan also slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for staging a dharna outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence and accused him of exploiting students as “political tools” to “manufacture” disruption during the Monsoon session of Parliament. Earlier in the day, Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and several other senior leaders sat on a dharna outside the prime minister’s residence here and demanded Pradhan’s resignation over the police…

RAJOURI: Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana accompanied by Minister for Youth Services & Sports, Transport, Information Technology, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Science & Technology, ARI & Trainings, Satish Sharma today visited Rajouri to review the flood situation, inspect relief measures, and assess the restoration of essential services in the district. The Ministers visited the Relief and Rehabilitation Centre established at Government Boys Higher Secondary School (BHSS), Rajouri, where they interacted with the families shifted to the centre. They enquired about their well-being and reviewed the facilities being provided by…

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra was detained along with dozens of senior party leaders and workers by the police on Tuesday evening after the party staged a sit-in protest outside Lok Bhavan in Jammu. The protest was organised in response to the detention of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders by Delhi Police during a demonstration in the national capital earlier in the day. As news of the Delhi police action reached the Congress headquarters in Jammu, Karra, accompanied by senior party leaders and workers, marched to Lok…