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Nadia: Union home minister Amit Shah in a conversation with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari during the 152nd birth anniversary celebrations of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Ji in Nadia, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) Mayapur/Kolkata: Politics surrounding SIR took a back seat to spiritual reflection as home minister Amit Shah travelled Wednesday to Mayapur in Bengal’s Nadia, the cradle of Bhakti movement, for a pre-poll Matua outreach focused on highlighting the community’s contribution towards what he called “unification of Hindu society”.Shah lavished praise on social reformers like Matua Mahasangha founder Harichand Thakur and his son Guruchand Thakur and the Vaishnavite saint Bhaktisiddhanta…

Guwahati: Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday said those who joined the ruling BJP have become “insignificant” in their political journey.Addressing a press conference here, Gogoi said former state Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah, who is likely to switch over to the BJP on February 22, will also meet the same fate.The deputy leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha also challenged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to a “face-to-face” debate on Hinduism to check who is well-versed with the actual ethos of the religion.”Those who joined the BJP have become insignificant. We can see the example of Sarbananda…

Mumbai: Observingthat evidence of victim and her mother were not cogent, trustworthy and reliable, a special Pocso court on Tuesday acquitted four men charged with the gangrape of a 16-year-old girl in 2014, citing a lack of medical evidence, discrepancies regarding the girl’s age, and unreliable testimony. A fifth accused was discharged from the case and the sixth, a minor is being tried separately.The verdict concluded a trial that spanned over a decade, involving allegations of sexual assault in the Aarey Colony forest after the girl was purportedly forced to consume alcohol by her friends.The court found that the prosecution…

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a PIL seeking the creation of a dedicated cell in each police station in the city for cases of missing persons and said policing should be left to police authorities.The plea also sought the registration of FIRs in all missing person instances, an in-depth probe by CBI in all such cases, as well as the creation of a body headed by a retired High Court Judge to supervise the joint task force to examine the “alarming rise in number of missing people in Delhi”.A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya…

Bengaluru: A person described as “Lingayat” in ancestral records may, upon proof, establish Ganiga identity within that fold, the Karnataka High Court has observed.”Lingayat” and “Ganiga” are not mutually exclusive identities. Ganiga may subsist as a distinct caste group within the broader Lingayat fold, Justice Suraj Govindaraj said in his recent order.Bengaluru: Fatal Crashes & Killings, Daring Theft, Political Buzz & MorePolice constable TN Jagadeesh, working in Mysuru and aspiring for a sub-inspector post, contended that one Rajakumar Y Bilagi from Bagalkot falsely claimed that he belonged to the Lingayat Ganiga community, which is classified under category 2A, and got…

Hyderabad: Deputy chief minister and finance minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday said the state govt will place health, education and welfare at the core of the upcoming budget, stressing that allocations must directly improve services for vulnerable sections.At a series of pre-budget meetings with departments, he called for realistic planning and strict prioritisation of proposals, particularly in the welfare sector. He directed officials to clear pending bills for welfare hostels and repair works without delay, ensure timely scholarship payments, and upgrade infrastructure for Backward Classes students. AI Summit 2026 Extended, Rajya Sabha Biennial Elections, Galgotias University Row And MoreHighlighting education…

Chennai: Amid signs of strain within the DMK-led alliance, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan, an ally of the ruling party, has sought to project cohesion by bringing alliance partners onto a common platform.Through his cultural forum, Kamal Panpattu Maiam, he is organising a programme titled ‘Maravom: Remembering Gandhi’ at the Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai on February 21. “Chief Minister M K Stalin, leaders of alliance parties, legislators and local Congress functionaries have been invited,” a senior functionary of MNM said.What makes the event crucial are two factors, the first being its location – Madurai. It was in…

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat govt has earmarked substantial funds in the 2026–27 budget to expand specialty healthcare services through a network of satellite centres for kidney and heart diseases across Saurashtra, north and south Gujarat, aiming to decentralise advanced treatment and ease pressure on major tertiary hospitals.A provision of Rs 186 crore was made for the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC), Ahmedabad, along with satellite centres proposed at Surat, Sola-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar. The allocation is intended to strengthen uro-nephrology services closer to patients, reduce dependence on a single tertiary hub and improve access to diagnostics, dialysis-linked care…

The amounts collected are deposited in the accounts of the respective discoms Bhubaneswar: Power distribution companies in Odisha have collected more than Rs 500 crore in penalties from electricity consumers for delayed bill payments, illegal hooking, bypassing, meter tampering and other violations, deputy chief minister (energy) K V Singh Deo informed the assembly on Wednesday.Replying to a question, Singh Deo said the govt has compiled penalty collection figures from different periods for the four distribution companies. Data for TPCODL and TPWODL has been provided from 2023-24 onwards, while figures for TPNODL and TPSODL have been furnished from 2021.TPCODL, which serves…

Gurgaon: A 48-year-old security guard died on Feb 17, five days after he was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Dadi Sati Chowk in Sector 86.Dilip Kumar, a resident of Pipra village in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, lived with his family in rented accommodation in Sector 86’s Badha village and worked at a city hotel. According to a complaint filed by his son Suraj Kumar at Kherki Daula police station against the unknown driver, the accident occurred around 9.50pm on Feb 12 when Dilip was returning home from work. Suraj said he was informed that his father had been injured in…