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NEW DELHI: The Press Council of India (PCI) has issued guidelines for journalists covering the ongoing protests in Delhi against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the measures are aimed at “ensuring the safety of media personnel while enabling them to carry out their professional duties effectively.“According to a PCI release, the…

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke detained as he tries to leave for CP’s ‘Tiranga Yatra’. NEW DLEHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was taken into preventive detention shortly after leaving the residence where he was staying to attend the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ at Delhi’s Connaught Place (CP).As Dipke left the residence of NCP-SCP spokesperson Anish…

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the delay in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which ended in August, describing the situation as “unprecedented”.Urging PM Modi not to “bulldoze” another “far-reaching” Constitutional Amendment Bill, Kharge reiterated his demand for an all-party meeting to discuss the government’s…

File photo: Congress’s aim is to change Govt through elections: Pawan Khera hit out at Rajnath Singh’s ‘regime change’ charge NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday accused the BJP of hypocrisy over its objections to calls for “regime change”, arguing that the Opposition’s stated goal was to defeat the government through elections.Speaking at…

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said MPs were stopped at “gunpoint” from reaching the EC’s office “as if they were terrorists” NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday criticised the directive asking actor Imran Khan to leave India, saying it was beginning to feel as though protesting in the country had…

SC declines urgent plea against Central Park closure ahead of ’s Tiranga march NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined an urgent hearing on a plea challenging the New Delhi Municipal Council’s decision to shut Central Park in Connaught Place ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed ‘Lehra do Tiranga’ protest, saying it…

Rahul Gandhi takes a swipe at PM Narendra Modi over US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming Mumbai visit, alleging confusion within the external affairs ministry over the meeting NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s upcoming Mumbai…

Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to hold its next Assembly elections in 2027 NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took a ‘engine of the Lucknow Express has failed’ swipe at the BJP amid defence minister Rajnath Singh’s press conference in Lucknow.In a post on X, Yadav wrote, “I hear there’s a big press…

NEW DELHI: Seven research centres across leading Indian institutions have been selected by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to develop priority medical devices and diagnostic technologies, with projects spanning portable screening for primary healthcare, biomaterials and technologies for eye and vascular diseases.The selected institutions are the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Kharagpur,…

Harish said India had “very high stakes” in the safety, security and stability of the region India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, on Friday condemned attacks on commercial vessels and civilian infrastructure in the Middle East, warning that the escalating hostilities pose a serious threat to regional stability and the safety of…