Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) Tension flared outside the rented residence of veteran CPI-M leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the wake of the Enforcement Department raids on Wednesday, as angry party workers allegedly attacked vehicles carrying agency officials soon after the searches ended.Three vehicles accompanying the ED team were damaged in the violence, while central security personnel, drivers and a few police officials sustained injuries as protesters went o…

Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government has intensified efforts to strengthen education reforms at the foundational stage, with large-scale distribution of activity-based learning material beginning across all co-located Anganwadi centres and Balvatikas in the state.The initiative is aimed at children in the three-to-six age group and seeks to create an improved early-learning environment through educational material such as ‘Chahak-1, 2 and 3’, ‘Kadam’, ‘Kalankur’, Big…

Bhopal, May 27 (IANS) Bhopal police have recovered a handwritten suicide note a day after the 16-year-old daughter of a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer allegedly died by suicide at her family’s government residence in Bhopal’s upscale Char Imli area, officials said on Wednesday.​ According to police, the note was recovered from the teenager’s room during a search conducted after the incident.​Written in English, the note contained emotional messages addressed to her parents….

Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate raids at the residences linked to former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan may not merely be another financial investigation. In Kerala’s rapidly shifting political landscape, the timing of the action has triggered intense speculation over whether the BJP has finally decided to strike at the CPI(M) when the party is at its weakest point in decades.The raids come just 23 days after the Congress-led United Democratic Front storme…

Bhopal, May 27 (IANS) In a significant development in the high-profile Twisha Sharma suspicious death case, Samarth Singh, the husband of the deceased actress and model, has been placed on remand till May 29 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI formally took over the probe following directions from higher authorities, intensifying scrutiny into the mysterious death of the 33-year-old woman.Twisha Sharma was found hanging at her residence in Bhopal on May 12, 2026. Her family has…

New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and questioned the Congress party’s duplicity and also its brazenness in whipping up public sentiments over fake and frivolous issues. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, BJP National Spokesperson and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi described the verdict as “a complete defeat …

Imphal, May 27 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday said the Centre’s decision to constitute a high-level committee to study demographic changes in the country was historic. He expressed profound appreciation to the Central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for its decision to constitute the high-level committee. Lauding the initiative as a historic step, the Chief Minister noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration of a “High-powered De…

Jamshedpur, May 27 (IANS) A shocking case of sexual assault has emerged from Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district, where a 15-year-old girl was allegedly held hostage and brutally raped by a government health department employee, officials said on Wednesday.The incident was reported from Kitadih under the jurisdiction of Parsudih Police Station in East Singhbhum district.According to the complaint, the accused, identified as Munna Tamsi, an employee posted in the malaria department in Gamharia, a…

Thiruvananthapuram/Kannur/Kozhikode, May 27 (IANS) Former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday broke his silence soon after Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials ended marathon searches at residences linked to him and his family, accusing the BJP government of using central agencies to target political opponents and asserting that his CPI-M would collectively face the challenge, even as party workers targeted the agency officials and their vehicles. These raids took place a day a…

Shimla, May 27 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh BJP President, Rajeev Bindal, on Wednesday claimed that BJP-supported candidates secured a massive victory in the first phase of the Panchayati Raj elections where voting was held for 1,293 panchayats.He alleged that reports were indicating that the BJP-supported candidates for pradhan and up-pradhan posts emerged victorious in nearly 75 per cent of the panchayats.Bindal claimed this indicated that the people of Himachal Pradesh “are deeply disappointed a…