Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) A video that went viral on Tuesday has triggered a political row in West Bengal, as Trinamool Congress legislator Abdur Rahim Boxi was heard accusing the BJP of conspiring to topple the Mamata Banerjee-led state government through President’s Rule.Boxi is also Trinamool’s district president in Malda.Boxi reportedly made this statement at a public meeting organised on late Monday evening at Ratua in Malda district, to protest against the alleged harassment of Bengali-spea…

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Sports memorabilia gifted by India’s para-athletes will be a key attraction at the 7th edition of the e-auction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mementoes that will begin on Wednesday, said Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.The e-auction coincides with Sewa Pakhwada, being organised across the country from September 17 to October 2 to celebrate the Prime Minister’s birthday.Shekhawat said that this year’s edition will feature over 1,…

Indore, Sep 16 (IANS) Taking swift action following a road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, on Tuesday, suspended nine officials, including senior traffic officers and constables, who were on duty at the time of the incident. The suspended personnel include Deputy Commissioner of Traffic Arvind Tiwari, Assistant Commissioner of Police Suresh Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspector Prem Singh, Inspector Deepak Yadav, and four Constables.The Chief Minister has order…

Bengaluru, Sep 16 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday criticised the Karnataka Government for acquiring farmers’ land in Bidadi, Byramangala and Kanchugaranahalli for an Integrated Township in Ramanagara district, located on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Terming the acquisition of land as illegal, the BJP asked the government to immediately abandon it.Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) at Bidadi is envisioned as India’s first and largest Artificial Intelligence-powered city. Spread around 9,000 …

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking judicial intervention for the reconstruction of a 7-foot-long beheaded idol of Lord Vishnu at the Javari Temple, part of the historic Khajuraho temple complex in Madhya Pradesh.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justice A.G. Masih orally remarked that the relief sought fell within the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and not that of th…

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Central government has set a production target for rabi crops at 362.50 million tonnes for 2025–26, up from 341.55 million tonnes last year, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said on Tuesday. India’s total foodgrain production reached 353.96 million tonnes in 2024–25, an increase of 21.66 million tonnes or 6.5 per cent over the previous year, the minister informed media persons during ‘National Agriculture Conference –…

Bengaluru, Sep 16 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday stated that the Backward Class Commission, which has been entrusted with the task of conducting a door-to-door Socio-Economic and Academic Survey across Karnataka, does not have the mandate to undertake the enumeration of all communities.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru following the meeting of key leaders on Tuesday, Basavaraj Bommai said, “The Centre has already declared that it will undertake the caste cen…

Chandigarh, Sep 16 (IANS) A court in Punjab’s Bathinda has again summoned actress-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut in a defamation case over her remark against an elderly woman farmer protester, and directed the BJP MP to appear at the earliest, with the next hearing scheduled on September 29. The development comes days after the Supreme Court refused to entertain her petition to quash the proceedings against her.Before the Apex Court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had dismissed her plea.”Th…

Ahmedabad, Sep 16 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that every infiltrator will have to leave the country during a public rally in Bihar’s Purnea, BJP national spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Tuesday backed the Prime Minister’s stance, calling infiltrators a “serious threat to national security.” PM Modi on Monday took aim at the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, warning that every infiltrator would have to leave the country.“Today, a huge demographic crisis has arisen due to …

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress-led Opposition in Kerala, on Tuesday, intensified its protests against the Pinarayi Vijayan government over custodial violence, with Leader of the Opposition (LoP) V.D. Satheesan announcing a ‘satyagraha’ inside the foyer of the state Assembly. The Assembly witnessed heated exchanges after the Opposition raised the issue of widespread police excesses, particularly the Kunnamkulam custodial torture case.The incident, in which a Congress worker was br…