Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said leaders and Members of Parliament of the INDIA bloc were marching peacefully to Gandhi Smriti to pay tribute to students who allegedly lost their lives following the NEET paper leak controversy and to express solidarity with those injured during the ongoing protests demanding accountability.
The political confrontation over the alleged NEET paper leak, lathi-charge on students and the demand for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation intensified in Chhattisgarh.
The monsoon fury has created a flood-like situation in Makkasar and some other pockets of Hanumangarh district, even as heavy downpours during the past 24 hours affected normal life in low-lying areas in around 15 cities in Rajasthan.
Operation Southern Readiness 26-2, a four-day multinational maritime security training engagement hosted by the Indian Navy in partnership with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), concluded in Kochi on Thursday after bringing together maritime professionals from 27 countries to strengthen regional cooperation and collective maritime security.
The CJP has given a nationwide call for peaceful protests on Friday, urging students, youth organisations and civil society groups to organise demonstrations in every district under the slogan, "Every District. One Day. One Demand."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he looked forward to visiting Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for a series of development projects spanning railways, healthcare, education, connectivity and culture, asserting that the initiatives would significantly improve the lives of people, particularly the country's youth.
Naivedya Agarwal, Director of N.A.N. GreenMet, said India's priority should be to develop domestic refining capabilities instead of limiting itself to recovering minerals from battery waste.
The alleged death threat to BJP Kerala Legislative Party Leader BB Gopakumar evoked instant political reactions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Friday in a politically significant tour that marks the BJP's intensified push ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, which the party is planning to contest independently.
The sacred rituals preceding the annual Chhari Mubarak pilgrimage to the Amarnath Cave Shrine will get underway from 12 August, with Lord Shiva’s Holy Mace embarking on its traditional spiritual journey through prominent temples in Srinagar before reaching the holy Amarnath cave on 28 August, coinciding with Shravan Purnima.
