Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Thursday that rebel MP Sanjay Dina Patil, who defected from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to the Eknath Shinde-led Sena, has been issued a stern warning after he used unprintable language and choicest expletives against journalists.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated T. Veena (Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister) for a second time on Thursday at its Kochi zonal office.
President Droupadi Murmu said on Thursday that in today's world, marked by conflicts and geopolitical tensions, self-reliance has become a strategic necessity for nations.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav on Thursday transferred ₹203.56 crore as the social security pension for the month of May to the bank accounts of 33,92,695 beneficiaries, including senior citizens and other eligible recipients, through a single-click digital transfer from the State Secretariat at Bhopal.
The Rajasthan government has effected a hike of Rs 5,000 per month in the Loktantra Senani Samman Pension for the defenders of democracy who were imprisoned under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and the Defence of India Rules (DIR) during the Emergency.
The clarification came after a social media user claimed that the CBSE OSM portal had been breached on February 25, 2026, a claim that subsequently formed the basis of several media reports.
Stopping short of decrying the induction of defecting AIADMK legislators on their resignation of their posts into the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) as horse trading, the VCK and CPI(M) allies of the government on Tuesday warned that such a move would not augur well for healthy politics besides undermining the credibility of the new dispensation under Chief Minister Vijay.
Rejecting China-Pakistan remarks on Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday asserted that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh "have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India and no other country has the locus standi to comment on the same".
The Chief Minister made this crucial announcement during a press conference at Kerala House in Delhi, amid escalating tensions surrounding the long-running Munambam land dispute.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious anti-graft initiative, "Project Zero," to make the state completely corruption-free through a phased and systematic process.
