Police are analysing CCTV footage, verifying conflicting statements and awaiting post-mortem findings after the killing of Dr Kiran Honannavar. His injured eight-year-old son remains hospitalised as investigators probe the motive behind the attack.
Dhillon stated that the Prime Minister's visit on July 17 would usher in a major wave of development for Punjab, featuring projects worth thousands of crores of rupees.
The protest had witnessed violent scenes after police stopped the demonstrators near the minister's residence.
The NCP-SP leader dismissed reports regarding her party's stance on the delimitation bill as "incorrect and based solely on speculation."
Rishi Diwakar, son of late Ram Lakhan Dhobi, a former MLA from Etawah's Lakhna assembly constituency, quit the BJP and joined the Congress on Wednesday, along with dozens of supporters.
Nine people died in the Nowgam Police Station blast in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Officials from the MHA and J&K Police said the explosion occurred accidentally during sampling of seized explosives. A scientific inquiry is underway, and authorities have urged the public not to speculate.
The setback in Bihar - where the Congress expected a revival but instead faced a major electoral blow - has reportedly prompted the party's central leadership to reinforce stability in states where it already enjoys a viable alliance structure.
As veteran, now retired bureaucrat K. Jayakumar assumes charge as the new TDB president on Saturday, shockwaves from the ongoing probe into the Sabarimala gold heist have unsettled the CPI(M)’s top brass, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The initial deadline for completing the distribution of enumeration forms was November 11, but at that time, around 15 per cent of the electorate could not get them.
NIA has detained Al-Falah University MBBS student Nisar Alam from West Bengal’s Dalkhola for alleged links to the Delhi Red Fort car blast. He was traced through mobile phone data.
