Pradhan was forced to step down following massive paper leak protests across the country, with Jantar Mantar in Delhi being the epicenter of the Cockroach Janta Party-led youth movement.
A day after a devotee was killed and several others were injured in a crowd surge during Lord Jagannath's Bahuda Yatra in Puri, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a scathing attack on the BJP government, asking, "After how many more accidents will the government wake up?"
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday invoked the spirit of the Kargil War heroes while urging Jammu and Kashmir’s youth to embrace discipline, leadership and a “Nation First” approach during a Reading Marathon organised at Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday claimed that "the countdown has begun" for the BJP government, which he described as being "steeped in the arrogance of power".
Continuing its sustained crackdown on organised gold smuggling syndicates, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) carried out a series of intelligence-driven operations across the country, resulting in the seizure of over 27 kg of foreign-origin smuggled gold and the arrest of 12 persons.
CM Yogi expressed shock over the partial report on the Sambhal riots, published in newspapers and circulated on social media on Friday, noting that the riots occurred during the rule of the SP and Congress.
Akhilesh Yadav said that spreading the 'migration propaganda' by the BJP and its allies in UP is actually the biggest failure of the 9-year-old BJP government.
The Home Minister is expected to visit the flood-hit areas of Kishtwar and other places.
Prime Minister Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Japan, paid tributes to hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, whose birth anniversary on August 29 is commemorated annually as National Sports Day.
PM Modi is currently in Tokyo to attend the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba.
