Police in Chandigarh on Tuesday detained Haryana Congress president Rao Narender Singh, state in-charge Sanjay Dutt and 18 Congress legislators after they attempted to march towards the Haryana Raj Bhavan in protest against the detention of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.
The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday gave the nod to hold the Monsoon Session of the state assembly from August 3 to August 10.
Eight hockey stars from Punjab have earned their spots in the Indian men's national team for the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026, scheduled to take place jointly across the Netherlands and Belgium between August 15 and 30.
Congress workers held a dharna and burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday, pressing for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and protesting the "forcible removal" of LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other party MPs from the dharna site near the PM's residence in New Delhi.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, saying he should take responsibility for the violence against students protesting in the national capital.
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President and former minister Ajay Rai has written to President Draupadi Murmu seeking her intervention in the alleged police use of force during a student and youth protest in New Delhi.
Rahul Gandhi, and several other Congress MPs are staging a dharna outside the PM residence over alleged police brutality against student protesters during yesterday's march to Parliament.
Jammu and Kashmir's 100-day anti-drug campaign has dealt a major blow to narcotics networks, with authorities arresting 2,581 drug traffickers, seizing over 1.43 tonnes of narcotic substances—including 23.29 kg of heroin—and confiscating assets worth Rs 188.89 crore to choke narco-terror financing, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday.
The video shows Dahiya being confronted by some men at a popular Delhi eatery.
In a statement, the CJP has strongly condemned the "deeply insensitive actions" of Vijeta Dahiya.
