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New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and national president Mallikarjun Kharge held a key meeting with party’s Bihar unit leaders to discuss the present political scenario in the state, where the grand old party faced a drubbing in the recently concluded assembly elections. The meeting was held at Kharge’s residence in New Delhi. During the meeting, party’s key leaders from Bihar, including Congress’ state unit chief Rajesh Ram and party in-charge for Bihar Krishna Allavaru. Notably, this is the second key meeting the Congress top brass held to discuss the party’s decimation…

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar met for breakfast on Saturday, as the Congress leadership pushed for peace between the two senior leaders. The meeting was held to calm the ongoing tension inside the party over the Chief Minister’s post. -Advertisement- ‘Will follow whatever high command says’ After the breakfast meeting with Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, in a press conference, said, “Our agenda is the 2028 elections. Local body elections are important. We discussed bringing back Congress in 2028. We will go together.…

New Delhi: As the investigation deepens into the Hong Kong building fire that has claimed 94 lives, the role of construction materials that may have contributed to the fast spread of flames has come under scrutiny. Three top officials of the engineering company renovating the tower complex have been arrested in a suspected case of manslaughter. According to an Associated Press report, highly flammable Styrofoam has been found attached to windows on each floor of an unaffected tower, suggesting it was used in the renovation. What Is Styrofoam? Styrofoam is made…

In a massive move days after an Afghan national opened fire at two National Guard personnel near White House, US President Donald Trump announced today that he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” to allow the US system to “fully recover”. Such a move will have huge global implications and affect millions who shift to the US for jobs, education, and also to escape persecution in their countries. In his post on Truth Social, Trump said that while the US has progressed technologically, its immigration policy has…

Veteran actor-politician Hema Malini took to her X account today to pay an emotional tribute to her late husband Dharmendra. In a series of posts, the actor said that he was ‘everything’ to her – a partner, guide and friend whose passing has left an irreplaceable void. Film legend Dharmendra died on Monday, November 24, at the age of 89. Hema Malini’s post is her first since the death of the film icon. Malini remembered Dharmendra as a loving husband and an adoring father to their daughters, Esha and Ahana,…

“Aadhaar is a creation of statute for availing benefits. Just because a person was granted Aadhaar for ration, should he be made a voter also? Suppose someone belongs to a neighbouring country and works as a labourer,” the Chief Justice said. The court also said that the Election Commission has the jurisdiction to determine the correctness of documents submitted with a Form 6 application seeking inclusion in a voter list. The poll body, it said, is not a “post office”. The Supreme Court also fixed the schedule to hear petitions…

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a nationwide awareness drive to counter what it describes as misinformation and confusion being spread by opposition parties about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The party says the campaign is meant to clarify the objectives and process of SIR, and to reassure voters that the exercise is based on official rules and transparent procedures. Central team to lead outreach A central coordination team headed by BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh has been set up to steer the…

New Delhi: The grand finale of Bigg Boss 19 is just a few weeks away. Currently, there are eight contestants left in the house and one of them has now directly entered the finale. Four contestants competed in the Ticket to Finale task, and one of them has won. Let us tell you that on November 26, the Bigg Boss 19 episode will bring happiness to one of the contestant’s fans and it is none other than TV actor Gaurav Khanna. These four contestants participated in the task Let us…

Kabul: Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan overnight killed at least nine children and a woman, said Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday. Mujahid said that Pakistani forces bombed the house last night in the Mughalgai area of Gurbuz district in Khost.  In a post on X, the spokesperson said, “Last night at around 12 o’clock in the Gorbuz district of Khost province, in the Mughalgai area, the Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of a local civilian resident, Waliat Khan, son of Qazi Mir. As a result, nine children (five boys…

New Delhi: Dharmendra, fondly remembered as Bollywood’s ‘He-Man’, passed away at 89 on Monday, November 24. The veteran actor had been battling age-related ailments and was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital earlier this month for over 10 days before being shifted back to his Juhu bungalow, where he spent his final days under medical care. -Advertisement- Family members and colleagues from the film industry arrived at his residence and the crematorium to pay their last respects. Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol performed the last rites this afternoon, while Hema…