Shehzad Poonawalla quits BJP, cites personal and financial reasons
Shehzad Poonawalla has resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), submitting a letter to party chief Nitin Nabin on August 17. In the letter, shared on X, he said he had first…
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Kirti Azad seeks pistol licence, blames BJP for egg attacks
Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad has said he will apply for a pistol licence for self-defence after a series of egg-throwing attacks on TMC leaders in West Bengal. Speaking in his Bardhaman-Durgapur…
Odisha tribal women swap cannabis for black rice, earn Rs 4,000-5,000 a month
Tribal women in Odisha's Malkangiri and Koraput districts have replaced illegal cannabis cultivation with indigenous black rice varieties like Kalabati, Kala Moli and Kala Jeera. The women, organised into self-help groups, manage…
Ghaziabad man dies as sharp kite string cuts throat on expressway
A 25-year-old man died after a sharp kite string (manjha) slit his throat while he was riding pillion on a motorcycle on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad, police said. The incident occurred…
BJP attacks Congress, AAP over ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark
The BJP on Monday escalated its attack on the Congress after senior leader P Chidambaram said he was 'proud to be a dimagi Naxal'. BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the remark…
Prithviraj Chavan claims Gopinath Munde planned Congress switch
Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has made a series of political claims, including that late BJP leader Gopinath Munde had attempted to join the Congress party. Chavan also said he had…
Makeshift zipline with puppets scares monkeys from Kerala farm
A farm owner and a worker in Vattavada, Idukki, have devised a low-cost zipline system with puppets to drive away Bonnet macaques from vegetable farms. The idea came from worker K.V. Subrahmany…
CJP founder ready to show BU degree, challenges PM Modi to do same
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has said he is willing to produce his Boston University degree and scholarship letter to counter claims that he never studied there, while challenging Prime…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari offers to face public test in 2027
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has said he will sit for a public 'test' on May 9, 2027, the first anniversary of his government, and accept failure if he scores below…
Ghaziabad man shot by neighbour after census row
A 55-year-old man, Virendra Tyagi, was shot by his neighbour in Ghaziabad's Muradnagar area on Saturday night after a dispute over sharing census information, police said. The incident occurred in Adarsh Nagar…
