Punjab govt responsible for anti-drug activist’s death, alleges SAD MP

IANS | October 16, 2026 1:31 PM

Mansa, Oct 16 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, met the family of Parvinder Singh Jhota on Friday, alleging that the Punjab government and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann were responsible for the death of the anti-drug activist who was killed by a medical store owner. She added that drug smugglers have been emboldened under the government’s protection.

SC quashes Ghaziabad Police notice to X, bars use of data against journalist

IANS | October 14, 2026 5:18 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court has set aside a notice issued by the Ghaziabad police to social media platform X seeking extensive personal and digital information linked to the account of journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who had alleged that the criminal case against him was a retaliation for his reporting on alleged irregularities in the Ram Mandir Trust and corruption in the Uttar Pradesh administration.

‘Casteist remarks, obstruction of duty’: ACP Vivek Bhagat files FIR against journalist, two others

IANS | October 14, 2026 5:17 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat, posted in Delhi's Connaught Place subdivision, has lodged an FIR against a woman journalist and two others, alleging that they made casteist remarks against him, publicly humiliated him and obstructed him from performing his official duties during a protest in the national capital on October 3.