Don’t know whom Oppn wants to protect: Milind Deora after CM Banerjee urges CEC to halt SIR

IANS | November 21, 2025 3:44 PM

Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar urging him to halt the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state citing “inhuman” work pressure on Booth Level Officers (BLOs), Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora on Friday questioned why some Opposition leaders were opposing the SIR process and “whom they want to give protection to, and from which country.”

Number of poor families getting cheap LPG under Ujjwala scheme rises to 10.6 crore

IANS | November 21, 2025 3:34 PM

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Friday that the number of poor families in India getting an LPG cylinder at a subsidised price under the Prime Minister Modi-led government's Ujjwala Yojana has gone up to 10.6 crore while the number of homes getting piped natural gas in their kitchens has risen to 1.56 crore.

'Will continue as K'taka CM & present budget', says Siddaramaiah amid leadership row

IANS | November 21, 2025 3:18 PM

Mysuru, Nov 21 (IANS) Amid the leadership row and the Delhi visit by a group of Ministers and MLAs reportedly seeking a change in leadership in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Friday, asserted that he will continue as the Chief Minister and present the state budget for the remaining of the government's term.

Gujarat ATS unmasks ISKP module with Pakistani handlers and temple attack plans

IANS | November 21, 2025 3:16 PM

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the ongoing crackdown on Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) modules operating across multiple states, Gujarat ATS sources have revealed a series of explosive findings from the interrogation of arrested operatives (who were part of the ricin poison terror plot), exposing deep-rooted radicalisation and cross-border funding.

New phase of ‘intellectual terrorism’ has begun: BJP

IANS | November 21, 2025 3:08 PM

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) After Dr Umar Muhammad was found to be the bomber in the November 10 Delhi car blast and several doctors arrested, BJP national spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said he was “compelled to say with great regret” that a new phase of “intellectual terrorism” has begun.