Gujarat: Five AAP candidates withdraw in Gandhinagar civic polls

IANS | September 29, 2026 11:30 PM

Gandhinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s candidate strength for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections has come down from 41 candidates who filed nomination papers to 32 after four nominations were rejected. Five candidates withdrew their forms, with the party alleging the withdrawals resulted from pressure exerted jointly by the BJP and Congress.

Meghalaya Deputy CM backs FCRA review, says BJP expansion no threat to NPP

IANS | September 29, 2026 11:27 PM

Shillong, Sep 29 (IANS) Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister and National People's Party (NPP) state president Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday backed a review of the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), while asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) growing strength in the state posed no threat to the ruling NPP.

Celebrating women farmers' contribution beyond cinematic representation

Jayanta Bhattacharya | September 29, 2026 8:40 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian cinema, through generations, has celebrated motherhood and women’s role in agriculture and dairying through productions like the multi-starrer Mother India (1957) and the crowd-funded Manthan (1976), among many others, though their contribution in real life was seldom recognised despite multi-tasking – taking care of the family with cleaning, cooking, raising children, along with other daily chores.

VAIBHAV initiative enables Indian geniuses settled abroad to turn ‘brain drain’ into ‘brain gain’

IANS | September 29, 2026 7:45 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian nationals settled abroad, from the United States to Europe, have proved their mettle and made the nation proud with different milestones, even though this came at the cost of ‘brain drain’, back home – a trend that started in the 1990s and remained unaddressed till the launch of the VAIBHAV initiative.

SC questions inflated medicine prices, corporate hospitals’ in-house pharmacy practice

IANS | September 29, 2026 7:27 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the huge disparity between the maximum retail price (MRP) of medicines and the price at which they are supplied to retailers, asking the Centre why a uniform margin cap could not be prescribed for pharmaceutical products.

Formed to protect British, Congress attacking ECI today: BJP

IANS | September 29, 2026 5:33 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the Congress of "tearing apart" India's constitutional framework, especially the Election Commission of India (ECI), despite being the party formed to "provide protection" to the then British government.

SC quashes Mulla Afroz’s NSA detention in Sambhal violence case, imposes Rs 10 lakh costs on UP govt

IANS | September 29, 2026 5:08 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has quashed the preventive detention of UP cleric Mulla Afroz under the National Security Act (NSA) in connection with the 2024 Sambhal violence case, holding that a confessional statement made before a police officer cannot, by itself and without independent supporting material, form the basis for preventive detention.

RJD's Manoj Jha hits back at Nitin Nabin over SIR row, says allegations against Oppn should be backed by evidence

IANS | September 29, 2026 3:48 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) With BJP President Nitin Nabin accusing the Opposition of misleading the public over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Tuesday said the Opposition had not raised the issue and that the Indian daily had investigated it and presented its findings with evidence.

CWC meet: Cong calls SIR fraud exercise; plans pan-India stir against ‘compromised’ poll panel

IANS | September 29, 2026 3:46 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Tuesday deliberated on a host of burning issues concerning the 'irregularities' in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and vowed to launch nationwide protests against alleged malpractices by the Election Commission (EC).

Fighting for electoral integrity: Thackeray brothers announce October 4 march against ECI

IANS | September 29, 2026 2:37 PM

Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) In a bid to signal a unified front against the Election Commission of India (ECI), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday addressed a joint press conference to unveil the blueprint for a public protest march scheduled for October 4.

Politics

Gujarat: Five AAP candidates withdraw in Gandhinagar civic polls

Meghalaya Deputy CM backs FCRA review, says BJP expansion no threat to NPP

Celebrating women farmers' contribution beyond cinematic representation

VAIBHAV initiative enables Indian geniuses settled abroad to turn ‘brain drain’ into ‘brain gain’

SC questions inflated medicine prices, corporate hospitals’ in-house pharmacy practice

Formed to protect British, Congress attacking ECI today: BJP

SC quashes Mulla Afroz’s NSA detention in Sambhal violence case, imposes Rs 10 lakh costs on UP govt

RJD's Manoj Jha hits back at Nitin Nabin over SIR row, says allegations against Oppn should be backed by evidence

CWC meet: Cong calls SIR fraud exercise; plans pan-India stir against ‘compromised’ poll panel

Fighting for electoral integrity: Thackeray brothers announce October 4 march against ECI

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