Grateful to govt for eradicating Maoism: UP ministers on HM Shah's LS speech

IANS | March 31, 2026 12:32 PM

Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) Ministers in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday welcomed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's announcement that India has virtually become Maoist-free, stating that the central and state-level leadership structures of the insurgent movement have been almost entirely dismantled just ahead of the government's self-imposed deadline of March 31.

Calcutta HC quashes two PILs challenging ECI’s decision to transfer bureaucrats, top cops

IANS | March 31, 2026 12:04 PM

Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, quashed two public interest litigations (PILs) filed by a Trinamool Congress leader challenging the decisions of the Election Commission of India's large-scale transfers of bureaucrats and police officers in West Bengal amid the two-phase Assembly elections in the state next month.

PM Modi inaugurates Samrat Samprati Museum in Gandhinagar

IANS | March 31, 2026 11:00 AM

Gandhinagar, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum at Koba Tirth in Gandhinagar on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, and toured its galleries, viewing rare artefacts and historical collections documenting the evolution of Jainism.