Shakeel Ahmad slams Oppn's Bihar poll debacle, questions missing voters' claim, seat-sharing pact

IANS | November 16, 2025 5:01 PM

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad, who resigned from the party earlier this week, has raised sharp questions over both the Opposition’s performance in the recent Bihar Assembly elections, including seats distribution to ineligible candidates, claims on 6.5-million voters' deletion which according to him lacked ground-level evidence, among other issues.  

PM Modi interacts with MAHSR team in Surat, hails their role in India’s 1st bullet train project 

IANS | November 16, 2025 4:17 PM

Gandhinagar, Nov 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the under-construction bullet train station in Gujarat’s Surat on Saturday, where he reviewed the progress of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor (MAHSR). He interacted with the engineering and technical team of India’s first bullet train project, took their feedback and also suggested the creation of a ‘blue book’ for documenting innovations and lessons learnt here.

L-G Manoj Sinha lauds J&K Police for busting interstate terror module

IANS | November 16, 2025 4:03 PM

Jammu, Nov 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday lauded police for busting an interstate terror module by timely intelligence and coordinated action, thereby preventing a number of terror attacks across the country by the white collar terror module.

FairPoint: The educated faces behind Kashmir’s terror network

Deepika Bhan | November 16, 2025 3:44 PM

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) For decades, a convenient myth has floated around Kashmir's troubled history that terrorism in the Valley is a blue-collar phenomenon driven by poverty, lack of education, and exploitation. The reality, however, has always been far more unsettling.