Mamata Banerjee's diminished influence weaking Opposition: Ramdas Athawale

IANS | July 12, 2026 2:40 PM

Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Union Minister and Republican Party of India (RPI) chief Ramdas Athawale remarked on Sunday that while the INDIA bloc had initially emerged stronger, it is now "steadily weakening" and cited former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "declined influence" as one of the probable reasons.

Delhi CM seeks Rs 100 crore Central aid for first phase of revised PM-UDAY

IANS | July 12, 2026 1:18 PM

New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has written to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, seeking financial assistance of Rs 100 crore from the Central Government in the first phase to ensure the effective implementation of the revised Pradhan Mantri Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi Awas Adhikar Yojana (PM-UDAY).

Central security forces planted 7 crore trees in 7 years, says Amit Shah

IANS | July 12, 2026 1:00 PM

Ahmedabad, July 12 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday highlighted the Centre's large-scale afforestation efforts, saying India's Central Armed Police Forces had completed the planting of seven crore trees over the past seven years, while urging citizens to sustain similar public participation in environmental conservation.

Where’s Rahul Gandhi? On familiar routine: launch, vanish, repeat

IANS | July 12, 2026 12:54 PM

New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Congress Parliamentarian and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is once again missing in action after aggressively pushing the “Chhatron Ki Goonj” campaign and other issues against the government -- a pattern that has become the hallmark of his politics.

Doors India could not open till PM Modi knocked

Aman Sinha | July 12, 2026 11:31 AM

New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Picture the scene. Perth, January 2008. India's special envoy has come seeking uranium for a power-starved nation of a billion people, from the country that sits atop the largest uranium reserves on earth. The answer is a flat no. Sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty first, India is told, or go home. India goes home.