BJP conspiring to delete three crore voters in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

IANS | December 12, 2025 10:18 PM

Hyderabad, Dec 12 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav, on Friday, alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is conspiring to delete three crore names from voter list in Uttar Pradesh through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

Pawan Khera's post on media outlet deal invites Rs 100 crore defamation notice

IANS | December 12, 2025 9:32 PM

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Congress spokesperson and Chairman of the party's Media and Publicity department Pawan Khera on Friday kicked up a storm by claiming that someone in the "the highest office" helped a businessman acquire a real-estate-rich media company for "peanuts", a comment which invited a Rs 100 crore defamation notice.

Women in Pakistan still face deep-rooted bias in academic institutions: Report

IANS | December 12, 2025 9:29 PM

Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) Pakistan’s academic culture continues to police and punish women who refuse to comply with the societal expectations of submissiveness. The recent case involving the Vice Chancellor of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST), Zabta Khan Shinwari, has laid bare a troubling but persistent truth, a report said on Friday.