'Pakistan’s military leadership driving country into deeper economic crisis'

IANS | October 14, 2026 5:44 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The World Bank's October 2026 regional update highlights that roughly 48 per cent of all people living below the $3 a day poverty line across the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAAP) region are Pakistani, while the remaining 47 per cent are in Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen.

SC quashes Ghaziabad Police notice to X, bars use of data against journalist

IANS | October 14, 2026 5:18 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court has set aside a notice issued by the Ghaziabad police to social media platform X seeking extensive personal and digital information linked to the account of journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who had alleged that the criminal case against him was a retaliation for his reporting on alleged irregularities in the Ram Mandir Trust and corruption in the Uttar Pradesh administration.

‘Casteist remarks, obstruction of duty’: ACP Vivek Bhagat files FIR against journalist, two others

IANS | October 14, 2026 5:17 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat, posted in Delhi's Connaught Place subdivision, has lodged an FIR against a woman journalist and two others, alleging that they made casteist remarks against him, publicly humiliated him and obstructed him from performing his official duties during a protest in the national capital on October 3.

Rahul Gandhi trying to 'protect infiltrators', claims BJP after INDIA Bloc vows to remain united in fight against ECI

IANS | October 14, 2026 4:25 PM

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Opposition INDIA Bloc over its protests against the Election Commission of India (ECI), and alleged that Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, was facilitating the demonstrations to "protect infiltrators" under the pretext of opposing the alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Three rebel SP MLAs cross over to BJP ahead of UP polls

IANS | October 14, 2026 4:12 PM

Lucknow, Oct 14 (IANS) Three Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs, who had previously rebelled against the party, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.