Accountability to be ensured in every development project, says UP CM

IANS | August 24, 2025 9:37 PM

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, directed officials to ensure timely and quality completion of development projects in Gorakhpur, warning that lapses will invite strict action against both contractors and responsible officers.

Bangladesh: Politics of extortion and the death of democracy (IANS Analysis)

IANS | August 24, 2025 9:03 PM

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Previous month marked the first anniversary of Bangladesh’s 'July Uprising', a mass movement spearheaded by Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (SAD) that brought down Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. Though it initially emerged as a protest against the controversial job quota system, it quickly grew into a nationwide revolt reflecting deeper anger at a political order mired in violence, censorship, corruption, and extortion—factors that had smothered the country’s democracy.

'Rahul Gandhi left Tejashwi in the lurch': Pradeep Bhandari on INDIA bloc PM row

IANS | August 24, 2025 8:05 PM

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, saying the former Bihar deputy CM went as far as declaring the Congress MP as the INDIA bloc’s prime ministerial face while the LoP Lok Sabha himself did not commit to making the RJD leader the chief ministerial face.

NTPC to kick off work for new nuclear power plant in Rajasthan next month

IANS | August 24, 2025 7:54 PM

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Government-owned power giant NTPC Ltd will kick off its foray into nuclear power with the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a 2,800 megawatt (MW) nuclear power plant at Banswara in Rajasthan next month, the company’s Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh said here on Sunday.

Rahul, Tejashwi shamelessly lying, making baseless allegations: Ravi Shankar Prasad

IANS | August 24, 2025 6:42 PM

Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday launched a scathing critique of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, the duo leading the charge against Nitish Kumar government on Bihar's electoral turf, and accused them of dishing out false claims and lies on a daily basis.

Need to understand difference between opposition and obstruction: Kiren Rijiju

IANS | August 24, 2025 6:14 PM

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) In a veiled reference to wastage of time in the recent Monsoon Session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Sunday that democracy will be imperilled if Parliament and state Assemblies fail to function smoothly, underscoring the difference between “opposition and obstruction”.