Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut urged Congress to take the lead in maintaining the INDIA-bloc alliance, emphasizing their elder brother role. He highlighted the alliance's success in the 2024 elections but pointed out the lack of post-election meetings and communication issues.
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Mohammad Arshad from Agra allegedly killed his mother and four sisters in a Lucknow hotel, confessing in a video and implicating his father. His uncle, Mohammad Zeeshan, recounts receiving Arshad's chilling confession and calls for his execution. Initial investigations suggest domestic disputes motivated the killings.
The parliamentary panel has flagged the housing and urban affairs ministry's inability to spend a significant portion of the Centre’s allocation for AMRUT 2.0, with concerns over fund utilisation and delayed approval of schemes like NUDM and PM-eBus Sewa Scheme. The ministry risks not utilising Rs 52,651 crore of central share by the mission's end in 2026.
Zoo officials in Surat's Sarthana Nature Park and Zoo are giving Ayurvedic aphrodisiacs to their male white tiger Gaurav to boost his mating interest with Garima, his female companion. Despite Garima showing signs of sexual maturity, Gaurav has been disinterested. The Ayurvedic supplement, including safed muesli, shatavari, and ashwagandha, is used to enhance his vigour.
Sanjay Raut emphasizes that Congress is responsible for maintaining the India alliance formed against BJP before the Lok Sabha polls. He highlights the lack of meetings and a convenor since the elections, questioning the bloc's sustainability. Congress insists the alliance remains strong, despite internal disagreements.
A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a parked bus at Pune’s Swargate bus depot in the early hours of February 25. Maharashtra's transport minister has ordered a departmental inquiry and multiple law enforcement teams are actively searching for the accused, with a Rs 1 lakh reward announced.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a meeting of the Sangathan Parv Workshop on Sunday at the party headquarters extension office in the national capital. During the meeting, a decision was taken to celebrate Atal Jayanti for a whole year from December 25, 2024, to December 25, 2025, as good governance and to celebrate Samvidhan Parv.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has barred 14 toll collection agencies for irregular fee collection activities at toll plazas. Following raids and an FIR by the UP Special Task Force, NHAI found their responses unsatisfactory and debarred them for two years, forfeiting over Rs 100 crore in performance securities.
Twelve Naxalites were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. Security personnel recovered more than ten Naxalite bodies and weapons. Over 1,500 personnel participated in the operation. The encounter is part of a larger anti-Naxalite effort in the region, with more details to emerge as the operation continues.