Shiv Sena Punjab leader Sandeep Thapar Gora was seriously injured in a sharp-edged weapon attack by people who appeared to be Nihang Sikhs in Ludhiana. The attackers managed to escape from the spot.
BJP National President JP Nadda on Friday announced new appointments for state in-charges and co-incharges across several key regions as the party gears up for upcoming elections.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's aviation regulator, has sought a detailed report from Air India following allegations that an aircraft initially scheduled for a regular flight was reassigned to transport the Indian cricket team from Barbados. The officials said that the aircraft, which was supposed to operate on a scheduled route from Newark (USA) to Delhi, was instead dispatched to Barbados, resulting in significant inconvenience for passengers. Due to this, a senior DGCA official confirmed on Wednesday that the regulator has formally asked Air India to provide an explanation regarding the development.
Bihar bridge collapse: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Bihar government to conduct a structural audit of all existing and under-construction bridges in the state after several bridges collapsed in the past two weeks. The petitioner has sought directions to the government to set up an expert committee to identify weak bridges which can be either strengthened or demolished based on the findings.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Congress and Rahul Gandhi in his replies to the Motions of Thanks, both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. While in the Lok Sabha, on Tuesday, the opposition MPs continuously shouted slogans during his 135-minute long reply, they staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha while Modi was replying. In the Lok Sabha, the Congress and other opposition parties tried to their best to stop Modi from speaking, but the Prime Minister went on with his speech amidst the din created by slogan shouting members. Modi said, after the last month’s general elections, the Congress will be termed as a ‘parasite’, because it won only 99 seats in Lok Sabha with the help of vote share of its allies. The 2024 elections, he said, marked the third consecutive defeat of Congress in Lok Sabha elections, and it failed to breach the 100 mark. Instead of taking lessons from the election results, Modi said, “Congress is trying to tell the people that they have defeated us. This is just like pacifying a child who failed in his exam”. The Prime Minister remarked that the government would not tolerate any more “dramas” and the “opposition and its eco-system will be replied in their own language”.
Senior politician K. Keshava Rao officially rejoined the Congress party on Wednesday in a ceremony held in New Delhi. All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge welcomed Rao into the party, honouring him with the party scarf.
Hathras stampede: In India, there is a tradition of large religious gatherings in rural regions. Often, thousands of devotees throng to a squeezed place, with no basic facilities-- not even entry or exit points in case of emergency. Sometimes, the organisers of these events lack proper communication with the local authorities. This often resulted in the deadly stampede. The same was witnessed in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, nearly 200 km from the national capital, New Delhi, where 116 people were killed in one of the deadliest stampede incidents on Tuesday. The death count may increase.
