Gandhinagar: BJP govt in Bengal would not press charges against Bangladeshis living illegally in the state if they chose to return voluntarily, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, while reiterating the Centre’s commitment to detect, detain and deport illegal immigrants from the country.“Today, newspapers are saying that illegal immigrants are voluntarily returning. Bengal…
TOI correspondent from London: Save tiger. Sell forest. Scrap people. Stop. Adivasi communities from forests stretching across Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have mounted a pushback against wildlife tourism and tiger reserve expansion, accusing forest authorities and conservation groups of turning ancestral homelands into a commercial safari “spectacle” while evicting indigenous families and forcing them…
NEW DELHI: Issuing a strict warning to industrial consumers buying diesel from retail outlets due to differential pricing and creating an artificial shortage of fuel in parts of the country, govt on Wednesday said there were “more than adequate” supplies of petrol and diesel to meet demand.Govt said industrial consumers were diverting their purchases to…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Centre’s newly constituted high-level committee on “artificial” demographic changes caused by illegal immigration and other unnatural reasons will also examine whether a separate law is needed to deal with the issue.Speaking after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 340 crore,…
NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership had designed Siddaramaiah‘s exit from the Karnataka chief minister post to appear orderly, disciplined and final.A resignation in Bengaluru. A Rajya Sabha berth in Delhi. A graceful transition from state strongman to senior national statesman.Instead, Siddaramaiah accepted only the first part.Minutes after submitting his resignation letter as Karnataka CM on…
NEW DELHI: Outgoing Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah seems to have left a ticking bomb as a parting gift for his successor DK Shivakumar and Rahul Gandhi before deciding to step down from his position on Thursday.A day before resigning as chief minister, Siddaramaiah on Wednesday accepted the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes’ long-delayed educational…
NEW DELHI: The Centre is mulling over the possibility of using the Indian Air Force for the transportation of NEET-UG papers to ensure the foolproof conduct of the retest on June 21, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.This comes after a high-level meeting chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh. Interestingly, the meeting was also attended…
A new United Nations climate report has warned that the worst may still lie ahead for India and the world as temperatures in Rajasthan soared to 48.2°C on Wednesday and heatwave conditions gripped large parts of northern and central India.The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) projected this week that there is a 75 per cent chance…
NEW DELHI: Government spending on healthcare in India has nearly tripled over the last decade, while the amount families spend directly from their own pockets on treatment has sharply declined, according to the latest National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates released by the Union health ministry.The report showed that Government Health Expenditure (GHE) increased from ₹1.30…
On May 16, 2026, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was launched as a satirical political collective on social media, sparked by a widely misquoted remark from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. His comments went viral out of context, morphing into a viral line about “unemployed youth like cockroaches”, which quickly became a rallying cry…
