Day: November 18, 2025

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate launched raids against the Al-Falah University in Faridabad along with its office in Okhla and the university’s promoters on Tuesday morning, PTI reported citing sources. Initial probe reveal discrepancies regarding UGC and NAAC recognition.The central agency has been conducting raids since 5am at 25 different places across the national capital, … Read more

Trump, Maduro (File photos) US president Donald Trump on Monday (local time) said he is willing to speak to Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, even as a US military build-up in the region has raised tensions. He also said he would be “ok” with US strikes inside Mexico.Trump has sharply increased the number of US forces in … Read more

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to carry out a “thorough and independent crash investigation” into the recent accident on the Pune–Bangalore highway in which eight people were burnt alive and 13 others injured. It asked the state to get the probe conducted by an institute … Read more

Pakistani rapper Talha Anjum caused a stir by waving the Indian flag during a concert in Nepal. He later defended his actions, stating his art has no borders and he does not care about propaganda. While some Pakistanis criticised the move, many Indians praised the gesture. The incident has generated significant social media discussion. Pakistani … Read more

Prashant Kishor (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj supremo Prashant Kishor on Tuesday said he takes ‘100 per cent responsibility’ for his party’s poor performance in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. This was his first reaction after the poll verdict.Interacting with reporters in Patna, Kishor admitted: “We made an honest effort, but it was completely … Read more

NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday said he would “definitely quit politics” if the Nitish Kumar government fulfils its pre-poll promise of giving Rs 2 lakh each to 1.5 crore people in Bihar. His remarks came a day after he conceded defeat in the state elections and acknowledged that he had failed … Read more

Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam NEW DEHI: During a Supreme Court hearing on bail plea in the 2020 Delhi riots case, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was representating Delhi police, on Tuesday called the anti-CAA protest triggered violence an “attempt to divide society on communal lines”. Mehta also aruged that accused were responsible for delay … Read more

NEW DELHI: ‘As long as BJP is there, no Indian Hindu and Indian Muslim have to fear about their name being stripped off from the voter list,’ a confident Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya signs off when asked by TOI Online about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. His assurance … Read more

Shehzad Poonawalla (ANI image) NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress after its MP Imran Masood referred to suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi as a “misguided youth”.Accusing the Opposition party of prioritising “vote bank niti over rashtra niti”, he said the Congress had repeatedly attempted to soften … Read more

A lot of words have been written so far about why Bihar voted the way it did. Pro-regime commentators claim it’s a vindication of the current establishment’s popularity while the opposition sees the result as proof of electoral fraud or manufacturing consent by hijacking the mandate. Philistines – news channels call them psephologists – would … Read more