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The Punjab government, under its campaign -Yudh Nashean Virudh, is yielding significant results, with individuals receiving treatment and rehabilitation support.The campaign, introduced on March 1, 2025, combines strict action against drug traffickers with large-scale efforts focused on de-addiction, counselling, rehabilitation and public awareness.Punjab health minister Balbir Singh said that between March 2025 and May 2026,…

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Telangana CM Revanth Reddy and the Congress government, alleging that internal power struggles within the ruling party led to the denial of a Rajya Sabha berth to senior Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan.Addressing the BRS general body meeting in Khairatabad,…

His question was always: “Why, Why and Why?”Long before Simon Sinek popularised the phrase Start with Why, Pudhucode Ramayyar Krishnamoorthy had made it the operating principle of his professional life. In the 1960s, when Indian business was still shaped by licences, permissions, labour unions, courtrooms and family-owned conglomerates, PRK, as he came to be known,…

As the Uttarakhand government’s ‘Celebrate in Uttarakhand’ initiative seeks to promote wedding tourism, two lake towns in the Kumaon region, Nainital and Bhimtal, are increasingly attracting attention from couples planning destination weddings.Nainital has long been known as one of India’s most popular hill stations, but it is now being positioned as a wedding destination under…

NEW DELHI: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has criticised the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to order a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into allegations of embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, calling the development an “insult to the Sanatana Dharma”.Speaking in Agra on Sunday, the Samajwadi Party chief said, “It is very unfortunate…

A volunteer donates blood during the World Blood Donor Day, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI Photo) Can blood be created in a laboratory for transfusion? The answer may eventually be yes, but not yet.In November 2022, scientists in the United Kingdom carried out the world’s first transfusion of lab-grown blood as part of a clinical…

Sanjay Raut (Image source: ANI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has criticised the FIR lodged against former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, alleging selective action by authorities.Speaking to ANI reporters on Sunday, Raut asked why similar cases were not registered against leaders accused of making inflammatory remarks in the past.Referring…

NEW DELHI: Calling the incomplete fencing of the India-Bangladesh border a “historical mistake”, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the implementation of the border management provisions of the 1985 Assam Accord has effectively begun only in 2025.Speaking to reporters, Sarma said efforts to curb illegal movement from Bangladesh were delayed because border…

Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan recently announced that his Jana Sena Party (JSP) would contest the 2028 Telangana assembly elections, triggering considerable political debate across the two Telugu-speaking states.At first glance, the actor-politician’s declaration appears to be a routine expression of electoral ambition. However, leaders in Telangana, particularly from the Congress and Bharat…

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday criticised the Modi government for what she described as its silence following the deaths of three Indian mariners in a US attack on a commercial vessel near the Gulf of Oman.In a post on X, Priyanka Gandhi said the government’s response to the incident was “shameful” and argued…