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The event coincides with peak office hours when heavy traffic is expected in the area due to the movement of dignitaries, government officials and invitees. Traffic restrictions will be in place across parts of New Delhi on Wednesday evening as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Kartavya Bhavan at 6.30 pm, police said. The event coincides with peak office hours when heavy traffic is expected in the area due to the movement of dignitaries, government officials and invitees, they added. “Traffic is likely to be affected around Rajendra Prasad Road, Maulana Azad Road, Man Singh Road, Janpath, Rafi…

Punjab DGP reviews anti-drug campaign, security ahead of I-Day. Punjab Police chief on Tuesday chaired a state-level meeting with officers to review the ongoing anti-drug campaign, the overall law and order situation, and the internal security landscape across the state. Director General of Police Punjab, Gaurav Yadav held meetings with all range inspector generals of police, commissioners of police, and senior superintendents of police. Special DGP Arpit Shukla, Special DGP Praveen Kumar Sinha, ADGP Anti-Narcotics Task Force Nilabh Kishore, ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force Promod Ban, and ADGP Counter-Intelligence Amit Prasad were also present in the meeting. During the meeting, senior…

Odisha mulling taking spy cameras inside Puri Jagannath temple a cognizable offence: Minister. The Odisha government on Tuesday said it was contemplating amending the Shree Jagannath Temple Act, 1955, to make provision of taking spy cameras and taking pictures or video inside the 12th-century shrine in Puri as a cognizable offence with provision of punishment. This was stated by Odisha Law Minister Prithithiviraj Harichandan while reacting to frequent trespassing of individuals into the temple, taking hidden cameras in different ways. The latest such incident took place on Tuesday morning when the security personnel nabbed a man identified as Pratish Pal…

Indian Army retaliated to Pakistan ceasefire violation, with the firing exchange having continued for 15 minutes in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan on Tuesday violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, indulging in unprovoked firing in Poonch sector, official sources said. Indian Army retaliated to Pakistan ceasefire violation at Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch, with the firing exchange having continued for 15 minutes, the above-mentioned sources said, adding that there were no report of any casualty. This marks the first ceasefire violation since Operation Sindoor was launched by the Indian armed forces on…

Trump once again reiterated his claim that India has the highest tariffs on US goods in the world. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday has said that he may ‘substantially’ raise tariffs on India in next 24 hours. Trump’s latest statement comes a day after he vowed to raise tariffs on India due to its purchase of Russian oil and other military products. “India has not been a good trading partner because they do a lot of business with us, but we don’t do business with them. So we settled on 25 percent, but I think I’m going to raise…

Eviction drive clears 1,000 bighas of forest land from encroachment in Assam. The Assam government on Sunday carried out an eviction drive to clear alleged encroachment from nearly 1,000 bighas of forest land, displacing more than 350 families, in Golaghat district. A day after completing the five-day long first phase of a massive eviction drive to clear alleged encroachments from almost 11,000 bighas of forest land in Rengma Reserve Forest, the administration began a similar drive inside Nambor South Reserve Forest. “Encroached areas in Gelajan and No. 3 Rajapukhuri were cleared during the day, with over 350 households evicted and…

The injured doctor, identified as Dr Litan Das, was admitted to the same hospital after he suffered multiple injuries. A doctor of the state-run Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) hospital, a premier healthcare facility in Tripura, was injured when two relatives of a patient attacked doctors there on Sunday, an official said. The incident happened in the early hours of the day. The injured doctor, identified as Dr Litan Das, was admitted to the same hospital after he suffered multiple injuries. He is, however, out of danger, the official said. A complaint has been lodged with the police. The accused persons…

The ECI refuted Tejashwi Yadav’s claim of non-inclusion in the voter list and said that his name was indeed listed at Serial No. 416 of Polling Station No. 204. The Election Commission of India has sent a notice to Bihar assembly’s leader of opposition and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, saying that the voter ID he showed in the press conference on Saturday, claiming that he was not included in the voter list, is not officially issued. The poll body also refuted Yadav’s claim of non-inclusion in the voter list and said that his name was indeed listed at…

MEA has also dismissed a report which claimed that India is reviewing its bilateral agreements with the United States. Amid the tariff row between the United States and India, the Ministry of External Affairs has debunked certain fake reports circulating on social media. Taking to X, the fact check unit of the ministry has dismissed reports that India is reviewing US goods exempted from tariffs as it works towards a response to Trump’s 25 percent bombshell on New Delhi. In another post, the fact check unit for MEA dismissed a report which claimed that India is reviewing its bilateral agreements…

“The Indian Army is committed to uphold the highest standards of discipline and conduct and takes all allegations seriously,” Indian Army said in a statement. The Indian Army on Saturday said it is awaiting the outcome of an investigation into an alleged violent assault by one of its personnel on SpiceJet employees at Srinagar airport last week, even as disturbing visuals of the incident went viral on social media. In a statement issued following mounting public scrutiny, the Army said, “The matter involving an alleged altercation between an Army personnel and airline staff at Srinagar Airport on 26 July 2025…