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New Delhi: The Punjab government has officially declared Amritsar, Sri Anandpur Sahib, and Talwandi Sabo (Sri Damdama Sahib) as Holy Cities, introducing comprehensive measures to maintain their religious sanctity. The announcement, approved by the Governor of Punjab, comes with directives for several state departments to enforce restrictions within the notified city limits. Under the new guidelines, the Department of Excise is tasked with prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol and related products in these areas. The Department of Health and Family Welfare will oversee bans on cigarettes, tobacco, and other intoxicants. Additionally, the Department of Animal Husbandry has been…

New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, the Indian Army has deployed satellite-based internet connectivity to support flood-affected regions in Sri Lanka, restoring critical communications in areas where terrestrial networks were destroyed. The initiative, part of India’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission, Operation Sagar Bandhu, leveraged Eutelsat’s OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network in partnership with Airtel. Cyclone Ditwah caused severe flooding across Sri Lanka, leaving communities isolated and communication channels down. To address this, the Indian Army deployed OneWeb terminals in remote areas, providing secure, high-speed, low-latency internet. This enabled 24/7 telemedicine consultations with Indian specialists, allowing…

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra strongly opposed the Centre’s new Bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), also called the G Ram G Bill. Speaking in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the Wayanad MP argued that the Bill weakens the law, diminishes the role of Gram Sabhas, and shifts funding from a demand-based to a pre-determined normative model. During a protest on Parliament premises, Congress lawmakers held up photographs of Mahatma Gandhi to signal their disapproval of removing his name from the rural…

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor strongly opposed the government’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the newly proposed Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika (G RAM G) during a Lok Sabha debate on Tuesday. Tharoor described the renaming as “immoral” and urged the government not to “sully Ram’s name,” emphasizing the symbolic importance of retaining Gandhi’s legacy in the rural employment scheme. Tharoor, who has occasionally drawn criticism within his party for his favorable remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, argued that replacing Gandhi’s name disregards the alignment between Gandhi’s vision…

New Delhi: Cachar Police in Assam intercepted a truck carrying 90,000 Yaba tablets, valued at approximately Rs 26 crore in the illicit market, and arrested two men during a major anti-narcotics operation. The seized substance, a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine, is commonly produced in Southeast and East Asia and is known as “crazy medicine” in Thai. The operation took place at Rongpur in Cachar district after police received intelligence about a large consignment being transported from Champhai district in Mizoram towards Guwahati. A thorough search of the truck revealed the Yaba tablets hidden in a concealed compartment. The arrested…

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) money laundering case against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and five others in connection with the National Herald case. The Rouse Avenue Court observed that the agency’s prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was not maintainable because it was based on a private complaint filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, rather than a registered First Information Report (FIR). The court also noted that Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) had already registered an FIR in the matter, making it “premature and…

New Delhi: India strongly rebutted Pakistan’s claims over Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on “Leadership for Peace,” with Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni asserting that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are “an integral and inalienable part of India” and “will always remain so.” Addressing Pakistan’s “unwarranted reference” to the region, Parvathaneni criticised Islamabad for its “obsessive focus on harming India and its people.” He also highlighted India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, citing Pakistan’s history of cross-border terrorism and repeated violations of the treaty over six decades. “India entered into…