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Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janaya Dal supremo Lalu Yadav is emerging as the centre of discussion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At a lecture at Stanford University, US, during India Dialog 2024, Veer Munshi said, “I identify as a Kashmiri artist in India... As much as my art has explored pain and violence because of my own displacement, it also explores the value and strength of art as a collective sphere." Munshi is holding his first solo show, Healing Wounds, in the US at Aicon Gallery in New York.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The budgetary allocation for the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF), established to build buffer stocks of farm produce and check sudden rises in food prices, may see a marginal increase in the upcoming budget for FY26, with the Department of Consumer Affairs expected to receive an increase of up to 3%, bringing its allocation to ₹10,300 crore, according to two people aware of the matter. This increase for FY26 is aimed at supporting the procurement of pulses, onions, and potatoes for buffer stocks, given the estimated rise in the production of key staple food items.

superconductors, scientists have uncovered the first conclusive evidence of the elusive third category of magnetism — altermagnetism.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With less than a fortnight to go before India’s budget for 2025-26, all eyes are on finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Apart from all the usual reasons, this budget has special relevance, as it is the first full-year fiscal plan after last summer’s Lok Sabha elections.

working committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Friday accepted the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal as party chief, party leaders said. The move came over a month after Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh asked the SAD to implement the December 2 edict at the earliest, while referring to the direction of accepting the resignation of Badal. Badal's resignation was accepted in the working committee meeting held at the party's headquarters here. Speaking to reporters after his resignation was accepted, Badal thanked the party workers and leaders for their support.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Srinagar: For centuries, Srinagar, also known as ‘the Venice of the East’, has been famed for its snowy landscapes, serene Dal Lake, and iconic shikaras. However, snow has now deserted the region for two winters in a row, crippling its tourism-dependent economy.

In the afternoon, the BSF troops jointly with Punjab Police recovered two DJI AIR 3S drones one after another along with one packet of suspected heroin with gross weight- 558 and 613 grams respectively in the area of village Dal situated in district Tarn Taran. The narcotics packets were found wrapped with yellow adhesive tape and a copper wire loop attached to each, the release mentioned. The vigilant BSF troops on duty recovered one DJI Magic 3 Classic drone at about 09:45 am from a farming field adjacent to the village Rattankhurd in district Amritsar, added the release.

Chaudhary Om Prakash Chautala. The government has declared a three-day state mourning from Friday as a mark of respect to former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala who passed away in Gurugram. «The state government has decided to observe a three-day state mourning… that is December 20-22. During this period, the national flag will fly at half-mast throughout the state on all buildings where it is flown regularly,» an order issued by Haryana chief secretary's office said. It said all state government functions stand cancelled and there will no official entertainment during this period.

Om Prakash Chautala, popularly known as O.P. Chautala, was one of Haryana’s most prominent political figures, who carried a deep-rooted legacy in Indian politics. Born on January 1, 1935, Chautala passed away on December 20, 2024, aged 89. Serving as the Chief Minister of Haryana a record four times, Chautala was a stalwart of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), a party founded by his father, Chaudhary Devi Lal, the sixth Deputy Prime Minister of India.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Virtual shelves of online grocers such as Amazon, Flipkart and Swiggy may soon see the debut of an unlikely item: Subsidized dal from the Government of India. The ministry of consumer affairs is expected to mandate e-commerce companies to offer cheaper pulses under the Bharat Dal scheme on their platforms, two people aware of the matter said.

Wednesday night was the coldest of the season so far in the city, and the night temperature was 4 degrees below the normal for this part of the season. They said the intense cold conditions led to the freezing of the fringes of several water bodies, including the famous Dal Lake here, while water supply lines in many areas of the city here and elsewhere in the valley were also frozen due to the biting cold.

BJP leaders on Saturday claimed that a demolition notice issued by the Railways to a temple outside Mumbai's Dadar station has been stayed, with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis saying it would be regularised as per rules. The assertions by the ruling party leaders came a day after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray slammed the BJP over the notice. BJP legislator Mangal Prabhat Lodha said the Dadar Hanuman temple will be protected. Lodha visited the shrine near Platform No. 12 at Dadar East, adjacent to the Central Railway station. He interacted with the temple trustees and joined the 'aarti'.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The government is considering extending duty-free import of yellow peas for a few more months, possibly until February, to help lower prices and address shortages of tur (pigeon pea) and chana (gram), two people familiar with the matter said. An official notification to this effect is expected soon, as duty-free import of yellow peas is currently allowed until the end of December.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Seeing a common household vegetable featured creatively in a dish is a delight, especially for someone like me who often laments that the vegetarian menus in restaurants are restricted to paneer and potatoes. I understand that the economics of running a viable restaurant business means that they have to rely on produce and dishes with mass appeal.

Sukhbir Singh Badal, had allegiance to a banned Khalistani outfit and was facing 21 criminal cases, registered during 1980-90, at the peak of the Khalistan movement, the Punjab Police has said. The shooter, identified as Narain Singh Chaura (68), is a former member of banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), a Khalistani terrorist organisation. Punjab Special DGP (Law & Order) Arpit Shukla said that Chaura has more than 21 criminal cases registered against him. Police is interrogating him and questioning him to find out whether more people or any pro-Khalistan elements from abroad are involved in the conspiracy, he added. He was also involved in the 2004 Burail jailbreak case. He helped terrorists Jagtar Singh Hawara, Paramjit Singh Bheora and two others escape from prison, Shukla added. He was released on bail and has been acquitted in a few cases. Shukla added that a detailed security deployment was in place, with 175 police personnel in plain clothes on duty, led by an AIG-level officer. He credited the timely intervention of the police personnel, including Rashpal Singh, who identified Chaura and followed him as he attempted to fire at Badal.

The value of Thanksgiving gravy is shown in the FRIENDS TV serial episode ‘The One with Ross’s Sandwich’. The sandwich is made with what an obsessed Ross rather grossly calls the ‘moistmaker’, a slice of bread soaked in leftover gravy. It acknowledges that bread and gravy are natural partners, as the Old Foodie’s blog notes in a recipe for ‘Gravy-bread for invalids’ from an 1859 English cookery book.

Vishva Hindu Parishad has announced a two-day nationwide protest against the «atrocities» on religious minorities in Bangladesh starting Friday. The VHP and the Bajrang Dal, along with all sects and segments of the Hindu society and those who believe in humanity, will take part in this protest to save the minorities and their human rights, VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal said in a statement. Bansal said the neighbouring country was «playing in the hands of Islamic jihadist elements». He said the protest against the «repeated atrocities» against minorities in Bangladesh is scheduled for today and tomorrow, he said.