VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Nadda said that the Supreme Court has already constituted a 5-member panel to probe the alleged use of excessive force by police on students NEW DELHI: Union minister JP Nadda on Friday slammed leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for staging a sit-in outside Sansad Marg police station, claiming that the protest was a symbol of the Congress leader’s “hunger for media attention.”Nadda said that Rahul’s sit-in protest was an attempt to divert attention from the criticism Congress is facing for disrespecting “Vande Mataram”.”The entire nation is once again witnessing the kind of cheap, attention-seeking politics that Rahul Gandhi displayed today outside the Sansad Marg police station. Rahul Gandhi’s sit-in protest today is neither for the students nor for the sake of justice; it is a symbol of the Congress party’s political desperation and Rahul Gandhi’s hunger for media attention,” Nadda said.”If we consider the timing of this entire drama, we realise that the Congress party is currently facing intense criticism across the nation over the issue of ‘Vande Mataram’. The public is demanding answers from the Congress regarding the disrespect shown to the national song, especially as a senior Congress leader was seen cutting a cake designed to look like the Tricolour. To conceal this anti-national face of his and to divert attention from the massive embarrassment he has faced, Rahul Gandhi has hastily orchestrated this new drama as a distraction,” he added.This comes after Rahul, along with Congress leaders, staged a “dharna” outside the police station after claiming that the cops refused to register a complaint over the “police brutality” on student protesters during July 20 “Sansad Chalo” march.However, Nadda claimed that the Supreme Court has already taken cognisance of the issue and constituted a 5-member high-powered committee headed by a former SC judge.”The whole country knows that the Supreme Court has already taken cognisance of the July 20th incident and has constituted a five-member high-powered committee headed by a former judge,” Nadda said.”When the country’s apex court is investigating the matter, what does Rahul Gandhi hope to prove by sitting in front of cameras outside the police station? Does the Leader of the Opposition lack faith in the country’s judiciary? The truth is that Rahul Gandhi is staging this ‘camera-centric’ drama merely to keep himself in the headlines,” he added.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesEarlier in the day, Rahul accompanied Sahil Lochab, who Congress alleges suffered pellet injuries during a July 20 protest, to the DCP office to seek action on the complaint and press for registration of an FIR.They alleged that the DCP again did not provide details of the case officer or the I/O number.The complaint relates to police action and excessive use of force, including the alleged firing of pellet guns, against student protesters during the July 20 demonstration in Delhi.According to the complainant, the incident amounts to a cognisable offence and warrants registration of an FIR. Rahul has sought action on the complaint and demanded justice for Lochab.After meeting senior police officials, Rahul came out of the police station and said Sahil had not been allowed to file an FIR. “Sahil wants to file FIR for justice, but that is not being allowed,” Rahul said.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorRohitashwa RanjanRohitashwa Ranjan is a digital journalist with The Times of India, where he decodes Indian politics as a carefully staged production with scripts, subtext and everything behind. His stories track elections, party dynamics and the things that often are buried beneath the headlines. When not parsing vote shares or alliances, he is usually reading between the lines, where the real story tends to reside.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPellet-gun Row: Rahul Gandhi At Parliament Street Police Station To Lodge Complaint With DCP‘Don’t Politicise Our School’: Villagers Block CJP Visit As Party Alleges BJP Attack In RajasthanModi Pushes AI, Youth And Data Agenda, Tells Secretaries To Break Government Silos And InnovatePirates Hijack Two Ships Carrying 22 Indians Off Yemen And Somalia, Crew Safety Raises Concern‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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BJP’s goons have brutally attacked CJP’s volunteers. They beat them up, tore their clothes and smashed the car windows,” Kejriwal said.”Is all this just so they can’t raise their voices for giving kids a good education? If the kids get educated, what’s BJP’s problem with that? Why do they want to keep our children illiterate?” he added.Earlier in the day, CJP founder Abhijit Dipke claimed that “BJP goons” attacked organisation co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and other members during their visit to a government school in Rampura-Kanwarpura village.”Ashu has been attacked by BJP goons in Rajasthan. Ashu and other volunteers of CJP were beaten up and have been injured. Rajasthan Police has allowed this to happen,” Dipke said in a social media post on X.Meanwhile, Ranka said the attack on the volunteers started as soon as they entered the village. He alleged that stones were pelted by village residents and that the police “remained mute spectators.””The entire country saw BJP’s hooliganism live today. Stone pelting was already happening there, but the police remained mute spectators. Police said that they won’t do anything. This has been done at the behest of Madan Dilawar. Our volunteers had their hands broken. Our vehicles have been vandalised. There was stone pelting here,” Ashutosh Ranka told news agency PTI.”Elderly people pelted stones at the women in our team and broke their phones. This was pre-planned. All these goons should be arrested within 48 hours and the order should be withdrawn; otherwise, this protest will expand from education to Madan Dilawar now. You should be ashamed of yourself. The school has been running in a buffalo shed for a year now. We want to get it repaired. BJP goons were present there. This is a black day for democracy in Rajasthan,” Ashutosh added.Ranka threatened to launch a statewide agitation if the alleged attackers were not arrested, saying the protest would also seek Dilawar’s resignation.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesMeanwhile, a villager said the community did not want the issue to be politicised and that Rs 12 lakh had already been approved for the school.”We don’t want to politicise the issue. Rs 12 lakh has been approved for our school. Villagers are capable of building the school. We had constructed a temple earlier and we are capable of building a temple of education as well. We don’t want any support from Cockroach Janata Party,” the villager said.”We are opposed to such a party which calls for dividing the country and says bad things about Lord Ram. We oppose such people. We need people who work for the country,” the villager said.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorRohitashwa RanjanRohitashwa Ranjan is a digital journalist with The Times of India, where he decodes Indian politics as a carefully staged production with scripts, subtext and everything behind. His stories track elections, party dynamics and the things that often are buried beneath the headlines. 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Why sleepiness occurs after eating Why India may need a third aircraft carrier as China expands its fleet Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated Chaupal–2026 under the “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana”. Chief minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday inaugurated Chaupal–2026 under the “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana” at the Mukhya Sevak Sadan located at the chief minister’s Camp Office. On the occasion, he said that more than 13,000 entrepreneurs across the state have so far been supported through the Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana. In addition, more than 8,000 women entrepreneurs and members of Self-Help Groups have been connected with entrepreneurship and livelihood opportunities.During the inaugural session, the chief minister announced that a state-level marketing centre would be established at 13 Gaon in IT Park, Dehradun, to facilitate the marketing of products made by Self-Help Groups from all districts of Uttarakhand.Addressing the inaugural session, the chief minister said that today, the villages of Uttarakhand are not only becoming participants in the development of the state but are also playing an important role in building a self-reliant Uttarakhand through their capabilities and hard work. He said that the enthusiastic youth and enterprising women of the state possess the desire and skills to achieve something meaningful, while Uttarakhand’s local products have immense potential to reach markets across the country and the world. What is needed is to provide the right direction to this talent.With this vision, the state government has been working to take the “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana” forward. Through the scheme, the government aims to ensure that the youth of Uttarakhand become job creators rather than job seekers. At the same time, efforts are being made to strengthen the economic condition of farmers and women. The Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana is an important means of translating this vision into reality.He said that through the scheme, rural entrepreneurs are being provided with the necessary training, financial assistance, technical guidance and support in connecting with markets to start and expand their businesses.The chief minister said that on the one hand, more than 5 lakh rural women in the state have been connected with over 70,000 Self-Help Groups through the National Rural Livelihood Mission. On the other hand, more than 3 lakh women have successfully become Lakhpati Didis. He said that the women of Uttarakhand are turning everything from hill spices, mandua (finger millet), jhangora (barnyard millet), pulses, honey, pickles and jams to handicrafts, woollen products and local art into successful enterprises.The chief minister said that the government is working to take products made in villages to major cities across the country. In this direction, an umbrella brand named House of Himalayas has been created.He said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given the nation the mantras of Vocal for Local, Local to Global and Atmanirbhar Bharat. The state government is working to translate these mantras into reality. The government wants that whenever someone purchases a product from Uttarakhand, they should also experience the hard work, culture, traditions and fragrance of the soil of the hills in that product.For this reason, facilities such as rural haats, marketing centres, collection centres and agriculture service centres are being strengthened across the state so that farmers and entrepreneurs can access better markets and receive better prices for their products.He said that a major objective of promoting rural entrepreneurship is also to check migration from the hills. The government wants young people to not be compelled to leave their villages in search of employment. Because when villages become strong, Uttarakhand becomes strong.In this direction, the government is also working through the Gramothan Project (REAP) to connect extremely poor families in villages with livelihood opportunities and increase employment opportunities in rural areas.The chief minister said that “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Chaupals” are being organised in all 13 districts of the state. The objective of these chaupals is to ensure that more and more people become aware of government schemes and are able to benefit from them. For the same purpose, publicity vans are also being sent to villages so that information about the Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana reaches the last person in society.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesDuring the programme, the chief minister felicitated Lakhpati Didis and women entrepreneurs. He also released a book and annual report prepared under the Uttarakhand State Rural Livelihood Mission. In addition, he launched the Integrated Agriculture Cluster Basic Training and Module, the Infant and Young Child Feeding Module, and the Module on Prevention and Management of Anaemia among Women and Children.Cabinet Ministers Shri Bharat Chaudhary, Shri Ganesh Joshi and Shri Khajan Das, Rajya Sabha MP Shri Naresh Bansal, MLAs Shri Umesh Sharma Kau and Smt. Savita Kapoor, Secretary Rural Development Shri Dheeraj Garbyal, and other concerned officials were present on the occasion.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPellet-gun Row: Rahul Gandhi At Parliament Street Police Station To Lodge Complaint With DCP‘Don’t Politicise Our School’: Villagers Block CJP Visit As Party Alleges BJP Attack In RajasthanModi Pushes AI, Youth And Data Agenda, Tells Secretaries To Break Government Silos And InnovatePirates Hijack Two Ships Carrying 22 Indians Off Yemen And Somalia, Crew Safety Raises Concern‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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His sister and Congress colleague Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined his dharna minutes later.Visuals from the DCP office showed Rahul discussing the matter with police officials as pellet-gun victim Sahil, standing beside him.Scenes from parliament street police station also showed immediate deployment of Rapid Action Force.Lok Sabha leader of opposition accused the authorities of undermining constitutional principles, saying that by refusing to register the FIR, “the Constitution being trampled.”Rahul, however, vowed to fight for justice for Sahil and other students who were injured during the protest.He said he would “ensure justice for pellet victim Sahil and every student like him.”In a post on X, the Rae Bareli MP said Sahil was severely injured during the “police brutality” during the July 20 “Sansad chalo” march organised by students over the NEET paper leak.Rahul said, ” Sahil’s vision in one eye is now at risk.”He added, “Such brutality against a peaceful protest is not just illegal—it’s a serious crime. Neither has Home Minister Amit Shah offered any explanation to the students for this cruelty, nor has the Prime Minister apologized to them.”Directly targeting Union home minister Amit Shah, who oversees the functioning of the Delhi Police, Rahul wrote: “Amit Shah ji, why are you so scared of justice? This fear shows that you are admitting to your crime.”Doubling down on his demand for justice, Rahul said, “The FIR will be filed. A judicial inquiry will take place. And action will be taken against everyone, from top to bottom, who is guilty of this brutality. We will ensure justice for Sahil, and every student victim like him.”Talking to reporters outside the police station, Congress leader said, “Look at this pellet carefully. This is a pellet. Where did these pellets come from? They came from his (Sahil Lochav) body. Look at these pellets lodged in his body. There are more than 200 pellets in his body. These are AIIMS and Lady Hardinge Hospital reports, which clearly state that there are more than 200 pellets in his body.”Lok Sabha LoP added, “There are three pellets in his eye, and he has lost vision in that eye. He will not be able to see through that eye. There are also pellets lodged very close to his heart, which cannot be removed. Delhi Police has said that they did not fire the pellets. So, there is only one question: If you did not fire them, then someone must have fired these pellets. Perhaps someone else fired them at him. And if no one else fired them, then perhaps he fired the pellets at himself.”The victim, who was accompanying Rahul, also spoke to reporters and said, “On 20th July, pellet guns were fired at me. I was admitted to Lady Hardinge, from there, I was referred to AIIMS. I underwent surgery at AIIMS. Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesBut the vision in my eye is still not clear. On 14th August, I wrote a 7-page complaint and gave to my lawyer…But the FIR has not been registered.”The dharna outside the police station in central Delhi was Rahul Gandhi’s second protest against the crackdown. Weeks earlier, Rahul, along with Akhilesh Yadav, had marched towards PM Modi’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg, where the two leaders were briefly detained.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAbhishek MishraAbhishek Mishra is a Digital Content Producer at The Times of India, working with the news desk. He writes with a keen eye on foreign policy, defence developments, and the shifting currents of geopolitics-and yes, Indian politics always finds a way onto his radar too.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPellet-gun Row: Rahul Gandhi At Parliament Street Police Station To Lodge Complaint With DCP‘Don’t Politicise Our School’: Villagers Block CJP Visit As Party Alleges BJP Attack In RajasthanModi Pushes AI, Youth And Data Agenda, Tells Secretaries To Break Government Silos And InnovatePirates Hijack Two Ships Carrying 22 Indians Off Yemen And Somalia, Crew Safety Raises Concern‘NEET, Delimitation, Cauvery, Drugs’: Vijay’s Key Requests Before Amit Shah At Tamil Nadu MeetingPolicy Shift Or Just Words? 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Udhayanidhi reiterated that the DMK remained committed to a total freeze on the redrawing of constituencies or, at the very least, ensuring that Tamil Nadu’s current 7.18% representation was not reduced.Arjuna, however, hit back at the LoP, alleging that the DMK had “shifted” its position in the past. “If they ask only for fair delimitation, it would be a betrayal to Tamil Nadu,” he remarked, claiming that the DMK had previously not insisted on the 543-seat cap.He also challenged Lok Sabha MPs of the MK Stalin-led party not to walk out of the House if the BJP-led Centre introduces the Delimitation Bill.”When the Bill comes up in Parliament, the DMK should not stage a walkout… All 39 MPs of the DMK should stay inside the House and register their opposition. If you boycott, that too will turn out to be favourable for the ruling party,” he added.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines’We accept Delimitation did not become law because DMK opposed’: TVKHowever, Arjuna acknowledged that the DMK had also played a significant role in ensuring that the Delimitation Bill did not become law, prompting AIADMK leader and former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to seek clarification.”We have not forgotten that the DMK stood firm for state rights. We accept that the Delimitation Bill did not become law because the DMK opposed it. Just as we united for states’ rights in the past, let us unite now as well,” Arjuna said.Palaniswami then asked, “Delimitation is a law. Does TVK need its number of constituencies to be increased or decreased? Clarify that.”Arjuna responded: “After the census, Vajpayee brought a special law to freeze the LS numbers. To bring that again, let your MPs, including yours, raise their voice; that is our request.”Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorKaran ManralKaran Manral is a journalist at the Times of India. He covers politics, social issues, and international affairs, exploring stories that affect people’s everyday lives. 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Vajpayee ji and Badal ji strengthened this alliance, and it continued during Modi ji’s time. We had gone our separate ways over the farm laws,” Majithia told ANI.He then listed reasons why he believes people want the two parties to reunite, while making it clear that the final decision would rest with the leaderships of both parties.”But considering Punjab’s situation as a border state, social harmony and the social fabric, people want the two parties to come together. Whether they will come together will be decided by the BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal leadership. Harsimrat Badal has expressed the people’s sentiments. What the outcome will be, only time will tell,” he said.Majithia was referring to recent cryptic remarks by Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesHarsimrat Kaur Badal, the SAD’s only Lok Sabha MP and wife of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.”It is not my duty to speak, so I am holding back my tongue. You will come to know yourself. May God bless and may people give us strength. Such agreements, by way of which works related to development and progress used to be carried out from Delhi, and once again, the foundation of that development and progress is being laid in Punjab, which benefits the people of Punjab and Punjab,” she said on Thursday.The SAD first joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1998. However, it left the alliance in 2020 in protest against the BJP-led Centre’s contentious farm laws, which were eventually withdrawn in 2021.Earlier this month, Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking speculation about the possibility of a reunion of the former allies.The two parties governed Punjab together from 2007 to 2017.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorKaran ManralKaran Manral is a journalist at the Times of India. He covers politics, social issues, and international affairs, exploring stories that affect people’s everyday lives. 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If you spot any violation, inform MCD, your MLA, or me directly,” Gupta said.AI cameras to monitor construction sitesGupta said construction had continued at some sites during the previous winter despite the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), with work being carried out behind covers.“Last time, even under GRAP, some construction continued behind covers,” she said.This year, such sites will be monitored in real time through the Dust Portal and AI-enabled cameras. Alerts generated by the system will be sent to the government’s Control and Command Centre, Gupta said.“Notices, warnings and fines will follow,” she wrote, urging people to “inform, tag, complain and stop them”.What is Delhi’s AI-powered Dust Portal?The Delhi government launched Dust Portal 2.0 in July to strengthen monitoring of construction and demolition sites and improve enforcement of dust pollution-control measures.The portal, developed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, integrates GIS mapping, live 360-degree PTZ cameras, PM10 and PM2.5 sensors and AI-based analytics to monitor compliance at construction sites measuring 500 square yards or more.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe system generates yellow, orange and red alerts based on pollution levels and enables digital issuance of compliance certificates and enforcement notices when violations are detected.The upgraded portal also provides dashboards for district-wise monitoring, pollution trends and hotspot analysis.Officials and project proponents can remotely monitor construction sites through live camera feeds, sensor data and AI-generated analysis, according to news agency PTI.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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We have vowed that until we punish the perpetrators, we will not rest.”Targeting the AAP and Congress, Harsimrat said, ” But what about the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress that politicised this sensitive issue. What about the 600+ beadbis which have happened in the last 10 years. What about the people who swore on Gutka Sahab and promised to end the drug trade.”She further said, “What about those who gave guarantees of giving justice in Beadbi cases in the first 4 months? Why is no one asking them for answers? Why aren’t you holding them accountable?!”Harsimrat also targeted the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government and appealed to the people of Punjab to end the “remote control rule” of the state from Delhi.”Punjab is for Punjabis,” the former Union minister said, adding that restoring peace and communal harmony, tackling gangster rule and ending the drug menace would be the top priorities of the SAD if it returned to power.She was addressing a party conference held to mark the 41st martyrdom anniversary of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal.Referring to the recent attack on SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal in Maharashtra’s Nanded, Harsimrat said her husband would not be intimidated by those who had attacked him twice.She also urged Punjabis to get rid of what she called “divisive forces” that were looting the state and destroying the future of its youth.Urging people to consider why Sukhbir Badal was being attacked in ‘Gurughar’, she said that “it is clear this is being done by cowards who have become stooges of governments”.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesShe said the SAD had always prioritised peace, communal harmony and the development of Punjab, which, according to her, had not gone down well with its opponents. She accused them of trying to weaken and split the party by encouraging fringe elements.Calling the attack on the SAD president inside a gurdwara against the principles of Sikhism, Harsimrat said, “Yes, as a wife and a mother, I did get scared for a moment, but today I can strongly look you in the eyes and assert we are all not scared and never will be.”She said this resolve had unsettled SAD’s opponents, who had realised that Sukhbir Badal was in “chardikala” (in high spirits) and would continue to follow in the footsteps of his father and former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal by working for communal harmony and the welfare of Punjabis.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAbhishek MishraAbhishek Mishra is a Digital Content Producer at The Times of India, working with the news desk. 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