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Once Mayawati, Akhilesh & Yogi’s top-performing IAS officer, now under ED radar—Who is Abhishek Prakash

Prakash has been suspended as CEO of Invest UP for allegedly demanding a bribe for a solar project contract. The 2006 batch officer has held several key positions in UP administration.

Govt asked X to take down Oppn posts on Amit Shah’s Ambedkar remark, ‘fabricated’ content on Jay Shah

A submission by the Centre before the Karnataka High Court in response to a challenge by 'X' against govt take-down orders details 66 notices sent over the past year.

One half of Odisha’s IAS power couple & face of BJD’s Mission Shakti, Sujata Karthikeyan takes VRS

Trouble started for her just ahead of assembly polls last year, when ECI ordered her transfer from Mission Shakti after BJP delegation sought the same for 'misuse of public office'.

PGIMER report bats for new-age targeted lung cancer therapies to be included in AB-PMJAY

Report commissioned by govt analysed cost-effectiveness of 2 medicines, comparing them to to chemo in patients with newly diagnosed advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

BJP MP demands ban on Bigg Boss, takes aim at ‘controversial’ Salman Khan in Parliament

Anil Firojiya, BJP MP from Ujjain, said the reality show was promoting obscenity in society and laying out 'dirty details' of contestants' personal lives in the public domain.

NDA, Oppn spar over Trump tariff threat in Rajya Sabha. Sitharaman says custom duty cuts unrelated

On Thursday, P. Chidambaram brought up Trump’s announcement that he would introduce sweeping tariffs on 2 April this year to reset global trade.

Echoing Delhi BJP MLA’s demand, VHP seeks closure of meat shops in Haryana’s Jind during Navratri

VHP has written to Jind district administration to demand closure of meat shops during the nine-day festival. Beginning of Navratri coincides with the end of Ramazan.

Haryana moves to take over Dhirendra Brahmachari’s ashram. All about Aparna Institution & the yoga guru

The Aparna Institution (Taking Over of Management and Control) Bill, 2025, seeks to vest institution’s management in the state govt for a period of 10 years.

India’s education spending falls behind other SAARC nations’ like Bhutan & Maldives, notes House panel

Parliamentary standing committee on education, women, children, youth and sports urges a rise in education spending to 6% of GDP, noting it was just 4.12% in 2021-22.

Haryana govt employees can post ‘literary, artistic content’, retain up to Rs 8,000 in annual earnings

Cabinet minister Krishan Kumar Bedi said this in assembly in response to a Congress MLA’s query on if employees can create content & if govt had any specific standards for such activities.

On Camera

Banning RMGs could end up like Bihar’s prohibition. Poor will suffer most

India should build on regulatory architecture instead of driving consumers into the shadows. The real choice is not between prohibition and inaction, but between regulation and chaos.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?