'1,500 Hindu-Bengali locals excluded from NRC in Malaibari'

Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Wednesday alleged that the Union government has "deliberately excluded" state ministers from the inauguration ceremony of National Highway 66, despite the state contributing around Rs 5,580 crore for land acquisition for the project, among other contributions.

During the Question Hour on the second day of the Budget Session in the Assembly today, Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal shared that to eliminate the root cause of fires in pine forests, 5,532 tonnes of pine needles were purchased from villagers in 2025. The target has now been increased to 8,555 tonnes. The government's objective is to collect pine needles so that the chances of forest fires can be reduced to a minimum.

Jairampur Battalion of Assam Rifles conducted a door-to-door medical outreach at Village Longvi, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh on wednesday.

Speaking during the Budget Session of the Haryana Assembly, Surjewala alleged that the BJP first added lakhs of beneficiaries ahead of the polls and later removed them from the system. He questioned whether poverty in the state had reduced by 24 per cent in 10 months or whether poor families had been excluded from the system.

"AAIB (Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau)'s team had come here. They collected all the documents and evidence they deemed important. They will collect evidence tomorrow as well. They will then inform us of their investigation. The local villagers have also given their statements regarding the manner in which the crash occurred. Locals say that they saw the aircraft losing balance. It crashed 2-3 seconds later. Deployment will continue here. Yes, bodies have handed over, and a postmortem has been done," Khandelwal said to the reporters.