CJP founderAbhijeet Dipke has been granted bail within 24 hours of hispreventive detention , subject to conditions set by a Delhi high court.Air India and Air India Express have extended flight suspensions to three Saudi cities until October 24 amid security concerns linked toHouthi attacks .- Clashes between the TDP and YSRCP during local body election nominations in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district prompted police to fire six rounds in the air.
- The Congress has accused the Centre of pursuing a political agenda through changes to the pool of eligible Census 2027 enumerators, raising concerns over the exercise’s credibility.
- The Congress has defended its call for “regime change”, arguing that replacing a government through democratic means is a legitimate role of the Opposition.
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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke gets bail within 24 hours of detention
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke was granted bail on Saturday, within 24 hours of being placed in preventive custody, subject to certain conditions. Delhi Police told news agency ANI that he would be released after signing a peace bond. Dipke was detained shortly after leaving the residence of NCP-SCP spokesperson Anish Gawande to attend a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ at Delhi’s Connaught Place, where prohibitory orders under Section 163 were in force.Read full story
Air India extends Saudi flight suspension until October 24 amid Houthi threat
Air India and Air India Express have extended the suspension of flights to Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam until October 24 because of heightened security concerns linked to Houthi attacks. Eligible passengers can opt for a one-time free date change or rebook from certain alternative Gulf destinations, subject to airline conditions and availability. The disruptions follow the October 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which took the death toll to 13 after the Indian Embassy in Riyadh confirmed that an Indian national injured in the incident had died.Read full story
Kadapa poll nomination clashes escalate; police fire six rounds
Clashes between the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) broke out at several nomination centres in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district on Saturday, the second day of the nomination process. Violence was reported in Pulivendula, the home constituency of former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, where police fired six rounds in the air and resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse the crowd. Stone-pelting was also reported at other locations.
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Census 2027: Congress alleges RSS-BJP agenda behind rule changes
The Congress has accused the BJP-led Centre of pursuing a political agenda following amendments to the Census Rules, 1990, which expanded the pool of people eligible for census duties to include teachers from aided and unaided private institutions. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh raised concerns over the changes, citing alleged links to an RSS training camp and a panel on demographic changes. He described the expansion as a “Rozgar Guarantee Yojana for thousands of RSS/BJP workers” and claimed it could further undermine the credibility of the census process.Read full story
Congress defends ‘regime change’ remark, says governments must be replaced through elections
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has defended the phrase “regime change” amid a political row over protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. He said the Opposition’s duty was to “oppose, expose and depose” the government, clarifying that this meant opposing it politically, scrutinising it in Parliament and seeking its removal through elections, as the BJP accused the Opposition of seeking to destabilise the government.Read full story
