In a shocking incident that raises serious questions about road safety and police conduct, a uniformed policeman was found asleep inside his car parked in the middle of a highway on the Bulandshahr Road in Meerut late Tuesday night. The incident led to multiple vehicles colliding with the stationary car, causing damage and chaos on the highway amid dense fog. The incident occurred in the Paratapur police station area near the Kharkhauda bypass around midnight, when visibility was extremely poor due to heavy fog. Chain Collision in Low Visibility According to eyewitnesses, the fog was so dense that drivers could barely see a few metres ahead. Rakesh Kumar, a taxi driver returning from Hapur, said his vehicle suddenly rammed into a car standing in the middle of the road. “When I ...

Once a formidable “third force” in Indian politics, standing firmly between the Congress and the BJP, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today finds itself in the most challenging phase of its political journey. After drawing its strength from Dalit assertion and the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh, the BSP failed to win a single seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and is now on the verge of being completely absent from Parliament for the first time in its history. The party’s only remaining Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam, will see his term end in November 2026. With no Lok Sabha presence and no certainty of retaining a Rajya Sabha seat thereafter, the BSP faces the prospect of total parliamentary marginalisation—an extraordinary fall for a party that once shaped coa...

As 2025 draws to a close, uncertainty looms over whether the Noida International Airport (NIA) will become operational within the current financial year ending March 31, 2026. A final decision on the airport’s readiness is expected around Christmas, following a high-level review by the Centre. According to official sources, critical infrastructure and security-related shortcomings continue to delay the airport’s launch, despite repeated timelines announced earlier. Key Infrastructure Still Incomplete Civil Aviation Secretary Sameer Sinha recently flagged that several essential components of the airport remain unfinished. Among the most serious concerns is the incomplete perimeter wall, a mandatory security requirement for airport operations. Sources told The Times of India that...