India’s Astra Mk-2: A 200km+ challenge to China’s PL-15
As per the new proposals, the missile’s range will be increased well beyond its earlier 160 km limit, giving it much longer reach. The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to order about 700 upgraded Astra missiles, which will be fitted on its Sukhoi Su-30MKI and Tejas fighter jets.
Who is Mohammad Mustafa? Ex Punjab DGP, wife Razia Sultana booked in connection with son’s ‘suspicious’ death
Punjab’s former Director General of Police Mohammad Mustafa and his wife, former minister Razia Sultana, have been booked in connection with the ‘suspicious’ death of their 35-year-old son, Aqil Akhter, in Haryana’s Panchkula. They are charged with murder and criminal conspiracy under Sections 103(1) and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Delhi pollution: BJP makes BIG claims, accuses AAP for forcing Punjab farmers to…
Sirsa’s comment comes after AAP President Saurabh Bharadwaj launched a scathing attack on the government, accusing it of betraying Delhiites with false promises.
Bihar Election 2025: Prashant Kishor makes BIG allegation against BJP, says ‘Jan Suraaj’s candidates are being…’
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing them of poaching leaders and pressuring his party candidates from withdrawing their nominations. Speaking to the reporters, Kishor alleged that there is no democracy or alliance left in Bihar, and three of his party’s candidates have withdrawn their nominations under the BJP’s pressure.
Why no Muslim candidate from BJP, 27 from allies and opposition in Bihar Elections 2025?
Bihar Elections 2025 see declining Muslim representation as BJP fields none and RJD, JD(U), Congress, and AIMIM allocate limited tickets.
Delhi environment minister shares plan for cloud seeding, reveals when, how to start process, ‘When there will be…’
As the national capital grapples with ‘very poor’ air quality, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday reaffirmed the BJP government’s plan for artificial rain through cloud seeding. However, the minister did not immediately announce a plan for cloud seeding.
Former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa issues FIRST statement after being charged in son’s death: ‘Those who are…’
Ex-DGP Mustafa, who appeared before the media for the first time and issued a statement. Dismissing the allegations, he said, “Aqeel had been suffering from drug addiction for the past 18 years. He was a patient, and the Punjab Police was aware of his condition.”
Blackburn says Trump support was ‘common thread’ among lawmakers reportedly targeted by Jack Smith
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., was one of nearly a dozen Senate Republicans allegedly probed by former Special Counsel Jack Smith, an investigation she wasn’t aware of until earlier this month. She was one of several Senate Republicans that Smith allegedly surveilled as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. But it was only revealed earlier this month by the FBI — thanks to an oversight request by Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa — that Smith allegedly requested phone records on her and others. Blackburn told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that until the documents from Smith’s “Arctic Frost” investigation were revealed, she had no idea that her phone records were being surveilled. JACK SMITH INVESTIGATORS NEED TO ‘PAY BIG’ FOR JAN. 6 PHONE RECORDS PROBE, WARNS SEN. GRAHAM She believed the “common thread” behind the former special counsel’s probe, which was carried out in 2023, was because “the eight of us are all Republicans. We all support President Trump.” Blackburn and Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., Bill Hagerty, R-Wyo., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., were all reportedly part of Smith’s investigation. In response, Blackburn and many of the others that were allegedly surveilled by Smith want to see him disbarred. “This is about making certain we have one tier of justice, and that we stop this two tiers of justice,” Blackburn said. “And if they can do this to eight sitting U.S. senators, what could they possibly — I mean, think about how, what they must be doing to conservatives in this country.” Last week, she and Graham, Tuberville, Sullivan and Kelly sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding an investigation into Smith, and that he be referred to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility. HAGERTY PRESSES VERIZON OVER FBI’S ACCESS TO HIS PHONE RECORDS DURING JACK SMITH PROBE The end goal of the investigation is to see Smith disbarred from both New York and Tennessee, two states where he holds a license to practice law. Blackburn argued that Smith’s alleged spying on her and others was a “First Amendment and Fourth Amendment violation.” Her latest push against the former special counsel came on the heels of another letter sent to AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon demanding why the cellphone carriers allegedly allowed Smith and the FBI under the Biden administration to track their communications. “You would have thought that, because of the Stored Records Act and the First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment and the Speech and Debate Clause, that at least Verizon, who’s my wireless carrier, would have informed me that there was a request on my records,” she said. JACK SMITH TRACKED PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, CALLS OF NEARLY A DOZEN GOP SENATORS DURING J6 PROBE, FBI SAYS “But of course, there was nothing given to us, and it’s the reason that we sent the letter to Verizon and then followed it with a letter … to the DOJ on Jack Smith,” she continued. Smith is one of a handful of former officials that have been targeted by the DOJ under the Trump administration. He is currently under investigation by the Office of Special Counsel for alleged Hatch Act violations, which bars government employees from participating in political activities. Then there are federal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly making false statements and obstructing justice, and former National Security Advisor John Bolton for allegedly mishandling classified documents. Blackburn was one of many Republicans that railed against so-called political witch hunts against President Donald Trump when he was out of office. When asked what the difference between the indictments against Trump and his allies compared to the latest crop of former officials, she said it was about accountability. “These need to be investigated so that this kind of stuff stops,” Blackburn said. “And one of the differences, I think you see between Democrats and Republicans, is Democrats repeatedly circle the wagons, and they push things under the rug, and then they want two tiers of justice. And with Republicans, the focus is on accountability and transparency, and I think that is a major, major difference.”
San Francisco mayor rejects Trump’s National Guard deployment plan over drug dealer arrest authority
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard to The City by the Bay after days of touting his administration’s public safety progress. Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that the National Guard is headed to San Francisco next as the Trump administration continues to crackdown on crime across the U.S., including in Chicago, Memphis and Portland. “I am deeply grateful to the members of our military for their service to our country, but the National Guard does not have the authority to arrest drug dealers — and sending them to San Francisco will do nothing to get fentanyl off the streets or make our city safer,” Lurie said. Lurie announced his rejection of the National Guard deployment in an Instagram Reel on Monday. He ousted a more than six-year incumbent when he was elected mayor in 2024 and has since made strategic use of social media to communicate his agenda, which has public safety at the forefront. NEWSOM SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT ORDER TO OREGON “As your mayor, my top priority every single day is keeping San Francisco safe. With the support of local law enforcement, community leaders, and the appropriate federal law enforcement partners, we’re achieving that goal without compromising our values or our laws,” Lurie said, touting that violent crime is down and the “city is moving in the right direction.” TRUMP’S IMPENDING SAN FRANCISCO CRACKDOWN SPARKS BACKLASH FROM NEWSOM, MAYOR Lurie said the city welcomes stronger coordination with government agencies to arrest drug dealers and disrupt drug markets, but since the National Guard “does not have the authority” to arrest drug dealers, he said their presence will do nothing to stop the flow of fentanyl. In a statement shared exclusively with Fox News Digital on Monday, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said San Francisco Democrats should “welcome the President in to clean up their city.” “America’s once great cities have descended into chaos and crime as a result of Democrat policies that put criminals first and law-abiding citizens last,” Jackson said Monday. “Making America Safe Again — especially crime-ridden cities — was a key campaign promise from the President that the American people elected him to fulfill.” Without addressing the National Guard deployment plan directly, Lurie has been pointing to his administration’s public safety progress for the past several days. “Since January, I have said that public safety is my number one priority,” Lurie said during a public safety briefing Friday. “Over the last nine months, we have backed that up, rebuilding the ranks of our public safety agencies, strengthening coordination across departments and strategically deploying technology. It’s working.” But the White House urged California Democrats to recognize the progress made in Memphis, Tennessee, and in Washington, D.C., where fellow Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has acknowledged the Trump administration’s success cleaning up the nation’s capital. “We’re going to go to San Francisco,” Trump said on Sunday. “The difference is, I think they want us in San Francisco. San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world, and then 15 years ago, it went wrong. It went woke.” Newsom was quick to fire back in a social media post Sunday, writing, “Fact check: Nobody wants you here. You will ruin one of America’s greatest cities.” Newsom criticized Trump in August for “militarizing American cities” after the president deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to fight crime in the nation’s capital. The California governor, a frequent Trump critic who is considered a likely 2028 presidential candidate, deployed California Highway Patrol “crime-suppression teams” across the Golden State in August to prevent crime and promote public safety. “While the Trump administration undermines cities, California is partnering with them and delivering real results. With these new deployments, we’re doubling down on these partnerships to build on progress and keep driving crime down,” Newsom said in a statement in August, seemingly to deter another National Guard deployment to California. Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles this spring during protests rejecting deportations by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in line with another Trump mandate.
New Jersey Dems snub endorsing socialist candidate Mamdani as gubernatorial election looms
Zohran Mamdani‘s mayoral race to lead New York City as a self-described democratic socialist has emerged as one of the most high-profile elections of the 2025 off-year cycle. But across the Hudson River in New Jersey, Mamdani’s race has stayed out of the spotlight, as the Garden State’s gubernatorial election takes center stage and Democrats in the state sidestep endorsing or even mentioning the progressive candidate. “I am not getting engaged in that race, because I’m completely focused on New Jersey,” New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor, said earlier in October of Mamdani’s race. “I’m going to let the people of New York decide that race.” The off-year election cycle mainly has focused on four elections: California’s ballot measure to redistrict congressional lines; New York City’s mayoral election; and the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections. DEMOCRAT IN KEY GOVERNOR RACE KEEPS DISTANCE FROM NYC’S MAMDANI Mamdani is a self-described democratic socialist, with critics identifying him more as a “communist” despite the candidate pushing back that he does not hold communist ideologies. Fox News Digital previously has reported that Mamdani has backed radical Marxist and communist principles, such as supporting the seizure of the “means of production,” endorsing a tax plan aimed at “taxing the wealthiest New Yorkers,” and openly calling for a communist mayor of New York City in 2020. The New Jersey gubernatorial election and Democratic lawmakers hailing from the state have overwhelmingly avoided the Mamdani race as other lawmakers and Democratic leaders — from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to New York Attorney General Letitia James to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore — have thrown their support behind the candidate. Back in July, Sherrill said she likely would support Mamdani’s nomination as the Democrat’s candidate for mayor before sidestepping months later. “If he’s the Democratic candidate, which it sounds like he is, I assume I will (support him),” she told NBC Philadelphia in July. “If he’s going to be working on efficient government, that’s something very interesting to me.” Mamdani, however, said he would “absolutely” support the New Jersey Democrat during a local interview with New York media in August. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker also has evaded answering whether he endorses Mamdani in an August CNN interview. “I have learned a long time ago: Let New York politics be New York politics,” Booker said when pressed if he would support Mamdani. “We’ve got enough challenges in Jersey. I got a governor’s race. I’m supporting Mikie Sherrill. I got legislative races. That’s where my energy is going to go going into November.” “New York City, I love you,” Booker added. “You’re my neighbor. You’re about 10 miles from where I live. You guys figure out your elections. I’m going to focus on mine.” NY STATE DEM BOSS REFUSES TO ENDORSE MAMDANI, CAUSING HUGE RIFT IN PARTY Current Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim have not publicly weighed in on Mamdani’s race, a Fox News Digital review of recent past remarks found. One of Sherrill’s primary challengers, Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer, however, repeatedly has slammed Mamdani as “a job-killing socialist.” “You will hear no ambiguity out of my mouth,” Gottheimer said in July. “We do not need a job-killing socialist who wants to raise taxes and supports antisemitic rhetoric. Right? In a city with the highest taxes in the country and the largest Jewish population.” Gottheimer also teamed up with a Republican colleague from across the Hudson River, New York Rep. Mike Lawler, to slam Mamdani in September, after the socialist candidate said he would scrap a Holocaust remembrance group’s definition of “antisemitism” if elected mayor. EX-MAYOR DE BLASIO TOUTS SOCIALIST MAMDANI AS NEW YORK CITY’S ANSWER TO TRUMP POLICIES “Zohran Mamdani’s reckless attempt to roll back New York City’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism is shameful, dangerous, and completely disgusting,” the pair of lawmakers said in a joint statement in September. Lesser known New Jersey elected officials have endorsed Mamdani, including left-wing Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Baraka found himself in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s deportation efforts when he was arrested and charged in May for trespassing at a federal immigration detention center while attempting to hold an oversight tour of the facility. The charge was later dropped, with Baraka later suing interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba for false arrest and malicious prosecution. Baraka is listed on Mamdani’s endorsement page, with the Newark mayor posting an endorsement video to his social media accounts in June celebrating that the New York City candidate would be “strong on Democratic values” and defend the Constitution if elected. The New Jersey election is highly anticipated following President Donald Trump’s inroads with voters in the deep blue state in the 2024 election, sparking renewed enthusiasm to flip the state red. New Jersey, as expected, backed former Vice President Kamala Harris as president in the 2024 race, but post-election data showed Trump and the GOP flipped five counties red, with Trump specifically cutting his 2020 loss from 16 points to six in 2024. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News Digital reached out to Sherrill’s campaign and the offices of Murphy, Booker and Kim for additional comment on the lack of support for the socialist candidate in New York City but did not immediately receive replies. Fox News Digital also reached out to Mamdani’s campaign about the lack of high-profile support from New Jersey Democrats.