The Enforcement Directorate Thursday arrested Congress leader and former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme, officials said.

With Canada preparing to go to polls next week, it is a fitting moment to look back at the country’s first-ever general election, held in 1867.

Following the Pahalgam terror attack, an all-party meeting was convened where opposition leaders pledged their support to the government’s counter-terrorism efforts. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed attendees on the attack and subsequent government decisions, while security lapses were discussed. Opposition leaders uniformly condemned the attack, emphasising the need for peace in Kashmir and urging the government to take decisive action against terrorism.