All India Mahila Congress President Alka Lamba criticises rising crime in BJP-ruled states
Bengaluru: Alka Lamba, President of the All India Mahila Congress, has expressed strong discontent over the increasing crime rates in states governed by the BJP. She criticised the law and order situation, particularly highlighting Uttar Pradesh, where Home Minister Amit Shah had once claimed that women could walk safely even at midnight wearing jewellery. However, according to Lamba, today the state is witnessing daylight encounters, murders, and rapes.
Speaking at a press conference at the KPCC office on Queens Road in Bengaluru, Lamba remarked that criminals no longer fear the law, and their influence is growing. She cited the recent murder of former MLA Baba Siddique, who had Y-category security in Mumbai. She also claimed that a criminal based in a Gujarat prison is operating an entire gang, issuing threats and orchestrating murders from within the jail.
Lamba pointed out that discussions about this criminal are even taking place in diplomatic circles abroad. She further accused the BJP governments in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh of failing to maintain law and order. According to Lamba, BJP leaders are siding with criminals, while legal actions are being manipulated to support harassment and injustice.
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ISRO successfully conducts second integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan mission
New Delhi (PTI): Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
The system is essential to ensure a safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight -- during re-entry and landing.
Union minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully conducting the test.
"Congratulations #ISRO for the successful accomplishment of Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for #Gaganyaan, India's first Human Space flight scheduled next year. The second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) was successfully conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Station Sriharikota," Singh said in a post on X.
The IADT-02 follows the successful completion of the first IADT, which took place on August 24, 2025, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Air drop tests recreate the last leg of a spacecraft's return to Earth. An aircraft or helicopter drops the spacecraft from a height to test various systems under different scenarios.
These are the deployment of the parachute system in case the mission is aborted mid-flight, system performance when one parachute fails to open and the spacecraft's orientation and safety during splashdown etc.
In the IADT-02 test, a simulated crew module, weighing about 5.7 tonnes, was lifted by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter to an altitude of about three kilometres and released over a designated drop zone in the sea, near the Sriharikota coast.
In a statement, the ISRO said, "Ten parachutes of four types were deployed in a precise sequence during the descent of the crew module, gradually reducing the velocity for safe touchdown. Subsequently, the simulated crew module was successfully recovered in coordination with the Indian Navy."
