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Karnataka leaders rally behind Rahul Gandhi
Senior Congress figures in Karnataka have closed ranks behind Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal of launching politically motivated attacks against the Rae Bareli MP amid intensifying national campaign exchanges. Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara and Congress MLC...
Taliban video claim fuels Kabul Islamabad standoff
Footage said to show strikes on Pakistani targets has surfaced online as hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan sharpen into one of their most serious confrontations in years. The video, circulated on X by PTI and attributed to Afghanistan’s Taliban-led Defence Ministry, is described by Kabul as evidence of retaliatory...
Israel strikes Tehran as tensions erupt
Explosions shook Tehran early on Saturday as Israel launched what it described as a pre-emptive military operation, widening a confrontation that threatens to engulf the region and drawing reported participation from the United States, according to the Associated Press, which cited an official familiar with the matter. Blasts were...
Chib granted bail in AI Summit protest case
A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Uday Bhanu Chib, National President of the Indian Youth Congress, in connection with his arrest over a protest staged during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The Duty Magistrate at Patiala House Court allowed Chib’s release on...
ASI report intensifies Bhojshala mosque dispute
A 2,189-page survey submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India has concluded that the Kamal Maula Mosque structure in Dhar was constructed using the remains of earlier temple edifices, placing a long-running dispute before the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on a firmer evidentiary footing. The...
Delhi court clears Kejriwal and Sisodia in excise policy cases
A court in Delhi has discharged former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his one-time deputy Manish Sisodia in legal proceedings linked to the capital’s controversial excise policy, ruling there was insufficient evidence to frame criminal charges in matters concerning compliance with enforcement agency summons. The decision marks a significant...
JNU protest march clashes with police injure students
A protest by members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union heading towards the Ministry of Education office in New Delhi turned violent on Thursday, leaving several students and police personnel injured and more than 50 protesters detained, according to available reports. Police blocked the demonstration outside the campus,...
Dhankhar says health, not illness, prompted resignation
Jagdeep Dhankhar has clarified that his departure from the vice-presidential post in July 2025 was driven by a decision to “prioritise health”, not because he was unwell, a statement that comes as scrutiny persists over the circumstances surrounding his exit. Speaking to supporters and well-wishers in Churu, Rajasthan, the...
Bihar Rajya Sabha race intensifies alliances
Political activity has accelerated in Patna as the nomination process for five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar begins, prompting intense consultations within both the National Democratic Alliance and the Grand Alliance. Party headquarters have turned into negotiation hubs, with leaders weighing arithmetic, loyalty and long-term strategy ahead of the...
High court clears Hooda in AJL land case
Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside charges against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and The Associated Journals Limited in the 2005 Panchkula land re-allotment case, bringing significant relief to the senior Congress leader in a matter that has lingered for nearly two decades. The court...
Urdu invite sparks row in Karnataka
Political tempers have flared in Karnataka after the state government issued an official invitation in Urdu for a Health Department programme, drawing sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which accused the ruling Congress of indulging in appeasement politics. The invitation, circulated by the Department of Health and Family...
ED moves court with sanction against Chidambaram
Enforcement Directorate has submitted before a special court the prosecution sanction obtained from the competent authority against former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in connection with alleged money laundering linked to the Aircel-Maxis and INX Media cases. The agency informed the court that the required...
Pakistan bombs Kabul and Kandahar after cross-border clash
Pakistan’s armed forces have launched airstrikes on major Afghan cities including Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, after Kabul’s Taliban-led administration said it had struck Pakistani positions along the disputed Durand Line, marking a significant escalation in hostilities that threatens to unravel months of fragile stability along the frontier. Pakistan’s Ministry...
Abdullah urges Centre to back ‘Bangla’ name change
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has publicly backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s push to rename West Bengal as “Bangla”, urging the Central government to treat the state’s proposal on equal footing with other name-change requests from across the country. Abdullah said that if the West...
Lok Sabha speaker reconstitutes Varma removal inquiry panel
Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, has moved to refresh the three-member inquiry committee assigned to scrutinise the grounds for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma, the judge at the centre of a high-profile cash discovery controversy, with the revised panel set to assume its mandate from March...
Dubey hails Modi, targets rivals
Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey has delivered a combative defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, portraying him as a leader whose influence eclipses his political adversaries and accusing the opposition of fostering disorder for electoral gain. Speaking on the television programme Aap Ki Adalat, Dubey said Modi commands...
Modi remark on Israel sparks Congress backlash
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that India recognised Israel on the day he was born has triggered a sharp political exchange, with the Congress citing archival correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Albert Einstein to challenge what it called an attempt to personalise a complex diplomatic history. Speaking during an...
Top court rebukes NCERT over graft chapter
Supreme Court of India has delivered a sharp rebuke to the National Council of Educational Research and Training over a Class 8 social science textbook that carried a chapter alleging corruption within the higher judiciary, signalling that a simple apology and withdrawal may not settle concerns about accountability and...
