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Mumbai weighs Bakri Eid sacrifice curbs
Mumbai’s civic and police authorities are facing pressure from Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to stop goat sacrifices inside housing societies, residential complexes and chawls during Bakri Eid, as Maharashtra police units tighten preventive measures in several cities to avert communal tension and public disorder. The demand has been led...
Karnataka Congress braces for power shift
Karnataka’s Congress government is facing its most consequential leadership test since returning to office in May 2023, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expected to hold consultations with legislators on Thursday amid strong indications that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar could be positioned for the top post. The political churn...
Mira Road goat row sparks unrest
Tensions at a housing society in Mira Road, near Mumbai, escalated into a communal flashpoint after residents objected to a temporary shed and sacrificial goats kept inside the premises ahead of Bakrid, prompting heavy police deployment and the shifting of the animals to an alternative location. The dispute broke...
Kerala ED searches deepen CMRL payments probe
Enforcement Directorate teams searched about 10 locations across Kerala on Wednesday as the money-laundering probe into Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited’s alleged payments to Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd moved into a more intensive phase. The searches covered premises linked to CMRL, Exalogic Solutions and individuals connected with the disputed...
Border queues test Bengal migration crackdown
Hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals without valid stay documents have gathered near the Hakimpur border point in North 24 Parganas, seeking to cross back into Bangladesh after West Bengal’s new BJP government moved to intensify action against illegal infiltration. The movement at the Bithari-Hakimpur crossing, about 90km from Kolkata, has...
FIR against Mamata stirs Bengal row
Siliguri police have registered a case against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee after a lawyer accused the former West Bengal chief minister of hurting Hindu religious sentiments through remarks allegedly made in connection with Sanatan Dharma. The complaint, filed by advocate Rinki Chatterjee Singh at the Siliguri Cyber Police...
Civic resignations deepen TMC leadership crisis
Mass resignations across Trinamool Congress-controlled municipalities have thrown civic administration into turmoil and sharpened questions over the party’s organisational grip after its heavy defeat in West Bengal’s Assembly election. North Barrackpore and Diamond Harbour, two areas long viewed as important TMC strongholds, have emerged as flashpoints in a wider...
Doha talks face new military strain
Washington’s strikes on targets in southern Iran and Israel’s pledge to intensify operations against Hizbollah have injected fresh uncertainty into delicate Doha negotiations aimed at extending a fragile ceasefire and easing the wider West Asia conflict.US forces struck Iranian military assets near the Strait of Hormuz after identifying what...
Bhojshala prayers deepen Dhar tensions
Dhar remained under tight security after religious slogans, rival claims and a High Court ruling declaring the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex a temple sharpened communal sensitivities around the protected monument. Hindu groups held large-scale prayers at the site after the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s May 15 order, while sections of...
Court declines urgent CJP probe plea
Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing on Monday for a petition seeking a probe into the Cockroach Janta Party, a satirical digital movement whose rapid rise among young social media users has turned a courtroom remark into a wider debate on free expression, youth discontent and institutional criticism. Chief...
Gandhi sharpens Congress minority pitch
Rahul Gandhi has urged Congress leaders to speak directly about issues affecting Muslims instead of placing them under the broader label of “minority”, drawing a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party and opening another front in the contest over identity, representation and secular politics. The remarks were made...
Bengal moves on migrant holding centres
West Bengal has directed all district administrations to begin work on holding centres for apprehended foreigners and released foreign prisoners awaiting deportation or repatriation, sharpening the state’s administrative response to undocumented migration and cross-border detention cases. The Home and Hill Affairs Department issued the instruction to District Magistrates across...
Shanxi coal disruption tests China’s energy security
Shanxi’s dominant role in China’s coal system has come under sharper scrutiny after a deadly mine explosion triggered safety inspections, mine closures and a jump in coking coal prices, underscoring how disruption in one province can ripple across the country’s energy and industrial supply chains. The northern province produced...
Falta result deepens Bengal poll row
BJP’s emphatic victory in Falta has opened a sharp new confrontation in West Bengal politics, with Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee questioning the Election Commission of India’s handling of the contest and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari framing the result as a collapse of Trinamool’s influence in its...
Trump slows Iran deal push
Washington’s drive for an end-of-war agreement with Tehran has entered a delicate phase after President Donald Trump said the proposed settlement was not “fully negotiated yet”, tempering expectations of an imminent breakthrough despite signals from both capitals that a framework was taking shape. Trump’s intervention followed days of guarded...
Fuel shock pushes Delhi petrol past ₹100
Petrol crossed ₹100 a litre in Delhi on Monday after state-run fuel retailers raised pump prices for the fourth time in 11 days, passing part of the global oil shock from the Iran war to consumers and transport operators. Petrol was increased by ₹2.61 a litre and diesel by...
Rubio says racism does not define America
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to reassure India over racist comments targeting people of India-origin in the United States, saying America remained a welcoming country even as “stupid people” in every society made offensive remarks that did not represent national values. Rubio made the remarks at a...
Fuel prices climb as crude pressure mounts
Petrol and diesel prices rose sharply on Monday as state-run oil retailers moved for the fourth time in less than two weeks to pass higher crude costs and currency pressures on to consumers. Petrol was increased by ₹2.61 a litre and diesel by ₹2.71 a litre across the country,...
