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BMC verdict snaps Shiv Sena UBT’s long municipal dominance
Mumbai’s civic ballot has delivered a decisive blow to Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena, severing a 25-year hold over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and reshaping the city’s political balance. Control of the country’s wealthiest municipal body had long underpinned the party’s organisational reach, patronage networks and bargaining power...
Supreme Court clears way for inquiry into judge
Supreme Court on Friday refused to intervene in impeachment-linked proceedings against Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma, rejecting his plea challenging the Lok Sabha Speaker’s decision to constitute a three-member inquiry committee under the Judges Act, 1968, over allegations arising from a cash-discovery row. The ruling removes a key...
BJP-led bloc opens wide ward lead in Mumbai civic race
Mumbai’s civic election count has put the BJP-led alliance in a commanding early position across the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, with the bloc leading in 86 wards as counting progressed, underscoring a fragmented contest and a recalibration of local political equations in the country’s richest municipal body. Figures released by...
Raj Thackeray questions fairness of poll machinery
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray accused the Election Commission and the state administration of undermining the integrity of the electoral process on Thursday, alleging that official machinery was being aligned to secure victory for the ruling party. Speaking shortly after casting his vote, Thackeray said such conduct eroded...
Kargil rally backs Iran’s supreme leader amid wider unrest
Large crowds assembled in the Ladakh town of Kargil to voice support for Iran’s clerical leadership, even as demonstrations against the Tehran establishment continue across the Middle East country, highlighting a sharp contrast between expressions of solidarity abroad and dissent at home. Organisers said several hundred people gathered in...
Kashmir mosques profiling triggers sharp backlash
Anger rippled across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as a police-led data collection exercise focusing on mosques, madrasas, and their religious functionaries drew swift objections from clerics, community leaders, and civil society groups, who described the move as intrusive and stigmatic. The exercise, initiated by the Jammu and Kashmir...
Vijay’s rise reshapes opposition arithmetic in Tamil Nadu
Actor-turned-politician Vijay has moved to the centre of opposition strategy in Tamil Nadu, with political assessments suggesting his messaging is aligning with a broader attempt to consolidate anti-DMK sentiment ahead of the next Assembly election. Senior figures across the opposition spectrum are weighing how his growing appeal among younger...
Haridwar temple body stirs storm over ghat access
A sharp political and social debate has unfolded in Uttarakhand after the Ganga Sabha, the traditional body overseeing rituals at Haridwar’s sacred riverfront, called for a blanket prohibition on non-Hindus entering the Ganga ghats, extending its demand to include government officials and journalists assigned to duties at the pilgrimage...
Lucknow court reserves order in Rahul Gandhi case
A special MP-MLA court in Lucknow on Wednesday concluded arguments in a criminal complaint seeking directions for the registration of a first information report against Rahul Gandhi, the Lok Sabha member from Rae Bareli and Leader of the Opposition in the lower House, over allegations linked to his citizenship...
Delhi High Court rebukes NGO over misuse of PIL route
Delhi High Court delivered a sharp rebuke on Wednesday to a non-governmental organisation, Save India Foundation, accusing it of repeatedly misusing the public interest litigation mechanism by filing petitions alleging encroachments by masjids and dargahs across the national capital. The court said such conduct undermined the purpose of PILs...
Delhi High Court declines to pause IRCTC trial
Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to halt the ongoing criminal trial against Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Yadav in the IRCTC hotels case, signalling that proceedings before the trial court will continue while a legal challenge to the framing of charges remains under...
Paswan flags Bihar opposition unease
Chirag Paswan sharpened the political pitch in Bihar on Tuesday, alleging that discontent within the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress had grown too visible to dismiss, as parties prepare for an intensification of activity after the end of Kharmas with Makar Sankranti on January 14–15. Addressing party...
Priyanka Gandhi’s Uttar Pradesh calculus returns to focus
Congress general secretary and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has again moved to the centre of political conversation in Uttar Pradesh, after the party marked her birthday by launching a state-wide mobilisation that has revived questions about her future role in the state’s leadership matrix. The Indian National Congress on...
Protests spread across Iran as unrest deepens
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have poured onto streets across multiple Iranian cities, voicing anger over economic hardship and calling for an end to the current system of rule, according to accounts from residents, activists and officials. The protests, among the most widespread in years, have been met with...
Justice Nagarathna warns graft erodes democracy
Justice B. V. Nagarathna has delivered a sharp warning against corruption, describing it as a “cancerous growth” that corrodes moral standards and weakens public administration, while urging children and young people to reject wealth accumulated beyond known sources of income. Speaking at a public forum on constitutional values and...
Court orders FIR against officers in Sambhal violence case
A court in Chandausi has directed the registration of a first information report against former Sambhal Circle Officer Anuj Chaudhary, former Sambhal Kotwali in-charge Anuj Tomar and unidentified police personnel over allegations linked to the Sambhal violence of 2024, intensifying scrutiny of policing during the episode that left several...
Nitin Nabin poised to assume BJP presidency
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are preparing for a leadership transition at the national level, with working president Nitin Nabin expected to be elevated as the party’s full-fledged national president on January 20, according to people familiar with the arrangements. The changeover is set to take place at a formal...
Modi set to shift to Seva Teerth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing to move into a new official office complex in New Delhi, with the transition expected to coincide with Makar Sankranti on January 14, according to officials familiar with the preparations. The move would mark a significant milestone in the government’s overhaul of administrative...
