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Opposition criticism grows over banquet exclusion
Opposition parties intensified objections to the absence of their leaders at the presidential state banquet hosted for Vladimir Putin on Friday night, sharpening a wider political dispute over protocol, representation and constitutional propriety. The criticism gathered momentum after Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi argued that the event had been...
Omar Abdullah warns INDIA bloc risks collapse without strong leadership
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has sounded a sharp warning about the state of the opposition INDIA bloc, saying it is “on life support” and risks being wheeled into the “ICU” if internal divisions and strategic missteps continue. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New...
Congress MP questions motive behind vegetarian banquet
A sharp political exchange unfolded after Congress MP Karti Chidambaram criticised the government’s decision to serve an entirely vegetarian state banquet for Russian President Vladimir Putin at Rashtrapati Bhavan, describing the menu as an effort to promote what he called puritanical vegetarianism under the guise of cultural tradition. Chidambaram’s...
Parliament set for charged debate on Vande Mataram
Parliament is bracing for an intense debate on the 150th year of the national song Vande Mataram, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to open the discussion in the Lok Sabha and Congress deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi expected to respond from the Opposition benches. The session has drawn considerable...
Kerala Congress provokes diplomatic stir with PawPaw remark on Putin
The state unit of Indian National Congress in Kerala has triggered sharp criticism by referring to Vladimir Putin as the “new PawPaw” of Narendra Modi’s supporters in a social-media post just days into the Russian president’s state visit to India. The offending message — posted on X by the...
Attempt to harm Ayodhya seer sparks police action
An alleged attempt to burn alive Hanuman Garhi’s Govindgarh Ashram seer Mahant Mahesh Das early on Friday has prompted a police investigation, after the cleric reported that unidentified individuals tried to set his room ablaze while he was asleep. Police said the incident occurred at around 2.45am when the...
Calcutta High Court clears way for mosque ceremony, places onus on Bengal government
The Calcutta High Court has declined to block the foundation-stone laying for a mosque in Beldanga, Murshidabad, rejecting a plea that invoked fears of communal unrest. The decision places full responsibility on the state government to ensure law and order during the event. The petition, filed by a senior...
Rule 267 cannot be used to hijack Rajya Sabha agenda: chairman
The chairman of the upper house, C. P. Radhakrishnan, has clarified that any notice under Rule 267 must strictly pertain to items listed in the day’s agenda, and cannot be used to force debates on unrelated issues. His statement comes amid a surge in attempts by opposition MPs to...
Passenger turmoil grows as IndiGo axes hundreds of flights
Passenger queues stretched across major airports as IndiGo faced a surge of flight cancellations that reached roughly 500 services in a single day, creating widespread disruption for travellers and raising pressing questions over the airline’s operational resilience. The carrier acknowledged the scale of the cancellations and attributed the turbulence...
Supreme court seeks detailed EC response on Bihar rolls
Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to prepare all relevant records to address allegations that more than five lakh duplicate voters remain on Bihar’s electoral rolls despite a special intensive revision, setting the stage for a closer judicial scrutiny of the state’s voter lists. The directive followed submissions by...
IndiGo warns air travel chaos to persist until February 10 as FDTL waiver sought
IndiGo has informed DGCA that resumed flight operations will only stabilise by February 10, 2026, while the airline seeks temporary relief from certain provisions of the newly implemented Flight Duty Time Limitations. The announcement came as over 550 flights were cancelled on Thursday, compounding disruptions in major hubs including...
U.S. threats of sanctions sharpen focus on Pakistan’s military leadership
Washington is pressing Islamabad with demands tied to accountability as calls grow for sanctions against Pakistan’s top military brass including Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir. More than 40 U. S. lawmakers have accused his regime of orchestrating a crackdown on political opponents and civil-society critics, citing alleged harassment...
Pakistani-origin student held after weapons cache found with ‘kill all’ manifesto
Law enforcement officials in Delaware have taken into custody 25-year-old Luqmaan Khan after discovering a cache of firearms, ammunition, body armour and a handwritten manifesto that allegedly outlined plans for a mass shooting on the campus of University of Delaware. Khan was arrested on 24 November 2025 following a...
European pressure mounts on India as Putin lands for high-stakes state visit
Leaders from Britain, France and Germany have urged New Delhi to use its influence over Vladimir Putin to press for an end to the war in Ukraine, just hours before his two-day state visit to India begins Thursday. That diplomatic push, reported to have been conveyed privately over several...
Mosque near Kolkata airport disrupts secondary runway operations
The Bankra mosque, located within the operational footprint of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, has been officially acknowledged by the government as a structure that displaces the secondary runway’s threshold by 88 metres, limiting the runway’s full utilisation. The disclosure came in the Lok Sabha in response to...
Mamata Banerjee pledges no detention camps amid SIR vote-roll drive
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has vowed that her government will not establish any detention camps or send residents to detention centres as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls — a statement aimed at allaying fears over potential mass disenfranchisement. She addressed residents in...
Former privacy judges question government’s Sanchar Saathi mandate decision
The government’s decision to withdraw its order requiring all smartphones sold in India to come pre-installed with Sanchar Saathi has drawn sharp criticism from former judges of the Supreme Court of India who had cemented privacy as a fundamental right. These jurists warn that the original mandate — even...
IndiGo crew crunch and tech glitches trigger sweeping flight cancellations
The aviation regulator DGCA has opened a formal investigation into IndiGo after the airline cancelled dozens of flights in Delhi and hundreds across the country, citing a confluence of operational failures and regulatory challenges. On 3 December 2025, IndiGo axed 38 flights at Delhi’s main airport and reported cancellations...
