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Road prayers face tougher curbs
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned that namaz will not be permitted on public roads, saying religious observances must be confined to designated places of worship and organised in shifts where space is limited. Speaking ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, Adityanath said roads were meant for public movement and...
Bengal rewrites welfare and quota rules
Bengal’s Suvendu Adhikari-led government has moved to end state assistance linked to religious categorisation from June and overhaul the Other Backward Classes reservation framework, marking one of the sharpest policy shifts since the change of power in Kolkata. The decisions were cleared at the state cabinet meeting chaired by...
Court weighs faith in Ganga case
Allahabad High Court has granted bail to five men accused of throwing non-vegetarian food leftovers into the Ganga during an iftar gathering on a boat in Varanasi, while observing that such an act could hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community. Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla passed the order...
Dehradun curbs follow factory wage unrest
Dehradun authorities imposed prohibitory orders across the Selaqui and SIDCUL industrial areas on Sunday after a labour protest over wages and overtime payments escalated into violence, prompting police action, arrests and tighter surveillance across one of Uttarakhand’s key manufacturing belts. Additional District Magistrate Krishna Kumar Mishra issued the order...
Gandhi sharpens Adani trade charge
Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of placing Gautam Adani’s legal troubles in the United States ahead of India’s trade interests, escalating a political confrontation over the interim trade framework with Washington and the expected winding down of US enforcement action against the billionaire-led group. Gandhi, Leader...
Barakah generator fire tests nuclear security protocols
Abu Dhabi authorities contained a fire at an external electrical generator near the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday after a drone strike hit the site in the Al Dhafra Region, with officials reporting no injuries and no impact on radiological safety levels. The incident occurred outside the plant’s...
Muslim forums press Congress on promises
Bengaluru’s Muslim organisations have accused Karnataka’s Congress government of practising “soft Hindutva”, warning that unfulfilled pledges on reservation, hijab, hate speech and political representation have deepened discontent among a core support base that backed the party in the 2023 Assembly election. A convention held at Town Hall in Bengaluru...
FIR deepens Bengal poll confrontation
Police have registered a First Information Report against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee over alleged provocative campaign speeches, intensifying West Bengal’s post-election confrontation after a bruising Assembly contest that ended the party’s long hold on power. The case was lodged at Bidhannagar North Cyber Crime Police Station after a...
Trump weighs Iran strike option
Washington is preparing for a pivotal decision by President Donald Trump on Iran as aides draw up military options that could revive air strikes if diplomacy fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and contain Tehran’s nuclear advances. The deliberations follow Trump’s return from a three-day visit to Beijing,...
Chabahar push tests sanctions diplomacy
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged New Delhi to stay invested in Chabahar Port, framing the project as a strategic anchor of India-Iran ties at a time when US sanctions have slowed work and raised fresh uncertainty around long-term financing. Speaking in New Delhi after attending the BRICS...
Dhar prayers deepen Bhojshala verdict faultline
Muslim worshippers offered Friday namaz at the Bhojshala–Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar hours before a decisive Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling altered the legal status of one of the state’s most sensitive religious disputes. The Indore bench declared the protected monument a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi Saraswati...
CJI remarks stir activist backlash
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s comparison of some unemployed youngsters to “cockroaches” during a Supreme Court hearing on May 15 has triggered sharp debate over judicial language, professional ethics and the place of media, social media and RTI activism in public accountability. The remarks were made by a...
Court scrutiny sharpens over Rahul asset claims
Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to verify a complaint alleging that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi holds assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, setting July 20 as the next date for the agencies to apprise the court...
Fuel hike sharpens Congress attack
Petrol and diesel prices rose by ₹3 a litre across the country on Friday, setting off a sharp political attack from the Congress, which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of burdening households immediately after Assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory. Congress linked the increase to the...
Bench shift deepens excise case tensions
Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has transferred the excise policy matter involving Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other Aam Aadmi Party leaders to another bench after initiating criminal contempt proceedings over allegedly defamatory and vilifying online content directed at the court. Justice Sharma clarified that she...
Air India trims global network under fuel strain
Air India will suspend or reduce services on 29 international routes between June and August 2026, as the West Asia conflict, airspace restrictions and record jet fuel prices force the carrier to reshape its overseas network during the summer travel season. The airline said the temporary schedule changes were...
CBI cases clear Bengal hurdle
Bengal’s new government has cleared prosecution sanction for the CBI in four corruption cases involving public officials, opening the way for chargesheets and trial proceedings that had remained stalled for years. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the approvals were signed on Wednesday after files pending under the previous administration...
Fuel price shield faces oil shock test
Petrol and diesel prices may have to rise if the Middle East crisis persists, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra has warned, signalling that the government’s effort to shield consumers from higher crude costs could face limits if the disruption keeps energy markets under strain. Speaking at a high-level conference...
