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Sanaullah remarks expose Pakistan’s militant blowback
A televised statement by Rana Sanaullah has intensified scrutiny of Pakistan’s past support for armed groups after the prime minister’s political adviser said fighters once trained as “mujahideen” had become a serious domestic burden.The remarks surfaced in a widely circulated video as violence disrupted Legislative Assembly elections in Pakistan-administered...
Academics challenge Priyanka Gandhi’s Kamakoti jibe
More than 215 vice-chancellors, former university heads and academics have criticised Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for describing IIT Madras Director Professor V Kamakoti as a “gaumutra expert”, intensifying a political dispute over scientific standards, academic dignity and examination reform.The signatories said Gandhi Vadra’s remark in the Lok Sabha...
Supreme Court frees terror accused after 12 years
The Supreme Court has granted bail to two alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives after nearly 12 years in custody, ruling that their continued imprisonment amid a slow-moving trial violated the constitutional right to personal liberty.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta ordered the release of Mohd Saquib Ansari...
CJP founder’s family alleges BJP-linked threat
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was threatened with harm to his family unless he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, his father alleged on Wednesday, adding a new controversy to the youth leader’s growing confrontation with the government.Bhagwanrao Dipke told reporters in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar that the family saw the...
Supreme Court strikes down open-ended green clearance route
The Supreme Court has quashed the Centre’s 2021 framework for granting environmental clearance to projects that began construction or operations without prior approval, ruling that statutory safeguards cannot be altered through an administrative order.A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi held...
Older vehicles may need E20 component changes
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has told the Rajya Sabha that most vehicles can operate on E20 petrol without major difficulties, although some older BS-III models may require replacement of rubber components and gaskets.Replying to a parliamentary question on Wednesday, Gadkari said the potential requirement applied...
BJP denies alternative Cabinet role for Pradhan
The Bharatiya Janata Party has denied that Dharmendra Pradhan was offered another Cabinet portfolio before resigning as Union education minister, calling reports of such an arrangement “completely fictional” and “unfounded”.BJP spokesperson and Puri MP Sambit Patra said the central government had made no proposal to shift Pradhan to another...
US-Saudi strikes reignite wider Middle East war
The United States and Saudi Arabia launched coordinated air strikes against Iran-aligned armed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, ending a brief lull and sharply widening the regional confrontation.The attacks struck multiple locations in eastern Iraq that Washington and Riyadh identified as logistics, weapons and command facilities used to organise...
Online abuse targets women after CJP protests
Women associated with the Cockroach Janta Party-led student protests have become targets of an organised-looking wave of online harassment, with manipulated photographs, artificial intelligence-generated images and calls to identify or punish participants circulating across social media platforms.The abuse intensified after the movement withdrew its Jantar Mantar agitation on July...
Stone-laden truck deepens CJP protest dispute
The Cockroach Janta Party has accused Delhi Police of failing to explain how a truck carrying stones was placed beside its Jantar Mantar protest before violence erupted during the organisation’s July 20 march towards Parliament.CJP said the vehicle had already been in police custody for four days, contradicting any...
Generation Alpha forces school reforms in Fatehpur
Schoolchildren in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district have forced education officials to order improvements at their college after staging a protest over inadequate drinking water, broken furniture, poor sanitation and unreliable electricity. Hundreds of pupils from Sarvodaya Inter College in Kishanpur gathered outside the institution on July 27, carrying placards...
Facebook briefly blocks Modi’s Gen Z video
Meta-owned Facebook briefly restricted access in India to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first selfie-style video addressing young people before restoring the post within hours, raising questions about the origin and purpose of the legal demand cited by the platform. The restriction was visible at about 1.25 am on Tuesday...
Gandhis get three weeks in Herald challenge
The Delhi High Court has granted Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other respondents three weeks to reply to the Enforcement Directorate’s challenge against a trial court order that halted its National Herald money laundering prosecution. Justice Manoj Jain listed the agency’s criminal revision petition for arguments on September 10...
Gadkari wins court clearance for E20 deepfake suit
The Bombay High Court has permitted Union minister Nitin Gadkari to bring a civil suit over allegedly defamatory posts and artificial intelligence-generated deepfake videos linking him and his family to financial gains from the E20 ethanol-blended petrol programme. Justice Abhay Ahuja granted leave on Monday after hearing Gadkari’s application...
Delhi Police intensifies scrutiny of anti-Modi posts
Delhi Police has stepped up scrutiny of social media material allegedly containing abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other political leaders during the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest at Jantar Mantar. Police officers said several platforms had been asked to remove videos, comments and posts considered objectionable. Much...
Nilekani to lead overhaul of examination system
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a high-powered task force led by technology entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani to recommend sweeping reforms to the country’s examination system after sustained protests over paper leaks, administrative failures and the treatment of students. The panel will examine how technology, institutional restructuring and tighter security...
Justice Bhuyan warns dissent space is shrinking
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has warned that the space available for peaceful dissent in India is steadily narrowing, with students and other citizens facing arrest, prolonged detention and bail restrictions for exercising constitutional freedoms. Speaking at the National Law Institute University in Bhopal on Saturday, Justice Bhuyan said...
CJP alleges police pressure on volunteer’s family
The Cockroach Janata Party has accused Uttar Pradesh Police of targeting the family of volunteer Mohd Junaid after he supplied food and drinking water to demonstrators at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The group said officers were pursuing Junaid rather than criminals and alleged that his relatives were being harassed because...
