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JNU tensions escalate over VC remarks
Jawaharlal Nehru University is witnessing mounting unrest as students intensify protests over alleged casteist comments attributed to Vice-Chancellor Shantishree Dhulipudi Pandit and press for the implementation of University Grants Commission regulations, with detentions and arrests sharpening divisions on campus. Demonstrations gathered pace this week after student organisations accused the...
Hazare urges Kejriwal to serve society after court discharge
Social activist Anna Hazare welcomed the discharge of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case, urging acceptance of the judiciary’s verdict and calling on the former Delhi chief executive to focus on service for society and the nation rather than personal or partisan interests. Hazare’s...
Karnataka leaders rally behind Rahul Gandhi
Senior Congress figures in Karnataka have closed ranks behind Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal of launching politically motivated attacks against the Rae Bareli MP amid intensifying national campaign exchanges. Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara and Congress MLC...
Taliban video claim fuels Kabul Islamabad standoff
Footage said to show strikes on Pakistani targets has surfaced online as hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan sharpen into one of their most serious confrontations in years. The video, circulated on X by PTI and attributed to Afghanistan’s Taliban-led Defence Ministry, is described by Kabul as evidence of retaliatory...
Chib granted bail in AI Summit protest case
A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Uday Bhanu Chib, National President of the Indian Youth Congress, in connection with his arrest over a protest staged during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The Duty Magistrate at Patiala House Court allowed Chib’s release on...
ASI report intensifies Bhojshala mosque dispute
A 2,189-page survey submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India has concluded that the Kamal Maula Mosque structure in Dhar was constructed using the remains of earlier temple edifices, placing a long-running dispute before the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on a firmer evidentiary footing. The...
JNU protest march clashes with police injure students
A protest by members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union heading towards the Ministry of Education office in New Delhi turned violent on Thursday, leaving several students and police personnel injured and more than 50 protesters detained, according to available reports. Police blocked the demonstration outside the campus,...
Dhankhar says health, not illness, prompted resignation
Jagdeep Dhankhar has clarified that his departure from the vice-presidential post in July 2025 was driven by a decision to “prioritise health”, not because he was unwell, a statement that comes as scrutiny persists over the circumstances surrounding his exit. Speaking to supporters and well-wishers in Churu, Rajasthan, the...
Bihar Rajya Sabha race intensifies alliances
Political activity has accelerated in Patna as the nomination process for five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar begins, prompting intense consultations within both the National Democratic Alliance and the Grand Alliance. Party headquarters have turned into negotiation hubs, with leaders weighing arithmetic, loyalty and long-term strategy ahead of the...
High court clears Hooda in AJL land case
Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside charges against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and The Associated Journals Limited in the 2005 Panchkula land re-allotment case, bringing significant relief to the senior Congress leader in a matter that has lingered for nearly two decades. The court...
Urdu invite sparks row in Karnataka
Political tempers have flared in Karnataka after the state government issued an official invitation in Urdu for a Health Department programme, drawing sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which accused the ruling Congress of indulging in appeasement politics. The invitation, circulated by the Department of Health and Family...
ED moves court with sanction against Chidambaram
Enforcement Directorate has submitted before a special court the prosecution sanction obtained from the competent authority against former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in connection with alleged money laundering linked to the Aircel-Maxis and INX Media cases. The agency informed the court that the required...
Abdullah urges Centre to back ‘Bangla’ name change
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has publicly backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s push to rename West Bengal as “Bangla”, urging the Central government to treat the state’s proposal on equal footing with other name-change requests from across the country. Abdullah said that if the West...
Lok Sabha speaker reconstitutes Varma removal inquiry panel
Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, has moved to refresh the three-member inquiry committee assigned to scrutinise the grounds for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma, the judge at the centre of a high-profile cash discovery controversy, with the revised panel set to assume its mandate from March...
Dubey hails Modi, targets rivals
Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey has delivered a combative defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, portraying him as a leader whose influence eclipses his political adversaries and accusing the opposition of fostering disorder for electoral gain. Speaking on the television programme Aap Ki Adalat, Dubey said Modi commands...
Modi remark on Israel sparks Congress backlash
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that India recognised Israel on the day he was born has triggered a sharp political exchange, with the Congress citing archival correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Albert Einstein to challenge what it called an attempt to personalise a complex diplomatic history. Speaking during an...
Anil Ambani appears before ED over massive fraud probe
Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani faced federal scrutiny on Thursday as he appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in New Delhi for a second session of questioning linked to an alleged bank fraud-linked money laundering investigation, marking a significant escalation in legal action against one of India’s long-standing industrial figures....
Rahul Gandhi renews charge over US trade pact
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday sharpened his attack on the government’s proposed trade arrangement with the United States, repeating his claim that the Prime Minister is “compromised” and asserting that the deal undermines national interests. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the agreement, which aims to deepen...
