India-US relations have returned to a steadier path after bouts of friction, with former US Ambassador to India Kenneth “Ken” Juster pointing to expanding cooperation in technology, defence, energy and healthcare as the main ballast in one of Washington’s most consequential partnerships. Juster, who served in New Delhi from...
Sharad Pawar’s NCP is facing fresh pressure over its political future after an internal assessment indicated that most of its legislators and parliamentarians favour joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance rather than merging with the Congress. The finding has sharpened uncertainty inside the party at a time when speculation...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi to broaden a strategic partnership built around defence, economic security, technology and regional stability, with both governments placing supply chains, clean energy and the Indo-Pacific at the centre of a...
Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered police protection for Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan after she faced communal abuse, online vilification and threats over her verdict in a 2022 mob-lynching case in Narmadapuram district. A division bench of Justices Vivek Agarwal and Avanindra Kumar Singh took suo...
Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested eight suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh over an alleged effort to build an active terror network in the state, widening a counter-terror probe that investigators say had been under way for months. The arrests were made on Thursday during coordinated raids...
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has called for a full investigation into alleged pilferage of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, pressing for strict punishment against anyone found guilty while urging devotees to remain calm amid a politically sensitive row over the handling of temple funds.RSS general secretary Dattatreya...
Washington’s reported decision to alert Tehran through regional intermediaries about a suspected Israeli plan to kill two senior Iranian negotiators has added a volatile layer to fragile West Asia diplomacy, where ceasefire terms, nuclear restrictions and control of the Strait of Hormuz remain unsettled. The warning, said to have...
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has announced a padyatra from the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya from 2 October, framing the nearly 900-km journey as a demand for accountability over alleged irregularities in donations and offerings linked to the Ayodhya shrine. Singh, a former...
Allegations surrounding the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust widened on Thursday after the head of a centuries-old shrine beside the Ram Mandir complex accused former trust general secretary Champat Rai and his associates of taking control of the temple through forged documents. Hari Shankar Safariwala, who identified himself...
Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that pupils in government-run schools cannot be compelled to recite Hindu prayers, marking a judicial check on a state education circular that had triggered concerns over religious freedom, secularism and the rights of children in public institutions. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad delivered the order...
Bombay High Court has quashed a one-year externment order against a Mumbai-based political functionary, holding that participation in protests against government decisions cannot be used to drive a citizen out of his locality. Justice Madhav Jamdar passed the order on Thursday while hearing a petition filed by Saeed Ahmad...
Petrol and diesel prices may be reviewed if global crude oil rates stay at lower levels for a sustained period, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said, signalling that consumers could see relief only after the latest slide in international oil markets is tested over...
Ayodhya authorities have moved against an under-construction house linked to an accused in the Ram Temple donation theft case, widening the probe from alleged cash diversion inside the temple complex to assets suspected to have been acquired with stolen offerings. The Ayodhya Development Authority has issued a show-cause notice...
A nationwide group of 529 activists, retired civil servants, academics, lawyers and trade union leaders has urged the government to bring the Women’s Reservation Act into force during the monsoon session of parliament, sharpening pressure over a law passed nearly three years ago but still awaiting operational effect. The...
The Ram Temple donation theft case is set to enter a sharper legal phase on Thursday as a group of Ayodhya lawyers prepares to seek registration of an FIR against Champat Rai, the former general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, over alleged irregularities in the...
Ayodhya police have widened their probe into alleged embezzlement of Ram Mandir donations, with former Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trustee Anil Mishra coming under closer scrutiny after investigators questioned arrested accused Avinash Shukla. The case has moved from suspected theft inside the donation-counting system to a broader examination...
Authorities imposed prohibitory orders across key parts of Jamshedpur after the killing of Karni Sena leader Himanshu Singh triggered protests, political demands for accountability and fresh scrutiny of police conduct in Jharkhand’s industrial city. The East Singhbhum administration enforced restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita...
Champat Rai has denied any role in the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, telling investigators that surveillance installed on his instructions helped expose the suspected embezzlement rather than conceal it. Rai, who stepped down as general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra...