BHOPAL — The Madhya Pradesh government has introduced a Uniform Civil Code Bill after concluding that citizens have enjoyed dangerously inconsistent marriages, divorces and inheritances for far too long. The Bill was tabled on the opening day of the Assembly’s monsoon session, which began on July 20 and runs...
New Delhi’s political establishment entered unfamiliar territory on Monday after Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav managed to speak for nearly an hour without announcing a merger, staging a walkout or forming another committee to examine whether further discussions were desirable. The conversation took place in Gandhi’s office as Leader...
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced legislation in the Lok Sabha on Monday to increase the sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court by four judges, as Opposition protests disrupted proceedings on the opening day of Parliament’s Monsoon Session. The Supreme Court Amendment Bill, 2026, proposes raising the number...
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Atishi joined thousands of demonstrators at Jantar Mantar on Monday as a youth-led march towards Parliament triggered clashes, police barricades and traffic restrictions across central Delhi. The protest, organised by the Cockroach Janta Party, brought students, job aspirants, parents...
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has approved the merger of six Shiv Sena MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and granted separate seating to 20 dissident Trinamool Congress MPs, altering the balance between the government and Opposition in Parliament. The Speaker’s decision increased the Shinde-led party’s strength in...
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Atishi joined thousands of protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Monday as a youth-led campaign over examination failures attempted to march towards Parliament. The demonstration, organised under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party, intensified political pressure on the...
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced legislation in the Lok Sabha on Monday to raise the Supreme Court’s sanctioned strength to 38 judges, including the Chief Justice, as Opposition protests disrupted the opening day of Parliament’s Monsoon Session. The Supreme Court Amendment Bill, 2026, seeks to replace an...
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has recognised the transfer of six Shiv Sena MPs to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and allowed 20 Trinamool Congress rebels to sit separately, reshaping parliamentary alignments as the Monsoon Session begins. The decisions strengthen the governing National Democratic Alliance’s position in the Lower...
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke alleged on Saturday that Delhi Police personnel beat and detained him as officers removed fasting activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar and transferred him to hospital. The police rejected claims that force or a baton charge had been used during the early-morning operation....
Pakistani troops opened heavy small-arms fire towards forward positions in the Tarkundi sector of Rajouri district on Friday night, prompting a measured response from the Army and heightening tension along the Line of Control. The firing was reported from a sensitive stretch of the frontier bordering Pakistan-occupied Jammu and...
Ram Shankar Yadav, alias Tinnu Yadav, has allegedly admitted to directing the theft of offerings from donation boxes at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, giving investigators fresh leads on the handling of cash and access to restricted areas. Investigators questioned Yadav and his nephew Manish Yadav after a Faizabad...
A city magistrate’s court in Saharanpur has ordered the occupants of a mosque inside the district Collectorate complex to vacate the premises within 30 days and pay Rs 6.41 crore for unauthorised occupation of government land. The order covers a 315-square-metre parcel within the high-security administrative campus in western...
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has claimed that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis could be moved to a national role if Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertakes a Union Cabinet reshuffle, triggering fresh speculation over possible changes in the state’s ruling coalition.Raut said a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader could...
Bhojshala Mukti Yagya Samiti convener Gopal Sharma on Friday urged the Muslim community to accept the Bhojshala complex in Dhar as a temple and respect the continuing judicial process, days after the Supreme Court created an interim arrangement for Friday prayers near the disputed monument. Sharma welcomed the apex...
The Department of Space has tightened resignation and voluntary retirement rules for scientists working on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s most important programmes after more than 100 personnel were reported to have left within months. A memorandum issued on July 14 directs ISRO centres not to routinely approve exit...
Rashtriya Janata Dal spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari has resigned from all party posts, alleging sustained humiliation, disregard for loyal workers and a breakdown in the organisation’s internal decision-making under Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav. Tiwari announced his decision on Thursday after meeting Bihar RJD president Mangani Lal Mandal and other...
Public access to the 136-year-old Gouripur Jame Masjid at Kolkata airport remained suspended on Friday as the mosque committee prepared a peaceful protest against restrictions imposed on worshippers. The Bankra Masjid Committee asked local residents to wear black badges and gather near the mosque entrance after Friday prayers. It...
United States forces struck transport and military infrastructure across southern Iran overnight, killing at least seven people as the confrontation over control of the Strait of Hormuz entered a sixth consecutive night of attacks. The bombardment hit Iranshahr airport in southeastern Iran, Bandar Khamir railway station and five bridges...