A heated exchange has erupted between the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab unit and the opposition as the controversy surrounding a proposed constitutional amendment on Chandigarh intensifies. The Punjab BJP’s working president Ashwani Sharma reproached the opposition’s claims that the central government is engineering grounds for governor’s...
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai and comprising Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, P. S. Narasimha and A. S. Chandurkar, delivered an advisory opinion in a Presidential reference that marked a break from precedent by relying exclusively on domestic jurisprudence and...
A hearing before the Privileges Committee of the Rajya Sabha has placed the spotlight on senior parliamentarian Jairam Ramesh, who is under scrutiny for his comment that the Chair should not serve as a “cheerleader” for the ruling side. Committee members describe the matter as serious and may call...
The Bharatiya Janata Party has publicly criticised Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, for his non-attendance at the oath-taking of Surya Kant as the 53rd Chief Justice of India. The party issued statements alleging that Gandhi’s absence conveyed disrespect towards B. R. Ambedkar and the...
The party launched by veteran Kashmiri politician Ghulam Nabi Azad appears to be unraveling as the vast majority of its key members have returned to Indian National Congress, leaving the Democratic Progressive Azad Party largely defunct and forcing Azad to confront whether to resurrect his initiative or withdraw from...
The shock outcome of the Assembly elections in Bihar has exposed serious cracks in the opposition’s strategy ahead of Uttar Pradesh’s 2027 polls, with the Congress party’s performance raising fresh questions about its value as a viable alliance partner. Contesting 61 seats in Bihar, the party managed only six...
Punjab’s state-level leadership has issued a stern warning to the federal government over a proposed amendment to the Constitution, asserting that the move represents a pattern of destabilising the state’s interests. The Constitution Bill, 2025 seeks to bring the Union Territory of Chandigarh under Article 240 of the Constitution...
Maulana Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulema‑e‑Hind, asserted that Muslims in India face systematic exclusion from high-level academic and administrative roles, citing the case of Al‑Falah University and the investigation surrounding it. He contrasted this with the election of Muslim mayors such as Zohran Mamdani in New York and...
A sharply worded intervention from Sunil Jakhar, president of the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab, has thrown the party’s position into disarray as the central government advances plans to bring Chandigarh under the ambit of Article 240 of the Constitution. Jakhar declared that Chandigarh remains...
Prominent Sindhi nationalist Shafi Burfat, chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, has welcomed the statement by the Rajnath Singh, India’s defence minister, suggesting that the region of Sindh “may return to India” as part of evolving civilisational and territorial relations. Mr Burfat described the remark as “historic and...
Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, marking his final day in office, sounded a stark warning over the growing trend of caste being wielded as a strategic tool by socially and economically advanced members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to capture a disproportionate share of government job...
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a severe critique of the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of oversight failures after reports of multiple booth-level officers across India dying under stress during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. He asserted that up to sixteen BLOs from six states—including Gujarat, Madhya...
Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj Party in Bihar, has committed to donating 90 per cent of his income over the next five years and transferring nearly all his movable and immovable assets—excluding a single house in Delhi—to his party’s campaign. He announced the pledge at the Bhitiharwa...
A wave of protests erupted in the Jammu region as organisations affiliated with the Sangh Parivar demanded scrapping of the inaugural admission list for the Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Institute of Medical Excellence, citing that around 90 % of the 50 students selected hail from Kashmir, mostly from the Muslim...
A contingent of more than ten legislators from the ruling party’s Karnataka unit, including a minister, have flown to Delhi to seek intervention from the national leadership of the party as the state government crosses the halfway mark of its five-year mandate. Their journey coincides with allegations of an...
The Congress in Bihar is grappling with a sharp internal crisis after its women’s wing leader, Sarwat Jahan Fatima, resigned from her post citing serious grievances over candidate selection and gender representation. Her departure came against the backdrop of the party securing just six seats out of 61 contested...
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar administered the oath of office to a new 26-member cabinet at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, with his party, the Janata Dal ), securing only eight ministerial berths while the Bharatiya Janata Party took 14. The event followed the National Democratic Alliance’s dominant performance in the assembly...
The federal anti-terror agency has uncovered a critical phase in the planning of the November 10 car explosion near the historic monument in the capital, tracing the radicalisation of the principal accused to a 2022 trip to Turkey in which they allegedly met a Syrian operative at the direction...