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BJP Ends Alliance With NCP Ahead of Mumbai Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party has formally ended its alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party for the upcoming municipal elections in Mumbai, citing the leadership of the NCP’s Mumbai unit, Nawab Malik, who faces money-laundering charges, as the decisive factor. The BJP says that contesting under these conditions could dilute...
Shinde Gets No Relief as BJP Presses Expansion
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, met with Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and emerged without concrete concessions, despite raising grievances about his alliance partner’s overtures, according to sources close to the meeting. The exchange underscores growing strains within the Mahayuti alliance as the Bharatiya Janata Party gears...
Cabinet’s Sole Muslim Face Triggers Representation Debate
The tenth term government of Nitish Kumar duly sworn in at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan brings into sharp relief the paucity of Muslim representation, as Mohd Zama Khan of the Janata Dal emerges as the only Muslim minister in the new council. Khan, re-elected from the Chainpur constituency in Kaimur...
Gandhi–Kharge Seating Snub Ignites Party Controversy
A visible rift emerged within the leadership of the Indian National Congress after party president Mallikarjun Kharge sat in the audience rather than on the dais at the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament & Development ceremony, even though Sonia Gandhi—who chairs the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust—was present on...
Faridabad University Probe Expands Under Police Directive
The Director General of Police of Haryana, O P Singh, has launched a comprehensive inquiry into alleged security failures at Al Falah University in Dhouj, near Faridabad, after authorities uncovered links between the campus and a terror module tied to a car explosion near the Red Fort in the...
Congress Regroups in Jammu & Kashmir Amid DPAP Exodus
Former ministers Jugal Kishore Sharma and Abdul Majid Wani, accompanied by hundreds of their supporters, formally rejoined the Congress on Thursday, dealing a significant setback to Ghulam Nabi Azad’s political venture in Jammu & Kashmir. The event, held in Jammu to mark the 108th birth anniversary of former Prime...
Women Sought in Kanpur Linked to JeM Network
Law enforcement agencies are conducting an expansive search for 19 women in the Kanpur region who are alleged to have been in communication with Dr Shaheen Shahid, an operative of the banned terror group Jaish‑e‑Mohammed. The operation is being led by the Uttar Pradesh Anti‑Terrorist Squad working alongside central...
India-Russia Strategic Reset Set by Moscow Talks
Moscow hosted Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for a high-profile meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, where the Indian minister briefed the Russian leader on preparations for the upcoming annual summit and discussed broader regional and global developments. The engagement underscores the deepening relationship between the two capitals and signals a...
Yadav family turmoil as Tejashwi declines LoP role
Patna: Tejashwi Yadav, leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, declined the position of Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly following his party’s heavy losses in the 2025 Bihar election. Party insiders say Yadav offered to step aside as an MLA to assume responsibility for the defeat, only...
Kishor accuses JD of seat-buying trove in Bihar polls
Patna – Prashant Kishor, leader of the Jan Suraaj Party, has asserted that the Janata Dal ), under Nitish Kumar, would have secured just 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly had it not disbursed ₹10,000 to roughly 60,000 beneficiaries in each constituency prior to the polls and promised ₹2...
Congress stages major strategy review of voter-roll drive
The All India Congress Committee convened at its headquarters in New Delhi to assess the roll-out of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls across twelve states and union territories and to chart its response following the party’s setback in the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. The meeting brought...
Congress Struggle Sparks Internal Rift After Bihar Setback
A deepening internal split has emerged within the Indian National Congress following its crushing losses in the Bihar assembly elections, where it managed to lead in only a handful of the 61 seats it contested. Voices inside the party diverge sharply: some leaders point to alleged electoral malpractice and...
NIA arrests suspect linked to Red Fort attack plot
The National Investigation Agency has arrested a key Kashmiri suspect in connection with the suicide car bombing at the Red Fort, a high-profile security breach that has raised alarm over escalating terrorism in the region. This arrest is part of a broader investigation into a terror module allegedly planning...
BJP and JD Clash Over Control of Bihar Speaker Role
Deliberations to finalise the composition of Bihar’s new NDA government have intensified, as the Bharatiya Janata Party and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal ) seek to assert control over the crucial role of Assembly Speaker. A meeting scheduled for Tuesday in New Delhi is expected to focus on this issue,...
Azam Khan and Son Found Guilty in Dual PAN Card Case
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son, Mohammad Abdullah Azam, have been convicted by a Special MP/MLA Magistrate Court in Rampur for their involvement in the 2019 dual PAN card case. The court, in its verdict delivered on Monday, found both guilty of fraud, forgery, and criminal conspiracy,...
Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi Postponed to November 26
The hearing in a defamation case involving Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been deferred to November 26 after a key witness failed to appear in an MP-MLA court. The delay, confirmed by Gandhi’s counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla, occurred when the witness, Ram Chandra Dubey, was absent, prompting the legal...
JMM Considers Rethinking Alliance with Congress and RJD
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is contemplating a reevaluation of its alliance with the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal following the Mahagathbandhan’s setback in the Bihar Assembly elections. According to JMM General Secretary Vinod Pandey, the Congress and RJD failed to coordinate with the JMM during the elections, a move...
Shatrughan Sinha’s Praise for Nitish Kumar Stirs Controversy
Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Shatrughan Sinha’s recent remarks praising Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have sparked a debate within his party, raising questions about the alignment of his political views and the implications for TMC’s image. Sinha, a veteran actor-turned-politician, expressed his admiration for Kumar following the latter’s...
