Ayodhya-based religious leader Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya has triggered widespread condemnation after announcing a ₹5-crore reward for anyone who kills actor Aamir Khan and offering to fund the attacker’s legal defence. Paramhans Acharya, the head of Tapasvi Chhawani, made the threat while endorsing Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane’s allegations over Khan’s...
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government of turning Uttar Pradesh into a “BIMARU” state through administrative incompetence, corruption and the poor execution of major infrastructure projects. Yadav said expressways built at a cost of thousands of crores of rupees had developed structural problems...
The Election Commission has told a parliamentary panel it can conduct simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections if it receives six months’ notice, marking a significant operational endorsement of the proposed “One Nation One Election” framework. PP Chaudhary, chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the legislation, disclosed...
Sonam Wangchuk’s indefinite hunger strike entered its nineteenth day at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Thursday, intensifying pressure on the government as students, political leaders, entertainers and civil society groups rallied behind demands for accountability over alleged examination irregularities. The Cockroach Janta Party, which is leading the agitation, called...
Ayodhya police have recovered documents from the rented residence of Ramashankar Mishra, one of eight people arrested in the alleged embezzlement of donations made to the Ram temple, as investigators intensify efforts to reconstruct how offerings were diverted. Mishra was taken to the house on Wednesday, July 15, during...
Bulldozers demolished a mosque and an Eidgah in Sambhal district after revenue authorities declared that the structures occupied government graveyard land. The operation began on Tuesday afternoon in Madhan village, within the Asmoli police station area. The 25-foot minaret of the Eidgah was brought down first before machinery moved...
The Supreme Court has directed the Madhya Pradesh government to provide Muslims with a separate open space adjoining the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar for Friday prayers while it examines challenges to a High Court ruling that barred namaz inside the protected monument. A bench led by...
Public resistance to E20 petrol has intensified, with a nationwide opinion poll showing that more than half of respondents are unwilling to use the fuel because of concerns over mileage, vehicle compatibility and possible engine damage. The C-Voter snap poll found that 55.1 per cent of respondents would prefer...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday that it had struck a fuel logistics facility at Mina Abdullah in Kuwait, as Kuwaiti air defences responded to multiple hostile drones entering the country’s airspace. The claimed attack marked another escalation in Iran’s campaign against sites linked to the United...
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has rejected allegations that his support for ethanol-blended fuel is linked to his family’s business interests, describing the claims as politically motivated and asserting that he receives no financial benefit from the policy. Gadkari said ethanol forms only a small part...
Yoga guru Ramdev’s assertion that Muslims and Christians need not fear a “Hindu Rashtra” has triggered objections from opposition leaders and Muslim clerics, reopening a contentious debate over religion, national identity and constitutional secularism. Ramdev said followers of different religions shared common ancestry and argued that the concept of...
Fresh strains have emerged between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party after Congress MP Imran Masood questioned the SP’s approach to alliance politics and accused it of sidelining Muslim leaders ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Masood’s remarks drew a sharp response from Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Rai,...
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been placed under house arrest after security authorities uncovered his alleged involvement in an Israeli operation aimed at reshaping Iran’s leadership, a report based on American and Iranian officials has claimed. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is believed to be holding Ahmadinejad at...
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has rejected financial claims circulating about a company headed by his son Nikhil Gadkari, warning that anyone repeating what he called false revenue and profit figures could face defamation proceedings. Gadkari said during an interview on Monday that the numbers...
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has backed the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest over alleged examination irregularities and urged opposition leaders to join the campaign as concern mounts over activist Sonam Wangchuk’s deteriorating health. Thackeray extended his support on Monday to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and Wangchuk, who is staging...
India has condemned an Iranian attack on the Cyprus-flagged cargo vessel GFS Galaxy off Oman that left one crew member missing, calling for restraint and renewed dialogue as military tensions threaten commercial shipping across the Gulf. The container ship was carrying 11 crew members, all of them nationals of...
A Joint Parliamentary Committee has recommended suspending the Prime Minister, chief ministers and other ministers who remain in custody for 30 consecutive days, replacing a proposed provision that would have forced them to leave office automatically. The recommendation marks a major change to the Constitution Bill, 2025, which seeks...
The Bharatiya Janata Party is poised to move within six seats of an outright Rajya Sabha majority, strengthening the ruling coalition’s control over parliamentary business ahead of the Monsoon Session. The BJP’s strength in the 245-member Upper House could rise to about 117 after three by-elections in West Bengal...