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Gandhi’s Text to Shivakumar Fuels Karnataka Power Speculation
Support within the Congress party in Karnataka has come under the spotlight after Rahul Gandhi sent a brief WhatsApp reply to DK Shivakumar, telling him “Please wait, I will call you” — a message that reached Shivakumar after almost a week of persistent contact from the Deputy Chief Minister’s...
Karnataka Congress Faces Escalating Power Struggle
A fierce contest for the top post in Karnataka’s ruling party is intensifying as a gathering of legislators backing Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar have travelled to New Delhi to press their claim, following spiritual endorsements from a group of Naga sadhus. Meanwhile, a contrasting campaign has emerged pushing...
Backlog Surge Signals Structural Strain on Judiciary
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has drawn attention to the staggering backlog of more than 5.4 crore pending cases across district courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court, describing it as a symptom of deeper structural bottlenecks in the justice system. He declined to elaborate on his efforts...
Controversy Over Vaishno Devi Medical College Admissions
A political uproar has engulfed Jammu and Kashmir following the admission process at the newly formed Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence in Katra, where 42 out of the 50 MBBS seats in the first batch have been awarded to Muslim candidates. The Bharatiya Janata Party, along...
Punjab BJP Fires Back Over Chandigarh Bill Claim
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...
Swadeshi Turn in Supreme Court Reference Judgment
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...
Privileges Panel Takes Aim at Ramesh Remarks
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...
Absence of LoP Triggers BJP Attack on Rahul
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...
DPAP’s Collapse Puts Azad’s Political Future in Question
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...
Congress’ Bihar Collapse Undermines UP Alliance Prospects
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...
Centre’s Bill Triggers Punjab Warning Over ‘Playing With Fire’
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...
Dispute Erupts Over Madani’s Discrimination Allegations
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...
Capital Claim Sparks Punjab BJP Break
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...
Sindh Leader Endorses Defence Minister’s Return Remark
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...
Weaponisation of Caste Raises Alarm in Judiciary
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...
Kharge Charges BJP Over BLO Suicides Amid SIR Drive
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...
Kishor Pledges Vast Personal Wealth to Party Mission
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...
Shrine-Funded Medical College Seats Ignite Communal Row
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...
