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Victory at Half-Term Tests Karnataka Congress Unity
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...
Congress Faces Female Wing Revolt in Bihar
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...
Nitish Kumar’s Cabinet Shake-Up Raises Questions Over JD Strategy
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...
Blast probe exposes Turkey-linked terror meet in Delhi case
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...
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,...
