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Naxal Surrender in Chhattisgarh Signals Shift in Anti-Extremism Efforts
A significant development in the ongoing battle against left-wing extremism in India occurred today in Chhattisgarh, where 208 Naxalites formally surrendered to the authorities. As part of the government’s continued initiative to rehabilitate former insurgents, the group returned 153 weapons, marking a notable victory for the state’s anti-Naxal operations....
Kishor Forecasts Massive Defeat for NDA, Rules Out Nitish Return
Prashant Kishor, political strategist and founder of Jan Suraaj, has declared with certainty that the National Democratic Alliance will suffer a “catastrophic loss” in Bihar, and that Nitish Kumar will not return as chief minister. Kishor also announced he will not contest the forthcoming state elections, citing a need...
Shah Declines to Promise Nitish’s Return as Chief Minister
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated Thursday that the question of whether Nitish Kumar will remain Bihar’s Chief Minister brings no unilateral answer. He affirmed that the National Democratic Alliance is contesting the forthcoming assembly polls under Kumar’s leadership, but insisted that the final decision on who leads the...
Speech Must Not Violate Dignity, Supreme Court Warns
The Supreme Court declared that the constitutional right to speech and expression cannot come at the expense of others’ integrity and dignity, calling unregulated social media behaviour a “money-spinning venture”. A bench led by Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi made these remarks amid deliberations around contempt proceedings against...
Gandhi and Kharge Push to Defuse Bihar Seat-Sharing Crisis
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge made direct outreach to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday, pressing to break a deadlock over seat sharing in Bihar’s Mahagathbandhan alliance as nomination deadlines loom. The alliance between the Indian National Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal remains unsettled, with...
Top Punjab DIG held in sweeping graft probe
A Central Bureau of Investigation team arrested Harcharan Singh Bhullar, Deputy Inspector General of Punjab’s Ropar Range, from his Mohali office on Thursday over allegations of bribery. The agency claims a middleman was used to demand an initial payment of ₹8 lakh and recurring “sewa-paani” from a scrap dealer,...
Cong CEC Seeks Clarity on Bihar Tickets As Alliances Strain
Top Congress leaders convened in New Delhi to deliberate on candidate selection for the Bihar Assembly elections, placing special focus on “quality” seats even as edges of tension emerge with key allies over seat distribution. The meeting of the Central Election Committee was chaired by Mallikarjun Kharge, with K...
Court Accuses UP of Enabling Cow-Vigilante Lawlessness
The Allahabad High Court has sharply reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh government for its failure to rein in mob violence under the garb of “cow protection”, warning that unchecked vigilantism poses a grave threat to the rule of law. A bench led by Justices Abdul Moin and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary...
Court Clears Path for Wangchuk to Share Notes
The Union government told the Supreme Court that it had no objection to activist Sonam Wangchuk passing the notes he drafted during detention to his wife, Gitanjali Angmo. The bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N. V. Anjaria accepted this position and agreed to adjourn the matter to October...
JD Triggers Alliance Rift by Claiming LJP Seats
The Janata Dal unveiled a list of 57 candidates for the forthcoming Bihar assembly polls, including names for five constituencies that were understood to be allotted to Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party. This move has sparked unease within the ruling NDA coalition and raised questions about the durability of...
Congress Names 16 for Bihar Polls Amid Seat-Sharing Deadlock
The Congress on Wednesday night announced the names of 16 candidates for the forthcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections scheduled for November 6 and 11, even though its seat-sharing arrangements with Mahagathbandhan allies remain unresolved. The party’s Central Election Committee, meeting in Delhi, sealed the first list of 16 names...
Youth Voices Clash Over Congress Picks Ahead of Bihar Polls
Tensions have erupted within the Congress as a cohort of younger leaders voiced strong objections to the party’s candidate selection for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, accusing the central leadership of favouring “sons of leaders” and sidelining grassroots youth representation. Protests outside the party headquarters and public condemnations have...
Cop in Rohtak Dies, Alleges Corruption by Slain ADGP
A body identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kumar was discovered in a makeshift room near a field in Ladhot village, Rohtak, following what police say was a self-inflicted gunshot. The officer, part of the Rohtak cyber cell, left a lengthy note and video accusing the now-deceased senior police officer,...
Kejriwal Bail Challenge: HC Grants ED Final Hearing Window
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted the Enforcement Directorate one last opportunity to present its case against cancelling bail granted to Arvind Kejriwal in a money-laundering probe tied to the scrapped 2021–22 Delhi excise policy. The bench led by Justice Ravinder Dudeja fixed the hearing for 10 November,...
Doctor Admits Earning 10 % Kickback in Coldrif Probe
Madhya Pradesh police told a district court that the arrested paediatrician, Dr Praveen Soni, has confessed under interrogation to receiving a 10 % commission from Sresan Pharmaceuticals for prescribing the Coldrif cough syrup linked to child fatalities. The prosecution argued his admission forms a vital piece of evidence in...
Kharge Claims Threats After Demanding RSS Restriction on Public Property
Karnataka’s Rural Development and IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge has declared that he and his family have been the target of multiple threatening and abusive phone calls, following his call to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to bar RSS activities on state-owned public spaces. Kharge stated that his phone “hasn’t stopped ringing”...
Cleric Assaulted Amid Encroachment Probe in Lucknow
Maulana Kalbe Jawad was attacked in Lucknow’s Abbas Bagh while he was inspecting allegations of illegal construction on Waqf land at the Karbala site, claiming the assailants acted in collusion with law enforcement. The incident unfolded around 6pm in the Thakurganj area when Jawad, accompanied by supporters and lawyers,...
Bihar BJP Absorbs Two INDIA Bloc Legislators Ahead of Polls
Two MLAs from the INDIA bloc have joined the BJP in Bihar, altering the dynamics of the state’s election battlefield. Sangita Kumari, who resigned her Mohania seat won on an RJD ticket, and Siddharth Saurav, a two-term Congress MLA from Bikram, were officially inducted into the party by state...
