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Clash Erupts as Meerut Mahapanchayat Is Halted Without Permission
Meerut district administration halted a Gurjar Mahapanchayat at Kapsad village after failing to receive official sanction, triggering clashes between community members and police officers. Authorities have lodged a case naming 22 individuals; officials deny that stone pelting occurred. Police say the gathering was called without prior permission to address...
Cong accuses Modi of weakness over US visa, tariff moves
New Delhi — The United States has introduced a $100,000 annual fee for new H-1B visa applications, prompting sharp criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from opposition leaders in India who say he has failed to defend Indian workers and national interests. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi revived an...
Rohini Acharya Signals Rift Within RJD Family
Rohini Acharya, daughter of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, has issued a pointed social-media post expressing her “deep displeasure”, sparking speculation of internal tensions in the RJD as Bihar prepares for its Assembly elections. The post follows an incident in which Sanjay Yadav, a close associate of...
Case Against Rahul Gandhi Over ‘Indian State’ Statement
A court in Lucknow has ordered that a case be formally registered against Rahul Gandhi over his assertion that he and his party are now “fighting … the Indian state itself”. The directive came from the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court on a petition filed by a lawyer claiming...
Zoho Founder Urges H-1B Holders: “Come Back, Do Not Live in Fear”
Zoho founder and former CEO Sridhar Vembu has told Indians on H-1B visas in the United States that they should return to India rather than living in fear, following Washington’s decision to impose a US$100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. He suggested that while rebuilding life after such...
Grand Alliance Insists on CM Face before Bihar Polls
Tejashwi Yadav has declared that the Mahagathbandhan will not enter the upcoming Bihar assembly election without projecting a Chief Ministerial candidate. He criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party, asking, “Are we the BJP that we do not have any faces?” and asserted that his coalition must present someone for the...
Oli Asserts India Blockade Brush-Off in First Speech Post-Ouster
Former Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli broke his silence on Constitution Day, challenging accusations around the Gen Z protests that prompted his resignation and invoking India’s 2015 border blockade as well as his government’s engagement with China. Oli denied ever ordering security forces to shoot demonstrators, saying that...
Congress Counters BJP Criticism Over Pitroda’s “Pakistan Felt Like Home” Comment
New Delhi — Sam Pitroda, chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, has defended his statement that he “felt at home” in Pakistan, saying it was meant to highlight shared history and people-to-people ties rather than ignore terrorism or geopolitical tensions. Pitroda spoke following sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata...
Russia Denounces Western Pressure over India’s Role in Zapad Drills
Moscow has sharply criticised Western governments for seeking to influence India’s involvement in the Zapad military exercises with Belarus, describing European objections as “unfounded” and “deliberately contrived.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said attempts to dissuade New Delhi from participating constituted an effort to dictate terms to sovereign...
Storm over Rahul’s advice to Gen Z
BJP parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday after Gandhi appealed to the nation’s Gen Z to “defend the Constitution” and “stop vote theft”, posting that he would stand with young people who challenge electoral malpractice. Dubey’s post on X turned the outreach into...
Malik Alleges Singh Expressed Gratitude After Meeting Saeed
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik has claimed that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally thanked him after a 2006 meeting with Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, according to an affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court. Malik, who is serving a life sentence in a terror-funding case,...
Rahul Gandhi Alleges CEC Shielding ‘Vote Theft’ in Voter Deletion Case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi intensified his campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, asserting that he is protecting actors responsible for mass deletion of voters from the electoral roll in several states, especially in Karnataka’s Aland constituency. Gandhi declared he had solid proof of systematic manipulation and software-based fraud,...
Veiled Demographic Alarm Rattles Assam Politics
A video generated using artificial intelligence, shared by the Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on social media on 15 September, has become the centre of a political firestorm. Opposition parties allege the clip stokes communal fear by portraying a dystopian future: Assam becoming a Muslim-majority state, opposition...
SC Defers Bail Pleas of Khalid, Imam and Others to 22 September
The Supreme Court has postponed until 22 September the hearing on bail applications by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the Unlawful Activities Act conspiracy case linked to the February 2020 Delhi riots. A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Manmohan issued the adjournment. They...
Pawar Says He Lacks Moral Authority to Ask Modi to Step Down
Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party, has stated he is not in a position to demand Prime Minister Narendra Modi resign for reaching the age of 75. Pawar, who is 85, made the comments while speaking in Kolhapur, asserting that since he himself continues publicly even beyond...
Shah Accuses Congress of Shielding Infiltrators
Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party fully backs the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and accused the Congress Party of deploying its “Voter Adhikar Yatra” in Bihar to protect “infiltrators” and win elections with their support. Addressing a public gathering in...
Abdullah Blames Divine Wrath for Highway Crisis
National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said that the closure of the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway, which has severely affected the apple crop in the Union Territory, is a consequence of divine wrath rather than human negligence or sabotage. He suggested that a...
Handshake Row Forces Delay of Pakistan-UAE Asia Cup Fixture
Dubai hosted drama when Pakistan’s Group A match against the United Arab Emirates was held up by an hour after the Pakistan Cricket Board pressed the ICC over match referee Andy Pycroft’s role in a no-handshake incident involving India. The board contended that Pycroft instructed captains Salman Ali Agha...
