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Mamata sharpens attack after Bengal rout
Mamata Banerjee has sought to rally Trinamool Congress legislators after the party’s heavy West Bengal election defeat, telling them that the BJP-led Central government would be “removed from power” in Delhi in the days ahead. Her remarks at a closed-door meeting at her Kalighat residence marked one of her...
Bhojshala prayers draw heavy turnout
Devotees gathered in large numbers at the Bhojshala complex in Dhar to offer prayers to Goddess Saraswati after the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling changed the legal and administrative position around worship at the contested monument. The prayers, held under tightened security arrangements, marked the first major public mobilisation...
Hormuz cable threat widens Tehran pressure
Iran’s warning that it could impose fees on submarine internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz has opened a new front in the contest over one of the world’s most sensitive corridors, extending Tehran’s pressure tactics from energy shipping to digital infrastructure. The proposal, promoted by state-linked outlets...
Road prayers face tougher curbs
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned that namaz will not be permitted on public roads, saying religious observances must be confined to designated places of worship and organised in shifts where space is limited. Speaking ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, Adityanath said roads were meant for public movement and...
Bengal rewrites welfare and quota rules
Bengal’s Suvendu Adhikari-led government has moved to end state assistance linked to religious categorisation from June and overhaul the Other Backward Classes reservation framework, marking one of the sharpest policy shifts since the change of power in Kolkata. The decisions were cleared at the state cabinet meeting chaired by...
Court weighs faith in Ganga case
Allahabad High Court has granted bail to five men accused of throwing non-vegetarian food leftovers into the Ganga during an iftar gathering on a boat in Varanasi, while observing that such an act could hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community. Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla passed the order...
Dehradun curbs follow factory wage unrest
Dehradun authorities imposed prohibitory orders across the Selaqui and SIDCUL industrial areas on Sunday after a labour protest over wages and overtime payments escalated into violence, prompting police action, arrests and tighter surveillance across one of Uttarakhand’s key manufacturing belts. Additional District Magistrate Krishna Kumar Mishra issued the order...
Gandhi sharpens Adani trade charge
Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of placing Gautam Adani’s legal troubles in the United States ahead of India’s trade interests, escalating a political confrontation over the interim trade framework with Washington and the expected winding down of US enforcement action against the billionaire-led group. Gandhi, Leader...
Barakah generator fire tests nuclear security protocols
Abu Dhabi authorities contained a fire at an external electrical generator near the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday after a drone strike hit the site in the Al Dhafra Region, with officials reporting no injuries and no impact on radiological safety levels. The incident occurred outside the plant’s...
Muslim forums press Congress on promises
Bengaluru’s Muslim organisations have accused Karnataka’s Congress government of practising “soft Hindutva”, warning that unfulfilled pledges on reservation, hijab, hate speech and political representation have deepened discontent among a core support base that backed the party in the 2023 Assembly election. A convention held at Town Hall in Bengaluru...
FIR deepens Bengal poll confrontation
Police have registered a First Information Report against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee over alleged provocative campaign speeches, intensifying West Bengal’s post-election confrontation after a bruising Assembly contest that ended the party’s long hold on power. The case was lodged at Bidhannagar North Cyber Crime Police Station after a...
Trump weighs Iran strike option
Washington is preparing for a pivotal decision by President Donald Trump on Iran as aides draw up military options that could revive air strikes if diplomacy fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and contain Tehran’s nuclear advances. The deliberations follow Trump’s return from a three-day visit to Beijing,...
Chabahar push tests sanctions diplomacy
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged New Delhi to stay invested in Chabahar Port, framing the project as a strategic anchor of India-Iran ties at a time when US sanctions have slowed work and raised fresh uncertainty around long-term financing. Speaking in New Delhi after attending the BRICS...
Dhar prayers deepen Bhojshala verdict faultline
Muslim worshippers offered Friday namaz at the Bhojshala–Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar hours before a decisive Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling altered the legal status of one of the state’s most sensitive religious disputes. The Indore bench declared the protected monument a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi Saraswati...
CJI remarks stir activist backlash
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s comparison of some unemployed youngsters to “cockroaches” during a Supreme Court hearing on May 15 has triggered sharp debate over judicial language, professional ethics and the place of media, social media and RTI activism in public accountability. The remarks were made by a...
Court scrutiny sharpens over Rahul asset claims
Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to verify a complaint alleging that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi holds assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, setting July 20 as the next date for the agencies to apprise the court...
Fuel hike sharpens Congress attack
Petrol and diesel prices rose by ₹3 a litre across the country on Friday, setting off a sharp political attack from the Congress, which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of burdening households immediately after Assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory. Congress linked the increase to the...
Bench shift deepens excise case tensions
Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has transferred the excise policy matter involving Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other Aam Aadmi Party leaders to another bench after initiating criminal contempt proceedings over allegedly defamatory and vilifying online content directed at the court. Justice Sharma clarified that she...
