The Cockroach Janta Party has moved from online satire to street mobilisation, drawing attention from students, activists and political rivals while its founder Abhijeet Dipke insists the outfit is not preparing for elections. Dipke has projected the CJP as a citizens’ platform focused on education reform, exam integrity, unemployment...
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has demanded a nationwide “social boycott” of those accused of stealing donations from the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, escalating a politically charged row that has drawn the temple trust, Uttar Pradesh Police, local lawyers and opposition parties into a widening dispute over accountability. Kejriwal’s...
Tehran said an expert team would travel to Doha this week to discuss implementation of a memorandum of understanding signed with Washington, while rejecting US claims that direct talks between the two sides had been scheduled in Qatar. The announcement sharpened confusion over the next stage of diplomacy after...
Police in Telangana’s Nizamabad district have registered a case against a private school’s management and a teacher after parents alleged that Urdu and namaz were being taught to pupils without approval and outside the prescribed syllabus. The case, centred on a school campus at Perkit village in Armoor mandal,...
Police scrutiny of the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has widened to the assets and financial transactions of Anukalp Mishra, a 22-year-old cash-counting staffer suspected of playing a central role in the diversion of devotees’ offerings. Investigators are examining how Mishra, who was drawing...
Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal sharpened the opposition attack on the BJP on Monday, using a rhyming political jibe to link the ruling party with allegations of donation theft at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and urging voters to remove it from power. The Independent MP wrote on X...
Congress has signalled a tougher opening position for future seat-sharing talks with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, with newly appointed state in-charge Rajendra Pal Gautam saying the party deserves an equal share in any INDIA bloc arrangement for the 2027 Assembly election. The remarks have sharpened early bargaining...
The Vishva Hindu Parishad has rejected Akhilesh Yadav’s pledge to develop Ayodhya as “Siyaram Dham” if the Samajwadi Party returns to power, opening a sharper political confrontation over the temple town amid a widening inquiry into alleged irregularities in Ram temple donations. VHP international president Alok Kumar said on...
Mumbai Police have arrested a 39-year-old Pune resident accused of distributing capsules laced with rodenticide during a Muharram procession in Byculla, after several participants reported illness and investigators recovered thousands of suspected toxic pills. The accused, identified as Fayyaz Premji, allegedly told investigators that he wanted to kill at...
Ayodhya police searched the homes of eight accused in the Ram Temple donation fund theft case on Sunday, widening a probe that has put temple finances, trust oversight and local legal representation under sharp scrutiny. The accused, all in judicial custody, are due to be produced before a local...
Rahul Gandhi has asked Congress functionaries to turn the “Chhatron Ki Goonj” campaign of the Indian Youth Congress and the NSUI into a countrywide movement, sharpening the party’s push on examination failures, paper leaks, rising education costs and youth unemployment. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha wrote...
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has accused the BJP of using the defection of six Lok Sabha MPs from his party to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena as a manoeuvre not only against his faction but also to limit Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s room for political expansion. Thackeray,...
Mumbai police have arrested a 39-year-old Pune resident after he was allegedly caught distributing poison-laced capsules to participants in a Muharram procession in Byculla, triggering a wider investigation into whether the act was planned as a mass poisoning attempt. The accused, identified as Faiyaz Nisar Hussain Premji, was detained...
New Delhi, Saturday — The Bharatiya Janata Party accused the Congress of using the Gaza war to pursue domestic electoral politics after Sonia Gandhi criticised the Centre’s handling of Israel, Palestine and the direction of India’s foreign policy. The exchange followed an article by the Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson...
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Jyoti Waghmare has moved the National Commission for Women against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, accusing him of using abusive language, obscene expressions and public insults against women representatives. The complaint, sent to the commission’s office in New Delhi, seeks intervention against Raut and...
New Delhi has opened an anti-dumping investigation into hot-rolled flat steel imports from China, Japan and Russia after major domestic producers alleged that low-priced shipments were harming local industry and distorting market conditions. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies, which functions under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, initiated...
Pune rural police are examining conflicting claims by two arrested suspects in the killing of Gahunje-based realtor Ketan Vishal Agarwal, after his fiancée Siya Goyal and her alleged partner Chetan Chaudhary accused each other of planning the crime during custodial interrogation. Agarwal, 26, died on June 18 after falling...
A 25-year-old Hindu man was taken into police custody in Bangladesh’s Sunamganj district after accusations that he posted comments on Facebook deemed offensive to Islam and Prophet Muhammad, triggering protests, market unrest and allegations of mob vandalism. The incident unfolded on 23 June in Tahirpur upazila, where residents gathered...