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Top court flags troubling end-of-tenure rulings
A Supreme Court bench led by Justice Surya Kant on Wednesday delivered an unusually blunt warning about alleged corruption within the judiciary, drawing attention to what it described as a discernible pattern of judges issuing a spate of orders for extraneous considerations shortly before retirement. The observation, made during...
Chavan’s Operation Sindoor remarks spark political backlash
A political row unfolded on Tuesday after senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said the country was “completely defeated” on the first day of Operation Sindoor, raising questions about how the military action was conducted and prompting an immediate counterattack from the Bharatiya Janata Party....
India rebuts Pakistan at UN council debate
India delivered a sharp response to Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council open debate on “Leadership for Peace”, rejecting Islamabad’s assertions on Jammu and Kashmir as “unwarranted” and reaffirming that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, along with Ladakh, is an integral and inalienable part of India....
Smog paralyses Delhi-NCR as air turns hazardous
A dense blanket of smog engulfed Delhi-NCR on Monday morning, sharply reducing visibility across large swathes of the National Capital Region and pushing air quality towards hazardous levels, disrupting daily life for millions of residents. Several neighbourhoods across central, south and east Delhi reported near-zero visibility during early hours,...
CTA Apparels welcomes momentum in India–EU trade talks
Indian garment exporter CTA Apparels has welcomed accelerating progress in negotiations between the Government of India and the European Union on a long-pending free trade agreement, describing the talks as a turning point for apparel exporters facing shifting global demand and tighter trade regimes. Union Commerce and Industry Minister...
Delhi talks push forward India US trade deal
Delhi hosted two days of closed-door trade negotiations between New Delhi and Washington that ended on Thursday, with both sides reporting progress in efforts to shape a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement aimed at easing frictions and expanding market access. Officials described the discussions as constructive, even as several sensitive...
Top court limits role in voter roll revision
Supreme Court has underlined the narrow scope for judicial intervention in the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls, signalling deference to the poll authority’s decision to undertake an exercise that has not been carried out for two decades. The observation came as a Bench led by Chief...
Modi-Shah-Gandhi meeting yields dissent over key appointments
A nearly 90-minute closed-door session in New Delhi on Wednesday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi to finalise appointments to the Central Information Commission concluded with a formal note of dissent from Gandhi. The meeting, convened...
US presses ahead as India offers ‘strongest proposals yet’
Washington has indicated that discussions with New Delhi on a bilateral trade framework are advancing, with remarks from Jamieson Greer, the US Trade Representative, describing India’s agricultural proposals as “the best we’ve ever received as a country.” This fresh tone comes as US officials seek to secure expanded access...
Delhi High Court bars demolitions at Ajmer Sharif Dargah
The Delhi High Court has prohibited the Centre from demolishing or dismantling any structures in or around the Ajmer Sharif Dargah until those affected are granted a proper hearing. A bench led by Delhi High Court judge Sachin Datta was hearing a petition from Syed Meharaj Miya, a hereditary...
Babri-style mosque ceremony stokes Bengal tensions
A large-scale foundation-stone ceremony for a mosque styled on the demolished Babri Masjid was held in Murshidabad district on Saturday, causing a 12-kilometre stretch of National Highway 12 between Rejinagar and Beldanga to be shut down for three hours. Thousands of people carried bricks and stone chips to the...
Bill seeks to drop ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ from Preamble
A Private Member’s Bill introduced in the upper house of Parliament aims to excise the words “secular” and “socialist” from the Preamble of the Constitution. The motion was presented by a senior member of the ruling party, who contends that the two terms were inserted in an “undemocratic” manner...
Rule 267 cannot be used to hijack Rajya Sabha agenda: chairman
The chairman of the upper house, C. P. Radhakrishnan, has clarified that any notice under Rule 267 must strictly pertain to items listed in the day’s agenda, and cannot be used to force debates on unrelated issues. His statement comes amid a surge in attempts by opposition MPs to...
Passenger turmoil grows as IndiGo axes hundreds of flights
Passenger queues stretched across major airports as IndiGo faced a surge of flight cancellations that reached roughly 500 services in a single day, creating widespread disruption for travellers and raising pressing questions over the airline’s operational resilience. The carrier acknowledged the scale of the cancellations and attributed the turbulence...
Former privacy judges question government’s Sanchar Saathi mandate decision
The government’s decision to withdraw its order requiring all smartphones sold in India to come pre-installed with Sanchar Saathi has drawn sharp criticism from former judges of the Supreme Court of India who had cemented privacy as a fundamental right. These jurists warn that the original mandate — even...
Russia Declines to Meddle in India–US Oil Pressure
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov affirmed that Moscow will not intervene in relations between New Delhi and Washington DC when asked about mounting US pressure on New Delhi to curb purchases of Russian crude. He acknowledged awareness of the external push but stressed Russia’s respect for New Delhi’s sovereign foreign-policy...
JPC Schedules CEC Hearing on One-Nation Election Plan
The joint parliamentary committee reviewing the proposal for simultaneous national and state elections in India has summoned Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to appear before it on 4 December. The hearing will be a pivotal moment for the One Nation, One Election Bill, as the Joint Parliamentary Committee weighs...
India Clears Pakistan Aid Flight Over Sri Lanka Airspace
New Delhi authorised a Pakistani relief aircraft to fly over Indian airspace en route to Sri Lanka, dismissing claims that it denied access to the flight carrying humanitarian aid for cyclone-stricken areas. Officials reported the overflight request was filed around 1300 IST on 1 December and clearance was granted...
