Opposition MPs have intensified criticism of the Constitution Bill as the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the measure moves towards adopting its report, arguing that the proposed law could turn arrest into a political weapon against elected governments. The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 20, 2025 by...
The Centre is likely to seek Parliament’s approval for the Constitution Bill, 2025, during the Monsoon Session after a Joint Parliamentary Committee completes its report, setting the stage for a sharp debate on corruption, federalism and the limits of executive power. The proposed amendment provides for the removal of...
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai and a party delegation were stopped on Tuesday from visiting the Ram temple in Ayodhya, intensifying a political confrontation over allegations that donations made by devotees were siphoned from the temple’s collection system. Rai said police prevented him and other Congress leaders from...
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai alleged on Tuesday that police stopped him in Ayodhya while he was preparing to lead a party delegation to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, intensifying the political confrontation over alleged embezzlement of donations made by devotees. Rai said he was confined at Hotel Padam...
The United States and Iran have agreed to halt military exchanges near the Strait of Hormuz and send representatives to Doha for talks on Tuesday, offering a fragile opening after several days of strikes that threatened to pull the Gulf back into wider conflict. A senior US official said...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its navy and aerospace forces launched missile and drone attacks on US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain on Sunday, sharply escalating a fragile ceasefire process and widening the military confrontation across the Gulf. The IRGC said the operation was a response to...
Ayodhya Police have questioned relatives of all eight arrested accused in the alleged misappropriation of donations and valuables at the Ram Temple as investigators try to track the movement of cash recovered during searches and establish whether the suspected diversion was part of a wider internal breach. The questioning...
New Delhi: Two senior opposition leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to withdraw the Foreign Contribution Amendment Rules, 2026, warning that the new framework would tighten state control over voluntary organisations and weaken independent civil society. Congress general secretary K C Venugopal,...
Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a criminal case against about 40 Army personnel, including a Colonel and a Major, over allegations that troops stormed Atholi Police Station in Kishtwar district, assaulted officers on duty and damaged government property after a dispute involving the seizure of an Army-linked vehicle....
Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a criminal case against about 40 Army personnel, including a Colonel and a Major, over allegations that troops stormed Atholi Police Station in Kishtwar district, assaulted officers on duty and damaged government property after a dispute involving the seizure of an Army-linked vehicle....
Congress has intensified its demand for an independent probe into alleged theft and mismanagement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, turning a sensitive question of religious accountability into a wider political confrontation over transparency, faith and control of temple institutions. The party has argued that an inquiry...
The Home Ministry has notified new FCRA rules requiring organisations receiving foreign contributions to spell out their approved purpose, area of operation and donor details, marking a sharper compliance regime for NGOs, trusts, societies and other associations dependent on overseas funding. The Foreign Contribution Amendment Rules, 2026, issued on...
A Supreme Court petition has sought the registration of an FIR and a court-monitored CBI-led probe into allegations of embezzlement and financial irregularities involving funds linked to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, pushing a politically sensitive controversy into the country’s highest court. The plea, filed on Monday by practising...
US President Donald Trump’s warning to Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz injected fresh volatility into a fragile diplomatic track on Monday as officials from the United States and Iran met in Switzerland for talks aimed at preventing a wider Middle East conflict. The first round of discussions at...
Allegations of missing offerings at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya have opened a politically sensitive confrontation in Uttar Pradesh, with a three-member Special Investigation Team examining whether devotees’ cash, jewellery and other valuables were properly recorded, secured and deposited. The inquiry has placed the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra...
Six Lok Sabha MPs from the Shiv Sena are poised to turn an internal revolt into an open political rupture on Sunday, deepening the crisis facing Uddhav Thackeray’s party four years after the first split led by Eknath Shinde. The dissident MPs are expected to address a press conference,...
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has escalated his attack on Uddhav Thackeray, using the Shiv Sena’s foundation day platform to signal that the turmoil inside the rival camp may deepen as speculation grows over a possible fresh round of defections by lawmakers aligned with Shiv Sena. Speaking at...
The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the Centre’s temporary restriction on Telegram ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination, accepting the government’s argument that an emergency intervention was needed to protect the integrity of one of the country’s largest entrance tests. Justice Tejas Karia ruled that the measures adopted were...