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Delhi court clears Kejriwal and Sisodia in excise policy cases
A court in Delhi has discharged former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his one-time deputy Manish Sisodia in legal proceedings linked to the capital’s controversial excise policy, ruling there was insufficient evidence to frame criminal charges in matters concerning compliance with enforcement agency summons. The decision marks a significant...
Pakistan bombs Kabul and Kandahar after cross-border clash
Pakistan’s armed forces have launched airstrikes on major Afghan cities including Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, after Kabul’s Taliban-led administration said it had struck Pakistani positions along the disputed Durand Line, marking a significant escalation in hostilities that threatens to unravel months of fragile stability along the frontier. Pakistan’s Ministry...
Top court rebukes NCERT over graft chapter
Supreme Court of India has delivered a sharp rebuke to the National Council of Educational Research and Training over a Class 8 social science textbook that carried a chapter alleging corruption within the higher judiciary, signalling that a simple apology and withdrawal may not settle concerns about accountability and...
Supreme Court halts money laundering trial against Soren
Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the criminal trial in a money laundering case against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, issuing notice to the Enforcement Directorate on his plea seeking to quash the proceedings. A Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M...
El Mencho killed as Mexico braces
Mexico’s government says security forces have killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the fugitive leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, triggering coordinated reprisals across multiple states as armed groups torched vehicles, blocked highways and attacked security personnel in an apparent show of strength. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s office confirmed...
Katyal challenges Trump’s tariff authority as legal clash intensifies
Veteran constitutional lawyer Neal Katyal has sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s authority to impose a 15 per cent global tariff without explicit legislative backing, as the White House pushes ahead with controversial trade measures amid deep legal and political fault-lines. Katyal’s comments come as Mr Trump declared the higher...
Complaints mount against CEC in Bengal
Multiple complaints have been registered against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in South 24 Parganas district, as political tensions escalate ahead of assembly elections in West Bengal. Police confirmed that petitions were lodged on Friday alleging harassment of residents during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in...
Top court sends judges to monitor Bengal voter roll overhaul
Supreme Court has directed the deployment of judicial officers to oversee claims and objections arising from the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal, marking an unusual intervention in the management of voter lists. The Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, alongside Justices Joymalya...
Top court questions states on freebies
Supreme Court of India has raised sharp concerns over what it described as fiscally imprudent “freebie” schemes announced by state governments, questioning their timing and long-term impact on public finances while hearing a case linked to electricity subsidies. During proceedings focused on the financial health of power distribution companies,...
Bill Gates pulls out of AI Impact Summit keynote
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has withdrawn from delivering the keynote address at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, a decision that has intensified debate over his participation amid scrutiny linked to the release of files connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Organisers confirmed that Gates will not...
Congress overseas tour deepens Karnataka power struggle
Twenty-two Congress legislators from Karnataka are set to depart for Australia and New Zealand early Wednesday, defying reported signals from the party leadership to defer the trip, in a development that has sharpened an already fraught contest between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar. The tour, initially...
Top court declines plea for probe against Sarma
Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a clutch of petitions seeking criminal action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over alleged discriminatory remarks and a viral video that purportedly showed him firing a rifle in the direction of members of a particular community. A bench of the...
Aiyar’s candid critique rattles Congress ranks
Senior Congress figure Mani Shankar Aiyar has ignited a political storm after openly criticising key leaders within his own party and questioning its electoral prospects in Kerala, exposing strains at a time when the organisation is seeking to project unity. During an interview with NDTV, the former Union Minister...
No-confidence vote against Speaker set for March 9
Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has said the debate and vote on a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be taken up on 9 March, when the second part of the Budget session of Parliament begins. The announcement sets the stage for a charged sitting...
Bangladesh shifts course as Yunus prepares exit
Muhammad Yunus is preparing to hand over power after parliamentary elections on 12 February delivered a clear victory to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, setting the stage for a significant political transition in Dhaka and prompting close scrutiny from regional capitals. Preliminary and party tallies indicate the BNP secured a...
Modi leads first highway landing at Assam emergency airstrip
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a landmark landing at the North East’s first Emergency Landing Facility in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Saturday, touching down aboard an Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft on a reinforced section of the National Highway-37 Moran Bypass as part of a high-profile visit that also...
Muslim board challenges Vande Mataram mandate
All India Muslim Personal Law Board has objected to a central government notification directing that all six stanzas of Vande Mataram be recited at official functions and in schools before the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana, calling the move unconstitutional and an infringement of religious freedom. The board said...
Congress overseas tour revives resort politics debate
Memories of high-stakes political manoeuvring have resurfaced in Karnataka after a group of Congress legislators sought permission to travel to Australia and New Zealand for what is described as a study tour on dairy productivity, prompting questions over timing, intent and the stability of the ruling party’s internal equations....
