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CBI arrests ex-judge in Twisha case
CBI officers arrested Giribala Singh, a retired judge and mother-in-law of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma, in Bhopal on Thursday, sharply escalating the investigation into the young woman’s death at her matrimonial home on May 12. Singh, who has also served as president of a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in...
Vijay’s Delhi optics test coalition balance
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi but left without a public meeting with Rahul Gandhi, turning his first official visit to the capital after taking office into a closely watched signal of his early governing priorities and coalition management. The...
Exam scrutiny widens as panel summons officials
Senior officials from the Union Education Ministry, the National Testing Agency and the Central Bureau of Investigation have been called before a parliamentary panel as scrutiny intensifies over the integrity of national entrance examinations and the handling of paper-leak investigations. The Committee on Government Assurances is scheduled to hear...
Court tightens Tamil Nadu cow slaughter ban
Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that no cow or calf is slaughtered on the eve of Bakrid or on any other day, placing enforcement responsibility squarely on the state administration ahead of the festival. A division bench of Justice G R Swaminathan and...
Bengal accelerates border land transfer
West Bengal has handed over 142.79 acres of land to the Border Security Force for new border outposts and barbed-wire fencing along the India-Bangladesh border, marking one of the first major security moves by the BJP-led government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. The transfer forms part of the state...
BJP sharpens attack over Digvijaya remark
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders intensified their attack on Digvijaya Singh and the Congress after the veteran leader described majoritarian communalism as more dangerous than minority communalism, turning the controversy into a wider political confrontation over secularism, minority politics and electoral legitimacy. The remarks, made at a Congress event marking...
Kakoli exit deepens Trinamool turmoil
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar’s resignation from all organisational posts in the Trinamool Congress has exposed widening strains inside the party weeks after its loss of power in West Bengal, turning a senior MP’s dissent into a test of Mamata Banerjee’s authority over a shaken political organisation. Ghosh Dastidar, the Lok...
Iran says US base hit after Bandar Abbas strike
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a US air base early Thursday after American forces carried out an attack near Bandar Abbas airport, raising pressure on a fragile ceasefire around the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said the base used to launch the operation against Iran’s southern...
Mumbai weighs Bakri Eid sacrifice curbs
Mumbai’s civic and police authorities are facing pressure from Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to stop goat sacrifices inside housing societies, residential complexes and chawls during Bakri Eid, as Maharashtra police units tighten preventive measures in several cities to avert communal tension and public disorder. The demand has been led...
Karnataka Congress braces for power shift
Karnataka’s Congress government is facing its most consequential leadership test since returning to office in May 2023, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expected to hold consultations with legislators on Thursday amid strong indications that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar could be positioned for the top post. The political churn...
Mira Road goat row sparks unrest
Tensions at a housing society in Mira Road, near Mumbai, escalated into a communal flashpoint after residents objected to a temporary shed and sacrificial goats kept inside the premises ahead of Bakrid, prompting heavy police deployment and the shifting of the animals to an alternative location. The dispute broke...
Kerala ED searches deepen CMRL payments probe
Enforcement Directorate teams searched about 10 locations across Kerala on Wednesday as the money-laundering probe into Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited’s alleged payments to Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd moved into a more intensive phase. The searches covered premises linked to CMRL, Exalogic Solutions and individuals connected with the disputed...
Border queues test Bengal migration crackdown
Hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals without valid stay documents have gathered near the Hakimpur border point in North 24 Parganas, seeking to cross back into Bangladesh after West Bengal’s new BJP government moved to intensify action against illegal infiltration. The movement at the Bithari-Hakimpur crossing, about 90km from Kolkata, has...
FIR against Mamata stirs Bengal row
Siliguri police have registered a case against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee after a lawyer accused the former West Bengal chief minister of hurting Hindu religious sentiments through remarks allegedly made in connection with Sanatan Dharma. The complaint, filed by advocate Rinki Chatterjee Singh at the Siliguri Cyber Police...
Civic resignations deepen TMC leadership crisis
Mass resignations across Trinamool Congress-controlled municipalities have thrown civic administration into turmoil and sharpened questions over the party’s organisational grip after its heavy defeat in West Bengal’s Assembly election. North Barrackpore and Diamond Harbour, two areas long viewed as important TMC strongholds, have emerged as flashpoints in a wider...
Doha talks face new military strain
Washington’s strikes on targets in southern Iran and Israel’s pledge to intensify operations against Hizbollah have injected fresh uncertainty into delicate Doha negotiations aimed at extending a fragile ceasefire and easing the wider West Asia conflict.US forces struck Iranian military assets near the Strait of Hormuz after identifying what...
Bhojshala prayers deepen Dhar tensions
Dhar remained under tight security after religious slogans, rival claims and a High Court ruling declaring the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex a temple sharpened communal sensitivities around the protected monument. Hindu groups held large-scale prayers at the site after the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s May 15 order, while sections of...
Court declines urgent CJP probe plea
Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing on Monday for a petition seeking a probe into the Cockroach Janta Party, a satirical digital movement whose rapid rise among young social media users has turned a courtroom remark into a wider debate on free expression, youth discontent and institutional criticism. Chief...
