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Temple vandalism triggers unrest in Jabalpur
Tension gripped Sihora in Jabalpur district late on Thursday after a youth allegedly damaged the grill of a Durga temple, sparking clashes and stone-pelting between two groups and prompting a swift police response. Authorities said more than 15 people have been arrested as investigations continue and security has been...
Government tightens secrecy rules for officials
Union government has cautioned senior bureaucrats that disclosing classified or sensitive information to the media could invite action under the Official Secrets Act, sharpening its stance on internal leaks amid concerns over national security and administrative discipline. A classified communication circulated last month by the Ministry of Home Affairs...
Khera dares Rijiju to deny Soros links
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has publicly challenged Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to state unequivocally that no minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party has ever met financier and philanthropist George Soros, and that no family member of any ruling party leader has worked or is working with organisations funded...
Supreme Court to hear 1991 worship law challenge
Supreme Court has set the stage for a final hearing on a batch of petitions contesting key provisions of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, a statute that freezes the religious character of places of worship as they stood on August 15, 1947, and bars fresh suits seeking to...
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has withdrawn from delivering the keynote address at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, a decision that has intensified debate over his participation amid scrutiny linked to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...
Gogoi says Borah defect undermines Congress cohesion
Assam’s political landscape was thrust into sharper focus as Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi sharply criticised Bhupen Kumar Borah’s planned move to the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing the former Congress state chief of leaking confidential party information and delivering a blow to organisational unity. Gogoi’s remarks came...
Shahpur Kandi dam heightens Pakistan water fears
Pakistan’s water stress is set to deepen as India moves towards completing the long-delayed Shahpur Kandi dam, a project that will enable it to utilise surplus flows from the Ravi River that previously entered Pakistan unimpeded. The development comes at a time when Islamabad is already grappling with uncertainty...
Abduction days before wedding sparks unrest
Tension gripped Bhigwan in Pune district after a 21-year-old woman was allegedly abducted in Indapur taluka five days before her scheduled wedding, triggering protests by Hindu organisations and prompting heightened police deployment across the area. Police said the woman, a resident of a village in Indapur taluka, was reported...
Allahabad High Court issues contempt notices
Allahabad High Court has directed that contempt notices be issued to the District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police of Bareilly for failing to comply with its January order that ruled no prior permission was required to hold religious prayer meetings on private premises. A division bench, while hearing...
Supreme Court questions PIL by eminent petitioners
Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuked a group of 12 public figures who moved a public interest litigation seeking action against chief ministers of states governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party over alleged hate speeches, signalling judicial unease at what it described as a selective and politically targeted plea. A...
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...
Sunetra Pawar takes helm of Ajit faction
Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar has been elected unopposed as national president of the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party at a meeting held late on Monday, marking a significant shift in the leadership structure of the breakaway faction that emerged from the 2023 split in the party. Senior leader...
Karnataka court quashes defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Karnataka High Court has set aside a criminal defamation case filed against Rahul Gandhi, delivering relief to the senior Congress leader in a dispute that stemmed from allegations about corruption under a government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state. Justice M. Nagaprasanna ruled that the complaint...
Mohali bomb threats spark school evacuations and security sweep
Panic swept parts of Mohali on Tuesday after a wave of bomb threat emails targeted multiple private schools and a major hospital, prompting large-scale evacuations and security operations as police raced to rule out any possible danger. The author of the threatening messages claimed explosives were planted at school...
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...
Fadnavis halts minority status approvals
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered an immediate stay on minority educational institution status granted to 75 institutions after the approvals were issued in the days following the death of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. The directive, issued on Monday, calls...
BJP intensifies assault on Rahul Gandhi leadership
Political fault-lines widened as the Bharatiya Janata Party launched an intensified offensive against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, branding him a “failed dynast” and asserting that internal dissent and a wave of high-profile departures from the Congress have eroded confidence in his leadership. The assertion by the ruling party’s spokespersons,...
Governor’s address trimmed amid fiscal dispute in Himachal Assembly
Himachal Pradesh’s legislative calendar was upended as Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla delivered an unusually brief address to the Assembly, curtailing the customary full reading of the speech prepared by the state government on the opening day of the Budget Session. Instead of delivering a detailed outline of fiscal and...
