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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...
Rahul Gandhi’s Munich remarks rekindle manufacturing debate
Rahul Gandhi, speaking from Munich during a visit to a BMW automobile manufacturing facility, has triggered a fresh political and economic debate after criticising the state of manufacturing in India, using the German plant as a contrast to domestic industrial conditions. The comments, shared through a video posted on...
Centre denies Nehru papers are missing
The Union government on Wednesday said documents linked to Jawaharlal Nehru have not gone missing from the Prime Ministers Museum and Library, pushing back against allegations from the Congress and describing the dispute as a misunderstanding over private family correspondence rather than archival loss. Responding through a series of...
MEA lodges protest with Dhaka envoy over remarks
New Delhi moved swiftly to register its displeasure with Dhaka after the Ministry of External Affairs summoned Bangladesh’s High Commissioner on Wednesday to formally convey a diplomatic protest over provocative statements attributed to National Citizen Party leader Hasnat Abdullah that targeted India and its policies. Officials familiar with the...
Goa police face backlash over alleged humiliation
Allegations that the Superintendent of Police for North Goa, Harischandra Madkaikar, compelled personnel from Old Goa Police Station to perform squats inside his office have triggered scrutiny within the police force and raised wider questions about command conduct and protocol. The episode is linked to an incident at a...
Delhi tightens pollution curbs with work-from-home and worker relief
Delhi’s Labour Department announced a mandate for government offices to adopt work-from-home norms and introduced compensation for construction workers affected by a prolonged suspension of construction activity under the Graded Response Action Plan, as hazardous air quality grips the national capital. Authorities instructed that only half of the workforce...
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....
Remarks on hijab incident widen political fault lines
Uttar Pradesh minister Sanjay Nishad has triggered a political and social backlash after making crass remarks while defending Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over an incident at a public function in Patna, where Kumar was seen removing a woman doctor’s hijab on stage. Nishad’s comments, aired during an interview...
Top court declines probe on voter deletion claims
Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to seek a response from the Election Commission to allegations carried in a media report that lakhs of pre-filled notices for deletion of voters’ names were centrally generated during the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar, rather than being issued by local electoral authorities....
Supreme Court questions paid pujas at Vrindavan’s Bankey Bihari temple
The Supreme Court has issued notices to authorities over a legal challenge to changes in darshan timings and temple practices at the Bankey Bihari Ji Temple in Vrindavan, sharply questioning the practice of allowing affluent devotees to perform paid “special pujas” that, it said, disrupt the declared resting period...
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....
VHP urges FIR over Babri Masjid foundation claim in Bengal
Vishva Hindu Parishad has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking the immediate registration of a first information report against suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, accusing him of making a provocative claim linked to the Babri Masjid and of laying a so-called foundation stone in Murshidabad...
President blocks Bengal bid to recast university chancellorship
President Droupadi Murmu’s decision to withhold assent to a law passed by the West Bengal legislature has halted the state government’s attempt to make the Chief Minister the chancellor of state-run universities, reinforcing the Governor’s role as the statutory head of public higher education institutions in the state. The...
Omar Abdullah separates INDIA bloc from vote theft claims
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has publicly distanced the opposition INDIA bloc from allegations of vote theft and electoral irregularities raised by the Congress, stating that the alliance has no role in the campaign being pursued by the party. Speaking on Monday, the National Conference leader underlined...
CJI urges virtual hearings amid toxic Delhi air
Delhi and its surrounding cities have remained shrouded in hazardous smog for weeks, prompting the Supreme Court to again encourage lawyers and litigants to rely on video-conferencing rather than physical appearances, citing health risks linked to prolonged exposure to polluted air. The advisory was voiced on Sunday by Justice...
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,...
Singh Deo flags alleged misuse of election watchdog
Senior Congress leader T. S. Singh Deo has alleged that the Election Commission is being politically misused, intensifying opposition criticism over the conduct and independence of constitutional institutions at a time when voter list revisions and electoral administration have come under sharper public scrutiny. Speaking on Sunday, Singh Deo...
Justice system judged by citizens’ lived reality
Justice Surya Kant underscored that the foremost mission of the judiciary is to deliver justice that ordinary citizens can see, feel and trust, arguing that the true test of the legal system lies in everyday experience rather than in abstract legal doctrine. Speaking at a public forum on Sunday,...
