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Weaponisation of Caste Raises Alarm in Judiciary
Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, marking his final day in office, sounded a stark warning over the growing trend of caste being wielded as a strategic tool by socially and economically advanced members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to capture a disproportionate share of government job...
Kharge Charges BJP Over BLO Suicides Amid SIR Drive
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a severe critique of the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of oversight failures after reports of multiple booth-level officers across India dying under stress during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. He asserted that up to sixteen BLOs from six states—including Gujarat, Madhya...
Kishor Pledges Vast Personal Wealth to Party Mission
Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj Party in Bihar, has committed to donating 90 per cent of his income over the next five years and transferring nearly all his movable and immovable assets—excluding a single house in Delhi—to his party’s campaign. He announced the pledge at the Bhitiharwa...
Deep Sector Expertise Drives Secretary-Level Reshuffle
The government has issued a sweeping secretary-level bureaucratic realignment, transferring top Indian Administrative Service officers between major ministries including Petroleum and Natural Gas, Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Tourism and Social Justice and Empowerment. The move — approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by the...
Shrine-Funded Medical College Seats Ignite Communal Row
A wave of protests erupted in the Jammu region as organisations affiliated with the Sangh Parivar demanded scrapping of the inaugural admission list for the Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Institute of Medical Excellence, citing that around 90 % of the 50 students selected hail from Kashmir, mostly from the Muslim...
Victory at Half-Term Tests Karnataka Congress Unity
A contingent of more than ten legislators from the ruling party’s Karnataka unit, including a minister, have flown to Delhi to seek intervention from the national leadership of the party as the state government crosses the halfway mark of its five-year mandate. Their journey coincides with allegations of an...
Congress Faces Female Wing Revolt in Bihar
The Congress in Bihar is grappling with a sharp internal crisis after its women’s wing leader, Sarwat Jahan Fatima, resigned from her post citing serious grievances over candidate selection and gender representation. Her departure came against the backdrop of the party securing just six seats out of 61 contested...
Nitish Kumar’s Cabinet Shake-Up Raises Questions Over JD Strategy
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar administered the oath of office to a new 26-member cabinet at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, with his party, the Janata Dal ), securing only eight ministerial berths while the Bharatiya Janata Party took 14. The event followed the National Democratic Alliance’s dominant performance in the assembly...
Blast probe exposes Turkey-linked terror meet in Delhi case
The federal anti-terror agency has uncovered a critical phase in the planning of the November 10 car explosion near the historic monument in the capital, tracing the radicalisation of the principal accused to a 2022 trip to Turkey in which they allegedly met a Syrian operative at the direction...
BJP Ends Alliance With NCP Ahead of Mumbai Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party has formally ended its alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party for the upcoming municipal elections in Mumbai, citing the leadership of the NCP’s Mumbai unit, Nawab Malik, who faces money-laundering charges, as the decisive factor. The BJP says that contesting under these conditions could dilute...
Opposition INDIA Bloc Faces Deepening Rift Post-Bihar Defeat
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance bloc finds itself grappling with a pivotal internal crisis after the dramatic collapse of its electoral fortunes in Bihar. Multiple regional partners have publicly questioned the coalition’s strategy, leadership and credibility, sparking deliberations over whether to recalibrate or sever ties altogether. The trigger...
Shinde Gets No Relief as BJP Presses Expansion
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, met with Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and emerged without concrete concessions, despite raising grievances about his alliance partner’s overtures, according to sources close to the meeting. The exchange underscores growing strains within the Mahayuti alliance as the Bharatiya Janata Party gears...
Cabinet’s Sole Muslim Face Triggers Representation Debate
The tenth term government of Nitish Kumar duly sworn in at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan brings into sharp relief the paucity of Muslim representation, as Mohd Zama Khan of the Janata Dal emerges as the only Muslim minister in the new council. Khan, re-elected from the Chainpur constituency in Kaimur...
Court affirms President and Governors hold no fixed bill timeline
The Supreme Court of India affirmed that the President and state Governors cannot be subject to predetermined timelines when deciding on legislation, underscoring that judicial review only becomes available once a bill becomes law or is clearly obstructed. A five-judge Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai,...
Eminent Citizens Critique Gandhi’s Attack on Election Commission
A collective of 272 former judges, senior civil servants, ambassadors and retired military officers have issued a strongly worded letter accusing opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and his party, the Congress, of seeking to undermine public confidence in the Election Commission of India and other constitutional institutions through unsubstantiated claims...
Gandhi–Kharge Seating Snub Ignites Party Controversy
A visible rift emerged within the leadership of the Indian National Congress after party president Mallikarjun Kharge sat in the audience rather than on the dais at the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament & Development ceremony, even though Sonia Gandhi—who chairs the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust—was present on...
Faridabad University Probe Expands Under Police Directive
The Director General of Police of Haryana, O P Singh, has launched a comprehensive inquiry into alleged security failures at Al Falah University in Dhouj, near Faridabad, after authorities uncovered links between the campus and a terror module tied to a car explosion near the Red Fort in the...
Congress Regroups in Jammu & Kashmir Amid DPAP Exodus
Former ministers Jugal Kishore Sharma and Abdul Majid Wani, accompanied by hundreds of their supporters, formally rejoined the Congress on Thursday, dealing a significant setback to Ghulam Nabi Azad’s political venture in Jammu & Kashmir. The event, held in Jammu to mark the 108th birth anniversary of former Prime...
