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“Delhi’s Diwali Crackers Trigger Severe Air-Quality Spike”
A plume of dense smog strangled the national capital region following Diwali fireworks, driving the Air Quality Index into the “very poor” and “severe” categories across much of the city-region. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board and monitoring platforms show that several localities within the Delhi-NCR region hit...
Hidden Conversions and Reservation Claims Trigger VHP Alarm
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad flagged what it terms “crypto-Christians” during a press briefing on Sunday, alleging that individuals embracing Christianity for worship nevertheless retain Hindu status on official records in order to continue accessing caste-based reservations. VHP general secretary Milind Parande claimed that many such converts do not update...
Airbus sees India as key partner for future growth
Airbus Chairman René Obermann has expressed strong optimism about the company’s prospects in India, highlighting the country’s engineering capabilities, ambition, and high-quality standards as pivotal factors in the aviation giant’s future plans. Speaking at the Berlin Global Dialogue, Obermann described India not only as a key strategic partner but...
S Jaishankar and Marco Rubio Hold Key Talks in Kuala Lumpur
Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, marking their first in-person discussion since the imposition of steep 50% tariffs on Indian imports by US President Donald Trump. This crucial encounter took place on the sidelines of the...
BJP predicts wipe-out for Jan Suraaj’s 153 candidates
A sharp rhetorical strike was launched by Sanjay Jaiswal of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who asserted that all 153 candidates fielded by Prashant Kishor’s newly formed Jan Suraaj Party in Bihar’s upcoming assembly elections will lose their deposits. Jaiswal made his claim during a press interaction in Bettiah, signalling the BJP’s...
Unexpected Vote Gap Fuels Jammu and Kashmir Upper House Dispute
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference has publicly challenged how the Bharatiya Janata Party managed to secure one of four seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, despite the NC clinching the other three. Abdullah asserted that...
Parties Agree to Replace Worn Cloth at Gyanvapi Lock
The court overseeing the dispute involving the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi has scheduled a hearing for October 29 concerning the replacement of a torn cloth tied to a lock on the sealed ablution-area within the complex. Both Hindu petitioners and the mosque committee have given verbal consent to the...
MP Moitra Clarifies Endorsement of Offensive Diwali Post
An elected representative of the All India Trinamool Congress, Mahua Moitra, has issued a clarification after she visibly endorsed a social-media post by a Canadian vlogger that mocked Diwali and labelled Indians “brain dead.” She stated the endorsement was unintentional, occurring while she was travelling, and that she had...
SP’s Star Line-Up Signals Power Shift
The Samajwadi Party on Friday unveiled a roster of 20 “star campaigners” to bolster its support for the Mahagathbandhan in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections, but the list drew more attention for the notable absences than the inclusions. At the forefront are party president Akhilesh Yadav and veteran leader...
Alliance Projects Yadav-Sahani Leadership Bid
The Opposition bloc, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal and its partners in the Mahagathbandhan, has announced Tejashwi Yadav as its candidate for the chief ministerial post in the forthcoming assembly polls in Bihar, with Mukesh Sahani designated as the deputy chief ministerial nominee. The declaration came at a...
Judiciary Prepares Successor Selection Process
The government has formally requested Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, current Chief Justice of India, to recommend a successor as he is due to demit office on 23 November upon reaching the age threshold of 65. The move initiates an established procedure for appointing the next head of the apex court....
Mahagathbandhan candidates pull back in Bihar seats
Four candidates from the opposition coalition in Bihar withdrew their nominations to allow allies to contest selected seats for the assembly election. The three individuals from the Indian National Congress and one from the Vikassheel Insaan Party stepped aside in favour of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, illustrating tighter coordination...
Judiciary Embraces Error-Rectification Principle – Newspack Live!
The Supreme Court emphasised that judges, being human, can commit mistakes and that courts must not shy away from acknowledging such errors and rectifying them when they occur. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed that the long-established maxim “actus curiae neminem gravabit” — meaning the...
Mahagathbandhan names Yadav and Sahani for Bihar leadership
A key political alliance in Bihar has declared Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections, while elevating Mukesh Sahani, leader of the Vikassheel Insaan Party, as its nominee for deputy chief minister. The announcement took place during a joint...
US Sanctions Strain Indian Oil Supply Chains
Major Indian refiners including Reliance Industries and state-run players are preparing to suspend purchases of Russian crude in response to the latest sanctions imposed by the United States government on Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC, marking a significant shift in global energy flows. The measures, announced by the Treasury...
Rebels and independents stir up Bihar’s assembly race
Contestants denied party tickets are sparking fresh uncertainty in the first phase of the assembly elections in Bihar, with around 30 rebel and independent candidates now confirmed to be in the fray. These entrants, many of whom were spurned by both the ruling National Democratic Alliance and the opposition...
Trump Warns of Collapse of Safety-Net Programmes
President Donald Trump told Democrats at a White House press conference that programmes such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid “will be gone” unless they approve the full government funding bills. He claimed one Democrat told him the legislation “means death”, adding: “There’s nothing about death… Theirs is death...
Karnataka Suspends Hostel Worker Over RSS Event Participation
Karnataka’s government has suspended a contract-based cook’s assistant, identified as Pramod, from the Pre-Matric Boys’ Hostel in Basavakalyan for taking part in a parade organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, reinforcing the state administration’s enforcement of civil-service conduct rules. The employee allegedly joined the “Path Sanchalan” march in Basavakalyan...
