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Bengal Govt Alleges Assam Seeks to Extend NRC into State
West Bengal’s chief minister has raised alarm after a resident of Cooch Behar received a notice from Assam’s Foreigners Tribunal, setting off a fresh political confrontation over the National Register of Citizens. The official notice, served to Uttam Kumar Brajabashi—a Rajbanshi farmer who has been a voter in Bengal...
Fuel‑Control Switches Under Scrutiny After Air India 787 Crash
A preliminary investigation into the crash of Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787 that came down shortly after departing Ahmedabad on 12 June*, pins early focus on the aircraft’s fuel‑control switches. Authorities from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau have submitted a five‑page report to the Ministry of Civil...
India Denies Censorship, Accuses X of Delayed Unblocking of Reuters Handles
Social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, accused the Indian government of ordering the blocking of @Reuters and @ReutersWorld accounts on July 3 under Section 69A of the IT Act, suggesting that non-compliance could have exposed the company to criminal liability. India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...
Ex-CJIs Back One Nation, One Election, Flags EC Power Risks
Former Chief Justices have affirmed the constitutional validity of synchronising national and state assembly polls, but voiced strong reservations over sweeping powers earmarked for the Election Commission under the proposed bill, according to submissions before a parliamentary panel. Top jurist D Y Chandrachud wrote to the Joint Parliamentary Committee...
Trump Threatens 10 % Extra Tariff on BRICS Nations Including India
U. S. President Donald Trump has announced that all BRICS member countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and the expansion bloc—will face an additional 10 % tariff on their imports into the United States. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting on 8 July, he accused the coalition of seeking to “destroy” the U....
MNS Protest Sparks Tension in Mira Road Over Language Row
Tensions flared in Mira Road as workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena were detained while attempting to stage a counter-protest over a language-related incident that has ignited debate across political and civil circles in Maharashtra. Police acted swiftly to disperse the unauthorised demonstration, detaining several party members who had...
Putin Minister’s Dismissal Precedes Apparent Suicide
State investigators confirmed that Roman Starovoyt, aged 53, was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car in Odintsovo, just west of Moscow, on 7 July. The discovery came mere hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree removing him from his position as transport minister, a role...
Dhankhar for criminal case in cash cache at judge’s home
Vice‑President Jagdeep Dhankhar has called for a thorough criminal investigation following the discovery of a substantial amount of cash at the official residence of a High Court judge. Addressing students and faculty at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies in Kochi on 7 July 2025, he warned that...
Bihar’s Law and Order Crisis Looms Large Ahead of Elections
Union Minister Chirag Paswan has sharply criticised governance in Bihar, saying the state’s “law and order has collapsed”. He cited the murders of two young men in Nalanda district and the high‑profile killing of industrialist Gopal Khemka in Patna as evidence of a severe breakdown. Paswan’s remarks carry added...
Munir Dismisses India’s “Axis” Charge as Political Posturing
Pakistan’s Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has forcefully rejected claims by India’s military leadership that China—and even Turkey—supported Pakistan during the intense May conflict. Speaking at the National Defence University in Islamabad on 7 July, Munir characterised these allegations as a “shoddy attempt at camp politics,” asserting Pakistan’s military victory...
Fresh Contenders Emerge for BJP National Leadership
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has entered the fray for the BJP national president’s post, joining two other prominent women leaders as the party’s deliberations point towards a historic reshuffle of its top brass. Several senior male politicians—including Bhupendra Yadav, Dharmendra Pradhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Pralhad Joshi—are...
BJP Calls for United Front to Unseat TMC
BJP West Bengal President Samik Bhattacharya has urged the Congress and CPI to set aside ideological differences and come together in a broad-based alliance aimed at removing the ruling Trinamool Congress from power in the 2026 Assembly elections. Speaking at an event on Kolkata’s Red Road to commemorate the...
Congress set to shift Siddaramaiah to national role
Basavaraj Bommai, former Karnataka Chief Minister and current BJP Member of Parliament, has indicated that the Congress party is considering replacing Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister of Karnataka, suggesting the veteran leader might be reassigned to a national position as chairman of its backward-class wing. Bommai described the move as...
RJD Moves Apex Court Over Bihar Voter List Revision
Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission’s decision to initiate a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. The party contends that the timing and justification for the revision could adversely...
X Restores Withheld Reuters and TRT World Accounts in India
Indian users regained access to the X accounts of international news outlets Reuters, Reuters World, TRT World and Global Times on Sunday evening, after being blocked based on a generic “legal demand” notice, according to platform messages. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology confirmed that this action was...
BRICS Condemn Pahalgam Amid Call for Unified Terror Response
Leaders of the BRICS grouping delivered a firm rebuke of the 22 April terror attack in Pahalgam—where 26 tourists were killed—and pledged a unified approach to uprooting terrorism. The declaration, adopted at the summit in Rio de Janeiro, expressed “strong condemnation of any acts of terrorism as criminal and...
Gujarat BJP Rebuts Thackeray over Patel Remarks
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s accusation that the Bharatiya Janata Party fuelled divisions within the Patel community to secure electoral advantage in Gujarat drew a sharp retort from the party’s state leadership, which termed the remarks baseless and politically motivated. Addressing a gathering in Mumbai, Thackeray alleged that the...
Uddhav Bloc Draws Language Line to Schools Only
A day after celebrating what they called a people’s victory in Maharashtra’s decision to withdraw Hindi as a mandatory third language from Classes I to V, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena clarified that its resistance to Hindi imposition should not be conflated with broader linguistic or ideological stances taken...
