4 MAHAGATHBANDHAN MLAS SKIP RAJYA SABHA VOTING IN BIHAR
NEW DELHI,17 March 2026 : Despite support from Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM and the BSP, the Mahagathbandhan could not muster the required figure of 41. In the Rajya Sabha elections being held for five seats in Bihar, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is considered certain to win all five. However, despite support from Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM […]
Kejriwal Moves SC Seeking Transfer Of Excise Policy Case From Delhi HC Judge
New Delhi,17 March 2026: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Delhi High Court Chief Justice declining his request to transfer the excise policy case from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma to another judge. The petition also challenges Justice Sharma’s March 9 order which stayed a trial […]
EC RESHUFFLES TOP BENGAL BABUS: MAMATA PROTESTS
NEW DELHI,17 March 2026 : Just hours after the West Bengal poll dates were announced, the Election Commission ordered the removal of top bureaucrats in the state, including Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, of the Mamata Banerjee-led government. The state will vote in two phases: April 23, April 29. The votes will be counted on May […]
TRUMP MAY SEND TROOPS TO CAPTURE CROWN JEWEL OF IRAN
NEW DELHI,17 March 2026 : US President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing the possibility of seizing Kharg Island– a scrubby stretch of land in the Gulf that handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports– amid a growing energy crisis due to war in the Middle East. Trump may order the seizure of Iran’s critical oil […]
SC REFUSES TO INTERVENE IN JOURNALIST RAVI NAIR’S PLEA AGAINST AHMEDABAD CRIME BRANCH NOTICE
NEW DELHI,17 March 2026 : The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a petition filed by journalist Ravi Nair, who is challenging a February 12 notice of summons issued by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in connection, according to him, with co-authoring an article titled “India’s $3.9 billion plan to help Modi’s mogul ally after U.S. […]
DEVE GOWDA WRITES TO SONIA ON CULTURE OF CASUAL PROTESTS
NEW DELHI,17 March 2026: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has written to senior Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi, expressing deep concern over what he described as rising disorder and disruptions inside parliament and in its premises during the ongoing Budget Session. In a detailed letter dated March 16, the 92-year-old leader said he […]
FALSE SECURITY ALARM IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE
NEW DELHI, 17March 2026 : A technical glitch, apparently caused by strong wind, led to a boom barrier falling down at an entry gate of the Parliament which activated the security alarm and a quick reaction team (QRT) being mobilised on Monday. Senior officials of the Central Industrial Security Force, which is responsible for the […]
