OBC FAULT LINE MAY SHAKE UP UP AND BJP
NEW DELHI: With Uttar Pradesh headed for assembly elections next year, a contest widely billed as the ‘semi-finale’ before the 2029 Lok Sabha battle, Rahul Gandhi has once again put OBC politics, caste census, and reservations at the centre of the Congress campaign. The timing is deliberate. Uttar Pradesh sends more MPs to Parliament than […]
DELHI’S DRAFT ELECTORAL ROLLS RELEASED, OVER 47 LAKH EXCLUDED
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s draft electoral roll was published Monday, with 47.7 lakh electors out of 1.45 crore of the city’s voters excluded.Delhi chief electoral officer said those excluded can file their claims till September 30 through Form 6 and supporting documents. The final roll is due November 4. Claims and objections will be examined, and […]
RAHUL CALLS FOR FIR AGAINST HALDWANI ‘SHUDDHIKARAN’
NEW DELHI: The row over an alleged purification ritual at the venue of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s rally in Haldwani has taken a sharp political turn, with the BJP and the Congress trading allegations over discrimination against Dalits. The confrontation intensified after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi demanded an FIR under the SC/ST Act against […]
AKHILESH YADAV ALLEGES CASTE BIAS IN UP
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday launched a strong attack on the Uttar Pradesh government, alleging caste-based discrimination in the state and claiming that fake encounters have been carried out based on caste. Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Yadav targeted the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), alleging that the force […]
OVER 900 HYDRO-POWER WORKERS MISSING
NEW DELHI: Rescue workers are hunting for 933 missing hydropower workers, among the thousands of people missing in Nepal. Many are believed to be trapped inside the Trishuli-3A hydropower site in Rasuwa district, as well as sites in Chilime. Rescuers managed to create a hole wide enough to enter and begin the search for survivors […]
‘Modi ji, you have made my life hell’: Young girl behind abusive remarks against PM Modi resurfaces in a viral video
New Delhi, 31 August– A teenager Ruchika Singh, who was in the eye of a political storm after a video of her alleged abusive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italy PM Georgia Meloni during a Cockroach Janta Party protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar had gone viral last month, has resurfaced in a fresh video […]
Supreme Court stays FIR against Uttarakhand’s Gym Owner ‘Deepak Kumar’; lifts social media restrictions
New Delhi, 31 August—In a significant intervention setting aside Uttarakhand High Court’s order, the Supreme Court today stayed proceedings arising from an FIR against Dehradun gym owner Deepak Kumar, popularly referred to as ‘Mohammad Deepak’, over a confrontation involving members of the Bajrang Dal and a Muslim shopkeeper. A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and […]
The Eternal Kaviraj: Remembering Shailendra, the People’s Poet, on His 103rd Birth Anniversary
On August 30, 2026, lovers of literature and music commemorated the 103rd birth anniversary of Shankardas Kesarilal, known to the world simply as Shailendra. Fondly bestowed with the title Kaviraj (the king of poets) by his peers, Shailendra remains one of the most beloved figures in Indian cultural history. Though he passed away at the […]
