“SWEAR ON BHAGAVAD GITA,” CONG CHALLENGE TO ASSAM CM OVER ASSET CLAIMS

NEW DELHI,8 April 2026 : The political war of words in Assam intensified after Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi challenged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to deny allegations against his family by taking an oath on the Bhagavad Gita. The challenge came on a day Assam police searched Delhi home of Congress spokesman Pawan Khera in […]

BENGAL SIR CUTS 90 LAKH VOTERS

NEW DELHI,8 April 2026 : Nadia Mondal, a homemaker from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, is angry because her name has been struck off the electoral roll days before the ruling Trinamool Congress and rivals Bharatiya Janata Party face-off in a critical Assembly election. “I am a resident of Duttapukur… married 27 years ago […]

CONG CALL TO CANCEL ASSAM CM’S NOMINATION

NEW DELHI ,8 April 2026 : The Congress party has formally approached the Election Commission of India demanding the cancellation of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s election nomination, citing alleged violations. It has pointed out no declaration by Sarma about his wife having three passports and balance in the foreign countries. It asserted that […]

A NEW KIND OF DEPORTATION IN TRUMP STYLE

NEW DELHI ,8April 2026 : In March of 2025, just a couple of months after Donald Trump took office for the second time, the U.S. deported more than 200 Venezuelans — not to Venezuela, but to El Salvador. They were kept in a notorious maximum-security prison for four months. In exchange for taking them, El […]

ASSAM COPS SEARCH PAWAN KHERA’S DELHI HOME

NEW DELHI,8 April 2026 : A team from Assam Police, along with their Delhi counterparts, arrived Tuesday morning at Congress leader Pawan Khera’s Nizamuddin East home in the national capital, days after he alleged that Chief Minister Himanta Sarma’s wife owns three passports and has foreign assets. Pawan Khera, the chief of Congress’ Media and […]

INDIA’S ATOMIC REACTOR REACHES MILESTONE, CRITICALLY

NEW DELHI,8 April 2026 : India on Monday achieved a long-awaited milestone in its civil nuclear energy programme as the country’s most advanced atomic reactor – the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu – attained criticality, marking the start of a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction and bringing the reactor one […]

Lifeline In The Hills : Free Mega Health Camp Brings Expert Care To Uttarakhand’s Remote Villages     

Yamkeshwar -Garhwal (Uttarakhand), April 2026: In a significant humanitarian initiative, a two-day free healthcare camp in the remote villages of Uttarakhand’s Yamkeshwar block has drawn widespread appreciation, as hundreds of underserved residents gained access to quality medical care rarely available in the region. Organised under the aegis of Gyansthali Pustakalaya evam Vachanalaya, the camp was […]

HAT-TRICK TO BJP BY HIMANTA?

NEW DELHI ,7 April 2026 : Assam election 2026 is Himanta Biswa Sarma’s litmus test. While he has been around in Assam politics, and very visibly so, since the 1990s, this is the election when he is the incumbent and the face. The last two BJP victories were also largely credited to him, but in […]

CATHOLIC BODY DECRIES FOREIGN FUNDING BILL HITTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

NEW DELHI ,7 April 2026 : Calling the move a “direct intrusion” into constitutionally protected spaces, the All India Catholic Union argued that the proposed amendments may conflict with Articles 25 and 26, which guarantee the right to freely practise religion and manage religious affairs without undue interference. Raising strong objections to the proposed Foreign […]

JUDGE CALLS FOR INDEPENDENCE OF ECI

NEW DELHI ,7 April 2026 : Justice B.V. Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, who is in line to become the first woman Chief Justice of India (CJI) next year, has said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) must function independently if constitutional governance was to remain intact. “It is of utmost importance that these […]