SHIVAKUMAR’S OATH AS CM ON SATURDAY OR AFTER JUNE 18
NEW DELHI: “Good time will come,” DK Shivakumar had quipped last week when asked about the buzz around his promotion. Now, with the great Karnataka transition almost settled, looks like his time has finally come. The Congress high command, according to the sources, has green-flagged Deputy Chief Minister’s move to the top. The only question […]
SC UPHOLDS SIR CONDUCTED BY ECI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down fully in support of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and upheld its powers to undertake the highly contentious and highly controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR). In a landmark decision that puts rest to a year-long judicial debate over the structural legitimacy of the SIR, a […]
NO FORCIBLE VACATION OF DELHI GYMKHANA, HIGH COURT TOLD
NEW DELHI: In what could be seen as a breather for the Delhi Gymkhana Club, the Centre on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that possession would not be taken forcefully and that due legal procedure would be followed. “It is not that Police will move in on June 5 and take possession of land. […]
SECOND ROUND OF ISLAMABAD TALKS IN CRISIS AMID RISING US-IRAN TENSIONS
NEW DELHI, April 20, 2026: The proposed second round of high-stakes talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad has plunged into uncertainty following a sharp escalation triggered by former US President Donald Trump’s stance on a disputed maritime issue. Reports from Tehran suggested that the crisis erupted after Washington insisted on allowing its […]
INDIA JOINS HORMUZ TALKS
NEW DELHI ,3 April 2026 : India has joined a virtual meeting of over 60 countries in the UK to explore ways to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, whose closure has sent oil prices spiralling. The meeting comes as nations around the Persian Gulf continue to witness heightened instability, with concerns mounting over disruptions […]
SHANKARACHARYA HAS AN “ARMY” PLAN TO PROTECT COWS AND HINDUISM
NEW DELHI ,24 March 2026 : Avimukteshwaranand, the Shankaracharya or head of Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath, has announced plans to launch a two-lakh-strong ‘army’. Currently in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the religious leader has said this ‘army’, armed with traditional and modern weapons, will protect the cow progeny and Hinduism. This ‘army’ would have 2,18,000 […]
UNI NEWS AGENCY’S HQ SEALED AFTER DELHI HIGH COURT ORDER
NEW DELHI,22 March 2026 : Police, accompanied by lawyers and officials, Friday night sealed the headquarters of the UNI news agency here after Delhi High Court ordered its eviction from the government land. The journalists were hounded out at the time of their peak time of work The Court said that UNI was effectively squatting […]
FRESH STORM FROM EPSTEIN FILES INVOLVING HARDEEP SINGH PURI
New Delhi ,23 Feb 2026 : The political temperature in the national capital has risen sharply after fresh revelations emerging from the so-called “Epstein files” allegedly brought Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri under renewed scrutiny. The latest claims, circulating on social media and political platforms, suggest that Puri wrote a personal letter in 2013 to […]
PRIVILEGE MOTION AGAINST RAHUL FIZZLES OUT
NEW DELHI: What began as a high-decibel political confrontation over a proposed privilege motion against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi now appears to have fizzled out, with sources close to the Lok Sabha Secretariat indicating that no such proposal is under active consideration. The development has triggered intense political speculation in the capital, especially after […]
MARKETS FIRST: MODI 3.0 BUDGET SIGNALS REFORM PUSH
NEW DELHI,31 Jan 2026 : The second General Budget of the Modi government’s third term is shaping up less as a welfare-heavy political document and more as a market-calibrated economic statement, reflecting the administration’s urgency to steady growth in an increasingly hostile global environment Faced with an escalating US-led trade and tariff confrontation, weakening foreign […]
