RAHUL’S CHENNAI SPEECH MISTRANSLATED IN TAMIL
NEW DELHI ,20 April 2026 : If election campaigns are theatre, then Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Tamil Nadu – ahead of Thursday’s polling – may go down as an unintended comedy classic, thanks to real-time translation that seemed at odds, even contradictory, with the message he was trying to deliver. For those who understood English, […]
SC REJECTS ADDITION OF 7 LAKH NEW VOTERS IN BENGAL
NEW DELHI ,20 April 2026 : The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain an oral plea made against the addition of nearly 7 lakh new voters in West Bengal using Form 6 after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Making an oral mention before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice […]
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 […]
SEVENTH SESSION OF LOK SABHA CONCLUDES
NEW DELHI,18 April 2026 : Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday concluded the seventh session of the 18th Lok Sabha, noting that the productivity was around 93 per cent. He said there were 31 sittings lasting for 151 hours and 42 minutes. The general discussion on the Union Budget lasted around 13 hours, in […]
WOMEN’S RESERVATION, DELIMITATION BILLS DEFEATED AS NDA MISSES 2/3RD MAJORITY
NEW DELHI,18April 2026 : The Constitution amendment bills for women’s reservation and delimitation were defeated in the Lok Sabha Friday night as the NDA could not get 2/3rd majority to pass them. In the voting, 298 MPs supported the bills while 230 voted against them, with a total of 489 members participating. To pass the […]
RAHUL DUBS CENTRE LINKING DELIMITATION, WOMEN’S BILL AS “PANIC REACTION”
NEW DELHI,17 April 2026 : On the second day of special Parliament session, Lok Sabha Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the women’s quota bill is meant to “side line the caste census.” “Everyone knows the kind of discrimination faced by OBCs, Dalits, minority communities, and women in Indian society. This bill is meant […]
TRUMP SAYS HE MAY TRAVEL TO ISLAMABAD
NEW DELHI,17 April 2026 : US President Donald Trump said he had a “very good talk” with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while expressing optimism about a ceasefire effort between Israel and Lebanon. “I had a very good talk with him… he’s doing great,” Trump said of Modi, describing the exchange as positive. In the […]
SHASHI THAROOR HOLD DELIMITATION AS “POLITICAL DEMONETISATION”
NEW DELHI ,17 April 2026 : Don’t do it, was the message to Centre from Shashi Tharoor on Friday, amid a debate over delimitation, an exercise which will redraw parliamentary and Assembly constituencies. The Congress MP referenced the 2016 demonetisation move as a cautionary tale, urging the BJP-led government at the Centre to give the […]
SECURITY LAPSES IN POST-POLL STRONGROOMS IN ASSAM
NEW DELHI,16 April 2026 : Assam’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia has raised serious concerns over alleged lapses in the security of strongrooms storing post-poll election materials, prompting him to write to Assam’s Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Goel. Notably, Assam recorded high voter turnout of 85.96% of 2.51 crore voters in the single-phase polling held […]
RAHUL SAYS GOVT AVOIDING OBC QUOTA
NEW DELHI,16 April 2026 : Lok Sabha opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday pressed for delimitation based on 2026 caste census and not on the old data in which the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) will be denied their share. He told reporters in the Parliament House premises that the Congress will fully back the government […]
