JDU CHALLENGES BJP TO DECLARE NITISH AS CM FACE
NEW DELHI: The uneasy calm within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar deepened on Wednesday after the Janata Dal (United) [JDU] openly challenging its senior ally, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), to declare Nitish Kumar as the NDA’s chief ministerial candidate. The sharp reaction came in response to what JDU leaders described as […]
TELANGANA MOVES SC AGAINST HC STAY ON 42% OBC QUOTA
NEW DELHI: The Telangana government has approached the Supreme Court against a State High Court decision to stay two government orders which enhanced the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in seats in municipalities and panchayats to 42%. “Petitioner have implemented the reservation based on the will of the people,” the State said in its special […]
SOLAR POWER ADDED IN TIBET
NEW DELHI: Renewables overtook coal as the globe’s biggest source of electricity in the first half of the year. One reason is that China added more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. Solar panels stretch to the horizon in Tibet and cover an area seven times the size of Manhattan. […]
TRUMP THREATENS 200% TARIFFS ON INDIA-PAK TRUCE CLAIM
NEW DELHI: US President donald trump on Monday threatened to double up tariffs to 200% on India-Pak truce claim. He claimed that the Gaza ceasefire will be the eighth conflict which he has ended and alluded to shifting his focus to tensions between Kabul and Islamabad next. He touted his tariff threats as the real […]
SC REJECTS PROBE INTO RAHUL GANDHI’S VOTE CHORI ALLEGATIONS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL by a lawyer seeking special investigation team (SIT) probe into Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” allegations. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said that the petitioner can pursue his remedy elsewhere but not this Court through PIL. Representation was given to the Election […]
CONG SEEKS PROBE INTO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN RSS CAMPS
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday slammed horrific “rampant sexual abuse” in the RSS camps and demanded a probe into suicide by a Kerala techie, Anandu Aji, who narrated how he was subjected to the sexual assaults by many RSS workers in the camp in which his father had enrolled him at an young age […]
BIG SETBACK TO LALU, WIFE & SON IN DELHI COURT
NEW DELHI: In a big jolt to the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) first family weeks ahead of the high-voltage election in Bihar, a Delhi court on Monday framed charges in a corruption case against party founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son and Chief Minister face Tejashwi Yadav, and former Chief Minister and Lalu Yadav’s wife […]
EX-IAS OFFICER KANNAN GOPINATHAN JOINS CONGRESS
In a significant political development, former IAS officer and noted activist Kannan Gopinathan formally joined the Indian National Congress on Monday at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi. His induction marks the entry of a bureaucrat-turned-activist who has consistently stood for transparency, democratic rights, and accountability in governance. Gopinathan was welcomed into the party fold […]
SC TRANSFERS KARUR STAMPEDE TO CBI
SC TRANSFERS KARUR STAMPEDE TO CBI, FORMS A 3-MEMBER PANEL TO MONITOR PROBENEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-led probe into the Karur stampede in Tamil Nadu, which claimed at least 41 lives during a rally organised by actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on September 27. A […]
DEFECTIONS SURGE IN BIHAR AHEAD OF FINAL CANDIDATE LISTS
NEW DELHI: As Bihar heads into the crucial assembly elections, political loyalties are shifting at an unprecedented pace across party lines. With both the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition Mahagathbandhan expected to release their final list of candidates by Sunday evening, the state is witnessing a flurry of defections as ticket aspirants […]
