The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has asked the Lok Sabha Secretariat not to nominate 20 of its rebel MPs to parliamentary committees, citing ongoing disqualification proceedings against the lawmakers. TMC’s Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee has made the request as the process of reconstituting several parliamentary committees gets underway. The committees are periodically reshuffled, with political...
A 55-year-old man from Karnataka who had spent years working in the United Arab Emirates was found murdered in Sharjah, with forensic findings indicating that he died from stab injuries before his body was dismembered and placed inside the trunk of his car. His wife and teenage son remain untraceable, adding to the uncertainty surrounding...
Congress MLA Yashvanthrayagouda V Patil has submitted his resignation from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in protest against the exclusion of Indi and Chadachan taluks in Vijayapura district from the state’s list of drought-affected areas. Patil, who represents the Indi Assembly constituency, submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil on Wednesday, September 23. His...
India’s expanding transport infrastructure is significantly reducing travel time across several major routes, with new expressways, bridges, tunnels and faster trains transforming long-distance connectivity across the country. The infrastructure expansion is aimed not only at shortening journeys but also at creating more direct links between major cities, industrial centres, tourist destinations and strategically important regions....
A devastating fire broke out aboard a sleeper bus travelling on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida late Wednesday night, killing nine passengers and leaving several others injured. Preliminary findings indicate that a spark or blast in the bus’s air-conditioning system ignited lubricating oil in the engine, causing the fire to spread rapidly through the...
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has cancelled the weekly days off for its drivers and conductors as it prepares for a possible escalation in the ongoing contractual workers’ agitation. The move comes ahead of a fresh strike call for September 28, with employee representatives warning of a complete work stoppage if their demands are not...
Piyush Desai, Chairman of the Wagh Bakri Tea Group and a prominent figure in India’s tea industry, passed away in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. His death marks the loss of one of the key business leaders associated with the growth and modern expansion of one of India’s best-known tea brands. Desai was widely...
A reported attempt by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) to explore an electoral understanding with the Congress ahead of the Nandigram Assembly bypoll has triggered fresh political discussion in West Bengal. While a senior Congress leader has claimed that the TMC approached the party with a proposal involving Nandigram, the Trinamool Congress has denied...
Tamil Nadu Police have registered cases against senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leaders A Raja and P K Sekar Babu over alleged derogatory remarks made against Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and state minister C T R Nirmal Kumar during a party protest on September 12. A separate case has also been registered against DMK...
Entrepreneur and former BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover has questioned the proposed merchant fee on certain high-value UPI transactions, arguing that costs introduced into the payment ecosystem could eventually affect consumers. Grover’s remarks came after the government clarified that the proposed Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) would apply to certain merchant transactions above ₹2,000, while person-to-person UPI...