Mumbai Police have denied permission to Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to hold an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan from September 19, citing security and law-and-order concerns during the ongoing Ganeshotsav celebrations. The decision comes amid heightened attention around Jarange-Patil’s proposed march to Mumbai over the demand for reservation for the Maratha community. The...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be introduced in all states governed by the National Democratic Alliance before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. He said the implementation of the UCC remains an important priority for the ruling alliance and indicated that the process would be expanded across...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised concerns over the growing use of technology and critical minerals as strategic tools, warning that their “weaponisation” could slow collective development and create fresh challenges for countries across the Global South. Speaking at the concluding session of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Modi stressed the importance of cooperation,...
Senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader A Raja has expressed regret over his controversial remarks against Tamil Nadu minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Nirmal Kumar, following criticism from several political leaders. Raja, a senior DMK leader and former Union minister, said his comments were made in an emotional moment and announced that he...
The menu served to international dignitaries during the BRICS Summit in New Delhi has triggered a political exchange between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the Opposition questioning why guests were served an entirely vegetarian spread. The controversy emerged after the conclusion of the two-day BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New...
The Congress has secured an alternative venue in Indore for party leader Rahul Gandhi’s upcoming ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme after permission to hold the event at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was not granted. The development has added a fresh political dimension to Gandhi’s planned interaction with students and young people in Madhya Pradesh. The Congress...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, marking a significant moment in India-China relations after years of heightened tensions. Xi’s visit is his first to India in seven years and comes as both countries attempt to cautiously rebuild bilateral...
Senior Congress leader and socialist thinker Ratnakar Mahajan died in Pune at the age of 80, bringing an end to a political career that spanned several decades and major phases of Maharashtra’s political history. Mahajan died late on Friday, and his final rites are scheduled to be conducted at the Vaikunth crematorium in Pune on...
Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat has stepped down from two organisational positions in the party following an Enforcement Directorate search at the residence of his personal assistant, Chandan Singh Jeena, in connection with alleged irregularities in a 2016 recruitment examination in Uttarakhand. Rawat announced that he was resigning as a...
Congress leader and Punjab party in-charge Sachin Pilot has challenged the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to apply the same standards while assessing government schools in Punjab that it has used while examining schools in other states. Pilot’s remarks came after a CJP delegation visited government schools in Punjab as part of its “School Thik Karo”...