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Udhayanidhi targets Congress over BJP gains

Udhayanidhi Stalin has sharpened the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s attack on the Congress party, accusing its former ally of helping the Bharatiya Jana…

Ajmer clerics seek national status for cow

Priests linked to Ajmer Dargah Sharif have urged the Centre to declare the cow the national animal and impose a nationwide prohibition on its sale, s…

Legal groups challenge CJI remarks on green cases

A widening group of lawyers, academics, researchers, activists and former civil servants has urged Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to retract remar…

Clerics urge restraint before Eid sacrifice

Muslim clerics in West Bengal have urged the community to avoid buying cows for Qurbani as the state tightens enforcement of cattle slaughter and sal…

CPI questions Kerala voter roll revision

Kerala’s electoral battle has moved from polling booths to the credibility of the voter list, with the Communist Party of India alleging that the El…

Court widens judge contempt row

Delhi High Court has issued notices to Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai and journalist Saurav Das on a plea seeking criminal contempt action over all…

VCK move sharpens Tamil Nadu split

Tamil Nadu’s ruling coalition faced fresh strain on Friday after the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and the Indian Union Muslim League joined the cab…

Dhar worship row enters new phase

Members of the Muslim community in Dhar offered Friday prayers at home and wore black bands after a court ruling ended their access to the Bhojshala-…

Delhi tightens Bakri Eid slaughter rules

Delhi’s BJP government has ordered strict enforcement against unlawful animal slaughter ahead of Bakri Eid, warning that the sacrifice of cows, calve…

BJP eyes opening after DMK split

New Delhi’s ruling establishment is testing whether the collapse of the DMK-Congress partnership in Tamil Nadu can be converted into issue-based coop…

Mamata moves to steady KMC crisis

Mamata Banerjee has called Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to her Kalighat residence as a dispute over civic noti…

Fuel prices rise as crude shock deepens

Petrol and diesel prices rose by up to 91 paise a litre on Saturday, the third increase in less than 10 days, as state-owned fuel retailers moved to …

Modi drives fresh reform push

New Delhi moved to sharpen its governance and reform agenda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a four-and-a-half-hour meeting of the Council of …

Bengal moves to fast-track border deportations

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has ordered police to hand over detained infiltrators directly to the Border Security Force, marking a sh…

New York speech deepens India Pakistan clash

Pakistani senator Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan’s combative remarks at a political gathering in New York have sharpened an already tense diplomatic exchange…

Tharoor sees youth warning in CJP surge

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said the rapid rise of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party reflects a deeper political message from young voters who f…

Fresh plea widens Bhojshala legal battle

A fresh legal move by Hindu petitioners has widened the Bhojshala dispute in Dhar, days after the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the ASI-protecte…

Hormuz crossings signal cautious diplomatic opening

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has coordinated safe passage for 26 vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, offering the clearest sign yet of a controlled e…

Court keeps Bengal cattle rules intact

Calcutta High Court refused to stay West Bengal’s order regulating animal slaughter ahead of Eid al-Adha and directed the state government to decide …

Trinamool faces strain after Bengal poll setback

Trinamool Congress is confronting visible organisational strain after its defeat in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections, with poor attendance at its f…

Rupee slide squeezes household budgets

Household budgets across India face a fresh strain as the rupee’s slide to record lows threatens to raise the cost of fuel, imported electronics, ove…

Sami rejects nationality jibes over Bhagwat meeting

Adnan Sami has pushed back against online attacks questioning his nationality after his meeting with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat …