Opposition plots line on quota bill
Opposition parties in the INDIA bloc were due to meet in Parliament on Friday to firm up a common floor strategy over the Constitution Bill, after…
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Tech Mahindra pushes back on Goregaon row
Tech Mahindra has moved to contain a controversy over workplace practices after a viral image carrying the words “Footwear Free Zone” triggered all…
Lenskart row puts dress codes under glare
Dress-code dispute engulfs Lenskart
Lenskart founder Peyush Bansal has rejected claims that the company’s current grooming rules permit a hijab…
Razzak exit jolts Trinamool in Bengal
Trinamool Congress has suffered a conspicuous pre-poll embarrassment in Murshidabad after Abdur Razzak, the outgoing MLA from Jalangi, resigned fro…
Banking burnout sparks a wider warning
Chirag Madaan, a 24-year-old graduate of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, has set off a broader debate over work culture aft…
Assam row deepens over Sarma remarks
Opposition parties in Assam have sharpened their attack on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after a television interview in which he spoke about …
Congress erased from Assam’s Upper House map
A political chapter closed in Assam on Thursday as the Indian National Congress lost its last foothold in the Rajya Sabha from the state, leaving t…
Lok Sabha clash over quota redraw
Tempers flared in the Lok Sabha on Thursday after Congress MP K C Venugopal objected to the introduction of three government bills tied to women’s …
Hormuz shock tests India’s energy shield
Safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz moved to the centre of India’s diplomatic and energy agenda on Wednesday, with external affairs minister …
Rahul Gandhi attacks quota rollout plan
Rahul Gandhi has accused the government of trying to turn women’s political reservation into a broader exercise in electoral restructuring, saying …
Xi lays out a Beijing peace pitch
China’s President Xi Jinping has used a meeting in Beijing with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to present a fou…
Trump ties Hormuz pledge to China
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was “permanently” opening the Strait of Hormuz, framing the move as a benefit for China as well…
Hormuz squeeze deepens India’s shipping strain
Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz sharpened again on Monday after the United States moved from a fragile ceasefire framework with Iran to a nava…
Hormuz blockade draws legal rebuke
Arsenio Dominguez, head of the UN’s International Maritime Organization, said no state had a legal right to obstruct shipping through the Strait of…
Supreme Court shuts door on Bengal appeal votes
People in West Bengal whose names were struck off the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision will not be allowed to cast ballots in th…
Rahul hardens Congress stand in Assam row
Rahul Gandhi has sharpened Congress’s confrontation with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, throwing his weight behind party spokesman Pawan K…
Uttar Pradesh raises floor pay after Noida unrest
Uttar Pradesh has revised minimum wages for workers across categories after unrest in Noida spilled into violence, with the new rates taking effect…
Kejriwal presses bias plea in excise case
Arvind Kejriwal has escalated the Delhi excise policy battle into a wider confrontation over judicial neutrality, telling the Delhi High Court that…
Muhoozi’s Turkey demand stirs diplomatic unease
Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has ignited a diplomatic row after demanding that Turkey pay what he called a $1 billion “security divi…
Bengal row deepens over Kabir tape
West Bengal’s election battle sharpened on Sunday after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of striking a Rs 1,000-crore deal to unseat …
Supreme Court keeps Lalu trial on track
Lalu Prasad Yadav won limited relief from the Supreme Court on Monday after it exempted him from appearing before the trial court in the land-for-j…
Congress rift erupts over Hazeena charge
M Hazeena Syed, former president of the Tamil Nadu Pradesh Mahila Congress, has accused All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba of harassment af…