The doctor whose hijab was removed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during an appointment letter distribution programme earlier this week has failed to join duty so far, officials said on Saturday, even as the controversy around the incident continued to escalate politically. Patna Civil Surgeon Avinash Kumar Singh said that Ayush doctor Nusrat Parveen … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY Political parties in Tamil Nadu have started making calculations in the run-up to the next year’s Assembly poll in the State. Early this week, Chief Minister and the ruling DMK president, M. K. Stalin “fixed a target” of 2.5 crore votes … Read more
File image of Opposition leader of West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari | Photo Credit: The Hindu Alleging irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday (December 1, 2025) sought an audit of all 1.25 crore entries made between November 26 and 28 during the enumeration process … Read more
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray hit out at the BJP over its “drama of nationalism and fake Hindutva”. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday (November 28, 2025) said his party MPs will chant Vande Mataram in Parliament, and dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to suspend … Read more
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma indicated that the Bengali Muslims are in a majority in the remaining 23 constituencies. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Sunday (November 23, 2025), claimed a stronger “indigenous presence” in 103 of the State’s 126 Assembly constituencies compared to half a … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Andhra Pradesh unit has strongly criticised ‘urban naxals’, Left parties and certain civil rights organisations for what it called a deliberate misinformation regarding the recent anti-Maoist operations. Addressing the media on Wednesday, BJP State spokesperson Shaik Baji accused these groups of spreading false propaganda that police were ‘capturing and killing … Read more
Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday warned that treating the Mekedatu project as a matter of political prestige would harm Karnataka’s interests, urging the State Government to seek Central approval “with trust and harmony” to strengthen its legal position. Bommai said the project, first conceived as a power initiative in 1996, underwent … Read more
In a huge win for the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Centre’s petition that challenged the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the resumption of MGNREGA, a 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme, in the state, after over three years. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, launched by the UPA … Read more
BJP West Bengal State President Samik Bhattacharya | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership in West Bengal has accused the Trinamool Congress government of delaying the census exercise in West Bengal so that the State’s ruling party can take “political advantage of a vote bank politics”. This allegation comes at a … Read more
Responding strongly to the Cabinet’s decision to “target RSS activities” by regulating the programmes being organised by private organisations in public places, BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra on Thursday alleged that the Congress government was doing it only to divert public attention from its failures. In a social media post, Mr. Vijayendra alleged that the … Read more