The modest chavanni – the now-obsolete 25-paise coin – is gaining currency in western Uttar Pradesh ahead of the State election following a war of words over loyalty and caste identity between Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary and his former ally, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav. The conflict escalated after Mr. Yadav made a […]
Chief cleric of Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. File | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR Kashmir chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) urged the Centre to revisit its policy of “bans on social and political organisations in J&K”. Commenting on the statement of banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) amir (ex-chief) Ghulam Muhammad Bhat, the Mirwaiz […]
A probe has been ordered by Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar, a day after at least four MBBS intern doctors suffered injuries due to water cannons that were used against them during their protest in the campus of government-run Gandhi Medical College (GMC) to demand a hike in their stipend. On Monday (September 7, 2026), […]
The Fisheries and Harbour Engineering departments will take time-bound measures to address coastal erosion and other issues affecting fishing harbours in Kasaragod, Fisheries Minister V.E. Abdul Gafoor has said after a review meeting. The meeting discussed bringing new harbour development projects to the district while finding urgent solutions to problems affecting the existing facilities. Since […]
Telangana Minister for Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy meeting Philippines Cabinet member Francisco P. Tu Laurel Jr. in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy met Secretary of Agriculture of the Republic of the Philippines and a member of the Philippine Cabinet […]
One of the earth movers seized by the Forest department that was stolen. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Udumbanchola police in Keralam’s Idukki on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) arrested four men in connection with the theft of two earth movers that were in custody under the Ponmudi forest section of the Devikulam range in […]
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov speaks to the media, in New Delhi, on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Russia on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) said it will welcome any efforts by India to resolve the Ukraine conflict through peaceful means and Moscow is in sync with New Delhi on ways to end it. […]
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto GUWAHATI An Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer, arrested for “criminal misconduct”, allegedly used the services of a mimicry artist who telephonically impersonated political leaders, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and top bureaucrats. The Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell arrested Dhemaji District Development Commissioner […]
The story so far: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, in his reply to the debate on the demand for grants to his portfolio of Home in the Assembly on Monday (September 7, 2026), brought back to focus the Sarkaria Commission Inquiry, which went into allegations of corruption against former Chief Minister and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s longest-serving president M. Karunanidhi and his Cabinet colleagues of the 1970s. Two reports of the Commission were placed in Parliament […]
Two factions of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) on Monday (September 7) sparred over the “shift in ideological stand” and alleged “takeover of property” in Kashmir by its offshoot Justice Development Front (JDF), which participated in Assembly elections in 2024. Leaders of the breakaway faction of the JeI, including Ghulam Qadir Wani and Ahmadullah Parray Malik, […]
