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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sharply criticized Bangladesh's leadership for choosing not to participate in the BRICS summit held in India. In an exclusive interview on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, Ha…
More than 100 civil society organizations, rights collectives, and legal advocacy groups officially united under a broad national coalition to protest the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revisio…
The Delhi Police registered multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) across the Barakhamba Road and Tilak Marg police stations on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, following an unauthorized "March for Democracy" organized b…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, agreed to hear two urgent petitions seeking the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to regulate public demonstrations across the national capital. …
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) executed one of the largest peacetime security mobilizations in Central Delhi, deploying roughly 26,000 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel across the National Capital…
In an unprecedented escalation of their week-long agitation, parliamentarians and top leaders from the INDIA bloc initiated a high-profile march from Parliament House toward Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, October 9, 20…
The national standoff between opposition parties and the central government reached a boiling point on Thursday, October 8, 2026, as the INDIA bloc escalated its multi-city agitations demanding the immediate resignati…
Delhi Police formally registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and several INDIA bloc parliamentarians. The …
Refusing to create an administrative void at the helm of India's poll panel, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India declined to issue an interim stay suspending Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kum…
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and over 250 Opposition Parliamentarians were briefly detained by Delhi Police on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, following a dramatic multi-hour standoff near the E…
Stepping up its political offensive against the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Indian National Congress alongside INDIA bloc alliance partners expanded a nationwide campaign against alleged voter list deletio…
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Uni…
Escalating the political confrontation with the Election Commission of India (ECI), Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi launched the 'Satyagraha' digital movement and grievance mapping platform. The…
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, is scheduled to hear a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) on Monday…
The entire legislative and organizational leadership of the Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)—led by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and state party president Dr. Archana Gupta—convened a high-level review session…
Opposition parties under the INDIA bloc, alongside civil society alliances and student outfits, intensified a nationwide agitation demanding the immediate resignation and parliamentary removal of Chief Election Commis…
A coalition of over 2,000 prominent civil society members, academics, retired bureaucrats, and legal luminaries submitted an open letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, urging the Supreme Court to initiate suo m…
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) convened a high-level review meeting to analyze the organizational collapse of its student wing, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), in the 2026 Delhi University Stude…
Mounting a fierce national defense of the election machinery, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a coordinated counter-offensive against Opposition charges regarding the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Spe…
The Indian National Congress and key Opposition parties launched a coordinated nationwide demonstration demanding the immediate resignation, arrest, and prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. …
Inaugurating the 3rd National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Heads in New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah issued a binding directive setting December 31, 2029, as the national deadline to uproot t…
The Election Commission of India's (ECI) nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive resulted in the removal of over 13 crore names from draft voter rolls across 30 States and Union Territories. Aimed at removin…
In an open letter released during the high-level debate of the 81st UN General Assembly, a coalition of nearly 100 former presidents, prime ministers, and senior diplomats issued a joint appeal for international coope…
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar co-chaired the inaugural "Partners for Multilateralism, International Law, Peace & Prosperity" (P4M) Summit on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York. Joining…
The 18th BRICS Summit held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi concluded with all 11 member nations unanimously adopting the landmark "New Delhi Declaration: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainabi…
In a landmark ruling reinforcing judicial review under the Tenth Schedule, the Telangana High Court disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender under the anti-defection law. Setting aside Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasa…
The ruling United Russia party secured a parliamentary supermajority following the conclusion of voting in the 2026 State Duma elections. Preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission show United Rus…
The Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across all 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi has triggered intense political debate. While electoral…
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan H.R. 5334, officially titled the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, into law on September 18. The legislation grants executive discretionary au…
In an interim ruling under Paragraph 15 of the Symbols Order, 1968, the Election Commission of India barred both rival factions of the Trinamool Congress from using the party's official name and iconic 'Flowers & Gras…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by a 262–159 vote, granting the U.S. President discretionary authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% …
Following the Federal Reserve's unanimous decision to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points—the first hike in three years—President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on the Fed Board, labeling member…
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned Pakistan's Chargé d'Affaires in New Delhi to convey a strong diplomatic protest over the "unacceptable and unprofessional conduct" of a Pakistan Navy corvette that colli…
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has proposed a new constitutional provision—Chapter K under Article 371—to establish a directly elected assembly with legislative powers over land, environment, and culture for…
U.S. President Donald Trump publicly claimed that the military conflict between the U.S. and Iran will "end immediately" following the November 2026 U.S. midterm elections, alleging Tehran is attempting to influence t…
The Union Cabinet approved the funding and implementation roadmap for the ₹60,000-crore PM-SETU scheme, empowering the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to transform 1,000 Industrial Training I…
New Delhi is set to host the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit on September 12–13 at Bharat Mandapam, marking two decades of the grouping with a focus on global governance reform, trade integration, and local currency mechan…
Authorities tightened security and enforced traffic diversions across Srinagar and Jammu following planned counter-protests by the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
U.S. Central Command executed a broad wave of military strikes targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval assets, mine-laying capabilities, and coastal radars in response to renewed attacks on commercial…
The U.S. invited Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to in-person G20 talks in North Carolina, sparking pushback and a photo boycott from European delegates.