Author: Md Nasimuddin
Congress is preparing to stake a claim for one of the four Rajya Sabha seats up for election in Jammu and Kashmir on October 24, with senior leader Digvijay Singh tasked to negotiate with coalition partner National Conference (NC), party sources said on Thursday.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo, has moved a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court against the preventive detention of her husband under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, following violent protests on September 24 in Leh.
Pacers Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf shared six wickets as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 11 runs Thursday to set up an Asia Cup final against archrival India.
The BJP opted for tried and tested poll managers, Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav — key OBC faces — as election in-charges for Bihar and West Bengal, respectively.
Following the party meet in Bihar’s Patna, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in its resolution on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “huglomacy” has backfired, leaving India “diplomatically isolated and unable to secure its national interests”. The party also conveyed that it is “profoundly worried by collapse of India’s foreign policy”. “The BJP-RSS’s relentless attacks on the Constitution and the Republic have continued unabated. The fundamental principles of our democracy — liberty, equality, fraternity, and justice — are being demolished brick by brick,” the party observed in its resolution passed hours after the extended CWC meet in Patna. The Congress’…
Abhishek Sharma’s breezy fifty was complemented well by left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav as India outclassed Bangladesh by 41 runs in a Super 4s match to seal the Asia Cup final berth here on Wednesday.
Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Mohammad Azam Khan was released from Sitapur jail on Tuesday after spending 23 months behind bars in connection with multiple criminal cases.
Tamil Nadu Congress Legislative Party Leader and Killiyoor MLA S. Rajeshkumar has said the party’s MLAs and functionaries would urge the All India Congress Committee leadership to push for a coalition government in Tamil Nadu and seek more seats as a part of the DMK alliance in the 2026 Assembly election. In 2021, the party was allotted 25 seats in the DMK-led alliance.
Former Delhi all-rounder Mithun Manhas is all set to become the first Jammu and Kashmir-born Indian cricketer to become BCCI president, report stating that the board members finalised him as the next office-holder after intense midnight discussions.
At least three persons died of electrocution in rain-hit areas of Kolkata. Very heavy overnight rainfall triggered widespread waterlogging on Tuesday, bringing traffic, public transport and daily life in the city and its surroundings to a grinding halt. Officials said train and Metro Railway services in the city and suburbs were severely hit due to waterlogged tracks. Water also entered several houses and residential complexes as major roads went underwater following the downpour that began past midnight. Significant waterlogging was reported in the mid-section of the Metro’s Blue Line (Dakshineswar–Shahid Khudiram), particularly between Mahanayak Uttam Kumar and Rabindra Sarobar stations,…