Author: Md Nasimuddin
Counting of votes in the vice-presidential election began at 6 p.m. on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) after over 98% of MPs exercised their franchise in the contest between NDA nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B. Sudershan Reddy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) visited Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, States ravaged by recent floods following unprecedented rain, and announced relief packages. He announced financial assistance of ₹1,500 crore for Himachal Pradesh and an aid of ₹1,600 crore for Punjab.
Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak tendered his resignation to the Prime Minister during an emergency cabinet meeting held on Monday at the official residence of the Prime Minister in Baluwatar.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to consider Aadhaar as the 12th prescribed document for establishing the identity of a voter in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise of electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar.
Justice (retired) B Sudershan Reddy, the Opposition’s candidate for the September 9 vice-presidential election, has called for defending the soul of the democratic republic as “democratic space is shrinking” and citizens’ rights are “under strain”.
Pasupati Kumar Paras-led Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), leaders familiar with the development after a meeting held at leader of the Opposition in assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s residence on Saturday.
The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday (September 4, 2025) witnessed unprecedented protests during the debate on a resolution condemning ill-treatment of Bengali migrants in other parts of the country. Five legislators, including the party’s chief whip Sankar Ghosh, were suspended for disrupting proceedings of the House.
For the first time since 1982, when Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were first introduced in India, Karnataka has broken ranks with the rest of the country.
Union Home Ministry officials are all set to meet representatives of Kuki-Zo insurgent groups on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) to finalise the extension of the suspension of operations (SoO) agreement that has been in limbo since February 29, 2024, when the Manipur government pulled out of the tripartite pact, a government source said.
India cut the goods and services tax on small cars, televisions, air conditioners, textiles and a range of household goods from September 22, in a major rate overhaul aimed at spurring consumption ahead of the festive season, even as Trump’s tariffs threaten the country’s exports.