Once poised to sweep Trinamool Congress from its perch of ruling party in West Bengal, the state unit of BJP appears to be a pale shadow of itself. Even after Samik Bhattacharya replaced Sukanta Majumdar as state unit chief, the former. continues to be a divided house ..
During a law and order review meeting, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath direct the officials to make state’s Anti Romeo Squad more active. In the meeting he highlighted that women’s safety and dignity is government’s top priority.
Sangh will not participate in any temple movements, be it of Mathura or Kashi, said Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday (August 28, 2025). He also clarified that the organisation will not stop swayamsewaks (RSS volunteers), if they want to join the ‘temple cause’.
The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) approved streamlining of the process to grant permission for land transfers between people belonging to different religions. The approval is aimed at ensuring more efficient processing and expeditious disposal of such proposals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the media after the Cabinet meeting.
The Bombay High Court has approved the release of “Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi,” a film reported to be inspired by the life of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. On Monday, a division bench comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Neela K. Gokhale ordered the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant a certificate for the film without modifications.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren was put under house arrest Sunday morning. This happened just hours before he was supposed to join a major protest by Adivasi groups against land acquisition for the proposed RIMS-2 hospital in Ranchi. Soren shared this information on social media, stating, “To prevent the voice of the tribal/indigenous farmers of Nagdi from being raised, the Jharkhand government has placed me under house arrest since this morning.”
The Congress is actively debating whether or not to join the proposed joint parliamentary committee (JPC) that will examine a bill that seeks resignation of Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers if they remain jailed for over 30 consecutive days over serious corruption charges.
A group of 18 retired judges have penned a joint statement against Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on the Supreme Court’s Salwa Judum judgement saying that such “prejudicial misinterpretation” will have a “chilling effect on the judges of the Supreme Court, shaking the independence of the judiciary”.
