After a stampede near the Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar killed eight people on Sunday morning, the police have filed a report against unknown individuals for spreading rumors about a broken electrical wire, which likely triggered a panic and led to the tragedy.
A new report by India’s top government auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), has found serious problems in how Bihar used public money in 2023–24. According to the report, the State government spent over ₹70,000 crore without giving any proof of how or where the money was used.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has announced that he will “adopt” 22 children from Jammu Kashmir’s Poonch district who lost one or both parents during recent cross-border shelling linked to Operation Sindoor.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (July 28, 2025) asserted that Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, was only “paused” and the military action will resume if Pakistan indulged in any fresh misadventure.
Quoting a recent report of internationally acclaimed Human Rights Watch, West Bengal chief minister slammed BJP-led Centre for harassment of Bengalis tagging them with Bangladeshis. She referred the HRW findings in her X handle post reports of harassment of Bengalis in Haryana.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold her first rally against “linguistic terrorism” in Bengal’s Birbhum district on Monday, which she calls “second language movement” against torture and harassment on the Bengali-speaking migrants in BJP-ruled states.
A thousand years after his reign, Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I (1014–1044 CE) has become a central figure in politics, drawing the attention of both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who are celebrating his legacy through parallel celebrations.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) on Thursday served a show-cause notice to its MP Girdhari Yadav his inflammatory comments on the current special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. The notice alleged that the comments “inadvertently lent credibility to the baseless and politically motivated allegations made by the Opposition.”
The government of Friday extended President’s rule in Manipur for another six months, with effect from August 13, 2025. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday moved a statutory resolution to extend the rule till February 13, 2026.
India’s Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi is all set to address the escalating pro-khalistan activities seen in parts of the UK besides the expected signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom.
