Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act stipulates that “no police officer shall conduct any enquiry or inquiry or investigation into any offence alleged to have been committed by a public servant under this Act, where the alleged offence is relatable to any recommendation made or decision taken by such public servant in discharge…
On January 7, Maharashtra AIMIM president Imtiaz Jaleel was manhandled by disgruntled party supporters while campaigning in Baijipura in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as anger spilled out within the party ranks over ticket distribution for the municipal corporation elections there. A week earlier, on December 28, the party’s Mumbai city president Farooq Shabdi had resigned with an…
Although the BJP emerged as the single largest party, it fell short of a majority on its own in the BMC and the Shinde Sena appears reluctant to hand over the Mayor’s post to the BJP on a platter. An indication of the contest within was evident Saturday when Shinde skipped a Cabinet meeting convened…
4 min readChandigarhJan 18, 2026 07:17 AM IST First published on: Jan 18, 2026 at 07:05 AM IST Dramatic scenes unfolded at a Punjab Congress meeting in Chandigarh Saturday where MP and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi launched a tirade on the lack of representation of Dalit leaders in the state party unit as…
A day before holding a rally in Singur in West Bengal on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the tone for the state Assembly elections slated for March-April. At his rally in Malda on Saturday, Modi flagged cross-border infiltration as a key issue, even as the BJP, in a bid to make development its poll…
On January 12, the newly appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary convened a meeting of the party leaders and workers from the Awadh region in Ayodhya. On his way to Ayodhya from Lucknow, the BJP’s rank and file welcomed Chaudhary at 55 places with about 12,000 vehicles joining his cavalcade in its final leg. It…
Defying expectations of a confrontation, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann struck a markedly conciliatory tone during his recent appearance at the Akal Takht Secretariat, where he was summoned to explain his controversial remarks and a purported viral video that drew allegations of being anti-Sikh. The build-up to the meeting last Thursday suggested a possible showdown…
The AIMIM has emerged as one of the surprise performers in the Maharashtra civic polls, winning 126 corporator seats across 13 corporations in the state and registering strong gains in cities such as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad) and Malegaon. The results mark a significant recovery for the party after its relatively weak showing in the…
Malegaon, one of Maharashtra’s most politically distinct cities, has once again charted its own course. In the recently concluded municipal Corporation elections, the city delivered a clear verdict in favour of a new political formation, ISLAM, floated by former Congress MLA Shaikh Asif, which emerged as the single-largest party in the 84-member civic body. ISLAM,…
The Congress high command on Saturday moved decisively to shut down speculation about exiting the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, concluding after a marathon closed-door meeting that the party cannot afford a rupture, politically or electorally, as it looks ahead to the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. The meeting, attended by 42 leaders from the state,…