While granting bail to Shabir Ahmed Shah, the leader of the Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP), in an alleged terror funding case Thursday, the Supreme Court took note of his prolonged incarceration. While the Court was talking of the past eight years Shah has been imprisoned, the founder of the JKDFP, one of the…
The Kerala High Court on Thursday disqualified prominent Hindu community leader Vellappally Natesan and his son Thushar Vellappally as directors of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP Yogam). A Bench of Justice T R Ravi issued the order after hearing a batch of petitions challenging the continuation of the Natesan family at the helm…
With the birth anniversary of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram, March 15, just days away, a familiar but politically loaded question is resurfacing in Uttar Pradesh’s discourse: “Kiske Kanshi Ram (whose is Kanshi Ram)?” From the Congress to the Samajwadi Party (SP) to Dalit leader and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Chandrashekhar Azad,…
Once a long-standing associate of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, state Cabinet Minister Moloy Ghatak is now in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief’s bad books after drawing her ire over his conduct during the West Bengal Bar Council elections held on Monday. On Tuesday, Banerjee replaced Ghatak as the state law minister, though he…
Once a long-standing associate of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, state Cabinet Minister Moloy Ghatak is now in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief’s bad books after drawing her ire over his conduct during the West Bengal Bar Council elections held on Monday. On Tuesday, Banerjee replaced Ghatak as the state law minister, though he…
4 min readThiruvanananthapuramMar 12, 2026 01:23 PM IST First published on: Mar 12, 2026 at 01:23 PM IST In a major setback for the ruling CPI(M), veteran leader and former two-term minister G Sudhakaran on Thursday declared that he would contest the coming Assembly elections as an Independent. A prominent CPI(M) leader from Alappuzha district, the…
4 min readGuwahatiMar 12, 2026 07:14 AM IST (As Assam gears up for the Assembly polls, every week, Special Correspondent Sukrita Baruah decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) Wrapping government sops in familial terms that have become his signature, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, popularly called mama or…
With their no-confidence resolution against Speaker Om Birla defeated in the Lok Sabha Wednesday, the Congress and other Opposition parties are now making preparations to go after the BJP-led NDA government over the intensifying energy crisis, marked with shortages of oil and gas, amid the raging conflict between US-Israel and Iran besides the war’s fallout…
4 min readThiruvanananthapuramMar 11, 2026 08:19 PM IST First published on: Mar 11, 2026 at 08:19 PM IST Calling the war in West Asia “a matter of concern for all”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday that “the expansion of the petroleum sector is essential” and “the current crisis has once again established” how important…
“Proven misbehavior”, “partisan and discriminatory conduct”, and the “SIR exercise and mass disenfranchisement” – these are among the main grounds cited in the draft of the motion to be moved by the Opposition for the impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The Opposition has been contemplating this move for the past few months,…