Politics

The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka has proposed a new law that will tackle “honour killings” as a specific category of crime, besides protecting the freedom of choice in marriage. The government is bringing this Bill in the wake of some recent caste-linked honour killings in the state. In one such incident reported from a…

On Monday, former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti demanded divisional status for the Pir Panjal and Chenab Valley regions of Jammu. The demand for divisional status for the twin regions came after BJP leader Sham Lal Sharma demanded that Jammu be carved out as a separate state. Both the ruling…

With the Assembly election drawing near in Kerala, Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam and Nair Service Society (NSS) — two of the state’s prominent Hindu caste outfits — appear to have endorsed a “Hindu unity” plan, a move that brings them closer. After a meeting of SNDP Yogam general council on Wednesday, its general…

It was billed as the site that would usher in a new era of industrialisation and jobs in West Bengal, an attempt by the Left to pivot towards the market economy after decades of stagnant growth. However, the proposed Tata plant in Singur in Hooghly district ended up bringing down the Left citadel and propelling…

4 min readMumbaiJan 23, 2026 07:39 AM IST First published on: Jan 22, 2026 at 04:49 PM IST As the Mahayuti navigates the political terrain amid the local body elections in Maharashtra, which will conclude with the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls later this month, questions are being raised in the BJP about whether…

Andhra Pradesh mulls Australia-like social media ban on under-16 users: Why it won’t be so easy Source link

3 min readThiruvananthapuramJan 22, 2026 11:46 PM IST First published on: Jan 22, 2026 at 09:00 PM IST Senior CPI(M) leader and Kerala minister Saji Cheriyan is not new to controversy. The 60-year-old who unleashed a storm with his anti-Muslim remarks before being forced to retract them on Wednesday was forced to step down as…

3 min readGuwahatiJan 23, 2026 08:50 AM IST First published on: Jan 23, 2026 at 08:50 AM IST With the Special Revision of electoral rolls underway in Assam, opposition leaders have raised an alarm over what they allege is widespread filing of objections against existing voters by third parties. Leader of the Opposition in the…

From handing over the reins of the party in Punjab to a Hindu and backing a Sanatan Seva Samiti to contemplating bringing in a Hindu Temples Act, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has made several attempts to reach out to Hindu voters in the Sikh-majority state. Now, a year before the Assembly elections next year,…

3 min readAhmedabadJan 23, 2026 10:37 AM IST First published on: Jan 23, 2026 at 09:01 AM IST One of the most influential socio-religious organisations in Gujarat, the Shree Khodaldham Trust (SKT) of the Patidars has a new organisational president. And this has sparked a buzz since the person concerned is former Chief Minister and…