UGC anti-caste rules: Major student bodies in campuses across India split over Supreme Court stay | Political Pulse News

Staying the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, the apex court said, “Prima facie, the language there is completely vague, the provisions are capable of misuse.” It added that the 2012 regulations would remain in force. The 2026 UGC regulations, notified on January 13, had intended to update the…

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BJP chief Nitin Nabin takes first steps to put together his team: First, ‘audition’ for leaders in poll-bound states | Political Pulse News

4 min readNew DelhiJan 31, 2026 03:33 AM IST First published on: Jan 30, 2026 at 02:49 PM IST In what is being viewed as an “audition” ahead of big organisational changes, BJP leaders from across the country being picked for the coming Assembly polls may stand a chance of joining new party president Nitin…

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14-fold jump in civic body wins: In Telangana, how Congress charted its big urban comeback | Political Pulse News

In the elections to Telangana’s urban bodies – 116 municipalities and 7 municipal corporations – the ruling Congress pulled off a landslide, displacing the once-dominant K Chandrashekar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and holding off the BJP. The outcome of these crucial polls showed the Congress secured outright majorities in 66 municipalities and three municipal…

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Sunetra Pawar: The reluctant politician set to carry forward husband Ajit Pawar’s legacy | Political Pulse News

With the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leadership backing Sunetra Pawar to fill the vacuum created by the death of her husband Ajit Pawar, the 63-year-old Rajya Sabha MP is set to become Maharashtra’s first woman Deputy Chief Minister on Saturday. Though she married into the Pawar family for over four decades, Sunetra largely remained away…

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