4 min readBaramati, MumbaiJan 30, 2026 06:10 AM IST First published on: Jan 30, 2026 at 06:10 AM IST The two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) were set to make an announcement on reunification on February 8, before the untimely demise of Ajit Pawar came as a setback. Sources said that merger talks…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s latest remarks that he has asked BJP workers to file complaints en masse against the inclusion of Bengali-origin Muslims – referring to them pejoratively as “Miyas” – in the voter lists and calling on the public at large to “trouble Miyas” has kicked up a new controversy in the…
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…
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…
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…
A day after the Economic Survey called for the Right to Information Act, 2005, to be re-examined, the Congress on Friday hit out at the government, alleging it was planning to “murder” the UPA-era law after having “systematically weakened” it since coming to power in 2014. The Survey acknowledged the law as a powerful democratic…
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…
Amid a push for the reunification of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and speculation that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) faction may “join the government” following the merger, the other parties in the Opposition INDIA bloc have adopted a wait-and-watch approach. “What can we do?” asked a senior All India Congress Committee (AICC) leader in…
Before the curtain rises on the Assembly elections in Kerala, it is witnessing a debut: its very first “Kumbh Mela”. On the bathing ghats of the Nava Mukunda Temple at Thirunavaya in Malappuram district, where generations have offered prayers to the souls of the dead, a festival is seeing a revival as a surrogate of…
4 min readNew DelhiJan 31, 2026 07:01 AM IST First published on: Jan 31, 2026 at 07:01 AM IST Amid a push for the reunification of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and speculation that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) faction may “join the government” following the merger, the other parties in the Opposition INDIA bloc…