5 min readNew DelhiFeb 6, 2026 06:21 AM IST First published on: Feb 6, 2026 at 06:21 AM IST FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said the government did not have any issues with former Army chief General MM Naravane, whose unpublished book Four Stars of Destiny was held aloft by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi…
A cash-strapped West Bengal government, already reeling under a debt of more than Rs 8 lakh crore, has announced a 4% hike in the dearness allowance (DA) for government employees even as the Trinamool Congress-led administration remains on the hook for pending dues from 2008 to 2019 and expects to fund expanded social schemes with…
(As Kerala gears up for the Assembly polls, every week, Shaju Philip decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) When it comes to their stand on Muslims or parties dominated by the minority community, the CPI(M) and the BJP in Kerala appear to be almost on the same page ahead…
Amid the controversy over Manoj Bajpayee starrer ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’, the Uttar Pradesh government Friday ordered an FIR against the film’s director over the title which, it said, has caused widespread anger among the Brahmin community. A teaser of the upcoming movie, which was released recently and is being promoted on Netflix, had caused uproar, with…
In an unprecedented move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Supreme Court Wednesday to argue her case against the Election Commission (EC)’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the EC was “targeting” Bengal and “bulldozing” its people. In her submission before a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of…
4 min readNew DelhiFeb 7, 2026 06:24 AM IST First published on: Feb 6, 2026 at 07:43 PM IST The recent violence in the hills of Manipur over the formation of a popular government in the state, the virtual presence of Kuki MLAs during a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday, and warnings from…
4 min readNew DelhiFeb 7, 2026 06:12 AM IST First published on: Feb 7, 2026 at 05:45 AM IST Former Army chief General M M Naravane’s memoir, Four Stars of Destiny, cited by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in his criticism of the Government, stands out as an outlier in the Ministry of Defence’s record…
5 min readGuwahatiFeb 7, 2026 08:00 AM IST First published on: Feb 7, 2026 at 08:00 AM IST Against the backdrop of a protest rally in Manipur’s Churachandpur on Friday, in which effigies of three Kuki-Zo MLAs were burned, one of the legislators has told The Indian Express that agreeing to join the government “does…
In the last few elections in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has established itself as the dominant Sena group with 57 MLAs and a host of municipal corporations under its belt, along with ally BJP. However, it has one major weakness. The party continues to heavily depend on its MLAs and urban corporators, with…
THE FIRST part of the Budget Session of Parliament, which ended on Friday, was not just stormy but also a witness to many apparent firsts, particularly in the Lok Sabha. The House will now reassemble on March 9. The session, which began on January 28, saw several unexpected developments. For one, the Union Budget was…