The Week

The Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to pick a new working president has sparked speculations about the succession to the post of party chief. Nitin Nabin, who became the road construction minister in the recently elected Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, has a strong RSS background. The five-time Bankipur MLA joined electoral politics at the age of 26. Why Nitin Nabin's succession to party chief's post is delayed? Other than Nitin Nabin, only JP Nadda has held the post of working president. Th

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is among the 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra to which elections will be held on January 15, Wednesday. The counting of votes is scheduled for January 16, Friday, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced on Monday. Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar are among the other prominent civic bodies going to polls. He reportedly confirmed that the election code of conduct has now come into force in all

The Tamil Nadu police have finally granted permission for Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's (TVK) political rally in Erode on December 18. The rally, first in Tamil Nadu since the deadly stampede during the party's campaign in Karur in September, will test the party's organisational capabilities. Erode police granted permission for the rally at a 16-acre land belonging to a temple in Vijayamangalam after conducting necessary inspections recently. The temple, managed by the Hindu Religious and Charitab

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin slammed the Centre's move to rename rural employment scheme MGNREGA and charged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is doing so out of spite towards Mahatma Gandhi. In a post on X, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader urged the Centre to withdraw amendments to the rural employment scheme. Out of spite towards the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, they have removed his name and imposed a northern language name that doesn't even enter the

In a shocking incident, a class 10 student slit the throat of his classmate during a coaching class in Rajgurunagar, Ked taluk area of Pune, Maharashtra. The incident happened as the teacher in the coaching class was taking the class on Monday morning. The victim was taken to a hospital but died while undergoing treatment. The two students had reportedly been engaged in an argument for the past few days. The minor had arrived late to the class and sat behind the victim at around 8:30 and 8:45. H

The Enforcement Directorate raided more than 25 locations in UP, Gujarat, and Jharkhand over 40 hours, over a large illicit money laundering cough syrup racket. Officials found that over 700 fake firms were set up in the name of 220 operators. The firms were found to be generating billions of rupees. In the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), 67 people were named as accused in the case. It was found to be the states largest codeine-based cough syrup diversion and trafficking racket. Fact

The Modi government is set to replace the United Progressive Alliances (UPA) flagship rights-based rural employment law, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), with a new statute that rebrands and restructures the programme as the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025. The move marks both a change in nomenclature and philosophy. While MNREGA was framed in 2005 as a legal right to employment to address rural distress, the new la

Residents in several areas of Delhi complained of breathing difficulty on Monday as the air quality in the national capital remained in the severe category. A thick layer of smog enveloped the city, reducing visibility and affecting vehicular movements. The condition of Delhi is bad. We are experiencing difficulty in breathing. Old people are distressed, a resident told ANI news agency. He alleged that the construction work was still going on in the city despite the worsening level of pollution

No longer is it about a few militants dressed in camouflage, armed to the teeth with automatics and assault guns, operating from hideouts in the hills and mountains of Kashmir, rich with their experience and training from battlegrounds in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and thoroughly indoctrinated in radical religious ideology. The new age harbingers of terror, with their primary aim of transitioning Kashmir from a Dar al-Harb (or land of war) to a Dar al-Islam (land of Islam) is about a new breed of

Al-Falah University, which is under scrutiny in connection with the Delhi blast probe as three doctors arrested in connection with the white-collar terror module were linked to the university, appears to be in further trouble as the founder and managing trustee of the university, Javed Ahmed Siddiqui, seems to have a criminal past. According to media reports, a parallel investigation into the Delhi Red Fort blast is also looking into an old criminal case for which Siddiqui and one of his associa

In a shocking breakthrough, it has been revealed that Faridabad terror module's Dr Shaheen Shahid , who was tasked with creating Jaish-e-Mohammed's women terror wing Jamaat-ul-Mominat, was in close contact with top leaders of Masood Azhar's outfit. ALSO READ: Who runs Al Falah University where JeM woman doc Shaheen Shahid, Red Fort blast suspect Umar un Nabi and other terror accused worked? Among those Dr Shaheen was in touch with included Sadia Azhar, sister of JeM chief Masood and wife of 1999

Will Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving chief minister, get a record fifth term? Or, will Tejashwi Yadav and Mahagathbandhan stop the NDA juggernaut, proving the exit polls wrong? All questions will be answered on November 14, when the counting of votes polled in the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections will be conducted. The NDA in Bihar comprises five parties, while the Grand Alliance includes RJD, Congress, CPI(ML) Liberation, other Left parties, and Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP). Counting w

With hours left for counting in the Bihar Assembly Elections, exit polls have predicted a clean sweep for the JD(U)-led NDA. The excitement is palpable in the NDA camp, though exit polls, time and again, have proved wrong in Bihar. But one survey has predicted disappointing news for Nitish Kumar. According to Vote Vibe, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav is the most preferred candidate for the post of Chief Minister. Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar has only come second to Yadav. According to r

Some people enter our lives quietly, leaving behind footprints that never fade. My maternal uncle, Tariq Bhat, was one such soula man whose pen carried truth, whose voice resonated with reason and whose very presence shaped my life in ways words can barely describe. To the world, he was Tariq Bhat, THE WEEKs senior special correspondent in Jammu and Kashmira seasoned journalist whose commitment to accuracy, balance, and empathy made him one of the most respected media professionals in Jammu and

As Bihar is all set for the counting of votes for the assembly elections on Friday, a Bollywood-style poster has been erected outside the JD(U) office in Patna, featuring Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, with the caption Tiger abhi zinda hai (Tiger is still alive). The poster, which described the party supremo as the protector of all communitiesdalits, mahadalits, backward classes, upper castes and minoritieswas dedicated by party leader and former minister Ranjit Sinha. Interestingly, it surfaced

The perpetrators of the Delhi Red Fort car blast had a more sinister plan in mind as they wanted to execute serial bomb blasts using as many as 32 vehicles, a report claimed. Quoting intelligence sources, an Amar Ujala report said that the Hyundai i20 that caused the blast near Red Fort Metro Station and another Ford EcoSport that was later found, were part of the arsenal that was being built for the serial blasts. Both the vehicles were modified for the explosives to be fitted in. ALSO READ | D