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