The massive row over the implementation of the National Education Policy in Tamil Nadu continues, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin stating they will not tolerate Hindi colonialism replacing British colonialism. Chief Minister Stalin also mocked the Bharatiya Janata Partys signature campaign in favour of three-language policy. In a post on social media platform X, Stalin said it was Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who provoked the state into recent series of protests and said, He forg

Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday and said the state should offer engineering and medical education in Tamil in the state. Shahs comments come amid a raging Hindi imposition row in the southern state. Attending the 56th Raising Day of the CISF at Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, the Union home minister said the Centre has now permitted conducting CAPF examinations in regional languages. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has allowed conducting CAPF examinat

Bharatiya Janata Party acknowledged the significant contribution of the women voters whose voting percentage exceeded their male counterparts by appointing Rekha Gupta as the fourth woman chief minister of Delhi. Now that Womens Day is just around the corner, women concerning issues like safety and security and questions regarding the fulfilment of election promises are making rounds. Women constitute 45 percent of Delhi voters which amounts to approximately 72 lakh votes and Delhis electorate

The 29-year-old man who was executed in the UAE after being convicted for the murder of an Emirati citizen had rang up his mother a day before his execution. Muhammed Rinash Arangilottu made an emotional phone call to his mother, weeping and pleading for his life. Laila, his mother who left for the UAE for his burial, told reporters that she assured him to do everything possible to bring him back. However, all her efforts ended in vain as Rinash was executed the next day. His burial was held in

Bharatiya Janata Partys chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi on Monday said political parties who dont deliver on their election promises face rejection from the people. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, he pointed to the BJPs recent victory in the Delhi Assembly elections as evidence that voters reject governments that fail to honour their commitments. Delhis verdict is clear when governments fail to fulfil their manifesto promises, the people do not hesitate to choose an alternative, Seth

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the central government to file its response on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 8 and 9 of the Representation of the People Act (RP Act), 1951. The petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sought life-long disqualification of MPs and MLAs who have been convicted of criminal offences. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan asked the Centre and the Election Commission of India to file

After hearing arguments from all the stakeholders in the case, the Supreme Court of India on Monday reserved its judgement on the alleged West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam. The case involves the cancellation of over 23,000 teaching and non-teaching appointments by the Calcutta High Court in April last year. During the hearing, a division bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justice Sanjay Kumar, listened to the Central Bureau of Investigation

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose formally started the budget session in the assembly on Monday. In his speech, he praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government on many fronts, including its welfare schemes, Bengal Global Business Summit, law and order, etc. The relationship between Governor Bose and the state government has been topsy-turvy from the beginning. They have frequently engaged in direct confrontations and counterattacks on various issues. The tug of war

The Delhi High Court granted two-day custody parole to Jammu and Kashmir MP and leader of Awami Iteha Party (AIP), Engineer Rashid, on Monday. The Court had reserved its verdict during the last hearing after the National Investigation Agency argued against the parole. The AIP leader was arrested by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2019 on charges of terror funding. Last year, Rashid was granted temporary bail to campaign for his party. However, the AIP failed to

Security forces have launched a probe after a letter threatening a bomb blast was found onboard an Ahmedabad-bound flight from Saudi Arabia. According to authorities, all passengers have deboarded from the aircraft safely and search operations are underway. According to officials, a threat letter was allegedly found inside the international aircraft during security checks after the flight landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Security officials said the threat letter was fou

The exit of N. Biren Singh as chief minister of Manipur has met with mixed reactions, with both the administration and people in the states hill and valley districts seeing it as a necessary step toward restoring normalcy. However, the real challenge now lies in selecting a consensus leader who can bridge the deep ethnic divide between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities and restart the stalled peace talks. There is growing speculation that the state may come under Presidents Rule, with Governor

Now that Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde is almost out of the race for the Chief Minister's post, cracks are beginning to show in the Mahayuti coalition. Eknath Shinde, who resigned as the Chief Minister, is apparently very unhappy about being demoted that he is making his displeasure known. While speculations are that Shinde has cancelled all public meetings, Shiv Sena leaders are now coming out in the open lambasting Ajit Pawar's NCP. Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam lashed out at Ajit Pawar and th

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, last May, the Indian National Congress (INC) party alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hoped to change the Constitution if it managed to get a two-thirds majority in Parliament. This is a charge vehemently denied by the saffron party, which in turn said it had a clear mandate twice and changing the Constitution or ending the caste-based reservation was never on its agenda. The BJP countered the allegation by reminding the grand old party of the Emergency i

Kerala submitted a revised proposal to designate 8,590.69 sq. km across 98 villages in 29 taluks, spread over 12 districts, as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA). This revision was based on suggestions verified by the Local Self Government Department and was submitted on November 2. Initially, a High-Level Working Group chaired by K. Kasturirangan identified 13,108 sq. km in Kerala to be declared as ESA. In December 2013, the Union government sought feedback from state governments on modifying E

A group of Kashmiri Pandits has registered a housing society in Srinagar, seeking government land at nominal rates to facilitate their permanent resettlement in Kashmir. The initiative, the first of its kind in over three decades, reflects the community's frustration with delays in rehabilitation plans by successive governments. The Displaced Kashmiri Residents Housing Cooperative in Srinagar has been registered with the Registrar of Cooperative Societies in Jammu and Kashmir. The society compri

The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced by-elections for six vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, and Haryana, scheduled for December 20. Notably, Jammu and Kashmir was not included in this schedule despite having four vacant seats since the dissolution of its Legislative Assembly in 2018, raising alarms about the regions absence in the Upper House. The previous Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held in February 2015, coinciding with the format

As Maharashtra awaits the announcement of its next Chief Minister, the BJP has come forward to clear its stance on the Bihar-model governance in Maharashtra, a demand put forth by its ally Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena, a coalition partner of Mahayuti, had called for a Bihar-model governance in the state which will enable Eknath Shinde to stay at the helm. In Bihar, where BJP and JD(U) are allies, the saffron party gave the top post to JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar. However, the party has no intention of doin

Compared to 2019-20, there were 10,184 fewer government schools in the country in 2021-22. This decline followed the implementation of the school rationalisation policy introduced in 2021-22. In 2019-20, the country had 10,32,570 government schools, which decreased to 10,22,386 in 2021-22. The Union government provided this data in response to a question raised by Congress MP Hibi Eden in Parliament regarding the schools that have been closed or merged under the school rationalisation policy sin