The Week

There cannot be double standards in the fight against terrorism, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval reiterated at the first International Security Forum and the 14th Meeting of High Representatives for Security Matters in Moscow. While addressing the international security forum on Thursday, the NSA said responsible nations have to evaluate their choices and decide whether they support sponsors of terrorism or counter them with decisive action. Doval also highlighted the urgent need for reform

A CBI team on Thursday arrested retired judge Giribala Singh at her Bhopal residence in connection with the dowry death case of her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma. The arrest comes a day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed Girbala's anticipatory bail. The CBI team were seen entering Giribala's house in Bhopal's Bag Mughaliya extension area and questioned her earlier in the day.A Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team also reached the residence to gather evidence. Twisha was allegedly foun

Though it's been two days since the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the residence of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in connection with the money laundering case involving his daughter Veena Vijayan, Chief Minister V D Sateeshan has maintained a strategic silence despite the public protests following the raids descending into chaos. Although the Chief Minister was bombarded by questions about the law and order situation during his visit to Panakkad, the IUML supremos residence, he r

The South West Monsoon, which was initially expected to arrive in Kerala on Tuesday, will likely be further delayed, according to weather experts. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the monsoon will arrive in Kerala only by June 3. The initial prediction was that the monsoon could start in Kerala before June 1, as the powerful push-pull atmospheric mechanism that propels the phenomenon is currently active. While the Mascarene High, the high-pressure zone that forms in the so

With D. K. Shivakumar poised to take over as Karnatakas chief minister, discussions have reportedly begun over the next president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), with Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi emerging as the frontrunner. Alongside the leadership transition, the Congress high command is planning a major organisational reshuffle in the state. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is expected to announce his resignation later today, has reportedly sought key positions

In a significant move to fill vacancies, the Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the appointment of senior advocate V. Mohana to the rank of a judge at the apex court. If appointed, the senior advocate will become the second woman from Tamil Nadu to reach the post after Justice R. Banumathi, and the second from the Bar after Justice Indu Malhotra. Other judges who were recommended for the same post includeJustice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court; Justic

On April 3, 2025, when the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) received sanction to prosecute Pinarayi Vijayans daughter, Veena T., in an alleged corporate fraud case under Section 447 of the Companies Acta scheduled offence under the PMLAthe entire CPI(M) leadership was in Madurai, attending the partys 24th Congress. Veena and her firm, Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd, have been accused of receiving 2.7 crore in allegedly illegal payments from the mining company CMRL, owned by Sasidharan Karth

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed a wide range of issues, including the Mekedatu dam issue, the arrest of fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy and the Vande Mataram controversy. The meeting comes barely two weeks after the actor-turned-politician assumed office. The meeting is significant as it is Vijay's maiden official visit to Delhi after becoming the CM. According to a government release, CM Vijay expressed serious concern over Karnataka's a

Amid speculations that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah will step down, paving the way for Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to take the top post, Congress MLC B.K. Hariprasad confirmed to THE WEEK that there will be a change in leadership. A staunch supporter of Siddaramiah and the AHINDA movement, Hariprasad said, There will be a change of guard. We will have to wait and watch what will happen to the AHINDA movement once that happens. A powerful socio-political movement aimed at upli

Amid reports that the Congress High Command asked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step down, to replace him with Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, a new consensus formula is being discussed, according to reports. Speculations are that Siddaramaiah has asked for four deputy chief minister posts for his close confidants, a move that has reportedly not gone down well with D K Shivakumar. Local media reports attribute the deputy chief ministers sombre demeanour to his unhappiness at the

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is likely to step down, paving the way for his deputy D.K. Shivakumar to take over. However, the leadership transition in Karnataka Congress is expected to remain tense, with reports suggesting that backroom negotiations over key posts have further intensified. A decision on the leadership change is said to have been largely finalised following marathon meetings in Delhi, where Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar held separate consultations with the Congress high command. T

Amid allegations of gold theft at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple, another major Kerala shrine has come under scrutiny in a similar controversy. A report submitted by DGP Ravada A. Chandrasekhar to the Home Department has flagged suspected gold theft and security lapses at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram. According to Manorama News , the DGP report claimed that nearly 78 grams of gold bars and coins offered by devotees to the temple have gone missing over the past few m

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at the residences of former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Public Works Minister P.A. Mohammed Riyas as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation. Riyas, the Beypore MLA, is married to Vijayans daughter, Veena Vijayan. The probe is linked to allegations that Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL), a private company, made payments amounting to Rs 1.72 crore to Exalogic Solutions, an IT firm owned by Veena,

India on Monday strongly rejected references to the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in the recent joint statement issued by China and Pakistan, asserting that the regions have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India. Responding to media queries, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India categorically rejects the unwarranted references made in the China-Pakistan joint statement regarding Jammu & Kashmir. The statement was is

In what seemed unusual, Trinamool Congress (TMC)s elected representatives from North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts attended an administrative meeting in Kalyani in Nadira district chaired by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday. The meeting was to review development and welfare work in these districts. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidars presence raised speculations of a party switch, though Dastidar said an administrative meeting was for all and not party-specific. It is not a party prog

Kerala Police has suspended five officers accused in the infamous Nava Kerala Sadas assault casethe attack on Youth Congress workers in Alappuzha during the Nava Kerala Sadas outreach programme led by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The suspended officers were part of Vijayans security detail, including his gunman. The officerAnil Kumar, S. Sandeep, Vipin, Shaiju, and Arunwere suspended after the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the new government, recommended strong depa

On August 15, 2025, while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on India's 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned of a conspiracy to change India's demography through illegal infiltration and promised to set up a high-level mission to address the crisis. He said the country's forefathers made the supreme sacrifice to win freedom for Indians and it is the duty of the citizens to fight against such activities. Now, the Centre has announced the formation of thi

The legal battle over the fate of the historic Delhi Gymkhana Club has reached the Delhi High Court, with members and employees challenging the Union governments directive to vacate its sprawling 27.3-acre premises in Lutyens Delhi. On Tuesday, the court issued summons in the suits filed by club member Vijay Khurana and the Staff Welfare Association. However, it declined to grant any interim protection against the governments May 22 order asking the club to vacate the premises by June 5. Justice

In a major break from tradition, Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and two other MLAs attended the administrative meeting called by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kolkata on Tuesday. The meeting, held with administrative officials and elected representatives from North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts, is considered a politically unusual scene in West Bengals current landscape. Besides Kakali, Trinamool MLA from Deganga, Anisur Rahman, Trinamool MLA from Swarupnagar, Veena Mandal

Launching a scathing attack on the BJP-led government at the centre and state, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshvardhan Sapkal said onion farmers are currently getting only 200300 per quintal for their produce and blamed the Modi-led government at the Centre and the Devendra Fadnavis government in the state for the miserable condition of onion growers. He warned that the Congress party and the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) would not sit quietly until onion farmers receive a substan

The national capital is reeling under an intense water crisis, leaving many parts of Delhi, especially Sultanpuri, Rohini, and Kirari, dry and thirsty. The situation is such that the Wazirabad barrage, upstream of the Yamuna, has been reduced to small rivulets. Following the crisis, the state has sought help from the Haryana government. The Delhi government wants Haryana to provide additional water for the next four weeks or else the water supply could be severely disrupted, according to report

The Indian Meteorological Department had predicted that the monsoon would begin in Kerala around May 26. However, weak winds and hot weather conditions on Tuesday have raised uncertainty over rain arriving in the rest of the country by June 1. The department had said that conditions were favourable for monsoon onset only in some parts of the Arabian Sea. The south-west monsoon is expected to enter he state now only between June 5 and 10. The reported delay is in the wake of El Nios impact. The m

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year sentence for the rape of two women disciples, has been released once again from Rohtaks Sunaria jail after being granted a 30-day parole. Singh was released around 6:34 am under tight security and will remain at the Dera headquarters in Sirsa during the parole period, his counsel Jitender Khurana said. He is barred from holding physical gatherings with followers at the Dera but is permitted to address them virtually. He has got

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has taken over the probe into the death of actor-model Twisha Sharma, has registered an FIR against her husband and mother-in-law. Sharma, 32, was found dead at her marital home in Bhopal on May 12. Her family has alleged that she was subjected to dowry-related harassment. On Monday, a CBI Special Crime Unit reached Bhopal to formally take over the investigation and collect relevant documents and evidence. The agency later re-registered the stat

The 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections were not just another defeat for the AIADMK. But it shattered a monolithic legend which shook the very soul of the party. And the post-poll landscape is no longer about regaining powerit has turned into a chaotic, fragmented fight for survival. The once disciplined AIADMK has not split into many factions but seems to be negotiating the partys dissolution in exchange for political relevance. TVK is the new AIADMK. Anyone from the AIADMK who wants to walk out

Amid the Rs 50 crore corruption charges and a slew of other resurfaced allegations against the Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC), a former board member has alleged that she faced suspension and loss of membership after she exposed major issues with the club. The whistleblower, identified as Niji Sapra, has now alleged that after exposing serious violations ofMinistry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) guidelines by its previous board,she was suspended for a year and later lost her membership, despite being a la

A few years back, in the narrow lanes of North West Delhis resettlement colonies, children going missing was very common and was treated almost as an unfortunate fact of life. Families struggling to survive on daily wages often had little time, support, or institutional access to respond when a child suddenly went missing. In neighbourhoods shaped by continuous migration, overcrowding, economic distress, and social vulnerability, children frequently slipped through the cracks pushed into labour

The principal opposition party in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal, went from 81 legislators in 2021 in the Assembly to just 25 in the 2025 Assembly elections, a decline of more than 65 per cent in its strength. The Indian National Congress too suffered a similar slide, shrinking from 19 MLAs to six. The reduced numbers have not only weakened their political standing but also deepened resentment within their ranks. According to political observers, both camps are struggling more with their internal i

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry asked the 110-year-old Delhi Gymkhana club to vacate its premises by June 5, on Friday. The sudden order also said that failure to comply would mean the property would be taken in accordance with the law. The members of the club have now started a signature campaign to move the Delhi High Court against the order. The clubs premises measure around 27.3 acres and are situated at 2, Safdarjung Road. According to the government order, The order mentions t

Kerala High Court on Monday acquitted the first accused, Hussain M., in the lynching of a mentally challenged tribal youth in Palakkad, while upholding the conviction of 12 others in the case that had triggered widespread outrage in the state. A division bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar dismissed the appeals filed by the remaining convicts in the murder of Madhu. Madhu, a 27-year-old tribal youth from Chindakki Ooru in Attappadi, was lynched by a mob i

As the Congress government in Karnataka under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah completes three years, the High Command has summoned the senior leader to Delhi, triggering speculations that a leadership change is imminent. This comes amid disputes between Siddaramaiah and senior leader D K Shivakumar over the top post. As per reports, the High Command call came when the Chief Minister was at a Congress event on Sunday to discuss the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the Greater Bengaluru A

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress, allies until a month ago, are now engaged in a bitter war of words after the Congress quit the alliance and backed actor-politician C. Joseph Vijay in forming the government in Tamil Nadu. The latest flashpoint came on Sunday when DMK Youth Wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin accused the Congress of stabbing the party in the back and urged cadres never to trust the national party again. For over 20 years, the Congress party rode on our backs.

A Delhi court on Sunday sent accused Shubham Khairnar to judicial custody until June 6 in the NEET paper leak case. Special Judge Ruchi Aggarwal allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea seeking the judicial custody of the accused. The agency cited the need to recover and analyse digital devices and evidence, including communication records and the financial trail connected to the paper leak network. ALSO READ | NEET paper leak: Why rebuilding faith in India's exam system is cruc

Following a surge in online attention surrounding the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar police have deployed 24/7 security at the residence of party founder Abhijeet Dipke. According to police officials, the deployment is intended to prevent crowds from gathering outside his home in the wake of the recent trend on social media. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police Pankaj Atulkar ruled out threat perception involved in the decision. The round-the-clock gen

Twisha Sharma, the 33-year-old woman who died by hanging in Bhopal just five months into her marriage, reportedly had planned to meet her brother on May 15. Sharma, however, was found dead on May 12. An official who spoke to Hindustan Times said that Sharma was planning to travel to Ajmer. She was scheduled to travel to Ajmer on May 15, where her brother, Major Harshit Sharma, is posted. We are examining why she took such an extreme step despite having travel plans, the official said. Her family

The Supreme Court on Saturday took suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma dowry death case amid concerns about lapses in the probe. The matter is registered as alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the unnatural death of a young girl at her matrimonial home. It is scheduled to be heard on May 25 before a three-judged bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, according to reports. Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi will also reportedly be pa

The alliance between Congress party and Samajwadi Party, which created ripples in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by winning 43 of Uttar Pradeshs 80 seats together and limiting the BJP from securing a majority on its own, is yet to formally bring clarity on its shape for the 2027 Assembly elections, even though leaders from both sides have the understanding that they would be contesting together. One thing dragging things backward for the alliance is a section of senior Congress leaders trying to b

Senior Shiv Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat has created controversy and trouble for party leader and Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde once again. The controversy stems from his recent remarks of several NCP MLAs allegedly being in touch with his party, which has not gone down well with the NCP. In fact, senior NCP minister Hasan Mushriff raised this issue with senior Sena ministers Dada Bhuse and Uday Samant, informing them that Shirsat's remarks were causing ill will among the alliance partners

The CPI(M) State Secretariat, through a press statement on Saturday, said that appointing the Chief Electoral Officer as the Chief Ministers Secretary raises serious questions about the credibility of the Assembly election itself. Kerala has never before witnessed such an appointment immediately after an election, in what appears to be a reward for services rendered. The developments now unfolding seem to validate the LDFs allegation that the Election Commission had adopted several biased and su

For many in India, a US Green Card is a passport to their land of dreams and seemingly a life of comfort and bigger opportunities. It is no wonder that more than 75% of US Green Card seekers are from India, although every year only 7% of the Green Cardswhich grant lawful permanent residency rightsare given to Indians because of a strict 7% per-country cap. It therefore goes without saying that Indians will be the worst-hit by a new rule announced by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (

Despite all the uncertainty over the Cabinet formation in Tamil Nadu after TVK failed to clear an absolute majority, speculations are rife about who will manage to get a berth in the new government. Just after the trend became clear, reports emerged that Vijay was in a huddle with his political advisor, John Arogyaswamy, who is instrumental in devising political strategies. Arogyaswamy is also said to be in the forefront of the discussions being held with PMK, and other parties, including the Co

Actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay made history in the 2026 Assembly elections after his party TVK emerged as the single largest party by winning 107 seats in the 234-member assembly of the state. He is now set to become the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The TVK only registered as a party in February 2024, and it is the first time Vijay has contested the assembly elections. Much of the actors entry into politics can now be traced back and credited to his father, SA Chandrasekhar. On Monda