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RSS in the frame? Karnataka cabinet clears Bill to regulate public space use by ‘unregistered entities’

The move by Congress-led govt further intensifies growing conflict between the ruling party & its objections to organisations like RSS, which has significant presence in the state.

‘CM for a day’ Jagdambika Pal adds another record to his name. This time, for expunged remarks

Speaker Om Birla Wednesday expunged from the record remarks Pal made when he was presiding over LS. This was the 2nd time during Monsoon Session that Pal’s remarks were expunged.

Archana Kalpathi: Vijay’s ‘GOAT’ producer now on a temple trustee panel & in Oppn’s line of fire

AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister RB Udhayakumar asks: 'If government posts are given only to those who have made films with Vijay, how is this democracy?'

Rahul mocks Modi’s ‘hug diplomacy’, Dikshit pulls Meloni into joke; BJP calls it ‘gutter-level’

Gandhi used the gesture to mock what he portrayed as the Prime Minister’s approach to diplomacy, with the physical act of hugging becoming the central punchline of his attack.

Karnataka all-male cabinet row: Why CM Shivakumar isn’t able to induct a woman minister

On Thursday, when Shivakumar faced his first legislative session as CM, there was no woman in Cabinet. There is strong possibility it will remain so for the duration of the session.

‘How many patrol points has India given up to China?’ Former Modi govt minister RK Singh attacks Centre

Giving up a claim on any point along border is not possible without approval of the prime minister, Singh asserts in a video post on X.

Haldwani ‘purification’ row: Kharge alleges caste discrimination, Nadda says BJP has no role in ritual

Congress president calls for action under Untouchability Act after there were reports of purification ritual at the venue where he held rally in Uttarakhand.

Half of CJP core cockroaches have AAP in their past

AAP spokesperson acknowledges that some of those associated with CJP had links with the party in the past, but maintained that they had since moved on.

‘Shuddhikaran’ ceremony after Kharge rally in Haldwani sparks Congress-BJP battle in Uttarakhand

State Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal claims that the group—Shri Ram Sena—that performed the ceremony was associated with the BJP, a charge that the ruling party has denied.

Tamil identity, FCRA, NEET: What’s behind TVK’s very DMK-like agenda

4 resolutions passed by Vijay's TVK have been passed by Tamil Nadu assembly in last 3 days, getting cross-party support, including from DMK.

On Camera

Hollywood is done with body positivity. Thinness is back in fashion

For years, the message was: love the body you have. Now the message increasingly sounds like: love the body you have, but have you considered changing it?

All aboard the ‘Reform Express’: PM Modi’s 2047 ride runs on seven tracks

'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.

Navy officer, who entered burning LPG tanker repeatedly to recover missing crew, awarded Shaurya Chakra

Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar was serving onboard INS Trikand when it was directed to assist Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker, while transiting through Houthi attack zone on 18 October, 2025.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman