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Piyush Goyal questions Congress’s criticism of Election Commission amid SIR rowPiyush Goyal defended the Election Commission of India during a BJP press conference regarding Congress allegations. He emphasized the auto...
Karnataka HC strikes down enhanced SC/ST quota provisions, cites 50% ceilingThe Karnataka High Court annulled provisions of a 2022 law that raised reservation quotas for SCs and STs. This decision ruled that the enh...
President Murmu appoints six Governors in major reshufflePresident Droupadi Murmu appointed four new Governors for the states of Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Odisha, and Sikkim. Om Prakash Mathur has b...
Who is Dan Osborn? The Navy veteran and factory mechanic who led Kellogg's workers before entering the Nebraska Senate race in the US midtermsDan Osborn is campaigning as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska’s 2026 election. He previously gained national attent...
HD Kumaraswamy slams Rahul Gandhi for seeking to `drag’ CJI into political debateH.D. Kumaraswamy expressed concern about Rahul Gandhi's attempt to involve the Chief Justice of India in political matters. Kumaraswamy emp...
Why Pakistan declared emergency in Imran Khan’s party-ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and imposed governor’s rulePakistan’s government has suspended the PTI-led administration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and imposed governor’s rule. Islamabad cites worsening...
France's far-left presidential candidate cheers Gen Z school protestsJean-Luc Melenchon has celebrated the nationwide high school protests over education issues in France. He has called for lowering the votin...
CEC Gyanesh Kumar row, DMK stand complicate Centre's delimitation planCEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation complicates the Centre's plans for delimitation and restructuring of Lok Sabha constituencies. Opposition p...
Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi to meet CJI on voter roll revision, ECI functioningCongress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will meet Chief Justice Surya Kant regarding electoral roll concerns. They intend to...
Kharge, Rahul Gandhi to meet CJI on Monday, allege EC autonomy under threatMallikarjun Kharge criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging interference with the Election Commission to facilitate vote theft. He...
Delhi Court dismisses Parvesh Verma's defamation case against Saurabh Bharadwaj, says "posts were questions, not defamation"A Rouse Avenue court dismissed a criminal defamation complaint filed by Parvesh Verma against Saurabh Bharadwaj. The court found that the s...
US midterm elections: Who is Abdul El-Sayed? The Egyptian-American Rhodes scholar and public health expert taking on Republicans in Michigan’s Senate raceAbdul El-Sayed took an unusual route to American politics. Trained in medicine and public health, he spent years studying why people get si...
Uttarakhand BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate Dinesh Arya elected unopposedDinesh Arya was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarakhand on Friday. The election was confirmed by Hem Chandra Pant, the r...
CJP, student groups unite against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, call for nationwide mobilisationThe Cockroach Janta Party and various student organisations are planning protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. They a...
Mallikarjun Kharge calls meet of opposition MPs, to sign letter seeking audience with CECMallikarjun Kharge, Congress President, has invited Opposition MPs for a lunch meeting regarding electoral concerns. This meeting will focu...
INDIA bloc march: EC says no party requested meeting till 4 pmThe Commission said it learnt through the media that during the march of certain political parties towards the commission headquarters, som...
Congress gears up for statewide Punjab campaign with Pargat Singh’s appointmentCongress is preparing to begin its statewide campaign in Punjab, appointing Pargat Singh as the new president. Senior leader Sachin Pilot p...
PM Modi to inaugurate Metro rail project in Chennai on Oct 11: Pon RadhakrishnanPrime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Chennai on October 11 for official programmes. He will inaugurate the 14.6-km Poonamalle...
Congress seeks to rebuild UP base with Brahmin-Muslim-Dalit-EBC social coalitionAhead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress is restructuring its leadership to create a diverse coalition. Aradhana Mishra has...
More than 1,400 years ago, China challenged hereditary privilege with civil service exams; centuries before Max Weber explained the bureaucracy modern states rely onIn 581 CE, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty abolished China's Nine-Rank System, an ancient framework that reserved civil appointments for lan...