Congress has not confirmed RJD ally Tejashwi Yadav as mahagathbandhan’s CM face; BJP has not confirmed CM and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar as NDA’s choice. File | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election on November 6, there is still utter confusion among both the main political blocs in... Read More

Light to moderate rain has been forecast at many places, with thunderstorm and lightning at one or two places in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) here on Sunday announced that a low-pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal around October 21. ... Read More

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, ran into protesters at different locations across the South 24 Parganas district on Sunday as he attended Kali Puja. Speaking to the media later, Mr. Adhikari said his car was attacked... Read More

The Federation of Associations of Telangana Higher Institutions (FATHI) has decided to indefinitely close all the colleges from November 3, 2025 as the government had failed to release the promised fee reimbursement dues. At its emergency core committee meeting on Sunday, it decided to serve a formal notice on the State government on October 22,... Read More

The politics of welfare in India has become increasingly gendered, with cash transfers emerging as both a social policy instrument and an electoral strategy. Just weeks before Assembly elections, the Bihar government has rolled out the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana — a ₹10,000 transfer to 75 lakh women as seed capital for self-employment. The goal... Read More

The outlawed CPI (Maoist) Central Committee, in a purported letter issued in the name of official spokesperson Abhay, termed the recently surrendered two Central Committee members — Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu and Ashanna alias Satish — as “traitors.” In the letter bearing the name of ‘Abhay’ circulated on social media, the apex decision making... Read More

Pallas’s eagle, an endangered species, was among those recorded. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement GUWAHATI The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, home to the most one-horned rhinos on earth, recorded 146 species in the latest bird survey, Assam’s wildlife officials said on Sunday (October 19, 2025). The survey by the Assam Bird Monitoring Network... Read More

A daring daylight robbery has rocked the Louvre Museum in Paris, as masked thieves stole nine historic jewels from the Apollo Gallery in just seven minutes. Using a truck-mounted lift, the suspects broke in through a window and escaped on motorbikes. Authorities are investigating what is being called an “organised theft” of priceless cultural artifacts.... Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National president J.P. Nadda with other senior leaders, during the BJP’s Central Election Committee meeting for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 at the party headquarters, in New Delhi on October 12, 2025. Photo: Narendra Modi Photo Gallery via ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch his Bihar election campaign in... Read More

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary (extreme right) and Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Tejashwi Yadav (in white) | Photo Credit: File photo Dynasts continue to dominate Bihar’s political landscape, with a considerable number of candidates being either sons, daughters, wives or close relatives of established politicians. Experts say... Read More