The Hindu (Delhi)
PM launches ₹6,957crore Kaziranga corridor work
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cited the outcome of the Bihar Assembly election and the Mumbai civic polls to claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become the first choice of the people in the country. After laying the foundation...
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ED registers case against AlFalah Group chief
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against AlFalah Group chief Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui and others after provisionally attaching a 54acre plot along with buildings thereon, cumulatively worth ₹139.97 crore. The agency has...
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Iran signals at executions, trials amid Trump’s threat
The head of Iran’s judiciary defied a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and signalled on Wednesday that there would be swift trials and executions ahead for those detained in nationwide protests. The comments from Iran’s judiciary chief...
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India, Germany agree to shore up defence cooperation
India and Germany will enhance defence trade with an eye on ‘coproduction and codevelopment,’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, as the two sides signed an agreement to strengthen bilateral defence industrial cooperation. Welcoming German...
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Defying U.S. warning, Iran clamps down on protests
Protests sweeping across Iran neared the twoweek mark on Saturday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world. With...
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Mamata, ED lock horns over search at consultancy firm
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of removing evidence from two locations during a raid against the political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) in Kolkata. The...
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EC says it has constitutional duty to bar foreigners from voter rolls
Poll body defends SIR in the Supreme Court, insists it has power to verify citizenship status under the Constitution; it calls claims of the exercise being a ‘parallel NRC’ ‘rhetoric’, says roll revision counts only legal adults unlike citizenship...
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Maduro pleads not guilty, says he is still President of his country
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of narcoterrorism in a New York court on Monday, two days after being snatched along with his wife, Cilia Flores, by U.S. forces from Caracas. “I'm the President of the Republic of...
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Venezuela V-P to take over as Maduro held in U.S. jail
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was held in a New York prison on Sunday to face criminal charges after being captured in a nighttime military operation done without approval from the U.S. Congress, even as the South American country’s top court...
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U.S. forces capture Maduro after strikes on Venezuela
The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and took him out of the country on Saturday after an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating pressure on the oilrich...
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Centre’s tobacco tax rejig to take effect from Feb. 1
The Union Finance Ministry on Thursday issued a series of notifications that will give effect to the new taxation regime for tobacco products from February 1. The Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025, passed in the recently concluded Winter Session of...
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Huge haul of explosives in Rajasthan; police suspect a terror conspiracy
The Rajasthan Police on Wednesday seized 150 kg of ammonium nitrate, used in industrial explosives, along with 200 cartridges and six bundles of safety fuse wire measuring about 1,100 metres from a car and arrested two persons in Tonk district. The...
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EC gives one more week for U.P. SIR in another extension
The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday revised the schedule for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh yet again, extending it by a week. Now the draft list will be published on January 6, instead of...
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SC pauses its judgment on Aravali, moots new panel
The Supreme Court on Monday kept in abeyance its November 20 judgment upholding a government expert panel definition restricting the world’s oldest surviving mountain system, the Aravali Range, to hills sporting an elevation of 100 metres or above, and...
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EC conditionally halts voter hearing under SIR in Bengal
The Election Commission of India (EC), in a fresh set of instructions, has asked district election officials (DEOs) in West Bengal not to summon for hearings those voters identified as “unmapped”, but whose names or ancestral connections were present...
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10.56 lakh names cut on draft rolls in Assam
The names of 10.56 lakh voters have been deleted on the draft electoral rolls of Assam which were published on Saturday after a house-to-house verification of the voter lists during the special revision exercise conducted by the Election Commission in...
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BNP leader calls for ‘secure’ Bangladesh at homecoming
Bangladesh should be a “secure” home for all communities cutting across religious and regional differences, said the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman, on Thursday following his return home after nearly 18 years...
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Ahead of crucial civic polls, Thackeray cousins unite
After much anticipation and several rounds of discussions and public appearances together, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin Raj Thackeray on Wednesday formally announced an alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the...
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Bangladesh missions in India witness protests
Hundreds of supporters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal gathered near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday and demanded safety for the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. Protests were also held outside the...
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India, New Zealand wind up FTA talks, set to boost trade
India and New Zealand on Monday concluded discussions on a free trade agreement (FTA) that will give India tarifffree access to the island nation’s markets, bring in $20 billion in investments over 15 years, and help double bilateral trade to $5...
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Keeping a close watch on Bangladesh events: India
India on Sunday described the killing of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh as a “horrendous act”, and expressed “strong concern” about the safety of minority communities in the neighbouring country. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...
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97 lakh electors deleted in T.N., 74 lakh in Gujarat
Over 15% of Tamil Nadu electors and 14.5% of those from Gujarat have been deleted from the voter lists as part of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. In Chennai alone, more than 35% of voters’ names have been...
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Consider ‘ground realities’ in various States, SC tells EC
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (EC) to take a “sympathetic view” of representations to extend the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, taking into consideration the “ground realities”...
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LS passes nuclear energy Bill allowing privatisation
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, despite demands by several Opposition parliamentarians for referring the legislation to a parliamentary...
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Sydney beach shooter was Indian citizen, say officials
Sajid Akram, one of the two Bondi Beach attackers who killed at least 16 people at a Jewish event in Australia on Sunday, was an Indian citizen from Hyderabad, government officials who ran a background check on the deceased told The Hindu. He last came...
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With new Bill, demand-led job scheme set to turn supply-driven
The Union government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 in the Lok Sabha. The move will mark a shift from...
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Fans run riot in stadium as VIPs block Messi view
Violence erupted at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday after football legend Lionel Messi made a 20minute public appearance, disappointing fans who had paid large sums and travelled long distances but failed to catch a glimpse of the Argentine star due to...
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Retail inflation moves up marginally to 0.7% in Nov.
Retail inflation in India quickened marginally to 0.7% in November 2025, up from the historic low of 0.25% in October 2025, with a continued contraction in food prices offsetting a marginal acceleration in fuel inflation. November’s inflation rate is...
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EC extends deadline for SIR in five States, one U.T.
The Election Commission has extended the schedule of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in five States and one Union Territory: Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and the Andaman and Nicobar...
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Illegal immigrants will be detected, deported: Shah
The National Democratic Alliance government will “detect, delete and deport” illegal immigrants from the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday, as the Lok Sabha witnessed a faceoff during a discussion on electoral reforms, leading...
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Citizenship under CAA only if claims verified: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said conferment of rights associated with Indian citizenship to people claiming to be religious minorities who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and protected under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act,...
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Govt., Opposition spar in LS over Vande Mataram
The Centre and the Opposition on Monday sparred in the Lok Sabha over Vande Mataram, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming it the voice of the freedom movement that had been “fragmented” by the Congress in its “surrender before the Muslim...
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IndiGo disruption easing, ₹610 crore refunded as govt. tightens oversight
After six days of nationwide disruption, IndiGo on Sunday reported significant progress in stabilising its flight operations, even as the Civil Aviation Ministry confirmed that the airline has processed ₹610 crore in refunds and delivered 3,000 pieces...
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As crisis continues, govt. imposes cap on airfares
The Union government imposed caps on airfares, set a timeline for refunds, and announced special trains to help stranded passengers on Saturday, as IndiGo, the country’s largest domestic airline, began a slow return to normalcy. The airline has...
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India-Russia friendship remains steady like the pole star, says PM
Appreciating Russian President Vladimir Putin for taking the IndiaRussia relationship to “new heights” over the past quarter of a century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out an expansive canvas of energy and trade collaborations between the two...
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SC tells States to replace distressed BLOs for SIR
The Supreme Court on Thursday put the onus entirely on State governments to substitute employees unable to bear the work pressure of a boothlevel officer (BLO), while refusing to let the reported distress of the workforce “hamper” a tightly wound...
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Govt. withdraws order to install Sanchar Saathi app
The Department of Telecommunications on Wednesday walked back its directions to phone manufacturers ordering them to install a government app starting next year. The reversal caps a turbulent episode, in which the government first downplayed the nature...
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DoT order to ‘pre-install’ govt. app triggers storm
The Union government’s mandate on Monday for smartphone makers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi app sparked backlash from the Opposition and from digital rights activists. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on X that...
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SC gives CBI free hand to stop ‘digital arrest’ scams
The Supreme Court on Monday tasked the Central Bureau of Investigation with cracking down on ‘digital arrest’ scammers and their associates, giving the agency a “free hand” to launch an anticorruption probe into bankers involved in the opening of mule...
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Cyclone Ditwah weakens; 3 die in rainrelated incidents
Cyclone Ditwah began to weaken on Sunday even as it continued its slow northward movement over the Bay of Bengal, parallel to the coast of northern Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Torrential rain led to three deaths, with two persons killed by collapsing...
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Ditwah-driven rain floods south T.N., damages crops
Torrential downpour triggered by Cyclone Ditwah battered several south coastal and delta districts of Tamil Nadu since Friday night, inundating residential pockets, damaging standing crops and submerging salt pans even as the system continued to inch...
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SC asks govt. to regulate user content on Internet
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to work on guidelines for usergenerated content to protect innocents from becoming victims of obscene, even perverse, “antinational” or personally damaging online...
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No problem in Kerala SIR, 99% forms given: EC to SC
The Election Commission (EC) expressed confidence that it can conduct the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls in Kerala in the midst of local body elections, telling the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there is “no problem” whatsoever, and...
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Assam proposes jail term, heavy fines for polygamy
An antipolygamy Bill tabled by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the State Assembly on Tuesday prescribes imprisonment and heavy fines for people entering into, or hiding, a second marriage while the first continues to be valid. The Assam...
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Goa tops in digitisation of SIR forms, Kerala lags
With 10 days remaining to complete the enumeration phase of the second round of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Election Commission on Monday said more than 47% of the enumeration forms distributed across 12 States and...
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At G-20 summit, Modi proposes new initiatives on health, skills
Global parameters of growth need to be reconsidered, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, addressing the G-20 summit in Johannesburg, where he proposed new initiatives to balance growth and promote the political philosophy of “integral...
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Delhi blast toll hits 13; Pulwama doctor likely sole car occupant
As the death toll in the Red Fort blast rose to 13 on Tuesday, a doctor from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the likely sole occupant of the car which exploded in the national capital on Monday, senior government officials told The...
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High-intensity explosion in Capital kills at least 9
Ahighintensity explosion in a slowmoving car outside the Red Fort in central Delhi left at least nine people dead and more than 20 injured on Monday, sparking a nationwide alert and a probe involving multiple agencies. A person in whose name the car...
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Doctor, two held in Gujarat over a ‘terror conspiracy’
The Gujarat AntiTerrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a Hyderabadbased doctor and two of his accomplices near Gandhinagar on Sunday over an alleged plot involving chemical weapons and connections with a global terror network. The accused were allegedly...
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Centre rules out Kuki-Zo groups’ demand for U.T.
KukiZo insurgent groups in Manipur on Saturday said that they held talks with the Union Home Ministry this week, “focusing on the core demand for a Union Territory with a Legislative Assembly” for KukiZo areas, insisting that “coexistence” within the...
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Remove stray dogs from public places, orders SC
Expressing concern over the “disturbing increase” in dogbite incidents across the country, the Supreme Court on Friday directed all the States and the Union Territories to “forthwith” remove stray dogs from educational institutions, hospitals, sports...
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Record 64.66% voting in first phase of Bihar polls
Bihar recorded its “highestever” voter turnout of 64.66% as the first phase of the Assembly election ended on Thursday. In this phase, 121 Assembly constituencies in 18 districts went to the polls with a total electorate of over 3.75 crore. The...
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Rahul alleges ‘ vote theft’ took place in Haryana with EC help
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made another major allegation of “vote theft”, saying 25 lakh fake voters were added to the electoral rolls of Haryana ahead of the Assembly election in the State in 2024, which the Bharatiya Janata Party...
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SIR 2.0 begins in 9 States, 3 U.T.s
The Election Commission on Tuesday launched the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine States and three Union Territories, covering around 51 crore voters, with boothlevel officers distributing enumeration...
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19 dead as gravel truck ploughs into govt. bus near Hyderabad
Nineteen passengers, including a 40dayold infant, were killed and 14 injured when a gravelladen lorry rammed a State transport corporation bus at Chevella near Hyderabad on Monday morning, the police said. Around 7.10 a.m., the lorry driver, likely...
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Indian women script history, clinch maiden World Cup title
Indian women created history before a packed D.Y. Patil Stadium here on Sunday, winning the Women’s ODI World Cup defeating South Africa by 52 runs. If the team’s astounding run to the final in 2017, slaying giant Australia en route, is often cited as...
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Nine devotees killed, 15 injured in Srikakulam temple stampede
Nine devotees — eight women and one child — were killed and 15 injured in a stampede at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibugga in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning. Thousands thronged the temple, managed by a private...
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Investigating agencies cannot force lawyers to reveal client info, says SC
The Supreme Court in a judgment on Friday held that investigating agencies cannot summon lawyers and coerce them to disclose any professional communication made in confidence with their clients. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R....
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India gets 6-month waiver for Iran port
India has received a waiver on the United States’ sanctions against Iran’s Chabahar port for six months, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal announced on Thursday. Officials said that the sanctions waiver had come into efiect...
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U.S. is doing a trade deal with India, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Washington is “doing a trade deal with India”, and emphasised that he has “a great relationship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as both sides continue negotiations on a proposed pact. “If you look at...
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Cyclone Montha makes landfall; rain batters several parts of A.P.
The severe cyclonic storm Montha began its landfall near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The storm triggered very heavy rain in the State as well as Odisha. In Andhra Pradesh,...
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SIR 2.0 to begin in 12 States, U.T.s, cover 51 crore voters
The Election Commission on Monday kicked off the second phase of the special intensive revision of voter lists in 12 States and Union Territories, including pollbound Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, and Puducherry. The revision will cover 51 crore...
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Won’t rest till justice is served in Maharashtra doctor death case, says CM; institutionalised murder: Rahul
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said he will not rest till justice is delivered in the case of a 28yearold woman doctor who died by suicide in Satara district. The statement came after Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha...
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Cong. seeks probe into LIC’s Adani investment
The Congress on Saturday demanded an inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament into what it described as a “disturbing misuse” of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) funds to benefit the Adani Group. The party alleged that...
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19 passengers burnt to death as sleeper bus catches fire in A.P.
Nineteen people, including two children, were burnt to death, their bodies charred beyond recognition, after a HyderabadBengaluru sleeper coach bus caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle at Chinna Tekur village, on the outskirts of Kurnool...
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U.S. sanctions Russian oil majors; Indian refiners poised to cut buy
U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two biggest oil companies with sanctions in his latest policy shift on Moscow’s war in Ukraine, prompting global oil prices to rise by 3% on Thursday. Mr. Trump also reiterated his claim that India has agreed...
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Modi, Trump speak; U.S., India call accounts differ
Days ahead of a possible meeting in Kuala Lumpur, and amidst intense ongoing trade negotiations, U.S. President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to extend Deepavali greetings, the leaders said. However, the two sides differed...
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New H-1B visa fee will not apply for change of status: U.S. govt.
In a further relaxation of its rules relating to the new $100,000 fee on H1B visas, the United States government said on Monday that the fee will not apply to applications for a change of status or an extension of stay in the U.S. On September 19,...
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In Doha, Pakistan and Afghanistan agree on ceasefire
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and setting up of “mechanisms” to ensure lasting peace after days of violent clashes along the border that left several soldiers, civilians, and terrorists dead on both sides, officials...
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Rain fury causes massive damage in Kerala’s Idukki
The highrange villages of Kerala’s Idukki district witnessed extremely heavy rainfall on Friday night and Saturday morning, causing widespread damage. The water level rose by nearly six feet in the Mullaperiyar dam in 24 hours, prompting Tamil Nadu to...
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U.S. trade body moves court over Trump’s H-1B fee hike
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit challenging the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, saying it overrides existing provisions in current laws that apply to the H-1B programme. The fee hike on fresh...
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Trump and MEA at odds over Russian oil imports
India and the United States continued to differ publicly over Russian oil as U.S. President Donald Trump said he had been assured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India will stop buying oil from Russia, while the Ministry of External Affairs...
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Trade deficit widens 93% in Sept. as services slump
India’s trade deficit grew 93% in September due to imports outpacing exports during the month. However, the data shows that for the first half of the financial year — April to September 2025, the trade deficit shrank by 2.3%. Data released by the...
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SC questions if ED is overstepping in T.N. liquor-scam probe
Extending the stay on the Enforcement Directorate’s probe into money laundering cases registered against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) in connection with an alleged liquor retail scam, the Supreme Court on Tuesday orally...
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Haryana IPS officer’s postmortem stalled as family stays firm in demand for DGP, exRohtak SP’s arrest
Almost a week after Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar allegedly died by suicide, his autopsy remains pending, with the deceased’s family refusing to allow the postmortem until the arrest of two key accused in the case — Haryana DirectorGeneral of...
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Ready for talks with Pak., but options open: Muttaqi
Afghanistan is open to dialogue and diplomacy for a peaceful resolution of its conflict with Pakistan, but if the efforts do not succeed, it has “other means”, the acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban administration, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said here on...
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