Category: India

The government’s decision assumes significance as the IMF Executive Board will meet on May 9, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Parameswaran Iyer, executive director at the World Bank, has been temporarily entrusted with the responsibility of being India’s nominee director on the board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) ahead of a crucial May 9…

Investigating officer Sandip Jacques (IAS) along with other government officials at the site after a stampede broke out at a village during a temple festival, in North Goa district, on May 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The committee managing the Shree Lairai Temple failed to implement the Goa police’s directives to install CCTV cameras…

The iconic Red Fort in Delhi. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (May 5, 2025) rejected the plea of a woman, who claimed to be the widow of great-grandson of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar-II, seeking possession of the Red Fort here on account of being the legal ‘heir’. A bench…

A public meeting was held to protest the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, at Peer Bangali Ground in Kalaburagi on May 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI In a powerful show of unity and dissent, tens of thousands of people, predominantly from the Muslim community, gathered peacefully at Peer Bangali Ground in Kalaburagi on May…

File picture of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to travel to violence-hit Murshidabad district on a two-day visit on Monday (May 5, 2025), an official said. Ms. Banerjee is scheduled to visit the district headquarters town of Berhampore on Monday (May 5),…

India has begun work to boost reservoir holding capacity at two hydroelectric projects in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, after fresh tension with Pakistan led it to suspend a water-sharing pact. The work represents the first tangible step by India to operate outside agreements covered by the…

A political firestorm erupted on Monday after Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai mocked the Centre with a toy Rafale jet adorned with nimbu-mirchi (lemon and chillies), accusing the Modi government of inaction in the wake of a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. “Terrorist activities have increased in the country, and people…

Waqf Amendment Act Live Updates: The Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of five petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act. This comes weeks after the government put on hold two key provisions of the law following tough questions from the top court. On April 17, the Centre assured the…

File picture of Congress General Secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi | Photo Credit: ANI Congress MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has welcomed the Centre’s recent announcement that caste enumeration will be included in the next census exercise in a transparent manner. The Congress leader, who is on a two-day visit to her constituency,…