SC directs Centre, Bihar Govt to report on clearing illegal constructions along Ganges banks

The Court was hearing a plea filed by Patna resident against a June 30, 2020 order of NGT dismissing his plea against illegal constructions and permanent encroachments on the eco-fragile floodplains. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Expressing concern, the Supreme Court has directed the Centre and Bihar Government to file status reports on … Read more

TMC MP Mahua Moitra moves SC challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act

TMC MP Mahua Moitra. | Photo Credit: PTI Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has also approached the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Meanwhile, a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan has listed for hearing on April 16 ten other petitions, … Read more

Railways earned additional ₹8,913 crore in five years by withdrawing senior citizens’ concession: RTI

| Photo Credit: RTI website The Indian Railways has earned an additional revenue of approximately ₹8,913 crore in five years by withdrawing concessions for senior citizens, according to replies from the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) on a Right to Information Act (RTI) applications. CRIS functions under the Railway Ministry and develops as well … Read more

Supreme Court reserves verdict on former Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa’s plea against revival of corruption case

A file photo of former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea of senior BJP leader and former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa against an order reviving a corruption case against him. The Karnataka High Court, on January 5, 2021, … Read more

More than 60 Indians forced into ‘cyber slavery’ rescued from Myanmar; 5 arrested

The racketeers contacted the victims through social media platforms and offered them high-paying jobs in Thailand and other East Asian countries. Representative file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The cyber wing of Maharashtra Police has rescued more than 60 Indian nationals who had been forced into cyber slavery in Myanmar and arrested five agents including … Read more

Transshipment cargo from Bangladesh grew by 46% from FY24 to FY25 at Bengal’s Petrapole: Official data

Nearly 400 Indian trucks, on the other hand, entered the neighbouring every day through the Petrapole-Benapole border. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Transshipment cargo from Bangladesh for re-export through India grew by 46% between the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscals at the Petrapole Land Port in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, according to official … Read more

26/11 Mumbai attacks: Tahawwur Rana likely devised similar plans for other cities, NIA to court

National Investigation Agency arrested Tahawwur Rana immediately after his arrival at IGIA on April 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 10 argued in a Delhi Court that it suspects terror plots akin to 26/11 Mumbai attacks were devised by key conspirator Tahawwur Rana to target multiple Indian cities. … Read more

Tahawwur Rana extradition: Timeline on Rana’s alleged role and involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attack

NIA officials with Tahawwur Rana on his arrival in Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai terror attack case accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana was successfully brought back to India from the US on Thursday (April 10, 2025). He landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 6.30 pm and later produced in NIA Special Court at Patiala House. … Read more

Militant killed in ongoing operation in J&K’s Kishtwar

Security personnel keeps vigil during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur, Thursday, April 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI One unidentified militant was killed in the Chenab Valley’s Kishtwar district, as the anti-militancy operation entered the third day on Friday (April 11, 2025). “One terrorist has so far been neutralised. Despite hostile terrain … Read more

Employment Linked Incentive scheme: Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi; says ‘another jumla’

Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government’s ‘Employment Linked Incentive’ scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (April 11, 2025) said while he creates new slogans every day, the youth are still waiting for real opportunities, and asked if it was “just another jumla.” The Leader of … Read more