The BJP on Thursday raised questions over Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trips and demanded a “complete disclosure” of sources of their funding, claiming a “clear mismatch” between the Congress leader’s year-on-year annual income and the money allegedly spent on his foreign travel.
The CID-Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Thursday arrested the main accused in the high-profile mob lynching case of a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable at Balianta on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, officials said.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s younger stepbrother, Prateek Yadav, was cremated here on Thursday afternoon.
The order mentions that every student must participate in singing the national song at the start of the school day, while heads of institutions have been asked to ensure strict compliance.
Following the Congress party’s announcement of VD Satheesan as the new Chief Minister of Kerala on Thursday, senior leader Ramesh Chennithala has expressed his disagreement with the decision, with reports indicating that he may opt out of the new cabinet.
When V. D. Satheesan becomes the Chief Minister of the state, the two-decade-old Kerala political situation would be repeated. There are striking parallels between Satheesan’s rise to the Chief Ministership in 2026 and veteran CPM leader V. S. Achuthanandan’s ascent to the top post exactly two decades prior in 2006.
The Jharkhand High Court expressed serious concern over what it described as “systemic non-compliance” in mandatory judicial inquiries into custodial deaths in the state and ordered fresh judicial probes in 262 cases where inquiries had been conducted by Executive Magistrates instead of Judicial Magistrates.
Five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will head into Friday’s IPL clash against already-eliminated Lucknow Super Giants at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium knowing that their playoff hopes are still alive, even if the campaign so far has been far from smooth.
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt and Bangladesh pacer Nahid Rana were named the ICC Women’s and Men’s Players of the Month, respectively, for April 2026 following outstanding performances for their national teams.
CM Gupta announced several measures, invluding work from home, staggered office timings, ban on major government events for three months and foreign travel for one year.
