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New DelhiNovember 8, 2025 06:21 PM IST First published on: Nov 8, 2025 at 06:21 PM IST Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju’s announcement of the Winter Session of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Friday, spanning 15 working days from December 1 to 19, immediately drew criticism from the Opposition for an “unusually delayed and truncated” session. Last year, the Winter Session ran from November 25 to December 20. Reacting to the schedule of the Winter Session, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “It will be just 15 working days. What is the message being conveyed? Clearly the…

While caste has been seen as central to politics in Bihar over decades now, a trend is visible as one travels the state. Many castes act as individual entities rather than as sub-groups of wider categories, and have their own leaders. The Kushwahas, the Mallahs, and the Manjhis are cases in point, apart from the older example of Yadavs.However, there is one exception to this trend – Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has over the last two decades grown from a Kurmi leader to one who has successfully woven a coalition of castes around his persona. Even in the twilight…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a sharp swipe at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, ridiculing his recent dive into a pond in Bihar’s Begusarai district. Speaking at a packed rally in Sitamarhi ahead of the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, PM Modi mocked the Congress leader’s attempt to engage with local fishermen, calling it a “practice for drowning” in the upcoming polls. Without directly naming Rahul Gandhi, the Prime Minister said, “Some big people are now coming here and diving into the water. Even big…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early on Saturday while many were sleeping, killing two women and leaving 12 people injured, Ukrainian authorities reported.The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, was part of a large Russian missile and drone barrage across the country that targeted energy infrastructure. In eastern Ukraine, fighting for the strategic city of Pokrovsk has reached a key stage, with both Kyiv and Moscow vying to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump that they can win on the battlefield. Russia fired a total of 458 drones and 45 missiles,…

Thiruvananthapuram: With two crucial elections round the corner, the Kerala BJP unit on Friday announced a mass Muslim outreach programme in the southern state. Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the programme will be spearheaded by the party’s Muslim members, including Vice President Dr M. Abdul Salam and other members from the community. Salam was BJP’s lone Muslim candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.Chandrasekhar said the team will visit households of Muslim families to explain the party’s developmental vision for the state that includes everyone irrespective of religion. He said it’s also an attempt to break the party’s image…

India set to emerge as key pillar of a democratic rare-earth network: Report New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) India’s rise as a credible supplier and processor, if backed by the United States, Japan, Australia, and Brazil, could lay the foundation for a diversified rare-earth market and greater geopolitical stability, a report said on Saturday. It added that, unlike several emerging players in the rare earths race, India offers both scale and credibility. According to a report in ‘The Diplomat’, India’s vast manufacturing base can absorb downstream industries – magnets, motors, batteries – that smaller rare earth producers like Australia or…

The Bengaluru police on Friday registered a case of provocation to cause riot, forgery, and public mischief against the user of an Instagram account by the name Kannada Chitraranga which posted an alleged AI-generated video showing Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar pushing down Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The case was registered by the Sadashivanagar police on the basis of a complaint filed by an advocate, Deepu C R, who reported coming across the video on Instagram while he was browsing social media on his mobile phone. According to the police complaint by the lawyer, he came across the alleged…

The political atmosphere in Bihar has reached its peak ahead of the second phase of voting on November 11. All major parties have unleashed their full strength in the final leg of campaigning. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two massive rallies today, one in Sitamarhi at 11:45 AM and another in Bettiah at 1:00 PM. During these rallies, he is expected to urge voters to support the NDA while sharply attacking the opposition for its policies and past governance Home Minister Amit Shah will also hold several rallies across the state, where he is likely to target the Mahagathbandhan…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a massive rally on the sacred land of Sitamarhi, invoked the blessings of Goddess Sita and reminded people of the historic day of November 8, 2019, when the Ayodhya verdict came in favor of Ram Lalla. Modi recalled praying at Sitamarhi before that decision and said that the divine blessings of Sita Mata always bring good fortune. In a fiery speech, the Prime Minister attacked the RJD and Mahagathbandhan, accusing them of pushing Bihar back into the era of “jungle raj”. He said RJD’s leaders are teaching young children to become “goons” instead of inspiring them…

The allegations against his son Parth over a land deal have put NCP chief and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a spot at a time when churning is on within the Mahayuti coalition over the coming local body elections.The BJP, which hopes to build on its strong performance in the 2024 Assembly elections to consolidate its hold at the grassroots in Maharashtra, has dropped hints more than once that it was ready to contest the local body polls on its own. The party is seen as trying to expand its hold in both the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and the…