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Senior lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal represented West Bengal in the hearings into the reference made by President Droupadi Murmu under Article 143 of the Constitution after a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court held in April that the Tamil Nadu Governor’s delay in granting assent was unconstitutional and set specific timelines for action. The reference carried 14 questions and the central issue raised was whether the judiciary can set a fixed timeline for Governors to act on Bills passed by elected state Assemblies.The court on Thursday said no timeline can be fixed for President and Governors to…

Karnataka announces a fresh discount period for pending traffic fines, giving residents from November 21 to December 12 another opportunity to clear dues at half the cost.Motorists have received another relief from the state government, with Karnataka announcing a fresh round of 50% discount on pending traffic fines. The new window will run from November 21 to December 12, giving vehicle owners a renewed chance to clear long-pending violations at half the penalty amount.The announcement comes as many residents continue to struggle with accumulated fines, especially from automated enforcement cameras across the city. Traffic police have urged citizens to use…

Sometimes, history waits quietly in the wings, only to sweep across a stage when least expected. That is what happened to Maithili Thakur in 2025. At just 25, she was invited by the central leadership of the BJP to contest the Bihar Assembly elections. The summons came with the weight of expectation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah personally endorsed her candidature. For a girl who had sung for audiences from Madhubani to Milan, whose voice had earned international acclaim, this was a different stage altogether, a theatre of power, not applause. Mixed Echoes From Mithila The…

With age verification and the overall deanonymizing of the internet, these are issues that will now face nearly everyone, but especially those who are politically disfavored. Sex workers have been dealing with issues like censorship and surveillance online for a long time. One objective of Project 2025, MAGA’s playbook for President Trump’s second term, has been to “back door” a national ban on porn through state laws.The current surge of child protection laws around the world is driving a significant change in how people engage with the internet, and is also impacting industries beyond porn, including gaming and social media.…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint (equivalent to a chargesheet) against Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and husband of Priyanka Gandhi, in a money laundering case involving UK-based fugitive defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari. According to reports, the chargesheet was submitted before a special court at Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Complex. Enforcement Directorate (ED) file a chargesheet naming Robert Vadra in a money-laundering case linked to UK-based defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari. The prosecution complaint (Chargesheet) has been filed before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, and Vadra’s statement under the PMLA was…— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2025 Vadra’s…

Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Verma on Thursday gave his nod to prosecute Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and Sircilla MLA K T Rama Rao in the alleged Hyderabad Formula E case.The state’s anti-corruption bureau (ACB) had written to the Governor on September 9 to seek his permission to begin the prosecution proceedings against Rao, popularly known as KTR, in the case. The issue was also raised by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy during his campaigning for the recent Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll, which the ruling Congress party won. On November 11, Revanth Reddy had said that the file seeking…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bengaluru, has filed a prosecution complaint against former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) commissioner G T Dinesh Kumar at a special court hearing cases against MPs or MLAs, in connection with an alleged land allotment scam. Kumar was arrested in September and is presently in judicial custody.Story continues below this ad “The evidences and documents collected during the course of investigation in this case has indicated active involvement of GT Dinesh Kumar in the comprehensive money laundering scheme perpetrated at MUDA, Mysuru during his tenure as commissioner,” the ED stated on Wednesday. The complaint was filed…

The police, investigating the ATM cash van heist in Bengaluru on Wednesday — one of the biggest robberies in recent times — suspect an insider role in the crime and have found out that Rs 7.11 crore cash from the cash-loading van was transferred at gunpoint on the Dairy Circle flyover to prevent CCTV surveillance.Investigators also noted inconsistencies in the statements of the ATM cash-loading van crew during interrogation. On Wednesday, a gang posing as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Income Tax (I-T) officers made away with the cash from the van belonging to CMS Logistics, which was heading…

New Delhi: Women voters outnumbered men in at least 130 assembly constituencies in Bihar. Out of these, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 114— almost 88 percent of the constituencies where more women voted than men. While the NDA wrested a record 202 out of the 243 seats in Bihar, the government’s payment of Rs 10,000 to women under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana is being considered a major contributing factor for the landslide win.  The assembly polls witnessed the record-breaking participation of women voters—71.6 percent—the highest since 1962, when the men’s and women’s voter turnouts seem to have first been taken…

The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted a raid on the Jammu office of the prominent English-language newspaper Kashmir Times on Thursday morning, as part of an investigation into allegations that the newspaper has been promoting anti-national activities. A case has been registered against the newspaper for “glorification of activities inimical to the interests of the country.” According to official sources, a team from the SIA arrived at the newspaper’s premises in Jammu early in the day and carried out extensive searches across various sections of the office. Investigators thoroughly examined documents, computers, and digital…