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The BJP’s NDA allies in Bihar have publicly backed the Election Commission’s (EC) Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state in the face of Opposition criticism, but there is concern among some in the ruling coalition about the exercise.Several leaders of the BJP, JD(U), and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) The Indian Express spoke to expressed doubts if the EC could complete the exercise in the short time it has on its hands without leaving out genuine voters. The revision drive began on June 25 and is set to conclude on July 25. Pointing to the…

With Siddaramaiah asserting that he will remain Karnataka chief minister for the entire five-year period, and his deputy D K Shivakumar conceding that he had no option but to stand by Siddaramaiah, there appears to be a temporary halt to talks surrounding a possible leadership transition in Karnataka. Ahead of a special Cabinet meeting at Nandi Hills in the Chikkaballapura district Wednesday, Siddaramaiah brushed aside ongoing speculation that he would be replaced within the next two months. Responding to a question on whether he would complete the full term as CM, he said, “Yes, I will remain CM for five…

ChandigarhJul 2, 2025 18:10 IST First published on: Jul 2, 2025 at 18:10 IST Share Three months after the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) announced a tariff hike for domestic consumers, the issue has become a major rallying point for the Opposition. As revised electricity bills began reaching households in the second and third weeks of June, former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda alleged a four-fold increase in electricity charges. On Tuesday, senior Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Singh Chautala led a protest outside the power utilities’ headquarters, Shakti Bhawan, in Panchkula to protest…

NBC This article contains discussions of addiction, domestic abuse, mental health, sexual assault, and suicide. When you consider that “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” has been on the air since 1999, it’s not surprising that it’s spanned hundreds of episodes. (To put that in context, the series, which is easily the most successful spin-off of Dick Wolf’s “Law & Order” and has even surpassed that show’s longevity, is older than some members of Gen Z.) Led by Mariska Hargitay’s empathetic and passionate detective Olivia Benson since the very beginning, the series…

A shadowy and elusive member of the proscribed Al Ummah terrorist outfit in South India, who eluded the police for 30 years despite being linked to high-profile terrorism cases like the 2013 BJP office blast case in Bengaluru, has been arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police in Andhra Pradesh.Abubakar Siddique, who is in his late 50s, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Annamaya district of Andhra Pradesh, the Tamil Nadu police said in an official statement on Monday. The Tamil Nadu CB-CID police had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for his arrest in 2013 after he…

Wallace, who Ellis has filed suit against, also regularly posts content about trans people, including making false claims on X in 2024 that “100% of mass school shootings this year have been carried out by LGBTQ activists.” This post was viewed 1.8 million times. A month later, in the aftermath of the Lakewood church shooting in​​ Texas, Wallace posted an image of the shooter claiming she’s transgender even as fact-checkers and news outlets clarified the shooter was a cis woman. Wallace seems to have “an overarching homophonic, anti-trans” theme to his social media, claimed Ellis’ lawyer Phelan, adding that it…

ShimlaJul 2, 2025 15:28 IST First published on: Jul 2, 2025 at 15:28 IST Share Not a stranger to controversies, three-time Congress MLA and Himachal Pradesh Minister Anirudh Singh yet again finds himself at the centre of a row after being booked for allegedly assaulting two National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials over the collapse of a multi-storey house following heavy rains. On Wednesday, Singh denied the allegations and maintained that NHAI officials had lodged a complaint against him only to cover up their negligence. “At least 700 complaints are pending against NHAI employees and officials for damaging private…

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday asserted that there is no disgruntlement within the ruling Congress and when Siddaramaiah is there as the CM, there is no need for any discord on the leadership issue. Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, while making it clear that party discipline is important, said that he has not asked anyone to make him the CM, and warned that notices will be issued to leaders who make public statements on the leadership change issue. On Tuesday, he issued a show cause notice to Ramanagara MLA H A Iqbal Hussain,…

While BJP insiders admit that the incident has dented the government’s image and has led to the party putting off the election of its state chief, the Mohan Charan Majhi dispensation has also come under fire from the Opposition. “A high-level committee of ministers headed by Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida was constituted to oversee (Rath Yatra) preparations. Has anyone seen the panel members on the ground? Are they not responsible for the mess? Why has action not been taken against them?” an Opposition leader asked. A smooth conduct of the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri has traditionally been seen…

With uncertainty staring at him, Raghu M, a farmer from Devanahalli’s Gokare Bachchenahalli village, is already contemplating extreme steps if the Karnataka Government goes ahead and acquires his land for the high-tech defence and aerospace sector park in the Bengaluru Rural district.Raghu, 58, is among the farmers protesting against the acquisition of 1,777 acres of land, spread across 13 villages in the Bengaluru Rural district, by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB). Several farmer unions, including the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, have threatened to intensify their protest if the government does not drop the…