AIADMK and BJP were not invited to the meeting. Vijay’s TVK, which was invited but did not attend, supported the decision to move legally against SIR, but criticised the DMK for ‘using the issue for its political gains’.

Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi, General Dwivedi Speech: He said the armed forces face the same challenges "whether at the borders, through terrorism, natural disasters, cyber warfare, or the new frontiers like space warfare involving satellites, and chemical, biological, and radiological threats”.

Kerala CPI leader says formation of cabinet sub-committee shows Left’s political clarity; calls Samagra Shiksha funds a right, not Centre’s kind

Marking a generational shift, BJP replaces 7-time MLA and Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav with Ratnesh Kushwaha, 47, in its bastion, while Congress nominates ex-Prashant Kishor aide Shashant Shekhar, a 35-year-old Yadav face

Party banks on caste-based outreach and local connect to challenge BJP stronghold

“I only tell people to move beyond caste and religious considerations and give Prashant Kishor’s new idea of Bihar a chance,” says Jan Suraaj candidate and physician Dr Santosh Kumar Singh

Karti, 53, had filed an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal in 2019, seeking to set aside the attachment order on the grounds that the ED did not file the chargesheet within the stipulated 365 days

“Patel had banned the RSS in the aftermath of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination,” said Kharge

Union Ministers Amit Shah and Ashwini Vaishnaw are among others joined the Garhwal MP in commemorating a tradition native to the hills of Uttarakhand

His tenure has been marked by a series of rows, from an overturned policy on fuel ban to end-of-life vehicles, to his chase of rain as an answer to the Capital’s pollution woes

Amid perceived “anti-incumbency” against two-term BJP MLA Sanjiv Chaurasia in Patna's Digha, M-L leader banks on youth, women

Of the 12.79 lakh held under the Bihar liquor law in past nine years, more than 85% are SCs, EBCs and OBCs – not exactly a fact NDA wants publicised

The Jain agitation against Pune land deal marks the latest conflict between the community and the BJP in a series of rows through the year – from demolition of a temple to crackdown on kabutarkhanas

Ranjitsinh Nimbalkar, whom BJP was banking on in a Sharad Pawar bastion, finds himself battling the Opposition’s allegations and pushback from own camp

Gupta shot to prominence in April 2025 when IIP held a huge rally in Gandhi Maidan to demand “separate quota” for his Tanti-Pan samaj listed among EBCs

Leader of the Opposition in Kerala V D Satheesan is learnt to have complained that the newly appointed state chief Sunny Joseph was not holding consultations with everyone

In an election of fine margins — the difference between the NDA and the Opposition coalition was 0.03% vote share and 15 seats in 2020 — these 11 contests could be a decisive factor.

Has helped the party win substantial seats in Lok Sabha and Assembly polls since 2005

Yadav does not want to take any chances with the voters’ list ahead of the 2027 UP Assembly polls

NDA has fielded 34 women this time, while the Mahagathbandhan parties have given tickets to 30.

On Sunday, the party also prepared a list of “favourable” constituencies where Gandhi could campaign for the first phase

While J&K's ruling party clinched three Rajya Sabha seats, J&K BJP chief Sat Sharma won the fourth seat, polling 32 votes against his party’s strength of 28 MLAs. Three votes cast for NC’s Imran Nabi Dar were declared invalid, sources say.

Shah said due to NDA’s good governance, elections are taking place in the state this time in two phases, while during Lalu Prasad's regime, polls were happening in six phases

Taking a jibe at the prohibition policy of the Nitish Kumar government, Yadav claimed the restrictions on liquor sale are just in name