In a major political development, the BJP and Shiv Sena have locked in a 137-90 seat-sharing formula ahead of the crucial BMC elections—marking a strategic reset in Mumbai’s political landscape after years of rivalry.
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has died at 80, closing a pivotal chapter in the nation’s political history. A two-time premier and the country’s first female head of government, her passing leaves a power vacuum amid growing political uncertainty.
Russia has made a stunning allegation: that Ukraine launched a drone strike on Vladimir Putin’s official residence outside Moscow. President Zelenskyy swiftly dismissed the claim as a fabrication. Amid the fog of war, experts question whether this is a genuine escalation or a strategic Kremlin provocation.
2025 marked a troubling pattern at India’s top court: the Supreme Court repeatedly overturned its own recent rulings—from Aravalli mining to stray dog management and Diwali firecrackers—raising serious questions about judicial consistency, haste, and the erosion of legal certainty.
The Supreme Court has firmly rebuked attempts to politicize the Unnao rape case, restoring Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s life sentence and declaring that judges are ‘not sitting in ivory towers.’ The survivor vows to fight for the death penalty.
The brutal, racially-motivated killing of MBA student Anjel Chakma in Dehradun has ignited a national firestorm, with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju calling for a nationwide implementation of Delhi’s specialized police unit for the Northeast.