North India

In a huge setback to the Congress, the BJP has managed to pull off a victory for its candidate in the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh despite having only 25 MLAs in the 68-member Assembly.

Several students from Higher Senior Secondary School in Khajuri village in Rajasthan’s Kota gathered outside the Sub-District Magistrate’s (SDM) Office on Monday, February 26, demanding the revocation of the arbitrary suspension of three Muslim teachers from their school.

Days after Congress and Samajwadi Party finalised their seat-sharing pact for the Lok Sabha elections, SP chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav with a large number of party supporters joined former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in its final 'UP-leg', in Agra on Sunday.

The Allahabad High Court Monday dismissed a plea challenging a district court’s order allowing puja in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

On Saturday, February 17, multiple videos of Hijab-wearing students protesting outside a government school in Jodhpur's Pipar town of Rajasthan surfaced on social media.

On 21 February, protesting farmers and labourers completed nine days since they marched to Shambu border and were stopped by Haryana Police from entering Haryana. Tear gas, rubber bullets and pellets were fired at the peaceful unarmed protestors injuring scores of people.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to contest four of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi and leave the remaining three to its alliance partner, the Congress, several media outlets reported.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Wednesday alleged that the Union government is “solely responsible” for the death of a 21-year-old protestor during the police action against farmers.

The Haryana Police have booked Congress MLA Mamman Khan under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) six months after violence unleashed by Hindutva groups on July 31, 2023, in Nuh during the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, a procession organized by the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

The Samajwadi Party announced on Wednesday that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Congress.

A 24-year-old protester died from a head injury after Haryana Police dropped tear gas shells on protesting farmers at the Khanauri border. Shubh Karan Singh was taken to the hospital where he died; the hospital sources confirmed.

Tear gas shells were fired by Haryana security personnel on Wednesday after some young farmers heading towards the multi-layered barricades at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana. Farmers...