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National Capital Territory region is heading for a severe pollution in the coming months, despite the assurances given by the state governments and the Centre, and their claims of doing everything possible to protect people. Stubble burning, which used to be the chief cause of pollution in the winter, has just increased this year during September 15 – October 2, to a level higher than the two years – 2021 and 2022 – combined.

Participating in dharnas or sit-in agitation supporting a demand and being dragged away from the stir site have been part and parcel of West Bengal politics for years. Yet the recurrence of this apparently routine agitation on October 2 and 3 in Delhi helped visiting Trinamool Congress's de facto number two and a member of INDIA coalition core committee Abhishek Banerjee to catapult him to the forefront of anti-BJP agitation from the state before 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

New Delhi: In an edge of the seat contest Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale combined well to edge past Korea to win the mixed team compound archery gold medal for India at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Olympian Vishnu Vardhan and defending champion Vaidehee Chaudhari of Gujarat reached the quarterfinals of the Men's and Women's section respectively of 28th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Playing to a plan, India overpowered four -time champion South Korea 5-3 to storm into the final of the Men's Hockey tournament of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Favorite Neeraj Chopra survived a mighty scare before he retained his title with India claiming a dramatic 1-2 finish in the Asian Games men’s javelin throw competition with and Kishore Kumar Jena bagging the silver as Indian Track and field stars continued with their medal rush at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park Main Stadium, China on Wednesday.

The use of terrorist laws against journalists in the NewsClick makes the Narendra Modi government’s intentions very clear: terrorise independent media outfits which dare not to follow their ‘gaudi’ counterparts that dominate the country’s media scene. The government apparently feels that even the few that remain outside its orbit cannot be allowed to operate, given that new threats in the form of a caste re-assertion as well as the emergence of a more unified opposition under the INDIA bloc have made its position look increasingly vulnerable in terms of the upcoming elections.

Bihar Caste Census Report released on October 2 has exposed the weaknesses of the BJP’s so called social engineering which the party needs to reset urgently before the Lok Sabha election 2024. Caste Dynamics from now onward may change BJP’s political prospects in Bihar, and is likely to escalate in other states too with the demand of more reservation for OBCs, in governance and in politics.

The situation in Haiti — which will now see an unprecedented foreign intervention aimed at quelling the bedlam that’s gripped the country the past two years — is an awful, bloody mess, and one without any satisfying immediate solutions. But we can say two things for sure.

It will take a couple of days more to unravel the truth whether it was a coincidence or a well-designed plan of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to detain dozen of journalists to deflect the attention of the nation and its people from the impact the report of Bihar caste survey would have on the future of BJP and the politics of India.