AMRITSAR: The officiating Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, has summoned Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to appear at its secretariat on Jan 15 over alleged “anti-Sikh remarks”, “objectionable conduct”, and a recently surfaced video that the Takht says deeply hurt Sikh sentiments.Mann posted on X that he would appear before Sri Akal Takht...

Telangana Jagruthi president and MLC K. Kavitha coming out from her last speech as a member of the Legislative Council before stepping out of the House, in Hyderabad on January 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Ramakrishna G. Soon after announcing her decision to chart a new political course by exiting the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS),...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats’ 2024 candidate for vice president, is ending his bid for a third term as governor amid President Donald Trump’s relentless focus on a fraud investigation into child care programs in the state. Less than four months after announcing his reelection campaign, Walz said Monday that negative attention and Republican attacks...

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner to state what he was going to say to save himself from contempt. “You committed a mistake. You are liable for contempt. What is the defence to save yourself?” asked the High Court. The bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice...

A Hindu businessman who also served as the acting editor of a local newspaper was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday evening in Bangladesh’s Jessore district, reported news agency PTI citing local media.The victim has been identified as 38-year-old Rana Pratap Bairagi, a resident of Arua village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district in...

The manual monitoring carried out by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) found that the average Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in Kochi city had remained in the ‘moderate’ category in December 2025. The manual monitoring was conducted as the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) managed by the board at Vyttila and...

If there are political families who want to keep their political clout alive by fielding at least one member of their family, there are few who are trying their luck by fielding not one but two members for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections. In Pune, there are husband-wife, father-son, mother-son and sister-in-laws trying to...

In this Special Report, legal experts debate a Supreme Court judgment concerning bail provisions under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The discussion focuses on the balance between the gravity of alleged offences and the constitutional right to a speedy trial under Article 21. One speaker argues that the judgment is ‘fair’ given the ‘draconian’...

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Monday arrived in Manhattan ahead of his first court appearance in the United States, days after his dramatic seizure in Caracas. Maduro, 63, was flown by helicopter to a Manhattan heliport near the federal courthouse before being transferred into an armoured vehicle.Wearing a tan prison jumpsuit and bright orange...

Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor, whose recent statements and article had put the party in a defensive mode, on Monday (January 5, 2026) said that he had never deviated from the party line. He was speaking to reporters after attending the Lakshya 2026 Leadership Camp organised by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) to...