This special report examines the political firestorm surrounding the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The process, which the opposition has termed ‘vote chori’ or vote theft, has intensified following the deletion of over 65 lakh names from Bihar’s voter list. Congress leader Dr. Shama Mohamad questioned the transparency...

NEW DELHI: The Opposition on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) after it announced Phase 2 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories, calling it a “vote theft” exercise designed to benefit the ruling BJP. Several leaders accused the poll body...

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Renowned geneticist K. Thangaraj has been conferred with the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (Vigyan Shri category) 2025 by the Central government for his longstanding contributions to biological sciences. A scientist at CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad, he has spent over three decades studying population genetics and medical genomics. His landmark research established that the Andaman tribes were the first...

Ahead of the T20I series vs Australia which is set to start this week, India head coach Gautam Gambhir opened up about his vision of building a fearless team and the Men in Blue’s recent brand of fearless cricket. Gambhir also talked about his equation with skipper Suryakumar Yadav and how in sync they both...

Kerala, which had long resisted the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 alongside states like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, has now signed an MoU to implement the Central government’s PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) scheme. This is a significant shift for the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, which had criticised the NEP...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed that hurling shoes “are a clear case of contempt”, however, it chose to not take any action against the lawyer who hurled shoe at the Chief Justice of India BR Gavai. The apex court’s bar association termed it a “joke on the institution” itself as the SC...

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The Bench was hearing a plea of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking contempt action against 71-year-old advocate Rakesh Kishore, who hurled an object towards the CJI on October 6 during court proceedings. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (October 27, 2025) said it is not inclined to initiate...

The Supreme Court Monday said that it is not inclined to initiate contempt action against lawyer Rakesh Kishore, who threw a shoe at Chief Justice B R Gavai, as reported by news agency PTI. The apex noted also noted that the chief justice himself refused to proceed against him. The court added that while shouting...