3 min readFeb 3, 2026 10:14 AM IST The anti-encroachment drive in Mohali gathered fresh momentum on Monday as the Municipal Corporation intensified action in Phase 2, removing at least 60 illegal structures from parks, residential areas and commercial spaces, MC Commissioner Parminder Pal Singh Sandhu said. He said the operation also targeted encroachments linked...

Tamil Nadu is the graveyard of national political parties. It buried the Congress at its peak then in 1967. The BJP, also at its peak now, has been pregnant with possibilities but has failed to deliver. Never a serious player in the state before the dawn of the Modi-era, the BJP has been humbled in...

Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify before the house oversight committee regarding Jeffrey Epstein, averting criminal contempt charges. Attorneys confirmed their compliance, though final deposition dates are pending. Chairman James Comer insists on sworn testimony, rejecting alternative proposals. This development follows Republican efforts to compel their appearance, marking a significant congressional action. Former US President...

A file image of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former President ‍Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic ​presidential nominee, will testify in a congressional ‌investigation into the late sex offender ​Jeffrey Epstein, a staffer said on Monday (February 2, 2026). The...

2 min readNew DelhiFeb 3, 2026 05:02 AM IST A month after deaths in Indore due to contaminated drinking water, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Monday told the Rajya Sabha that 12,634 leakages had been repaired and 3,109 overhead water tanks cleaned in Madhya Pradesh to prevent water contamination. In his...

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to set up a tribunal for the adjudication of the ongoing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the sharing of the river Pennaiyar’s water. The court had reserved its verdict on the matter on December 19, 2025, after the Centre submitted that no consensus could be...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday stormed out of a meeting with CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the SIR of electoral roll issue in her state, alleging EC “humiliated and insulted” the TMC delegation and that it was BJP’s “dalal”.Talking to reporters later in front of...

Crowd at the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) 2026, in Kolkata on January 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI While the book fair is on in Kolkata, most likely to record more than 25 lakh visitors as usual, a recent survey conducted in and around Kolkata showed most students reading books only occasionally and...

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Feb 3, 2026 01:39 AM IST India–US trade deal announced: The steep cut in US tariffs to 18 per cent from 50 per cent under the trade deal has reinforced what was always believed in New Delhi but had begun looking hazy — that the US sees in India an ally...

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday sought to counter the long-existing perception of a power struggle between him and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, saying that both were working “together, hand-in-hand” to serve the people. Shivakumar further said that his “strength” comes from all his fellow MLAs of the ruling Congress-led alliance, including Siddaramaiah. “I...