Jay Duplass

In Gujarat, corrupt officials are taking bribes in EMIs, following the practice of loans, as reported by the ACB involving a cybercrime police officer and the ACB director.

With V K Pandian being perceived as a key reason for BJD’s setback in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections, his conspicuous absence ever since the declaration of results on Tuesday has raised eyebrows and questions among political observers and the public alike.

Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar had their backs to the wall – their MPs and MLAs had left them in droves, their parties and party symbols had been taken away. In this backdrop, the clear and decisive Lok Sabha victory must especially taste like sweet revenge.

Amid the joy in the Congress camp over its performance in the Lok Sabha elections, there's a growing wish within the party for Rahul Gandhi to take on the role of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and steer the party forward in Parliament. Congress missed out on the top opposition spot in both 2014 and 2019.

He has been at the forefront of a ‘guarantees’ based welfare policy and caste outreach, repeatedly arguing this was the only way to take on a no-holds-barred campaign of polarisation by BJP

New-age companies like Swiggy, Ola, and Paytm in India have laid off employees since January 2024.

Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan and other cricket veterans criticized the pitch conditions at Nassau County Cricket Stadium during the T20 World Cup match between India and Ireland. They argued that such unsafe conditions would be unacceptable in India and could lead to the venue's extended suspension from hosting games.

In Ayodhya, Samajwadi Party's Awadhesh Prasad, a SC candidate, defeated BJP's Lallu Singh in the elections, despite BJP's focus on the Ram temple issue. Even as BJP played the temple card in a big way across the country in these elections, the birthplace of Lord Ram rejected the party, which lost in four of the five assembly segments in Faizabad constituency, under which Ayodhya falls.