Divya Bharti

The West Bengal Assembly has passed two amendment bills to implement a May 2024 Calcutta High Court order. The legislation reduces the state’s total OBC reservation to 7% and removes the OBC status previously granted to 77 Muslim communities.

The Telangana High Court has directed the Election Commission to consider providing electoral revision forms in Urdu in constituencies where over 20% of voters know the language. The ECI opposed a statewide rule, arguing multilingual printing poses heavy administrative and financial burdens.

DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat confirmed that the organisation is fully prepared to develop the next-generation Agni-VI intercontinental ballistic missile once it receives government clearance.

Clashes erupted at Kolkata’s Park Circus after protests against the new BJP government’s restrictions on roadside prayers and bulldozers turned violent. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari warned of strict action against stone-pelters, granting police a free hand.

The traditional Indian calendar combines solar and lunar cycles using a lunisolar system. To fix a repeating 11-day yearly gap between the two cycles, ancient astronomers created "Adhik Maas," an extra month added every 32 months to maintain seasonal balance.

After over a decade of repeated warnings about Muslims becoming “second-class citizens” under Modi, the predicted collapse of rights and freedoms still remains absent from India’s ground reality.

The J&K administration sealed Shopian’s Siraj-ul-Uloom seminary for its involvement in terrorist activities.

India is facing a brutal early summer with temperatures hitting 47.4°C. Experts warn that a developing "Super El Nino" could intensify these heatwaves and weaken the upcoming monsoon, threatening the country’s water security, power grids, and agricultural economy through 2026.

A government mint investigation reveals that 20 tonnes of silver offerings at the Vaishno Devi shrine are 95% fake, consisting mostly of toxic cadmium and iron.

The 2016 Malda riots saw a massive protest against Kamlesh Tiwari’s remarks turn into widespread violence.