Politics & Policy

Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, including PM Modi, Xi Jinping and Putin, signed the Bishkek Declaration on Tuesday, with Pakistan set to take over the bloc's chair.

PM Modi called for dismantling terrorism's global ecosystem as SCO leaders, including Xi Jinping and Putin, signed the Bishkek Declaration at the 26th summit.

A divided Supreme Court allowed construction on Trump's $400 million White House ballroom to continue while a legal challenge over its approval plays out.

King Harald V of Norway, Europe's oldest reigning monarch, has died at 89 after a short illness, with his son Crown Prince Haakon ascending the throne as King Haakon VIII.

The Trump administration has paused visa interview scheduling at US embassies worldwide for a consular training programme, raising concerns for Indian students and workers.

Wang Yi and Ajit Doval held talks in Beijing on the disputed Himalayan border, agreeing to continue dialogue and hold the next round in India in 2027.

NSA Ajit Doval met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing for Special Representatives talks on the boundary question, ahead of Xi Jinping's expected BRICS visit to India.

SC modifies its 2025 mandate requiring three years of bar practice for civil judge recruitment, allowing training and clerkship to count instead.

Opposition leaders accused the government of politicising education after NCERT's reconstituted textbook panel included members with alleged RSS and ABVP links.

The CCEA approved five rail and highway projects worth Rs 13,041 crore spanning Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Hormuz will remain closed until Washington lifts its naval blockade and sanctions, hours after a US-Iran ceasefire deadline lapsed.

A Pskov court sentenced Yabloko politician Lev Shlosberg to over 11 years in prison for anti-war statements, as Russia's crackdown on dissent intensifies.

Iranian lawmakers approved the general principles of a bill criminalising interviews with US- or Israeli-linked media, part of a wider crackdown.

Email threats referencing Khalistan and the 1984 riots targeted the Red Fort, Delhi High Court, IGI Airport and Metro lines a day before India's 80th Independence Day.

Students agitating over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand's recruitment exams plan an Independence Day march as the CM's assurances fail to end the 21-day standoff.

BCI withdrew its order blocking 2026 NALSAR law graduates from enrolling as advocates, hours after the directive triggered a social media uproar.

Kannada organisations and farmer groups called a 12-hour bandh across Karnataka on Thursday after the Cauvery Water Management Authority ordered the state to release 12,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu.

Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die on Thursday, capping a disruption-heavy Monsoon Session that still saw 11 bills passed, including a mining sector amendment.

The Lok Sabha approved a motion referring the Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment Bill 2026 to a 31-member joint panel, as the Opposition demanded its complete withdrawal.

A parliamentary committee has recommended pegging private hospital room charges in metros to nearby 3-star hotel rates to curb excessive billing.

BJP's statewide Jharkhand bandh over alleged police brutality on JPSC-JSSC aspirants triggers a fresh political slugfest and disrupts Parliament.

Rajya Sabha cleared the Bankers' Book Evidence Bill by voice vote on Monday, replacing an 1891 law and giving digital banking records formal legal standing.

VP C P Radhakrishnan launched this year's Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyaan from Sri Vijaya Puram on August Kranti Diwas, invoking Netaji's 1943 flag-hoisting legacy.

A US Congressman's attack on India's proposed FCRA amendments has triggered a diplomatic pushback, with commentators framing the criticism as foreign interference.

The Lok Sabha cleared the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by voice vote without debate as opposition MPs protested other issues.

The Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 replaces an 1891 colonial law, making electronic and cloud-based banking records legally admissible in court.

Lok Sabha clears a bill raising the Supreme Court's sanctioned judge strength from 34 to 38 to tackle rising case pendency.

Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor won the Bankipur bypoll by roughly 19,000 votes, marking his party's first-ever electoral victory in Bihar.

A Delhi court acquitted former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and aide Vinod Tomar in the case filed by six women wrestlers in 2023.

BSP chief Mayawati has expelled senior leader Ashok Siddharth and party coordinator Randhir Singh Beniwal for indiscipline, months after reinstating Siddharth, as the party moves to tighten its ranks before the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.