Language row in Maharashtra: PIL in SC seeks FIR against Raj Thackeray

IANS | July 19, 2025 12:53 PM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Maharashtra Police to register an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray over his speeches promoting language conflict.

Oppn unity on SIR, 'harassment' of Bengali-speaking people in Odisha, Assam may be raised in INDIA Bloc meet

IANS | July 19, 2025 11:02 AM

Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in Odisha, Assam and Delhi after being branded as illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators, the Special Intensive Review (SIR) and the necessity of Opposition unity on these issue are likely to be the important matters that would be raised by the Trinamool Congress in the meeting of the INDIA Bloc this evening.

J&K: BJP leader hails US ban on TRF, calls it PM Modi's diplomatic victory

IANS | July 18, 2025 9:36 PM

Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Altaf Thakur, on Thursday, welcomed the US decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) as a global terrorist organisation, calling it not just a "victory for truth", but a "major diplomatic triumph for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy".

Bihar SIR update: 95 pc voters covered so far, says EC

IANS | July 18, 2025 8:34 PM

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday that 94.68 per cent of voters in Bihar have been successfully covered in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, with seven days remaining for the completion of the enumeration phase.