Delhi Police detained Swatantra Bhardwaj from Uttar Pradesh after Chirag Paswan's LJP lodged a complaint over Bhardwaj's false claims of political patronage in an assault case.
Chadha, elected to the Rajya Sabha as an AAP nominee in 2022, joined the BJP in April 2026. He was registered as a voter in SAS Nagar, or Mohali, and cast his ballot there during the 2024 Lok Sabha election
A viral podcast clip and mounting political pressure led to his detention days after the Jantar Mantar protest turned violent
The state’s five-point defense rests on Shah’s apologies, lack of explicit reference to Qureshi, absence of alleged intent and its assessment of the remarks’ communal impact
Pakistan has replaced its decades-old military coordination system with a centralised command headed by the Chief of Defence Forces, expanding the army chief’s formal authority across the armed forces while raising questions about military dominance and civilian oversight
Kenyan President William Ruto has told Tata Chemicals Magadi to “pack and go” from Lake Magadi after a government suspension over alleged regulatory non-compliance. Here is what led to the dispute and what happens next
India has deployed a 19-member forensic team to assist Nepalese specialists with the identification effort. The team began analysing DNA samples at the Nepal Police Central Forensic Science Laboratory and the National Forensic Science Laboratory in Kathmandu’s Khumaltar area
The announcement, made at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, ties together an education policy overhaul, a campaign against what Adhikari calls anti-national influence in specific districts
Floodwaters, debris and dangerous conditions have hampered efforts to locate workers trapped inside Nepal’s flooded tunnels
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Donald Trump warned Washington may hit Iran's underground nuclear facility at Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz very soon if suspicious activity is detected.
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The MEA says 275 Indian nationals remain missing in flood-hit Nepal, while 166 have been rescued, as India continues to provide relief material and specialist personnel to support rescue operations
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Air India has terminated the pilot-in-command of its August 4 Phuket-Delhi flight after a confirmatory test found a psychoactive substance in his system, as the AAIB continues investigating the aircraft's hydraulic failure and altitude upset
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Bharadwaj left Naithla village on a Bullet motorcycle and headed towards Khurja. He was reportedly wearing a helmet to conceal his identity.
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The poster, placed in the university’s Green Zone, quoted Vajpayee as saying: “Israel must return the lands of Arabs it has occupied. The lawful rights of the Palestinians must be established"
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Candidate questions August 16 notice, alleging NTA withheld the basis for scrapping the original English paper
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SubscribeMore than five crore Indians use cannabis and opioids—roughly the population of Spain. Drugs are no longer confined to the margins of society. They are moving from affluent neighbourhoods to small towns and villages, feeding a rapidly expanding illicit market that is becoming more organised, more sophisticated and harder for law enforcement to contain. India’s geography makes the crisis even more dangerous. Wedged between the Golden Crescent in the west and the Golden Triangle in the east, the country sits between two of the world’s major narcotics hubs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Independence Day speech underlined the urgency of the challenge.The stakes could hardly be higher. Nearly one crore young Indians are estimated to be addicted to synthetic drugs, at a time when 27 per cent of the country’s population is aged 15-29. Every addiction carries a cost, not just to families, but to productivity, healthcare, the criminal-justice system and national security. India’s drug problem is a crisis capable of eating into the country’s demographic dividend and undermining its economic ambitions. In this issue of Outlook, we travelled to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana to understand how deep the crisis runs, and to tell the stories of people whose lives have been shattered by drugs.
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SubscribeIs India an ancient civilisation or a modern nation-state? Does it share a collective history, or has a collective identity been imposed upon a country of many histories, faiths and cultures? Does India need a Uniform Civil Code, or is its pursuit an ideological project? These are not merely arguments about India’s past. They are choices about its future. India has been shaped by competing ideas—civilisation and constitutionalism, faith and secularism, individual liberty and collective identity, revolution and reform. At every turn, different choices have offered different destinations. In this Independence Day Special, Outlook brings together India’s leading thinkers, politicians, economists and bureaucrats to confront the fundamental questions before the republic: What is India? Who defines it? And what should it become? Many ideas made India. Many paths lie ahead. The choice belongs to its people.
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SubscribeThe resilience of Indian democracy lies less in the certainty of its institutions than in the persistence of its citizens. Across decades, governments with formidable parliamentary strength have learnt that political authority cannot rest on electoral arithmetic alone. It must be sustained by a continuing conversation with the people. The protests over the NEET ( National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) paper leak, culminating in the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, mark the latest chapter in that larger democratic story. This issue of Outlook examines how a movement led largely by young Indians reaffirmed an old principle of the Republic: that power derives its legitimacy not only from the vote, but also from accountability.
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Harmanpreet Kaur-led India face Fatima Sana's Pakistan in a high-voltage Women's Asia Cup 2026 Group A clash in Dubai. Having already qualified for the semi-finals after dominant victories over Hong Kong and Thailand, seven-time champions India aim to extend their 5-1 tournament T20 head-to-head dominance over their arch-rivals
India have won 26 of their 29 overall meetings, while Smriti Mandhana is nine runs away from surpassing Mithali Raj's record in T20I clashes.
Pakistan opener Ayesha Zafar downplayed the hype surrounding Saturday's Asia Cup clash against arch-rivals India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, terming it just another game. Pakistan pursue a semi-final qualification berth following their victory over Thailand, needing one win from remaining fixtures against India and Hong Kong to confirm progression into the tournament's final four
The historic match will take place at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, announced BCCI on Friday.
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