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The Congress General Secretary in charge of communications alleged a "lack of understanding" of the needs of the indigenous people and the bio-geophysical diversity of Great Nicobar.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday lauded  the Supreme Court’s interim order on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, describing this as a reaffirmation of the court’s commitment to protecting minority rights.

R Ashoka, the Bharatiya Janata Party Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, joined the criticism, targeting the Chief Minister for focusing on Hinduism.

 A day after leadership lodged strong protest over the issue, women workers of the AAP held a protest here on Sunday against the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match, and urged people to boycott the game.Party MP Sanjay Singh also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that "terror and trade cannot go together" questioning, "how are blood and games going together?" referring to the  match.

Rajinikanth's show of support for CM MK Stalin is of relevance since the election campaign by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay has also grabbed eyeballs.

At a time when Kashmir based parties are raking up the issue of slapping PSA on sitting MLA Mehraj Malik as unwarranted, Opposition PDP has described it as black law, alleging  Public Safety Act (PSA) has always been “misused” against the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and it is time to 'reconsider' it seriously.

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday slammed the BJP-led central government for permitting India to play the Asia Cup cricket match against Pakistan.

Aishanya, the widow of Kanpur businessman Shubham Dwivedi who lost his life in the Pahalgam terror attack, urged people to boycott the match.

Amid political uproar and condemnations over the matter, Delhi Police have registered a case against the Congress party over an AI-generated video featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother, Heeraben Modi, being uploaded on social media.

The large gathering of TVK members on motorbikes and in cars brought traffic in the city to a standstill, causing diversions and significant inconvenience for the public.

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files will see its first Kolkata screening on Sept 13 at the National Library, despite claims of an “unofficial ban” in Bengal.

With PSA and detention of MLA snowballing into a political row in the Union Territory of J&K, Aam Aadmi Party leadership is seen as using this as 'opportunity' to gain the foothold and expand its base in some vital areas where the cadres remained inactive following loss in the elections as well as due to lack of a versatile leadership.