India Archive

A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader named Mehboob Malik was arrested after he allegedly harassed well-known West Bengal-based singer Lagnajita Chakraborty in the middle of her live performance at a private school in East Midnapore’s Bhagwanpur area. The incident occurred on Saturday, 20th December, during a cultural programme held at South Point Public School, located in the Bhagabanpur region.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday, 20th December, arrested Lieutenant Colonel Deepak Kumar Sharma, a senior officer posted with the Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence, in a major corruption case.

On Saturday, 20 December, a court in Punjab declared Aam Aadmi Party MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra a proclaimed offender in a rape case after he repeatedly failed to appear before investigating authorities. Along with this declaration, the court also instructed officials to gather complete details of his movable and immovable assets as part of the ongoing legal process. Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra is the sitting MLA from Sanaur constituency in Patiala district of Punjab.

The campaign launched by the Yogi Adityanath government to eliminate the illegal drug trade in Uttar Pradesh has moved far beyond the state’s borders and is now being described as a major turning point in dismantling an international drug mafia network.

Pro-Palestine social media influencer Shrishti Khanna, along with content creator Prashant Pundir, has reportedly been removed from her job after a controversial video featuring the two went viral online. The video, which circulated widely across social media platforms, was accused of promoting hostility and encouraging violence against Israeli tourists visiting India.

In several villages across the Dharampur and Kaprada talukas of Valsad district, a growing concern has prompted Hindu residents to approach the local administration. Over the past few days, applications have been submitted to the Mamlatdar’s office with a clear demand. The villagers are asking that permission to celebrate Christmas on December 25 should be granted only to those individuals who are officially recorded as Christians in government records.

A group of Hindu devotees approached the Madras High Court on Wednesday, 17th December, raising strong objections against the conduct of the Tamil Nadu government and its Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. They told the court that the Commissioner of the HR&CE Department has shown “undisguised scorn and contempt” towards the Hindu faith, which, according to them, reflects a deeper disregard for their religious beliefs and practices.

In Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city, a major controversy has erupted in the Danilimda ward over the alleged destruction of ancient Hindu temples to make way for illegal residential construction.

A major irregularity has surfaced in the birth registration system of Maharashtra, raising serious concerns about the misuse of official digital records. The case has emerged from Shendursani Gram Panchayat, a small rural village in Arni taluka of Yavatmal district, where the officially recorded figures are shockingly out of proportion to the village’s actual population.

In the Supreme Court, ‘oral mentioning’ worked for decades as an informal pressure-release system. At the start of the court day, advocates would stand up and request that their cases be listed out of turn, usually by pointing to urgency. This system was genuinely helpful in serious and time-sensitive matters involving the death penalty, imminent demolition, bail, habeas corpus, and eviction. In such situations, speed mattered and oral mentioning often prevented irreversible harm.