Shorts Archive

On 14 November, alongside the assembly elections in Bihar, the by-poll for the Nuapada constituency in Odisha was declared. The first-time contestant from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jay Dholakia, secured a resounding win over his rivals — Ghasiram Majhi of the Indian National Congress and Snehangini Chhuria from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has once again intercepted a major threat to national security. On Sunday (9th November), officers arrested three individuals from Ahmedabad who were linked with the global terrorist organisation ISIS.

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan ended without success on Friday (6th November) after several rounds of discussions held in Istanbul, Turkiye.

On 2 November, the Sant Kabir Nagar Police in Uttar Pradesh registered a case against Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan, a British national, after an investigation revealed that he had allegedly collected foreign donations for madarsas in India without government approval and had misused foreign currency.

Communal tension gripped the villages of Bhagwanpur and Bulak Garhi under the Lodha police station area in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday (25th October), after ‘I Love Muhammad’ graffiti was found painted on the walls of several Hindu temples.

On Friday, 17 October, Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi arrived in Raebareli to meet the family of Hariom Valmiki, a man who was tragically beaten to death earlier this month by some miscreants who suspected him of theft.

In a major development today, 208 Naxalites including top leaders laid down their arms in Chhattisgarh. Most of the surrendered cadre were active in Abujhmad in North Bastar, and with this move, officials say the region has become Naxal-free.

On Wednesday, 1st October, what should have been a devotional and peaceful religious celebration turned tense in Nayakheda village of Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred during the annual Durga idol immersion ceremony (Durga Visarjan). According to reports, a “frenzied Muslim mob threw stones at Hindus who were playing DJ during the immersion procession.”

A high-voltage counterterror sweep in Uttar Pradesh has led to the arrest of four men accused of attempting to form a radical group named the “Mujahideen Army,” aiming to “replace” democracy with Sharia law, officials say.

The impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin did not fade even after its conclusion. The sight of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin sharing the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately drew sharp reactions from the American political circles.