DMK To Skip INDIA Bloc Meeting In Delhi Amid Tensions With Congress Over Tamil Nadu Alliance

The Congress party held a Congress Working Committee meeting demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah over alleged voter deletions. The resolution sought the immediate suspension of the Special Intensive Revision and restoration of deleted voters. Meanwhile, the opposition INDIA bloc faces internal divisions ahead of its joint strategy meeting. Parties including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have distanced themselves, while Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Sharad Pawar are skipping the meeting. Shiv Sena UBT and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena are slated to participate virtually, raising questions over opposition unity.

Tata Trusts has submitted a restructuring proposal for Tata Sons aiming to retain its status as a private unlisted firm. Holding a 66 percent stake, the trust has suggested merging two operating companies, Tata Electronics and Tata Consulting Engineers, directly into Tata Sons. The move seeks to generate over one lakh crore rupees in operating revenues to avoid the core investment company and upper-layer NBFC classifications that mandate listing on the stock exchange. The proposal follows governance deadlocks and board disagreements over leadership, regulatory obligations, and ownership rights.

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has suspended the licence of Mumbai's historic Irani cafe Kyani & Co. following an inspection that revealed severe food safety and hygiene violations. Inspectors detected live flies, cats on the premises, rat droppings, blood collected inside a refrigerator, an open sewage manhole in the kitchen, and food kept directly on the floor without proper segregation. The action forms part of a wider festive season crackdown carried out between September 23 and 27, during which the FDA seized over 50 tonnes of food stock worth 1.19 crore rupees. The statewide enforcement drive also resulted in 30 food licence suspensions, 22 first information reports, 26 raids on banned products, and 30 arrests.

The Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision exercise faces fresh debate over the balance between algorithmic automation and administrative discretion. The Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer has written to the national poll panel seeking four key changes to the ECINet software used during the voter roll revision notice phase. The issue centres on whether software flags, categorised as logical discrepancies due to age or name mismatches, undermine the decision-making authority of Electoral Registration Officers. With concerns previously raised by Election Commissioners over centralized control, field officials are seeking greater flexibility to resolve discrepancy cases and accept submitted documents without mandating personal hearings.