UP Polls: AIMIM Alliance Call Sparks Debate as Congress and SP Face Unity Question

The Election Commission has issued notices to several prominent figures across Delhi following discrepancies in electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision exercise. High-profile names flagged include External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and CBI Director Praveen Sood. Reasons cited include unmapped names from previous rolls, name mismatches, and parental age inconsistencies. The opposition attacked the move, alleging voter disenfranchisement. The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer clarified that notices do not mean deletion, stating they aim to correct data with due hearing.

In an exclusive conversation with India Today, stars of Netflix series The Scandal speak about the historial K-drama. Ji Chang-wook discusses how pansori became part of the production and compares its storytelling role with musical elements in Indian cinema. Son Ye-jin opens up about playing Lady Cho, a complex and independent woman navigating the rigid social structures of the Joseon era.

A political showdown has erupted ahead of the Karnataka assembly session over the singing of the national song, Vande Mataram. The Congress government has mandated that only two stanzas of the song be played, maintaining that this approach is secular and adheres to protocol. The Bharatiya Janata Party opposes this move, alleging that playing a shortened version amounts to appeasement and disrespects the national song. All sixty-six BJP legislators plan to sing all six stanzas in the assembly following the official recorded audio clip.

In Pune, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers assaulted and humiliated social media influencer Mahesh Mote over reels made on party chief Raj Thackeray. The workers allegedly took the influencer to a local party shakha, blackened his face, placed a garland of slippers on him, and forced him to bow before a photograph of Raj Thackeray. Party workers claimed objectionable language and derogatory comments were used against their leader in the video. Although the victim stated he had no complaints, the incident has raised serious questions over law and order and kangaroo-court style vigilantism.