Thick smog shrouds New Delhi after Diwali firecrackers add to seasonal pollution

NEW DELHI, November 9, 2026 (AP) — A thick blanket of smog shrouded India’s capital Monday after firecrackers lit up the skies over New Delhi during Diwali celebrations, compounding dangerously high pollution levels and intensifying the seasonal air pollution crisis that grips the city every year. Despite restrictions on fireworks, residents in New Delhi celebrated the Hindu festival of lights

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Sonia was frantic when Rahul’s security ‘disappeared’ during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir: Memoir

New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) A frantic Sonia Gandhi started calling everyone she could when her son Rahul Gandhi’s security “disappeared” for reasons “best known to themselves” during the Bharat Jodo Yatra as a “massive crowd” closed around him during the sensitive Kashmir leg of the movement, the former Congress president recounts in her memoir. Gandhi writes about moments of

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US judge dismisses criminal case against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani

New York/ New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) A US court has dismissed with prejudice the criminal charges against Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew, bringing to an end nearly two years of proceedings in an alleged fraud and bribery case. The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted the Justice Department’s Rule 48(a) motion

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Democrats plan to use new power to rein in Trump’s education agenda, but their tools are limited

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WASHINGTON, November 10, 2026 (AP) — Democrats in Congress are preparing to flex their soon-to-be majorities in opposition to some of President Donald Trump’s marquee education policies, starting with the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department. But with Trump threatening to use his veto power, they may be limited to opening investigations and using federal funding as leverage. The White

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  • The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has generated one of the most important constitutional debates in contemporary India. While the Election Commission of India has described the exercise as an effort to improve the accuracy of electoral rolls, the public

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