Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply rebuked his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, for attempting to exert undue pressure on powerful nations like India and China. Speaking in Beijing during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, Putin criticized Trump’s tariffs and warnings as anachronistic, stating: “The colonial era is over.” He emphasized that such tactics ignore the political…
On September 4, 2025, the Supreme Court rejected the plea for interim bail by senior Kashmiri leader Shabir Ahmed Shah, while issuing notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on his broader bail appeal (Maktoob media, Live Law, The Tribune). Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing Shah, argued that he was “very sick” and could be…
Joy spread in Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon as patches of sunshine broke through the clouds, with many residents taking to social media to share relief at a pause in the downpour. Yet beneath the calm skies, experts warned that the city’s flood fate was being written far away in south Kashmir, where swollen rivers and…
On September 3, 2025, the Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL filed by the Save India Foundation—an NGO associated with Hindutva groups—challenging alleged encroachments on Yamuna floodplains involving a mazar and three dargahs. Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela raised pointed concerns about the NGO’s selective targeting and questioned its motivations:…
A Muslim father was mercilessly thrashed after he complained about the molestation of his daughter in a private school in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident of brutal attack has gone viral on social media. The father of the victim had gone to complain to the principal accusing a student of harassing his daughter….
On September 3, 2025, Utrecht University in the Netherlands declared itself the first Western academic institution to institute a full institutional academic boycott of Israel in response to the ongoing Gaza war and allegations of genocide against Palestinians. According to Hübert Wilco Hazeleger, Rector of Utrecht University, this decision reflects a moral imperative prompted by…
On September 2, 2025, India delivered 21 tonnes of humanitarian relief to Kabul in response to the powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan over the weekend, claiming over 1,400 lives and injuring more than 2,500 people (The Times of India, The Siasat Daily). External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed the consignment had arrived by…
Rail operations along the Jammu–Katra route have been suspended for over nine days due to severe flooding, track damage, and landslides triggered by historic monsoon rainfall ([turn0search0], [turn0search5]). The heavy downpour has caused multiple breaches and track misalignments, especially between Pathankot and Jammu, severely disrupting rail connectivity The Northern Railways has cancelled 68 incoming and…
On September 3, 2025, incessant torrential rains across Jammu & Kashmir caused the water level of the Jhelum River to exceed the danger mark in multiple locations. At Sangam (Anantnag), the river flowed at 25.51 ft, surpassing the critical 25 ft danger threshold. Meanwhile, at Pampore, levels climbed to 5.19 m, above the alarm mark…
On September 3, 2025, India’s Home Ministry issued a sweeping exemption allowing members of certain minority communities—Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians—from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to stay in India without valid passports or travel documents, provided they entered the country on or before December 31, 2024. This relief comes under the newly enacted…
