BJP Keralam chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar and MPs PT Usha and C Sadanandan Master have gone to see President Droupadi Murmu over the Keralam Public Service Commission.
They want her to follow the Governor's suggestion and start Article 317 proceedings, citing a Crime Branch finding that 10 questions worth 58 marks went unmarked for all 228 candidates in a July 2023 Planning Board exam.
The MPs say the members under scrutiny refused to appear before investigators, citing constitutional protection, and they want an independent probe.
BJP spokesperson Baldev Tomar says rifts in the Himachal Pradesh Congress are now out in the open. He pointed to Kullu MLA Sunder Singh Thakur reportedly saying he could leave the party if he isn't made a minister by December 11.
Tomar called it a serious test for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Thakur had reportedly voiced anger to party workers, and Sukhu had earlier signalled that he could join the Cabinet.
Tomar wants the Congress leadership to explain the delay in expanding the Cabinet. All eyes will be on the decision made before December 11.
An FIR has been filed against Congress MLA Bhushan Bara in Jharkhand under the POCSO and Juvenile Justice Acts over a rape allegation, Hatia DSP Niraj Kumar said on Friday.
Bara, who represents the 70-Simdega seat, has dismissed the charges as a fabricated conspiracy by his political opponents. BJP leaders and workers protested in Ranchi the same day and demanded his arrest without delay.
Seema Sharma, president of the Jharkhand BJP Mahila Morcha, wants him removed from office, and Ranchi City BJP chief Varun Kumar Sahu has warned of continued protests if he is not arrested.
NCP (SP) national working president Supriya Sule says no merger proposal has reached her. Speaking in New Delhi, she said any chance of the two factions coming back together ended when her cousin Ajit Pawar died.
NCP Maharashtra chief Sunil Tatkare has also dismissed the speculation. Sule called a recent meeting of senior leaders with Amit Shah an internal matter.
She said merger talks did take place while Ajit Pawar was alive, and a video of one such meeting in Baramati is already public.
Telangana Labour Minister Vivek Venkatswamy has attacked the BJP and BRS over their opposition to the Bharat Summit 2026, saying the opposition has little left to offer.
Damodar Rao Aveli of the TPCC added that the state government, not Congress, is organising the event, and accused both parties of petty stunts.
The two-day summit runs November 13 and 14 in Hyderabad, with about 1,000 delegates from India and around 70 nations. It also marks 80 years of Indian independence and Jawaharlal Nehru's 137th birth anniversary.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked 50 years of Prashanti Kutiram, the Bengaluru campus of S-VYASA University. He also honoured H.V. Sheshadri, a former RSS general secretary, on his 100th birth anniversary.
Modi kicked off work on a new administrative block at the university and released six of Sheshadri's books. He also said yoga is spreading worldwide, citing Saudi Arabia's move to recognise it as a sport.
He cited a World Bank report saying nearly 50 crore Indians have left extreme poverty in 12 to 13 years. He urged the university to draft a 25-year roadmap for Viksit Bharat.
