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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led United Democratic Front(UDF) is trying to extract political mileage from the human-wild animal conflict raging in the State.

The BJP has won the Delhi assembly election with a tally of 48 seats, polling 45.6 per cent of the vote. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 22 seats getting 43.6 per cent of the vote. The difference between the two was only 2 per cent but it translated into 40 seats more over only 8 seats received by the BJP in 2020 assembly polls.

How far the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat would succeed in his mission to rejuvenate the saffron ecosystem and rejuvenate the cadres in West Bengal, who have been feeling disconsolate and crestfallen due to the intense factional feud in the state BJP, is not yet clear, but one thing is certain that they have lost hope of defeating Mamata Banerjee at the 2026 assembly election.

The political crisis into which INDIA bloc allies in Maharashtra had fallen after humiliating defeat in the Vidhan Sabha election in the hands of NDA, seems to have deepened. Shiv Sena (UBT) made a direct political attack on NCP(SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, and NCP(SP) responded with equally sharp counterattack on Wednesday, February 12.

In the appointment of vice-chancellors at state universities, the UGC Draft Regulations grant more power to the chancellor. Governors, appointed by the centre, are the ex-officio chancellors of state universities.

Our Supreme Court is a fountainhead of stories. Even run-of-the-mill non-court reporters often court courts for stories to escape the spectre of a story-less days. Some of the stories are really interesting. Like, on February 12, there was the story of the Supreme Court observing that children of Rohingya refugees living in India had the right to education and healthcare.

It has been 67 days since Justice Shekar Yadav of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad made a speech to members of the legal cell of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a Hindu right wing organisation. In his speech on the Uniform Civil Code, which he delivered on court premises, Justice Yadav did not shy from using Islamophobic slurs, such as kathmulla.

NOIDA: National Social Pride Honor Award Ceremony 2025 was organized by Dr. Kusum Patharia, under the aegis of the President of the Women's Wing of the Social Justice and Women Empowerment Board, at Jalvayu Vihar, Sector 21. In this felicitation ceremony, eminent personalities who have contributed to social work, women empowerment, human rights protection, and strengthening the justice system were honored. Journalist SN Verma was also honored with a shawl and a memento for writing related to social concerns.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for greater emphasis on the Global South in the evolving world order shaped by artificial intelligence is a strategic proposition. With AI becoming the most critical technological force of the 21st century, it is imperative that developing nations, particularly those in the Global South, have a role in defining its trajectory. India’s offer to host the next AI summit after the Paris edition, which Modi co-chaired, underscores its ambition to be a key player in this transformative space.

Delhi has 12 Vidhan Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Caste, and BJP has been able to win 4 of them in the recently concluded election after a decade. Since 8 Vidhan Sabha seats have been won by AAP, the BJP is aware of the danger it may face on account of Dalit politics in the state, since Delhi has about 16 per cent of Dalit votes. Moreover, BJP has won Delhi with a very small margin of 1.99 per cent of votes, which has compelled them not to take rest, though it has won Delhi Election with comfortable majority. Dalit votes have proved crucial in Delhi, and hence Lieutenant Governor has declared Sant Ravidas Jayanti a Holiday on February 12, 2025, which is a shift from earlier practice of observing it as “Restricted Holiday”, signalling that the BJP’s political machine has no rest, and has been reset to work on Dalit Politics now across the country.