Akhilesh Sharma

Sources say the second phase of the Census may be conducted slightly earlier so that government staff are available for election duty.

The Uddhav Thackeray camp has issued a seven-day show cause notice to the six wantaway MPs and urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to snub their demands - to break from the party and for seat change.

Reported by Akhilesh Sharma The six rebel parliamentarians from Uddhav Thackeray 's Shiv Sena - who are trying to force their exit and merge

The move follows a claim by the rebel MPs that they have merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and should be recognised as a separate group in the House.

Sena UBT's rebel MPs to hold press conference to reveal why they decided to split The rebels met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and may meet Eknath Shinde today

NEET Re-Exam 2026: Shrishti Dubey, a candidate from West Bengal, had met with a major road accident on June 14 in which nine of her ribs were fractured, and her lungs were severely injured.

Six MPs from the Shiv Sena (UBT) are all set to formally join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. They have already submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The crossover is now merely a formality, likely to be completed next week.

The initial proposal was to bring six states under its ambit -- Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. But Kerala and Karnataka are not on board with the plan.

The Western Ghats areas in three states -- Gujarat, Goa, and Maharashtra -- will be declared "Eco-Sensitive Areas", sources have said.

Two days after the NEET re-exam, the Education Minister made a charge on Rahul Gandhi saying that he and the Congress wanted the re-exam to fail.