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Nehru cannot be erased from modern India’s fabric despite PM’s efforts to denigrate him: Congress

New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a “diabolical effort” to “distort, defame, and denigrate” Jawaharlal Nehru, and asserted that India’s first prime minister cannot be erased from the fabric of modern India. On the 62nd death anniversary of Nehru, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that “as the truth of the damage this Modi regime has done to our polity, society and economy becomes increasingly stark and evident every passing day, Nehru’s relevance only grows”. “Jawaharlal Nehru passed away 62 years ago today. He continues to be studied and analysed,

Supreme Court upholds EC’s power to conduct SIR, says exercise necessary for free and fair polls

New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the power of the of India to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls, saying that it “advances the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections”. It can’t be said that the poll panel acted outside statutory powers by exercising SIR, observed a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant. “We are unable to conclude that the impugned exercise is a process resorted to solely for administrative convenience. On the contrary, we hold that the electoral SIR advances the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections,”

His visionary leadership will guide us forever: Cong pays tributes to Nehru on death anniversary

New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday paid rich tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary, with Rahul Gandhi saying that India’s first prime minister’s visionary leadership will continue to “guide us forever”. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to Nehru at his memorial at Shanti Van here. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, “A humble tribute to the country’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on his death anniversary. Laying the strong foundations of modern India, he dedicated his entire life to building an inclusive, harmonious,

Trump administration raises US refugee cap, but only for white South Africans

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will admit an additional 10,000 white South Africans into the U.S. as refugees this year, increasing its historically low annual cap but still blocking people from other countries from entering through the program. Trump suspended the refugee program on his first day in office and, since then, has turned it into a vehicle to allow Afrikaners — a group of white South Africans descended mainly from Dutch settlers — into the U.S. Advocates say the decision to focus a decades-old program on one group has left people

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