TODAY NEWS ON November 15, 2025

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NDA takes Bihar by storm

Beating the anti-incumbency factor in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a huge win in the State Assembly election on Friday (November 14, 2025), with the ruling coalition’s seat tally crossing 200 in the 243-strong legislature. Mr. Kumar’s Mahila Rojgar Yojana, under which ₹10,000 was given to around 1.25 crore women over the last two months, seemed to have played an important role in his victory.

Massive explosion inside J&K police station leaves 8 injured

At least eight persons were injured, three of them critically, in a massive explosion inside the Nowgam police station in Srinagar on Friday night (November 14, 2025), officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir police had recently unearthed an inter-State terror module and seized around 2,900 kg of explosives, including ammonium nitrate, in raids conducted in different States across the country.

Congress blames SIR, ‘vote chori’ after worst performance in Bihar since 2010

The collapse of the mahagathbandhan, the Opposition grand alliance, in the Bihar Assembly election on Friday (November 14, 2025) prompted Congress leaders to pin the blame on alleged ‘vote chori (theft)’ and the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the State. The Congress itself is set to record its worst seat tally in the State since 2010.

Enumeration forms distributed to over 91% voters in SIR Phase 2: ECI

Enumeration forms have been distributed to more than 91% of people whose names are included in the current voter lists of the 12 States and Union Territories where the second phase of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls is underway, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday (November 14, 2025).

Assembly bypolls: Congress, BJP bag two seats each; NC loses stronghold

Ruling parties lost four of the eight Assembly constituencies across five States and one Union Territory that went to byelection on November 11. The National Conference (NC) suffered a major setback in its stronghold in Jammu and Kashmir, while the Congress registered gains in Rajasthan and Telangana.

Supreme Court to examine plea seeking hospital patient care allowance to PwDs

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine a plea challenging a May 7 notification issued by the Health Ministry stopping Hospital Patient Care Allowance (HPCA) to persons with disabilities working in hospitals and healthcare establishments recognised and funded by the Centre.

Digital Personal Data Protection Act notified after two years, RTI Act amended

The Union Government notified large parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, on Friday (November 14, 2025), addressing the need for a law to protect the data privacy of Indian citizens. The DPDP Rules, 2025, are also a significant step forward in compliance with the Supreme Court’s 2017 K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India judgment affirming the right to privacy.

Supreme Court believes CJI ‘must have’ acted on the anguish of ‘approached’ NCLAT Member

The Supreme Court trained the spotlight on Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Friday (November 14, 2025), saying the top judge “must have” acted on the anguish of a judicial member on the Chennai Bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) who chose to recuse after recording in an order that “one of the most revered members of the higher judiciary” approached him for a decision favouring one of the parties in a high-stakes case.

SEBI-Sahara case: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea of employees seeking payment of pending salaries

The Supreme Court on Friday (November 14, 2025) agreed to list for hearing on November 17 interim pleas of employees seeking payment of their pending salaries from the Sahara Group companies.

NSA Doval invites Bangladesh counterpart to Colombo Security Conclave in Delhi

In a bid to broaden security dialogue amidst continued tension with Bangladesh, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will host the Bangladesh interim government’s National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman next week. An announcement from the Press Office of the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh said on Friday that, upon invitation from Mr. Doval, Mr. Rahman will lead the Bangladesh delegation at the Colombo Security Conclave to be held during November 19-20 in New Delhi.

Delhi car blast accused Umar Nabi’s house demolished in Pulwama

The residential house of Dr. Umar Nabi, whom security agencies identified as the one who drove an explosive-laden car on November 10 at Red Fort, was demolished by using explosives during the intervening night of November 13-14 in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Meanwhile, Kashmir’s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in his Friday (November 14, 2025) sermon, urged the Centre to relook its Kashmir approach.

IAF aircraft crashes on Thiruporur-Nemmeli Road near Chennai; pilot ejects safely

An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft crashed on Friday (November 14, 2025) afternoon on the Thiruporur-Nemmili Road near Chennai. The pilot miraculously ejected himself to safety. The accident occurred at around 2 p.m.

Asian Archery Championship: Indian recurve men stun South Korea in shoot-off to end 18-year wait for gold

The Indian men’s recurve team produced its most stirring performance in recent memory to stun heavyweights South Korea in a nerve-wracking shoot-off to clinch its first Asian Archery Championships gold in 18 years, in Dhaka on Friday (November 14, 2025). The trio of Yashdeep Bhoge, Atanu Das and Rahul rallied from 2-4 down to script a dramatic 5-4 victory over a Korean second-string side comprising Seo Mingi, Kim Yechan and Jang Jiho, breaking Korea’s stranglehold on the event since 2009.

Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv kills four, injures 27

Four people were killed after Russia unleashed a massive combined attack on Kyiv early Friday (November 14, 2025), sparking fires and scattering debris across many districts of the capital, Ukrainian authorities said. At least 27 people were injured as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration. At least 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the attack across the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

V. Maitreyan, the first Brahmin to hold organisational post in DMK

The appointment of Dr. V. Maitreyan as vice-president of the DMK’s Educators’ Wing has made him perhaps the first Brahmin to hold an organisational post in the Dravidian party. The former Rajya Sabha MP had joined the DMK in August this year. He is among a small number of well-known Brahmins who have chosen to support or join a party traditionally associated with atheism and anti-Brahminism positions. Before Maitreyan, the notable exception was V.P. Raman, who had served as Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu during the AIADMK regime under Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran. Raman was a member of the DMK for four years from 1957.

Iran seizes tanker in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. official says; tensions remain high in region

Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it travelled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday (November 14, 2025), a U.S. official said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the first-such interdiction in months in the strategic waterway. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the seizure, though it comes as Tehran has been increasingly warning it can strike back after facing a 12-day war in June with Israel that saw the US strike Iranian nuclear sites.

India, Canada strengthen economic ties on critical minerals, trade and investment

India and Canada agreed to bolster long-term supply chain partnerships in critical minerals and expand investment and trade opportunities, the two countries said in a joint statement. The statement, issued on Friday (November 14, 2025), followed a visit to New Delhi by Maninder Sidhu, Canada’s Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade, and Economic Development, from November 11 to 14 at the invitation of Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal.

WPI inflation falls to (-)1.21% in October on GST cut, favourable base

Wholesale price inflation (WPI) fell to (-) 1 .21% in October, driven by a decline in prices of food articles like pulses and vegetables, as well as lower fuel and manufactured items’ prices, government data showed on Friday (November 14, 2025). WPI-based inflation was 0.13% in September and 2.75% in October last year.