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Congress banks on balanced Rajya Sabha slate
Congress expressed confidence on Friday that it would win all seven Rajya Sabha seats it is contesting across five states, after naming a slate led by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, media department chief Pawan Khera and data strategist Praveen Chakravarty. Party leaders said the nominations reflected a mix of...
Youth protest reaches Jantar Mantar
Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday after police granted permission for a day-long demonstration, turning a viral youth-led online campaign over examination failures into its first major street mobilisation. The protest, allowed from 10am to 5pm, followed hours of uncertainty...
Moitra blames BJP as TMC reels
Mahua Moitra has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of using threats of arrest to pressure Trinamool Congress rebels and reshape opposition leadership in West Bengal, as a separate video of a local party leader allegedly hiding under a bed from villagers demanding “cut money” refunds deepened the crisis around...
Mamata moves to contain TMC revolt
Mamata Banerjee moved to reassert control over the Trinamool Congress after signs of turmoil spread from its legislature party to its parliamentary ranks, with several Lok Sabha MPs converging on Delhi amid speculation that a breakaway bloc may be taking shape. The party leadership was jolted on Friday by...
Putin backs India’s Russia ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions that New Delhi’s expanding engagement with Washington will weaken its partnership with Moscow, saying pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Russia ties would be “useless” and damaging to international relations. Putin’s remarks, made during an interaction in St Petersburg, were aimed...
Opposition bloc faces widening alliance strain
Opposition unity under the Congress-led INDIA bloc has come under sharp pressure after the DMK moved away from a planned national strategy meeting, the Trinamool Congress was hit by open internal dissent and the Aam Aadmi Party continued to keep itself outside central seat-sharing arrangements. The strain has exposed...
Dutta claim deepens Trinamool turmoil
Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Riju Dutta has claimed that about 20 party MPs have approached the Bharatiya Janata Party’s office with application forms, adding a fresh layer of uncertainty to the deepening organisational crisis around Mamata Banerjee’s party after its loss of power in West Bengal. Dutta, who was...
Complaint raises heat on Mamata remarks
Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee is facing a police complaint in Siliguri after remarks linking Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the handling of suspects in the killing of Bangladeshi political activist Sharif Osman bin Hadi triggered a fresh political and diplomatic dispute. The complaint, filed by advocate Rinku...
Trump presses India over tariff imbalance
US President Donald Trump has sharpened pressure on New Delhi during trade negotiations, accusing India of benefiting for years from uneven market access while signalling that a bilateral agreement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government remains within reach. Trump, responding to a question on the talks, said India had...
Rahul predicts Modi exit amid system strain
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has claimed that Narendra Modi will not remain prime minister within a year, escalating the opposition’s attack on the Union government by arguing that the political and administrative system around the Prime Minister is weakening from within. Gandhi made the remarks on Wednesday while addressing...
Student revolt tests Balen Shah’s mandate
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra “Balen” Shah is facing the sharpest political backlash of his short tenure after student organisations that once helped fuel the anti-establishment wave behind his rise demanded a public apology, a formal retraction and, from some groups, his resignation over remarks on the Nepal-India border dispute....
Trump faces House break over Iran campaign
Washington lawmakers delivered a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump’s Iran policy after the House of Representatives approved a war powers resolution directing the withdrawal of US forces from hostilities unless Congress authorises further military action. The Republican-led chamber voted 215-208 for the measure on Wednesday, with four...
Hakim steps down as Kolkata mayor
Kolkata’s civic administration was thrown into political uncertainty after senior Trinamool Congress leader and Kolkata Port MLA Firhad Hakim resigned as Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Wednesday, sending his resignation to party chairperson Mamata Banerjee amid intensifying strain inside the ruling organisation. Hakim, one of Banerjee’s closest and...
Washington tariff threat tests India’s exporters
Washington’s proposal to impose an additional tariff of up to 12.5% on exports from India has opened a new front in trade negotiations, targeting a legal gap rather than a direct allegation that factories in India use forced labour. The action proposed by the United States Trade Representative places...
Babun allegations deepen Trinamool rift
Mamata Banerjee’s estranged brother Babun Banerjee has sharpened a public attack on the Trinamool Congress leadership, accusing senior party figures of isolating him politically and obstructing his role in sports administration, adding fresh pressure on a party already battling dissent after its loss of power in West Bengal. Babun...
BJP shuts door on Trinamool defectors
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has ruled out large-scale entry of former Trinamool Congress leaders into the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying the organisation will not admit “tainted” figures or allow what he described as the “trinamoolisation” of the BJP. Bhattacharya’s remarks in Kolkata on Tuesday sought to draw...
Bengal Vande Mataram order faces challenge
West Bengal’s BJP-led government is facing a sharp challenge from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board after making the singing of Vande Mataram compulsory during morning assemblies in schools and madrasas across the state. The board on Tuesday described the directive as a “direct infringement” of constitutional freedoms...
