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Mamata standoff tests Bengal transition
Calls for Mamata Banerjee’s removal from office intensified after senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani described her refusal to resign as “unpardonable” and a direct challenge to democratic order, deepening a constitutional confrontation in West Bengal after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s decisive Assembly election victory. Jethmalani, speaking in a television interview...
Punjab tightens watch after twin blasts
Punjab police tightened security around sensitive defence-linked locations after two explosions were reported within hours in Jalandhar and Amritsar, triggering a multi-agency probe into whether the incidents were connected or separate localised events. The second blast occurred late Tuesday night near the Army cantonment area in Khasa on the...
Hormuz calm eludes US after Iran offensive
Washington has declared its major military campaign against Iran over, but the Strait of Hormuz remains locked in a dangerous standoff that continues to threaten energy flows, commercial shipping and fragile diplomacy across the Gulf. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the White House that Operation Epic...
Cong to support Vijay in govt formation
Congress has moved to support Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, giving the actor-turned-politician a clearer path to government formation after his two-year-old party overturned decades of electoral dominance by the DMK and AIADMK. TVK emerged as the single-largest party in the 234-member Assembly with 108 seats, 10...
Congress regrets missed Vijay opening
Congress is facing sharp internal questioning in Tamil Nadu after leaders acknowledged that a pre-poll understanding with Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam was examined but abandoned before the Assembly election that pushed the DMK-Congress alliance out of power. The debate has gained urgency after TVK emerged as the single largest...
Bengal file order signals power shift
West Bengal’s top bureaucracy moved to secure government records on Monday as the state headed towards a change of power, with Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala directing every department to prevent removal, damage, copying or unauthorised handling of official files and papers. The order, issued from the office of the...
Bengal’s saffron surge ends Mamata era
BJP workers jeered Abhishek Banerjee at a Kolkata counting centre as West Bengal delivered one of its sharpest political verdicts, ending Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year rule and giving the Bharatiya Janata Party its first government in the state. The chant of “chor, chor” at Sakhawat Memorial Girls School, where votes...
Rahul reaches out after poll upheaval
Congress moved quickly to reopen channels with regional leaders after Assembly verdicts across five states redrew the Opposition map, with Rahul Gandhi speaking to Mamata Banerjee, M K Stalin and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam founder Vijay as the party sought to limit political damage and preserve space for wider anti-BJP...
Adhikari frames Bhabanipur win in identity terms
Suvendu Adhikari’s defeat of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur has deepened the political shock around the Bharatiya Janata Party’s advance in the state, with the opposition leader immediately casting the verdict as evidence of religious consolidation behind his campaign. Adhikari, who had defeated Banerjee in Nandigram...
Vijay wave jolts Tamil Nadu rivals
Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam appeared set for a dramatic breakthrough in Tamil Nadu on Monday, as early counting trends placed the debutant party ahead in a state long dominated by the DMK and AIADMK. Two hours after counting began for the 234-member Assembly, TVK was leading in 85...
BJP surge imperils Mamata’s long reign
Bengal appeared headed for a political rupture on Monday as the Bharatiya Janata Party moved comfortably past the majority mark in the 2026 Assembly election count, threatening to end Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year hold on power and push the Trinamool Congress into its deepest crisis since taking office in 2011....
Haj fare hike puts pilgrims under strain
Congress has demanded the immediate withdrawal of a Haj Committee of India circular asking pilgrims to pay an additional ₹10,000 each towards airfare for Haj 2026, turning a late-stage cost revision into a political dispute over affordability, planning and the government’s handling of one of the world’s largest annual...
Fuel shock forces Air India schedule retreat
Air India is preparing to cut nearly 100 flights a day as surging jet fuel costs and longer international routings squeeze the economics of a network already under strain. The planned reduction, covering domestic and overseas services, would amount to roughly a tenth of the airline’s daily schedule. Air...
Nashik bail order sharpens TCS scrutiny
Nashik’s sessions court has refused pre-arrest protection to Nida Ejaz Khan, a key accused in the Tata Consultancy Services BPO workplace abuse case, tightening the police investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, coercion and pressure linked to religious conversion at the company’s Nashik unit. Additional Sessions Judge KG Joshi...
Chadha bloc takes Punjab fight to Murmu
Raghav Chadha and six other Rajya Sabha MPs who shifted from the Aam Aadmi Party to the Bharatiya Janata Party are set to meet President Droupadi Murmu on May 5, escalating a bitter confrontation with the AAP-led Punjab government over allegations of political vendetta and misuse of state machinery....
Faith law stirs Arunachal street protests
Thousands of Christians across Arunachal Pradesh have taken to the streets demanding repeal of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978, turning a long-dormant statute into a flashpoint over constitutional freedoms, tribal identity and the future of inter-faith relations in the border state. Rallies, sit-ins and dharnas led...
Air India cuts deepen fuel crisis pressure
Air India’s plan to trim international flights through July has triggered a political attack from the Congress, which accused the Centre of allowing rising fuel costs and airspace disruption to weaken one of the country’s largest carriers. The criticism followed internal communication from Air India Chief Executive Officer and...
Arson jolts TVK before counting
A Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam campaign office near Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli district was allegedly set on fire early on Friday, intensifying concerns over law-and-order risks before the May 4 counting of votes in Tamil Nadu’s Assembly election. The office, a thatched structure used by TVK workers for election activity in...
