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TMC strains under widening revolt
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is battling its sharpest internal crisis in years after its West Bengal election defeat left the party confronting absentee legislators, expulsions, allegations of forged signatures and open speculation over a possible split. The turmoil has deepened as Banerjee tries to reassert control over a party...
New Delhi rejects Kashmir reference
New Delhi sharply rejected a Pakistan-European Union communiqué that referred to Jammu and Kashmir, saying the matter was internal to India and warning that parties with no standing on the issue should avoid comment. The external affairs ministry said on Tuesday that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir...
Tharoor remark sharpens Vande Mataram row
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s objection to playing the full Vande Mataram at the beginning and end of official functions has widened a political row in Kerala, with the BJP accusing the Congress of yielding to pressure from the Muslim League, its partner in the United Democratic Front government. Tharoor,...
TMC faces strain over signature row
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is confronting a damaging internal challenge after two of its MLAs accused party functionaries of using disputed signatures on documents linked to the selection of legislative office-bearers in the West Bengal Assembly. The controversy, centred on complaints by Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, has moved...
Annamalai exit buzz shakes Tamil Nadu BJP
Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has told the party’s central leadership that he wants to leave the organisation, setting off a major churn in the state unit months after he was moved out of the top state post and the party recalibrated its alliance strategy around the...
Wangchuk backs Delhi exam protest call
Activist and education reform advocate Sonam Wangchuk has said he will join a June 6 protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar led by Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, intensifying public pressure on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over examination-related lapses that have affected students and families across the...
Annamalai rebuffs Delhi seat offer
K Annamalai has declined an offer of a Rajya Sabha seat as uncertainty deepens over the former Tamil Nadu BJP president’s political future, with people familiar with the discussions saying the 41-year-old IPS officer-turned-politician is weighing a move outside the party structure. The refusal has sharpened speculation that Annamalai...
Secret MLA meetings test TMC unity
Allegations of closed-door meetings by Trinamool Congress legislators have widened a political rift in West Bengal, putting Mamata Banerjee’s hold over the party’s legislature wing under renewed scrutiny after the expulsion of two MLAs accused of anti-party activity. The controversy gathered pace after senior Trinamool figures referred to separate...
Trump downplays risk to Iran talks
US President Donald Trump has said he would not be troubled if negotiations with Iran collapsed, even as he insisted that contacts with Tehran were continuing after a sharp escalation involving Israel, Hezbollah and regional shipping routes. Trump’s remarks on Monday injected fresh uncertainty into a fragile diplomatic track...
Sibal remark deepens Bengal violence row
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal’s remark that he was “ashamed” to live in a country where elected representatives could be attacked has triggered a political confrontation after two Trinamool Congress MPs were targeted in separate incidents in West Bengal within 24 hours. The comment came after Trinamool’s national general...
Missile interest tests Mediterranean balance
Greece and Cyprus are weighing deeper defence engagement with New Delhi as interest grows in BrahMos and long-range land attack cruise missile systems, a move that has sharpened concern in Turkey over a possible shift in the military balance across the eastern Mediterranean. No missile contract has been officially...
Faridabad razes encroachments amid security clampdown
Authorities in Faridabad demolished at least 20 unauthorised structures, including a temple and a mosque, during a pre-dawn operation on Saturday, after suspending mobile internet services in parts of the city to prevent possible unrest. The demolition drive was carried out in the NIT area under heavy police deployment,...
Mamata leads protest over MP assaults
Mamata Banerjee will lead a one-day sit-in at Rani Rashmoni Road in central Kolkata on June 2 as the Trinamool Congress seeks to turn alleged attacks on two of its senior MPs into a wider campaign against political violence after its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly election. The...
Low turnout deepens Mamata’s post-poll troubles
Mamata Banerjee’s effort to steady the Trinamool Congress after its Assembly election setback ran into fresh turbulence after a legislative party meeting at her Kalighat residence was called off when only about 20 of the party’s 80 MLAs turned up. The poor attendance has intensified questions over discipline, morale...
Border rush tests Bengal deportation drive
Hundreds of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants have gathered near Hakimpur and other border points in West Bengal, seeking passage back to Bangladesh as the BJP government accelerates its “detect, delete and deport” campaign and expands holding centres for foreign nationals awaiting removal. The rush at the Bithari-Hakimpur crossing in North...
Sonarpur attack deepens Bengal political feud
Abhishek Banerjee’s assault in Sonarpur has sharpened West Bengal’s post-election tensions, drawing condemnation from opposition leaders and intensifying Trinamool Congress allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to protect political rivals from intimidation and violence. Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha MP from Diamond Harbour,...
Shah tightens border district security watch
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed border administrations to remove unauthorised structures within the 0-15 km belt along international borders and place suspected radicalisation hubs under close watch, sharpening a security push that links infiltration, narcotics, smuggling, demographic shifts and financial crime. The directions place district magistrates at...
Goat market action fuels Eid tensions
Varanasi and Mira Road faced separate flashpoints around Eid al-Adha preparations after civic and policing decisions over sacrificial goats triggered protests, political intervention and heightened security in two crowded urban neighbourhoods. The closure of the Benia Bagh goat market in Varanasi and the dispute over goats kept inside a...
