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CID summons deepens Trinamool turmoil
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department for questioning on Monday, June 1, in a forged-signature probe that has sharpened the party’s crisis after its crushing defeat in the state Assembly election. The notice was served at Banerjee’s Kalighat Road...
RSS frames CJP buzz as democratic expression
RSS leader Sunil Ambekar has said the debate around the Cockroach Janta Party should be treated as part of normal democratic engagement, signalling a calibrated response to a viral online movement that has drawn intense attention from young social media users, political commentators and government critics. Ambekar, the Rashtriya...
Assam TMC exit deepens Bengal fallout
Abhijit Majumdar has resigned as Trinamool Congress chief in Assam, accusing the Mamata Banerjee-led party of narrowing its political focus to the Muslim community in Assam and West Bengal, in a sharp escalation of the internal turbulence that has followed the party’s heavy defeat in the 2026 West Bengal...
Bengal border drive sharpens migrant debate
Amit Shah has offered an exit window to Bangladeshis living illegally in Bengal, saying those who return voluntarily will not face prosecution, as the new Suvendu Adhikari government moves to accelerate border fencing and migration enforcement. The Union Home Minister’s remarks have pushed illegal immigration, border security and citizenship...
Gulf tensions deepen after disputed Bushehr aircraft claim
Iranian state media said air defences had destroyed a hostile aircraft in Bushehr province, a claim swiftly rejected by the US military as exchanges between Tehran and Washington widened across the Gulf. The report, carried by Iran’s state television and attributed to local officials in Jam County, said the...
Kolkata Eid prayers move off Red Road
Kolkata marked Eid-ul-Adha under a changed administrative template as the city’s largest congregation moved from Red Road to Brigade Parade Ground, while tighter rules on public prayers and animal slaughter reshaped the festival’s logistics across West Bengal. The shift ended a decades-old practice under which Red Road, one of...
Bengal advances Kolkata airport mosque relocation
Kolkata’s airport expansion plans have moved into a decisive phase, with the Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government backing efforts to relocate a decades-old mosque from the operational zone of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport after years of administrative deadlock. The proposed shift of the 136-year-old Bankra mosque, situated...
Gandhi challenges Pradhan over exam row
Rahul Gandhi sharpened his attack on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday, accusing him of evading accountability over the NEET-UG and CBSE evaluation controversies by resorting to personal criticism rather than answering questions raised by students and parents. Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha,...
Court notice deepens Sarma speech row
Delhi’s Saket court has issued notice to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Delhi Police on a petition seeking registration of an FIR over alleged provocative remarks concerning “Miya Muslims”, widening judicial scrutiny of campaign-era political speech in Assam. Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri issued the notice while...
Vance signals progress on Iran accord
Washington moved closer to a wider strategic understanding in West Asia after Vice President JD Vance said the United States was nearing an agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, restrain Iran’s military posture and create room for a tougher settlement on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Vance said the...
CBI arrests ex-judge in Twisha case
CBI officers arrested Giribala Singh, a retired judge and mother-in-law of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma, in Bhopal on Thursday, sharply escalating the investigation into the young woman’s death at her matrimonial home on May 12. Singh, who has also served as president of a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in...
Vijay’s Delhi optics test coalition balance
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi but left without a public meeting with Rahul Gandhi, turning his first official visit to the capital after taking office into a closely watched signal of his early governing priorities and coalition management. The...
Exam scrutiny widens as panel summons officials
Senior officials from the Union Education Ministry, the National Testing Agency and the Central Bureau of Investigation have been called before a parliamentary panel as scrutiny intensifies over the integrity of national entrance examinations and the handling of paper-leak investigations. The Committee on Government Assurances is scheduled to hear...
Court tightens Tamil Nadu cow slaughter ban
Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that no cow or calf is slaughtered on the eve of Bakrid or on any other day, placing enforcement responsibility squarely on the state administration ahead of the festival. A division bench of Justice G R Swaminathan and...
Bengal accelerates border land transfer
West Bengal has handed over 142.79 acres of land to the Border Security Force for new border outposts and barbed-wire fencing along the India-Bangladesh border, marking one of the first major security moves by the BJP-led government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. The transfer forms part of the state...
BJP sharpens attack over Digvijaya remark
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders intensified their attack on Digvijaya Singh and the Congress after the veteran leader described majoritarian communalism as more dangerous than minority communalism, turning the controversy into a wider political confrontation over secularism, minority politics and electoral legitimacy. The remarks, made at a Congress event marking...
Kakoli exit deepens Trinamool turmoil
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar’s resignation from all organisational posts in the Trinamool Congress has exposed widening strains inside the party weeks after its loss of power in West Bengal, turning a senior MP’s dissent into a test of Mamata Banerjee’s authority over a shaken political organisation. Ghosh Dastidar, the Lok...
Iran says US base hit after Bandar Abbas strike
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a US air base early Thursday after American forces carried out an attack near Bandar Abbas airport, raising pressure on a fragile ceasefire around the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said the base used to launch the operation against Iran’s southern...
