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Rahul challenges CBI chief selection process
Rahul Gandhi has formally dissented from the process to choose the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, accusing the Prime Minister-led panel of denying him the material needed to assess candidates for one of the country’s most sensitive investigative posts. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok...
Bullion duty shock jolts domestic markets
Gold and silver prices surged across domestic futures and physical markets on Wednesday after the Centre raised import duties on the two precious metals, jolting traders, jewellers and investors already navigating elevated global prices and wider economic uncertainty. Silver hit the 6 per cent upper circuit on the Multi...
Bureaucratic picks test Adhikari’s mandate
West Bengal’s first BJP government has been pushed into a political storm within days of taking office, after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s choice of senior bureaucrats triggered allegations that officials linked to the Assembly election process were being rewarded with key posts. Adhikari, sworn in on May 9 at...
Bengal killings sharpen post-poll tensions
Two deaths of All India Trinamool Congress workers have intensified West Bengal’s political confrontation, with Abhishek Banerjee accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party administration of allowing a climate of intimidation to take hold after the change of power in the state. Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond...
Vijay orders TASMAC curbs near public spaces
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has ordered the closure of 717 government-run TASMAC liquor outlets located near places of worship, educational institutions and bus stands, marking one of his first major administrative decisions after assuming office. The outlets, identified through a statewide review, are to be shut...
Bengal vote-roll fight reaches court
Bengal’s disputed Assembly verdict entered a sharper legal phase on Monday as the Trinamool Congress told the Supreme Court that the removal of 90.8 lakh names during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls may have altered outcomes in 31 constituencies won by the Bharatiya Janata Party. The submission...
Tehran backs Beijing’s Gulf peace framework
Tehran has signalled readiness to support President Xi Jinping’s four-point proposal for ending the United States-Iran war, placing Beijing’s diplomatic framework at the centre of a widening contest over security in the Persian Gulf. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Iran’s ambassador to China, said on Monday that the Islamic Republic was...
Adhikari resets Bengal governance agenda
Kolkata’s new administration moved quickly to recast West Bengal’s policy direction, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announcing a set of Cabinet decisions that place border security, welfare alignment with New Delhi and administrative restructuring at the centre of his government’s opening agenda. Adhikari, who took oath on 9 May...
I-PAC row deepens TMC crisis
Trinamool Congress has been plunged into a bitter internal confrontation after its heavy West Bengal Assembly election defeat, with senior figures blaming election consultancy firm I-PAC for weakening the party’s grassroots machinery, distorting ticket choices and leaving Mamata Banerjee exposed to a backlash from within her own ranks. The...
CJI confronts fabricated caste claim
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has rejected a caste-related statement falsely attributed to him on social media, calling the circulation of the fabricated remark a malicious attempt to misuse the authority of the country’s highest judicial office. The denial followed the spread of a post that claimed the...
AAP faces fresh Punjab corruption storm
Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party has been pushed into a sharper political crisis after Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said the Enforcement Directorate raids on minister Sanjeev Arora and his arrest had exposed what he called deepening corruption concerns around the state government. Arora, 62, who holds...
Labour revolt deepens after poll rout
London — Keir Starmer is battling the most serious crisis of his premiership after Labour’s heavy local and devolved election losses triggered open calls inside the party for him to resign and raised the prospect of a formal leadership challenge. The Prime Minister has insisted he will not step...
Mamata faces cold shoulder in Bengal
Mamata Banerjee’s call for a broad anti-BJP front in West Bengal has run into a firm rebuff from the Congress, the Left Front and CPI-ML, deepening the Trinamool Congress’s isolation after its sharp defeat in the Assembly election and the formation of the state’s first Bharatiya Janata Party government....
Dutta praise deepens Trinamool unease
Suspended Trinamool Congress spokesperson Riju Dutta has intensified the party’s post-poll turmoil in West Bengal by praising Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and openly questioning the leadership of Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee after the party’s steep Assembly defeat. Dutta’s remarks, made in Kolkata on Sunday, came a day after...
Baramati crash exposes airfield safety gaps
A preliminary investigation into the Learjet crash that killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others has put the spotlight on gaps in weather reporting, runway infrastructure and regulatory oversight at smaller airfields. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau released its preliminary report on Saturday, February 28, a...
Modi urges household fuel restraint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged citizens and businesses to revive work-from-home practices, curb petrol and diesel use and defer non-essential gold purchases for a year as the Middle East war pushes crude prices higher and threatens to strain India’s import bill. Addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad on...
Vijay centralises power in Tamil Nadu
Chennai witnessed a striking transfer of authority on Sunday as Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam founder C Joseph Vijay took oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, capping four days of intense bargaining after a fractured Assembly verdict and immediately signalling that decision-making in the new government would rest firmly with...
Modi balances outreach with Congress attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated C Joseph Vijay after he took oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Sunday, pairing a message of cooperation with a sharp political attack on the Congress over its decision to back the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government after years of partnership with the DMK....
