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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...
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...
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...
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....
Vijay begins rule with welfare sweep
Vijay took charge as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Sunday with a welfare-heavy first order covering 200 units of free domestic power, a special anti-drug task force, and a women’s safety force backed by a dedicated helpline. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam founder was sworn in at the Jawaharlal Nehru...
Adhikari opens BJP era in Bengal
West Bengal is poised for its sharpest political turn in decades as Suvendu Adhikari prepares to take oath as the state’s first Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister, a development that ends 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule and places the BJP at the centre of power in Kolkata for...
AIMIM councillor faces TCS case scrutiny
Police in Nashik have widened the probe into the TCS workplace harassment and alleged conversion case by naming Abdul Mateen Patel, an AIMIM councillor from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, as an accused for allegedly sheltering former employee Nida Khan while she was evading investigators. Patel, a councillor from Naregaon, was...
Trump tariff drive hits legal wall
President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive has suffered a sharp courtroom defeat after a federal trade court ruled that his 10 per cent global import surcharge exceeded the authority granted to the White House under a 1970s trade law. A divided three-judge panel of the United States Court of International...
Raja Subramani set for defence apex
New Delhi has named Lieutenant General N. S. Raja Subramani as the next Chief of Defence Staff, placing a former Vice Chief of Army Staff and National Security Council Secretariat insider at the centre of India’s higher defence management. The appointment, announced on 9 May 2026, will take effect...
