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Hormuz clash tests fragile Iran truce
American and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, putting fresh strain on a month-old ceasefire that Washington says remains in effect despite one of the sharpest maritime confrontations since the truce began. President Donald Trump said three US Navy destroyers passed through the strategic...
Nashik TCS case turns sharper
Nashik police have arrested Nida Khan, a suspended Tata Consultancy Services employee and key accused in a workplace harassment and alleged religious coercion case that has widened scrutiny of the company’s Nashik unit and its internal complaint mechanisms. Khan was taken into custody on Thursday from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after...
Mamata’s standoff meets constitutional wall
West Bengal’s political transition moved from defiance to formal closure after Governor R N Ravi dissolved the state Legislative Assembly with effect from May 7, ending Mamata Banerjee’s attempt to prolong her stay as chief minister after the Trinamool Congress suffered a decisive election defeat. The Raj Bhavan order,...
Stalin faces hard choices after fractured vote
Tamil Nadu’s unresolved power struggle sharpened on Thursday as rival camps moved to protect their legislators, test alliance arithmetic and prepare for a prolonged contest over who should be invited to form the next government. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami met newly elected...
Vijay faces decisive Raj Bhavan test
TVK chief Vijay was called back to Raj Bhavan on Thursday as Tamil Nadu’s government formation entered a tense numbers phase, with Governor R V Arlekar seeking clarity on whether Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam had secured enough additional support to command a majority in the 234-member Assembly. The meeting followed...
Bulldozer attack fuels Bengal poll unrest
Kolkata’s central shopping district was gripped by fresh tension after a bulldozer was allegedly used to vandalise a Trinamool Congress-linked office and damage nearby shops in the Hogg Market-New Market area, deepening West Bengal’s post-election crisis after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweeping assembly victory. The late-night incident near Gate...
Bengal power shift deepens unrest
West Bengal faced a widening political crisis on Thursday as Mamata Banerjee resisted pressure to quit as Chief Minister after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s decisive Assembly election victory, while the killing of a close aide of Suvendu Adhikari sharpened fears of escalating post-poll violence. Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress was pushed...
2026 Tamil Nadu election and government-formation developments
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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...
