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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked ministers and government officials to urgently explore alternative sources of energy amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran and the continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has disrupted India’s fuel supplies from the Gulf. At the more than four-hour meeting of the Council of Ministers, he also pushed for a shift beyond conventional energy sources and suggested biogas as a substitute for LPG cooking gas
Governor RajendraVishwanathArlekar has approved the recommendation of Chief Minister Vijay to induct 23 MLAs into the Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers, marking the first major Cabinet expansion of the newly formed TamilagaVettriKazhagam (TVK) government.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday (May 19) launched a sharp attack on the Centre’s economic policies, warning that India could soon face a major financial crisis that would hit ordinary citizens the hardest.
The internal fault lines within the All India Trinamool Congress broke wide open on Sunday, May 24, 2026, as senior leader and four-time Lok Sabha MP Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigned as the president of the party’s Barasat organizational district unit. Taking absolute “moral responsibility” for the TMC’s crushing defeat in the North 24 Parganas stronghold—where the surging BJP flipped five out of seven assembly segments—Dastidar sent her resignation to state party president Subrata Bakshi. The high-profile exit from the district leadership comes just days after she was stripped of her Chief Whip position in the Lok Sabha. In an explosive critique of the party’s current trajectory, the veteran Mamata Banerjee loyalist openly slammed the unchecked influence of political consultancy firm I-PAC, warned against the creeping “criminalization” within party ranks, and urged the leadership to immediately abandon corporate blueprints in favor of traditional, grassroots street mobilization.
Rajasthan Royals booked their ticket to the 2026 IPL playoffs with a 30-run victory over Mumbai Indians. Driven by a sensational late cameo and a lethal opening spell from Jofra Archer, the Royals secured the fourth seed to set up an Eliminator clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
