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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah late on Tuesday night agreed to step down, confirmed sources privy to the marathon meetings held earlier in the day in New Delhi.
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.
The organizational fabric of the All India Trinamool Congress suffered a catastrophic post-election collapse on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, as more than 100 municipal councillors resigned across seven major civic bodies in West Bengal. Driven by structural panic after the Suvendu Adhikari-led government announced rigorous audits into civic expenditures, mass resignations crippled crucial industrial belts including Bhatpara, Halisahar, and Kanchrapara. Most notably, a bloc of eight councillors defected from the Diamond Harbour Municipality—the high-profile bastion of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee—citing local highhandedness. The operational gridlock has pushed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) into severe turmoil following dramatic visual standoffs where municipal chambers were found padlocked, alongside the issuance of targeted demolition notices to properties linked to Abhishek Banerjee. As Urban Development Minister Agnimitra Paul begins aggressively deploying state-appointed administrators to preempt total municipal paralysis ahead of the monsoons, a beleaguered Mamata Banerjee convened an emergency unity huddle, even as veteran Lok Sabha MP Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar broke ranks to flag deep internal “criminalization” and attend administrative sessions with the newly formed BJP executive.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stole the show in Mullanpur with a masterclass in aggressive batting, helping Rajasthan Royals secure a 47-run win over SRH in the Eliminator. Backed by Jofra Archer’s three-wicket haul, the Royals safely advanced to Qualifier 2 to face the Gujarat Titans.
