Author: Md Nasimuddin
At last, the inevitable happened, and the much-awaited U-turn is here. On Monday night, the Government of Pakistan directed the senior men’s team to take the field against India in the Men’s T20 World Cup on February 15 in Colombo.
Leading in eight of 12 Zilla Parishad and 51 of 125 panchayat samiti polls, BJP continues to be the largest party in Maharashtra, showing clearly that the party is not just an urban phenomenon, but also as strong in rural Maharashtra. BJP has made inroads into western Maharashtra in regions like Satara and Solapur, and performed reasonably well in Kolhapur at the cost of weakened NCP and Congress.
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Saturday passed the West Bengal Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in order to increase the minimum period before which a no-confidence motion can be brought against elected representatives of the three-tier Panchayat system.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday (February 8, 2026) questioned Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s “suspicious” 10-day visit to Pakistan in December 2013 and his British wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi’s professional stint with a climate organisation in the neighbouring country.
As Assembly elections draw close, the West Bengal government tabled its Budget on Thursday proposing an increase in their pilot Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme for more than 2.23 crore women in rural households.
The Congress on Thursday said that it will go solo in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls and contest all 294 seats in the state. The decision was taken at a key meeting of the party’s top brass with senior leaders of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.
Opposition parties in West Bengal have labelled it all a “natak” or high drama. Every BJP leader in the state has used that word as well as leaders of the state Congress and the Left. But even her worst critics must acknowledge that she has today cemented her place in the history books as the first-ever chief minister in India to represent, in person, her people in the Supreme Court and that her debut in its hallowed halls was flawless. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, of course. Hardcore critics are wondering if her Supreme Court intervention…
No team had ever chased a target as high as 311 at the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup before, but on Wednesday in Harare, India made it look like a walk in the park. A magnificent hundred from Aaron George and a blistering opening salvo from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi saw India pull off a record chase and beat Afghanistan by seven wickets in the second semi-final.
Former heavyweight minister in the Trinamool Congress cabinet in West Bengal Partha Chatterjee has been inducted into two standing committees in the state legislative assembly for the first time.
After a long deliberation with central party leaders, the Manipur BJP Legislature Party on Tuesday elected Y. Khemchand Singh as its leader, and thus the Chief Minister. Sources said the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will take place in Imphal on Wednesday. The central leadership has decided to appoint two Deputy Chief Ministers, one likely from the Kuki community, sources said.