Author: Md Nasimuddin
The buzz over formation of a new Trinamool Congress without Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee has surfaced in West Bengal politics. The matter surfaced after two Trinamool MLAs, Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and Sandipan Saha, were removed from the party for being the whistleblowers against the party over the signature row.
A fresh confrontation broke out between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and West Bengal Assembly Speaker Tapas Roy on Tuesday after the Speaker’s secretariat allegedly refused to accept a letter from the opposition party regarding appointments to key positions in the House.
Is Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress headed for a split in the Assembly? The appointment of the Leader of Opposition has exposed the divide within the party.
India and Australia announced on Monday that they would begin developing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with regard to the provision of defence articles and services as the next step in deepening defence industrial collaborations. This marks a major step toward co-production and co-development of military hardware.
It was a night dotted with chilling certainty. Royal Challengers Bengaluru translated their domination from Day 1 of this IPL into a second successive title, and Virat Kohli anchored that five-wicket romp over Gujarat Titans with a patented chase masterclass of unbeaten 75 here on Sunday.
The West Bengal government on Monday completed a major expansion of its Council of Ministers, with 35 legislators taking oath at a ceremony held at LokBhavan in Kolkata, taking the total strength to 41.
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.
The internal rebellion within the All India Trinamool Congress reached a fever pitch on Monday, May 25, 2026, as veteran leader and former state minister Dr. Manas Bhunia openly revolted against the party’s operational structure. Holding an explosive press conference at his home turf of Sabang following his electoral defeat, Bhunia took “moral responsibility” for losing his decades-old bastion but pointedly directed the blame toward organizational failure and the corporate overreach of election consultancy firm I-PAC. In a series of sensational remarks that have sent shockwaves through Bengal’s political circles, the veteran politician openly praised newly appointed BJP Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, stating he felt “proud” as a fellow native of Midnapore to see a “son of the soil” lead the state. Bhunia further alleged a deep-rooted insider conspiracy, claiming that the rise of his rival, BJP’s Amal Panda, was actively aided by prominent Kolkata-level TMC elites and a senior leader within the Ghatal organizational district.
Breaking her silence after a historic political transition in the state, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee held an explosive Facebook Live address on Sunday, May 24, 2026, announcing that the opposition INDIA bloc will likely convene in early June to plot a prolonged counter-strategy against the BJP. Refusing to concede the legitimacy of the recent mandate, Banerjee leveled severe allegations against the poll machinery, claiming the election outcome was altered in nearly 150 seats through systematic “data hacking” at counting centers and the illicit deletion of 60 lakh voter names. The former Chief Minister stated the TMC would aggressively pursue legal remedies while decrying the “bulldozer politics” and alleged state-sponsored intimidation of grassroots workers by the new administration. Striking back, BJP leader Keya Ghosh heavily criticized Banerjee’s remarks, terming them a complete disregard for the Constitution and an inability to face democratic defeat, questioning why the TMC considered election machinery flawless only when winning past mandates in 2011, 2016, and 2021.
In a monumental ecological milestone for Jammu and Kashmir, pink lotus flowers have blanketed the waters of Wular Lake for the first time since 1992. The iconic flora completely vanished over three decades ago when devastating regional floods choked Asia’s largest freshwater lake under a thick, suffocating blanket of silt, decimating its aquatic ecosystem. The loss deeply fractured local economies in Bandipora, wiping out the seasonal harvesting of Nadru (lotus stem), a prized staple of traditional Kashmiri cuisine. Following a multi-year, aggressive restoration campaign helmed by the Wular Conservation and Management Authority, intensive desilting and weed-clearing operations have successfully revived the lake’s water quality. The return of the vibrant lotus beds not only marks a crucial biodiversity triumph for local fish populations but also signals a welcome economic resurrection for thousands of dependent fishing families.