Author: Priyanka Basak
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, 2026, refused to pass an interim stay on West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to recognize rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP).
India and Slovakia have officially upgraded their bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Partnership.
The crucial agreement between the Ministry of Home Affairs and civic leaders of Ladakh hit a major roadblock in New Delhi on June 14, 2026, after local representatives refused to sign the official minutes of the meeting due to omitted governance clauses.
A dangerous, unprecedented diplomatic chasm opened between Washington and New Delhi on Friday, June 12, 2026, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explicitly warned India that any attempts to bypass or violate America’s active naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz will face zero tolerance. The aggressive warning was delivered during a high-stakes telephone call initiated by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who sought to register India’s fiercest diplomatic protest over recent U.S. Navy missile strikes that killed three Indian mariners aboard the Palau-flagged oil tanker MT Settebello. Rather than offering a traditional diplomatic de-escalation, Rubio completely rebuffed the complaint, unyieldingly defending the actions of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The Secretary asserted that all international commercial merchant vessels transiting the volatile waterway must immediately comply with direct tactical commands from American forces, who are enforcing a total maritime blockade to strangle Tehran’s oil revenues. This deepening policy divergence has triggered acute anxiety within India’s shipping ministry, especially since three separate tankers carrying Indian crew members have been fired upon or disabled near the Omani coast within a single week. With New Delhi having already twice summoned U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Jason Meeks, this explosive geopolitical friction now directly shadows an incredibly tense bilateral meeting scheduled between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump at the upcoming G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains.
In a severe diplomatic rupture between Washington and New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar lodged a fierce, high-level phone protest with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, June 12, 2026, following a fatal U.S. Navy air strike that killed three Indian mariners in the Gulf of Oman. The casualties occurred aboard the Palau-flagged commercial oil tanker MT Settebello, which was intercepted and disabled by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) aircraft for allegedly breaching Washington’s unilateral naval blockade near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The precision missile strike punctured the vessel’s engine room, sparking a catastrophic fire that claimed three out of the twenty-four Indian nationals on board. Condemning the act on social media, Jaishankar slammed the deployment of lethal military force against civilian transit infrastructure as entirely unjustified, marking India’s deepest resentment yet over the escalating West Asia maritime crossfire. The tense ministerial confrontation follows back-to-back diplomatic summons served to U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Jason Meeks in New Delhi, as India aggressively demands immediate American operational restraint to protect its massive maritime workforce navigating the war-torn trade corridor.
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) are capturing equity-like returns of 17% to 27% through a unique financial strategy leveraging Foreign Currency Non-Resident (FCNR(B)) bank deposits.
A guest teacher from Haryana was suspended by the Rohtak District Elementary Education Officer on 10 June 2026 after she participated in a massive protest organized by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at JantarMantar in New Delhi.
On June 9, 2026, India’s National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) along with executing agency Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) successfully achieved the final excavation breakthrough of the strategic 13.15-kilometer Zojila Tunnel.
In a historic development for India’s public health sector, West Bengal has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).
On June 8, 2026 the Government of India urgently called for immediate de-escalation and a diplomatic resolution through an official statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi .