Author: Rumpa Rani Das
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has unveiled its much-anticipated “Exam Manifesto,” outlining a comprehensive roadmap to reform India’s examination and recruitment systems. The manifesto was released by party founder Abhijeet Dipke during a public gathering in Pune, where he emphasized the need for transparency, accountability, and fairness in the conduct of examinations.
A major political controversy erupted in Madhya Pradesh after the nomination of senior Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan for the Rajya Sabha elections was rejected during the scrutiny process. The development has sparked a heated confrontation between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the opposition party alleging political interference and an attack on democratic processes.
In a significant development in West Bengal’s political landscape, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has lost administrative control of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) after the state government dissolved the existing civic board and appointed an administrator to oversee the corporation’s affairs.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono on Monday to review bilateral relations and discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between India and Indonesia across key sectors.
In a significant development that has shaken opposition politics, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has announced its decision to pull out of the INDIA Bloc, citing irreconcilable differences with the Indian National Congress following the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
A major political crisis has erupted within the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) as a group of rebel MLAs openly voiced their opposition to party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, declaring that they can no longer accept his leadership.
India has slipped to the seventh position among the world’s largest stock markets by market capitalization, marking a significant shift in global market rankings.
Leaders of the opposition INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc are set to convene a key meeting in New Delhi on June 8 to discuss the alliance’s future strategy and strengthen coordination among member parties.
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan has assumed charge as the new Chief of the Naval Staff, becoming the 27th head of the Indian Navy.
India’s retail energy landscape faced an aggressive inflationary shockwave on Saturday, May 30, 2026, as a relentless series of fuel price hikes pushed petrol and diesel to their highest levels in over four years. Driven by the prolonged, three-month-long U.S.-Iran conflict and severe maritime bottlenecks across the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, state-run Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)—including IOCL, BPCL, and HPCL—were forced to end a multi-year retail price freeze to mitigate unsustainable daily under-recoveries. A rapid four-tranche onslaught has added a staggering ₹7.38 per litre to petrol and ₹4.53 to ₹7.53 to diesel, with retail pumps in New Delhi breaching the psychological barrier to hit ₹102.12 per litre for petrol and ₹95.20 per litre for diesel. The fiscal pain is even sharper across other major metros, with Kolkata peaking at ₹113.51 and Mumbai hitting ₹111.21. As the cascading freight expenses trigger severe pushback from national logistics associations, economists are warning of imminent secondary supply-chain inflation across essential fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and quick-commerce operations, placing immense structural pressure on the Union Finance Ministry to negotiate state-level Value Added Tax (VAT) interventions.