Author: Sushmita Jana
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has renewed his opposition to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), urging the Centre to allow states to admit students to MBBS, BDS, and AYUSH courses based solely on Class 12 examination marks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake an official visit to France and Slovakia from June 13 to June 18, with France being the first stop of the six-day diplomatic tour.
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been rocked by violent unrest after clashes between protesters and security forces left at least 11 people dead and more than 70 injured. The violence erupted in Rawalakot ahead of a planned region-wide protest called by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a civil society alliance that has been at the forefront of political and economic rights campaigns in the region.
The West Bengal administration has ordered the transfer of 179 police personnel across various districts and units in a major administrative reshuffle. The move is aimed at strengthening law and order, improving administrative efficiency, and ensuring impartial policing across the state.
Domestic LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) cylinder prices have been increased by ₹29 per 14.2-kg cylinder across India, effective from June 7. The hike marks the second increase in the last three months and is expected to impact millions of households that rely on cooking gas for daily needs.
The West Bengal government has launched the Annapurna Yojana, under which more than 28.25 lakh women received ₹3,000 each through direct benefit transfer (DBT) on the first day of implementation. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari formally inaugurated the scheme at Nabanna and announced that 28,25,769 verified beneficiaries had already been enrolled.
A delegation from Nepal’s ruling party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by party chairman Rabi Lamichhane, visited the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi on June 1-2, 2026.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing in New Delhi on June 1, 2026, marking the Myanmar leader’s first official visit to India since assuming the presidency. The meeting focused on border security, regional stability, connectivity projects, trade, and cooperation against cybercrime and human trafficking.
In a statement that has stirred controversy in both Nepal and India, Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said that territorial encroachment along the India-Nepal border is “not one-sided” and that both countries have occupied land claimed by the other.
Bringing an end to months of intense high-command negotiations, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah officially resigned from office, clearing the path for state party president and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to ascend to the top job. The high-profile transition, formalized ahead of a scheduled June 3, 2026 swearing-in ceremony at Vidhana Soudha, marks the smooth execution of a long-speculated rotational power-sharing agreement engineered by the Congress central leadership following their 2023 electoral triumph. Stepping down after his historic second term, a defiant Siddaramaiah aggressively defended his administration’s marquee welfare “guarantee schemes,” relying on robust GST collections and stellar revenue numbers to thoroughly debunk opposition claims of state insolvency. With the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) swiftly consolidating behind Shivakumar as their unanimous choice, the veteran Vokkaliga strongman faces the immediate structural task of balancing factional cabinet aspirations while maintaining organizational discipline ahead of a highly competitive local poll cycle.