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The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has faced a significant political setback in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, as visible cracks emerged in its long-standing Muslim support base, reshaping the state’s electoral landscape. For over a decade, Muslim voters,who constitute nearly a third of the state’s population, had largely remained consolidated behind the TMC, playing a decisive role in its repeated electoral successes.
Mamata Banerjee has stunned the political world by refusing to resign after the 2026 Bengal elections. Despite the BJP winning a two-thirds majority and Banerjee losing her own seat, she has alleged massive EVM tampering and a conspiracy by the Election Commission, vowing to fight on from a national stage.
The political map of India was redrawn on May 4, 2026, as Assembly election results across five regions delivered a series of historic upsets. In West Bengal, the BJP scripted a monumental victory, securing 207 seats to unseat Mamata Banerjee, who lost her own seat in Bhabanipur. Tamil Nadu witnessed a “cinema-to-citizens” earthquake as actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single-largest party with 108 seats, defeating incumbent CM M.K. Stalin in his stronghold of Kolathur. Meanwhile, Kerala stayed true to its “pendulum” tradition as the Congress-led UDF swept to power with 102 seats, ending a decade of Left rule. In Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma secured a record third term for the NDA with a three-fourths majority, winning 102 of 126 seats.
Following a high-stakes joint military operation by the U.S. and Israel, Iranian state media has officially confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The 86-year-old’s 37-year reign ended abruptly when a precision strike decimated his Tehran compound on February 28, 2026. As the Islamic Republic enters 40 days of national mourning, the world watches a nation divided between state-mandated grief and underground celebrations, while the absence of a clear successor plunges the Middle East into its most volatile period in decades.
Friday afternoon was moving along as usual in Kolkata when, for a few brief seconds,…
India delivered a masterclass in power-hitting at the Chepauk Stadium today, crushing Zimbabwe by 72 runs in a high-stakes Super Eight clash. Led by a record-breaking total of 256/4—the highest in India’s T20 World Cup history—the Men in Blue dominated from start to finish. While Zimbabwe’s Brian Bennett played a heroic unbeaten knock of 97, India’s clinical bowling and explosive batting from Hardik Pandya and Abhishek Sharma proved too much to handle. This vital win sets up a “do-or-die” showdown against the West Indies this Sunday for a spot in the semi-finals.
A sudden bomb threat at the Kolkata Passport Seva Kendra in Anandapur triggered widespread panic on Thursday, forcing a complete evacuation of the building. As hundreds of applicants and staff were rushed to safety, police and bomb disposal squads launched a high-stakes search operation to secure the premises and trace the source of the alarm.
A major controversy broke out in India’s legal and education circles this week after a…
Nobody quite expected the evening to start with a wardrobe surprise. When Prime Minister Narendra…
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