Politics
The “winding down” of the Iran war has been replaced by an explicit 48-hour ultimatum. President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. will destroy Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, an escalation that comes as Iran expands the battlefield by launching long-range missiles toward the Indian Ocean and threatening U.S. bases across the Gulf.
Internal rebellion hit the Bengal BJP as workers from five districts stormed the party’s Salt Lake headquarters, demanding changes to the 2026 candidate list. With protesters threatening a poll boycott over the nomination of “outsiders,” senior leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Samik Bhattacharya have headed to the capital to address the growing grassroots anger before the campaign hits full throttle.
Kolkata | March 2026As election season intensifies in Kolkata, one…
New Delhi has taken a significant step toward healing the wounds of Manipur’s ethnic strife…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday (February 8, 2026) questioned Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s “suspicious” 10-day visit to Pakistan in December 2013 and his British wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi’s professional stint with a climate organisation in the neighbouring country.
Strong, powerful, and wise,” are the words President Trump used when endorsing Japan’s Prime Minister…
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai Party has secured a commanding lead in Thailand’s snap election, bolstered by nationalist sentiment over a border dispute with Cambodia. While the reformist People’s Party prepares for the opposition, voters also overwhelmingly backed a referendum to draft a new constitution, signaling a major shift in the country’s political landscape.
The Congress on Thursday said that it will go solo in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls and contest all 294 seats in the state. The decision was taken at a key meeting of the party’s top brass with senior leaders of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.
Fresh friction between Governors and elected governments surfaced in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Tuesday (20 January) as disputes over constitutional addresses dominated the opening of the year’s first Assembly sessions in both States.
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