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Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar to enquire about his health following his discharge from a Pune hospital, remarking that Supriya Sule was “ready” to take care of the country.
The Democratic Party dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump in the 2026 US midterm elections, flipping the Georgia gubernatorial mansion with Keisha Lance Bottoms’ historic win and flipping key Senate seats in North Carolina and South Carolina. While Indian-Americans Pia Dandiya and Suhas Subramanyam captured US House seats and Aruna Miller retained Maryland’s lieutenant governorship, Trump-endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy lost Ohio’s gubernatorial race, pushing Democrats to the edge of retaking the House.
In an unprecedented political blow to the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday announced his resignation from both the party and the Lok Sabha during a massive public gathering in Budgam. Accusing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of ‘incompetence’ and betraying the 2024 Assembly mandate on Article 370, free power, and reservation reforms, Ruhullah announced plans to build an independent platform of dedicated local youth rather than join another political party.
Days after the Trinamool Congress suffered a major split in the West Bengal Assembly, the party appears to be staring at a possible exodus of its parliamentarians.
Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday criticised Congress leader Sachin Pilot and stated that the incidents that unfolded in September 2022 were not a revolt against the party high command but an indication of strong disagreement among the MLAs against Pilot’s elevation as the CM.
Opposition INDIA bloc meeting — to forge unity and rework their strategy to take on the BJP — began in New Delhi on June 8, 2026
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.
Amid a catastrophic post-election split within the TMC, former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim stunned political observers by holding a 70-minute closed-door meeting with rebel LoP Ritabrata Banerjee. While Hakim pleaded for party unity, the meeting highlights a rapidly dissolving command structure.
On June 6, 2026, thousands of student activists led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke staged a massive demonstration at Jantar Mantar to demand the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged national exam paper leaks and systemic educational irregularities. The youth-led organization issued a strict seven-day ultimatum to the central government, warning that they will magnify their protests into a nationwide agitation if their demands are not met by Saturday, June 13, 2026.
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