Politics
A group of TMC legislators loyal to Mamata Banerjee on Thursday secured a separate room and dedicated speaking time in the West Bengal Assembly after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, party leaders said.
In a major political development, the parliamentary wing of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has witnessed a significant split, with six of its nine Lok Sabha Members of Parliament reportedly breaking away from the party.
Taking everyone by surprise, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata on Wednesday. She led a peaceful protest march in Dharmatala to fight for roadside hawkers who are losing their shops to new government drives.
In a dramatic political development ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Rakesh Singh as its candidate for the Kolkata Port constituency just 24 hours after he secured bail from the Calcutta High Court.Singh, who had spent over five months in judicial custody in connection with multiple criminal cases, was granted interim bail shortly before the party’s announcement. The swift move by the BJP has drawn significant political attention, underlining the high-stakes nature of the upcoming polls.
In a dramatic development, the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on April 8, 2026, cancelled the Ponda Assembly by-election just hours before voting was scheduled to begin. The decision has sparked political controversy and raised questions about the timing of the Election Commission’s notification.
The political battle in Assam has taken a dramatic turn just days before voting. After Congress leader Pawan Khera accused the Chief Minister’s wife of holding multiple foreign passports, the Assam Police responded with a raid on his Delhi residence. With “incriminating evidence” reportedly found and Khera currently in Hyderabad, the exchange of words between the BJP and Congress has reached a fever pitch, turning a passport row into a defining moment of the 2026 election campaign.
Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar, is set to transition into national politics as he prepares to take his oath as a Rajya Sabha MP in New Delhi on April 10, 2026.
Promising, among others, free education for women up to post-graduation level and filling all vacant government posts with yours within one year.
In a major legal turn, the Chhattisgarh High Court on April 2, 2026, sentenced Amit Jogi—son of the state’s first Chief Minister—to life imprisonment for the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi. Overturning a 2007 acquittal, the court identified Jogi as the “mastermind” behind the conspiracy to eliminate his political rival. While the victim’s family hailed the verdict as a long-awaited triumph for truth, Jogi has already appealed to the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear the matter on April 20, 2026.
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