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The “winding down” of the Iran war has been replaced by an explicit 48-hour ultimatum.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…
BJP MP Khagen Murmu from North Malda, who was attacked while distributing relief materials to flood-affected residents in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata area on Monday, has suffered a fracture below his eye.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo, has moved a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court against the preventive detention of her husband under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, following violent protests on September 24 in Leh.
Following the party meet in Bihar’s Patna, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in its resolution on Wednesday…
Tamil Nadu Congress Legislative Party Leader and Killiyoor MLA S. Rajeshkumar has said the party’s MLAs and functionaries would urge the All India Congress Committee leadership to push for a coalition government in Tamil Nadu and seek more seats as a part of the DMK alliance in the 2026 Assembly election. In 2021, the party was allotted 25 seats in the DMK-led alliance.
As Bihar is gearing up for the 2025 Assembly elections, all eyes are on the Mahagathbandhan where the partners are still struggling to decide who will contest how many seats. The alliance is led by Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD which includes Congress as well as new entrants JMM and RLJP.
The former interim general secretary of the AIADMK (who was sacked earlier on) Sasikala gave yet another call to unity in the party before the state of Tamil Nadu goes into the pending elections.
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