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In a defiant stand following the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) significant setback in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has categorically rejected calls for her resignation. Addressing a packed press conference at her Kalighat residence on Tuesday, a resilient Banerjee declared that she would not step down, claiming a “moral victory” despite the electoral numbers favoring the BJP.
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.
The Bihar government has introduced a statewide ban on the open sale of meat, just days before Ramadan, allowing only licensed traders to operate under stringent regulations.
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The United States has ramped up its military presence in the Middle East, deploying a carrier strike group and bomber task force to counter unspecified threats from Iran. As Washington and Tehran trade hostile warnings, the concentration of firepower in the Persian Gulf has raised the risk of an accidental conflict to a critical level
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Tuesday that the party would undertake ‘Parivartan Rath Yatras’ in West Bengal as part of its campaigning for the upcoming Assembly polls.
Following a landslide victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman was officially sworn in as Prime Minister on February 17, 2026, ending his 17-year exile and signaling a transformative political shift. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended a formal congratulatory message and held preliminary discussions with Rahman to stabilize ties, he was unable to attend the ceremony in person due to high-profile bilateral commitments with French President Emmanuel Macron and a major AI summit in New Delhi. Represented by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, India’s participation underscores a pragmatic effort to reset the “enduring friendship” with Dhaka and maintain regional stability under the new administration.
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