Politics
With a commitment to cherish its glorious heritage and take a new flight for a prosperous future, the 114th Bihar Day celebrations was formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, along with Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha and other cabinet colleagues.
The “winding down” of the Iran war has been replaced by an explicit 48-hour ultimatum.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.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that people above 18 years of age will not get first-time Aadhaar cards in the state as a precautionary measure to check illegal immigrants from getting Indian citizenship.
The YSR Congress Party , led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, has announced that it will support the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate C. P. Radhakrishnan in the upcoming vice-presidential election.
After having worked out an electoral alliance with Congress since 2016 Assembly polls, the CPI(M) wants the other political outfit to make the first overtures for a poll pact in 2025 Assembly elections.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce three bills on Wednesday aimed at addressing corruption allegations against incumbent ministers.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made an important move towards transparency and accountability by publishing the names of 6.5 million voters removed from the Bihar draft electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, is critical of most policies and programs from the Mamata Banerjee government. However, the BJP leader, who served as a key Minister until December 2020, often talks about the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme in his public meetings. Speaking at a meeting in Bandwan, Purulia district, on Saturday, Mr. Adhikari highlighted the economic hardships in the area, which was once a stronghold for the Communist Party of India (Maoist). He stated that the BJP would not stop Lakshmir Bhandar. “We will increase the entitlement to the scheme three times and pay ₹3,000 to every beneficiary,” he declared.
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