Politics
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.
The “Energy War” of 2026 has reached its diplomatic climax. In a heavily guarded Islamabad, old enemies are finally sitting across from each other to negotiate a path out of a conflict that has paralyzed global shipping and claimed thousands of lives. With the U.S. fleet on high alert and Iran demanding pre-conditions, the next few hours will decide if the world sees a ceasefire or a rain of fire on the region’s energy infrastructure.
Extremely high voter enthusiasm became the main talking point across Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, which went to polls on Thursday, giving all major players bragging rights to anticipate a good outcome.
A political controversy erupted in West Bengal after a remark by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee eating fish during a religious period triggered a sharp exchange between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
The “Hasina factor” has officially entered the diplomatic halls of New Delhi. As the new BNP government in Dhaka seeks the return of its deposed leader to face a death sentence, India and Bangladesh are walking a tightrope between legal obligations and strategic partnership. While the extradition remains a complex legal hurdle, the agreement to ease visas and boost energy trade suggests that both nations are looking beyond the past to secure a stable future for the region.
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.
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