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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 Rajasthan urban civic poll results revealed a divided electorate on Monday as the BJP won 86 municipal bodies and the Congress secured 46, leaving 177 councils hung. While the BJP dominated Jaipur, Udaipur, and Kota, the Congress staged historic upsets in Ajmer and Jhalawar, significantly narrowing the electoral gap across urban centers.

A hundred days into Suvendu Adhikari’s tenure as West Bengal Chief Minister, the BJP government displays an ambitious industrial agenda alongside worrying governance instincts. As cultural confrontations and early extortion charges surface, the administration faces a critical test of economic delivery ahead of crucial civic elections.

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has appointed retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ram Temple Trust in Ayodhya. The appointment marks a major change in the administrative structure of the trust and comes at a time when the management of the temple and its growing operations are receiving increased attention.

A political dispute between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and its Left Democratic Front (LDF) ally, the Communist Party of India (CPI), has intensified in Kerala over the post of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly. What began as a disagreement over the sharing of an important legislative position has now developed into a broader debate over coalition norms, collective leadership and the future functioning of the Left alliance.

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