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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.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is set to face a crucial test before the people as his government approaches its first year in office. After the Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in the 2026 Assembly elections, Adhikari became the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal, taking oath on May 9, 2026.
A sharp political exchange has erupted between Congress leader and former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju over the controversial term “dimagi Naxal” used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has criticised Congress Soniya Gandhi over an alleged incident involving the singing of Vande Mataram at Congress headquarter on Independence Day.
“I was never involved in corruption. It was a blunder to join politics,” states the suicide note of the deceased former deputy speaker of West Bengal Assembly and ex-Trinamool Congress MLA from Rampurhat in Birbhum district, Asish Banerjee, who was found hanging at an office of the party on Sunday morning, police sources said.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre to reconsider the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. Soren has raised concerns that the proposed legislation could affect the state’s financial resources and reduce its authority over mineral-rich land.
The attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Shing Badal at Gurdwara Mata Saheb in Nanded, Maharashtra, has again raised concerns about tension between Badal and some sections of Sikh community.
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