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.
Chandra Kumar Bose announced plans on August 11, 2026, to launch a new political outfit named the Azad Hind Party. The 66-year-old is the grandnephew of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) held a protest next to a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata’s Shyambazar area over controversial remarks made against Bose by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP.
Parliament has passed the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026, paving the way for the establishment of a National Tribunals Commission aimed at bringing greater uniformity, transparency and efficiency to the country’s tribunal system. The Rajya Sabha approved the Bill on Tuesday through a voice vote, after the Lok Sabha had passed it earlier.
The Lok Sabha on Monday (August 10, 2026) passed The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026’, without discussion, amidst a heavy sloganeering by the Opposition MPs. The Rajya Sabha returned the The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 through a voice vote.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has ordered a fresh invitation into the rape and murder of the doctor at the RG Kar medical college and hospital in Kolkata.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the concerns raised by Generation Z are genuine and should not be ignored. Speaking at a public event, he stressed that young people protesting for their rights should not be labelled as “anti-national.” Instead, he said their voices deserve to be heard in a democracy.
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