The DravidaMunetraKazhagam (DMK) has attacked its INDIA bloc ally, the Congress, over its decision to extend support to actor-turned-politician Vijay’s TamilagaVettriKazhagam (TVK) to form a government in Tamil Nadu, calling the grand old party a “backstabber”
Gujarat’s local body election results have delivered a strong political message, with the BJP sweeping urban corporations, dominating municipalities and panchayats, and tightening its grip across the state, while Congress has suffered a sharp collapse and AAP managed only scattered, symbolic gains. The outcome is being seen as the first major political signal ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
A.G Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, released on remission in 2022 donned the black robes on Monday (April 27, 2026). He was enrolled to the Bar Association of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and will practice as an advocate in the Madras High Court.
Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday ‘recused’ himself from hearing an FIR against LoP Rahul Gandhi over his alleged British citizenship filed by BJP worker S Vignesh Shishir.
The Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), which provides a 33% reservation for women in the Parliament and state legislatures, came into force on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 4pm vote in the Lok Sabha which is discussing on the amendments to operationalise it.
The INDIA bloc has signaled a major recalibration of its political strategy, announcing that a formal, unified stance on the contentious issues of national delimitation and the caste census will be unveiled after April 15. The decision comes amidst a heated legislative environment as the government moves to fast-track the Women’s Reservation Act by delinking it from the ongoing 2026-27 Census.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday, April 12, 2026, detained West Bengal Assembly candidate Sayem Chowdhury and arrested Indian Secular Front (ISF) member Golam Rabbani in Malda for their alleged involvement in the violent gherao of judicial officials earlier this month. The central agency acted following a Supreme Court directive to investigate the April 1 incident in the Motabhari area, where a mob protesting the deletion of names from the electoral roll held seven judicial officers hostage for over eight hours. The suspects were apprehended after video analysis placed them at the scene of the agitation, which the apex court described as a “complete failure” of the state’s law and order machinery.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the RSS-BJP on Sunday (April 12, 2026), alleging their main objective is to finish off the Constitution because they don’t want that everyone in India is considered an equal.
