AIADMK-DMK TIE-UP BUZZ AMID VIJAY SUSPENSE
NEW DELHI,8 May 2026: The stand-off between Tamil Nadu Governor RV Arlekar and superstar actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam – which won 108 seats in last month’s election to finish as the single-largest party, though 10 short of majority – seemed to have opened the doors for an unprecedented Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India […]
KC VENUGOPAL “WAY AHEAD” IN KERALA CM RACE, SWEARING IN NEXT WEEK
NEW DELHI,8 May 2026 :KC Venugopal is “way ahead” in the race to be named the next chief minister of Kerala, Congress sources said, after observers Ajay Maken and Mukul Wasnik submitted their report to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. Maken and Wasnik said the final decision would be made by the party based on views […]
ADHIKARI FRONTRUNNR FOR BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER, WITH TWO DEPUTIES
NEW DELHI,8 May 2026: The BJP’s giantslayer, Suvendu Adhikari, appears all but certain in the race for the chief minister’s post in West Bengal, waiting to succeed his political mentor Mamata Banerjee after an intense electoral face-off last month. West Bengal blindsided Banerjee’s Trinamool to elect its first BJP government this week. As the focus […]
Independence of EC: Duality of political parties in opposition and government ‘very unfortunate’, says SC
New Delhi, 7May 2026: The Supreme Court on Thursday termed it “very unfortunate” that political parties demand an independent Election Commission when in opposition, but turn silent on the issue or take a completely contrary stand once in power, even as the court was told that free and fair elections — a part of the […]
MAMATA TO MOVE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE!
NEW DELHI ,7 May 2026 : West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has refused to resign despite her Trinamul Congress losing the election, accusing the BJP in power at the Centre of “conspiracy” and “looted” mandate. Initially, she talked of challenging the Assembly elections in the Supreme Court, bu her latest threat is to take […]
Exclusion of CJI from EC selection panel: Parliament has the prerogative to make law, SC
New Delhi, 7 May 2026: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it is for Parliament to make a law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, and courts cannot direct the legislature on what kind of law it should enact. It further observed that the inclusion of the Chief […]
SUVENDU ADHIKARI TO BE BENGAL’S NEXT CM
NEW DELHI ,6 May 2026 : The BJP’s giant-slayer Suvendu Adhikari is likely to be the next chief minister of West Bengal, sources have indicated, succeeding his former mentor Mamata Banerjee. A meeting of the BJP’s legislative party will be held in Kolkata on Friday (May 8) to discuss the formation of the government after […]
THAT MODI’S BJP WINS MANY STATE ELECTIONS DESPITE THE UNDERMENTIONED SHOULD WORRY CONGRESS/INDIA ALLIANCE :SANJAY JHA
Economic growth is 5.5% over the last 7 years, much lower than UPA’s 7.8% Jobs have vanished. The youth are unemployed. It is going to get worse with AI. Rural distress and disruption is still high. It will get exacerbated with rising input costs and lower cash household balances Inflation is headed northwards; oil prices […]
TRUMP’S PAUSE ON PAK REQUEST
NEW DELHI, 6 May 2026 : US President Donald Trump has paused ‘Project Freedom’, the American military’s effort to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, so that Washington could finalise a deal with Iran. The American commander-in-chief, however, said the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place even as there […]
US TO PAK: HOW GLOBAL MEDIA COVERED BJP’S VICTORY IN BENGAL
NEW DELHI,5 May 2026 : The pages in international publications were painted in orange hues as they reported the results of assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory. Most reports in foreign media focused primarily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral victory in West Bengal, ending Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee’s […]
