Month: May 2026

The Congress has won the Kerala assembly elections but is still without a clear chief‑ministerial face, leaving the party’s national leadership at a crossroads. The Congress leadership is now poised to leave the final call on the Kerala CM to senior leader Sonia Gandhi, after internal discussions and ground feedback failed

Tamil Nadu has entered a new political era with the swearing‑in of C. Joseph Vijay as Chief Minister, and the full contours of his first‑time cabinet are now clear. Alongside Vijay, nine Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLAs took the oath as ministers on May 10, 2026, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, under the

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora’s residence in Chandigarh for the second time in less than a month, intensifying the political standoff between the AAP‑led state government and the BJP‑dominated Centre. The probes, linked to alleged money‑laundering, illegal land‑deal flows, and dubious real‑estate transactions, have triggered a sharp backlash

After a crushing electoral defeat and the formal end of her 15‑year rule, Mamata Banerjee has pivoted from a defiant CM‑to‑be to a self‑styled “battle‑captain” of the anti‑BJP opposition in Bengal. Speaking from the compound of her Kalighat residence on the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the former Chief Minister called on all opposition parties, Leftist

Minutes after being sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s new Chief Minister, Joseph Vijay has set the tone of his administration with a welfare‑heavy, security‑focused first‑batch of orders: 200 units of free electricity for households, the creation of a Women Protection Force, and a special‑task‑force against the drug menace, backed by a 24‑hour women‑safety helpline. The move is a

On May 10, 2026, Tamil Nadu entered a new political era as actor‑turned‑politician Joseph Vijay was sworn in as the state’s Chief Minister, marking the first non‑DMK‑non‑AIADMK government in nearly seven decades. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by Vijay, now heads the state after clinching 108 seats and crossing the 118‑member‑majority threshold with the backing of

West Bengal is witnessing a historic political shift: the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed its first government in the state, with Suvendu Adhikari as Chief Minister, and the makeup of the new cabinet reflects a mix of veteran hard‑liners, women leaders, and regional‑community faces meant to consolidate the party’s 207‑seat landslide. The

The political chessboard in Tamil Nadu has suddenly tilted toward a scenario once seen as impossible: VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan being floated as the state’s next Chief Minister, with whispers that a historic DMK–AIADMK alliance—the bitter Dravidian rivals of the last 50 years—may be on the table to keep Vijay’s TVK out of power.