Kolkata/IBNS: The suspense over who will succeed Mamata Banerjee is expected to end soon as Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday to chair a crucial BJP meeting to select the next Chief Minister of West Bengal.
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon off the coast of Odisha on May 7, 2026, at a time when the country marked the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor.
Chennai/IBNS: The stalemate over government formation in Tamil Nadu continues amid rapid political realignments and alliance negotiations in the complex post-election scenario, media reports said.
For over a decade, the stretch of Harish Mukherjee Road in south Kolkata existed in a kind of enforced silence. Residents who lived there knew the ritual well — the pre-dawn route sanitisations, the plainclothes police fanning out before a convoy passed, and the barricades that turned a public road into a private corridor.
The Indian Railways will gradually begin migrating trains to an upgraded passenger reservation system from August, marking a major shift from its nearly 40-year-old ticketing infrastructure, the Ministry of Railways said on Thursday.
Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is likely to cross the majority mark with support from the Congress, VCK, CPI and CPI(M), according to media reports, paving the way for the party to form its first government in the state.
Kolkata/IBNS: Suvendu Adhikari is set to take oath as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first West Bengal Chief Minister on Saturday (May 9).
Pakistan’s ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti module was allegedly planning to attack a historical temple in New Delhi, a popular Dhaba on the Delhi-Sonipat highway, and a military camp in Hisar, media reports said.
Sixteen members of seven families in Sandeshkhali, once considered a stronghold of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in North 24 Parganas, have finally returned home days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the West Bengal Assembly polls, ending the 15-year rule of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Kolkata: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav visited Kolkata on Thursday to meet Mamata Banerjee following the All India Trinamool Congress’s defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections.
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday alleged that she was harassed by a group of men aboard an IndiGo flight while travelling to Delhi for a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on defence.
Nida Khan, a key accused in the forced religious conversion case linked to the Tata Consultancy Services unit in Nashik, was arrested in Maharashtra on Thursday, media reports said.
Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has reportedly reached out to one more MLA as the race to form the next Tamil Nadu government intensifies.
A shocking twist has emerged in the deaths of a family of four in Mumbai. Forensic examination has confirmed that the victims died of poisoning, not watermelon-induced food poisoning as initially suspected, media reports said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against three men, including a Hyderabad-based doctor, accusing them of participating in an alleged ISIS-linked conspiracy involving plans for mass poisoning attacks using ricin, a highly toxic biological substance.
Kolkata/IBNS: Mamata Banerjee is no longer the Chief Minister of West Bengal after Governor R. N. Ravi officially dissolved the state Legislative Assembly following the completion of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government’s term.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against three men, including a Hyderabad-based doctor, accusing them of participating in an alleged ISIS-linked conspiracy involving plans for mass poisoning attacks using ricin, a highly toxic biological substance.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Operation Sindoor reflected India’s fitting response to terrorism and its unwavering commitment to national security as the Armed Forces’ retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attack completed one year.
Chennai/IBNS: Uncertainty over government formation in Tamil Nadu continued on Thursday after Governor RV Arlekar reportedly asked TVK chief Vijay to demonstrate the support of the required 118 MLAs before staking claim to form the government.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged a larger conspiracy behind the killing of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath, claiming the murder may have been aimed at disturbing the law-and-order situation ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to West Bengal for the swearing-in ceremony.
Kolkata/IBNS: A fake number plate was allegedly used on the vehicle that blocked the car of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath before he was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in West Bengal’s Madhyamgram on Wednesday night, police said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party has called the killing of party MLA-elect Suvendu Adhikari's personal secretary Chandranath Rath “a pre-planned political assassination”, as the incident just two days ahead of the oath-taking ceremony has sent shockwaves across West Bengal.
In a shocking incident, the personal secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, Chandranath Rath, was allegedly shot dead in Madhyamgram on Wednesday night, triggering fresh political tremors in West Bengal, media reports said.
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has decided to move the Supreme Court of India over the post-poll violence in West Bengal, even as the political crisis deepened after she refused to resign as Chief Minister despite the election defeat.
In a major political reset ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, Akhilesh Yadav has said the Samajwadi Party will no longer work with election management firm I-PAC.
In a dramatic post-election twist, the Congress has abandoned long-time ally DMK and thrown its weight behind actor-turned-politician Vijay after his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam stormed the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls with a stunning victory.
Kolkata/IBNS: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was forced to leave Kolkata in 2007 amid violent protests, has expressed her desire to return to West Bengal following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s maiden victory in the state.
Kolkata/IBNS: After the fall of the Mamata government in West Bengal, sports promoter Satadru Dutta has spoken publicly for the first time about the disruption during Lionel Messi’s India tour event in Kolkata, alleging serious mismanagement and interference at the venue.
Additional police deployment and area security arrangements outside MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence, ‘Shantiniketan’, in south Kolkata were scaled down on Wednesday, two days after the All India Trinamool Congress suffered a massive defeat in the Assembly elections.
The inaugural Joint Commission meeting between India and Algeria was held in New Delhi on May 5, where both sides discussed expanding cooperation in training, military exercises, medical collaboration, and defence industries.
