The Week

After Kerala, now the Congress is witnessing a power tussle in Karnataka as the government completes three years. Both Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar reached Delhi on Monday to meet the Congress top brass. This comes days after both the Congress leaders met the party high command during Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan's swearing-in. Satheesan himself was locked in a race to the top job in Kerala with AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal

The 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections were not just another defeat for the AIADMK. But it shattered a monolithic legend which shook the very soul of the party. And the post-poll landscape is no longer about regaining powerit has turned into a chaotic, fragmented fight for survival. The once disciplined AIADMK has not split into many factions but seems to be negotiating the partys dissolution in exchange for political relevance. TVK is the new AIADMK. Anyone from the AIADMK who wants to walk out

Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan blamed the Waqf Board constituted by the previous government for the Munambam issuea dispute over 404 acres of land where more than 600 families reside, but is claimed by the Waqf Boardremaining unresolved. Satheesan said there had been an attempt to turn two religious communities into enemies and accused the former government of doing exactly that by registering the disputed land on the UMEED portal. The Chief Minister said the outgoing Waqf Board intended

Amid the Rs 50 crore corruption charges and a slew of other resurfaced allegations against the Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC), a former board member has alleged that she faced suspension and loss of membership after she exposed major issues with the club. The whistleblower, identified as Niji Sapra, has now alleged that after exposing serious violations ofMinistry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) guidelines by its previous board,she was suspended for a year and later lost her membership, despite being a la

A few years back, in the narrow lanes of North West Delhis resettlement colonies, children going missing was very common and was treated almost as an unfortunate fact of life. Families struggling to survive on daily wages often had little time, support, or institutional access to respond when a child suddenly went missing. In neighbourhoods shaped by continuous migration, overcrowding, economic distress, and social vulnerability, children frequently slipped through the cracks pushed into labour

The principal opposition party in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal, went from 81 legislators in 2021 in the Assembly to just 25 in the 2025 Assembly elections, a decline of more than 65 per cent in its strength. The Indian National Congress too suffered a similar slide, shrinking from 19 MLAs to six. The reduced numbers have not only weakened their political standing but also deepened resentment within their ranks. According to political observers, both camps are struggling more with their internal i

The Central Board of Secondary Education is now facing new scrutiny after a class 12 student alleged that the physics answer sheet he was marked for did not belong to him. The board was already facing scrutiny over its new On-screen Marking System over portal crashes, payment glitches and blurred scans of answer sheets after the class 12 results were up this month. In a detained thread on X, the student claimed that the physics answer uploaded by CBSE under his roll number was not his. He even s

The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Monday launched a fierce attack on the Narendra Modi-led central government over the continuous rise in petrol and diesel prices, accusing the BJP government of openly looting the common man while protecting corporate interests. Addressing the media, NCP(SP) spokesperson and party leader Mahesh Tapase said the Modi government has turned fuel prices into a tool to squeeze money from ordinary citizens already struggling with inflation, unempl

A senior Tamil Nadu police officer is now the latest to face heavy backlash for allegedly being insensitive at a press conference about the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Coimbatore. In a now-viral clip, Inspector General of Police (West Zone), R.V. Ramya Bharathi, was seen laughing and casually interacting with her colleagues while seated at the press conference venue. The laughing, which took place on Monday just before the presser began, quickly sparked anger online, with many users

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry asked the 110-year-old Delhi Gymkhana club to vacate its premises by June 5, on Friday. The sudden order also said that failure to comply would mean the property would be taken in accordance with the law. The members of the club have now started a signature campaign to move the Delhi High Court against the order. The clubs premises measure around 27.3 acres and are situated at 2, Safdarjung Road. According to the government order, The order mentions t

The Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing of a plea for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the Cockroach Janta Party, the satirical social media movement born out of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant's recent remarks comparing some unemployed youth to 'cockroaches'. The plea was filed seeking a CBI inquiry into the activities of persons associated with the movement. It also sought a probe into fake advocates and law degrees of persons associated with t

In yet another instance of a virtual relationship going wrong, a 40-year-old woman went to the Nautanwa Police Station in Uttar Pradesh. The mother of four alleged that she had met a person on Instagram and fallen in love with him. The bond grew stronger, and they soon married. However, the husband has decided to terminate the relationship after having distanced himself from her for a while. When the entire story was narrated by the woman, an air of bizarre confusion gripped the Nautanwa Police

A statement by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Palla Srinivasa Rao on the Cockroach Janta Party has triggered speculation that the TDP is seeking more from its senior ally, the BJP. In his statement issued on Monday, Srinivasa Rao said the CJP social media movement reflects the aspirations and concerns of Indias youth and should be taken seriously by policymakers. He added that its emergence signals the need to continuously recalibrate policies to align with the expectations of young people. Thi

Kerala High Court on Monday acquitted the first accused, Hussain M., in the lynching of a mentally challenged tribal youth in Palakkad, while upholding the conviction of 12 others in the case that had triggered widespread outrage in the state. A division bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar dismissed the appeals filed by the remaining convicts in the murder of Madhu. Madhu, a 27-year-old tribal youth from Chindakki Ooru in Attappadi, was lynched by a mob i

The courtroom fell into a brief silence as the words landed, measured, but hard to ignore. Before the Supreme Court of India, Twisha Sharmas death was no longer just a legal case, but a reminder of the pressures and expectations that can weigh heavily within families. Appearing for the Madhya Pradesh government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said, For parents, it is better to have a divorced daughter than to have a dead one. The remark came as a reflection on the social stigma around divorce a

The Himanta Biswa Sarma government in Assam on Monday tabled a bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state Assembly amid protests by the Opposition, which demanded wider consultation. The Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 Bill, which seeks to ban polygamy and make the registration of live-in relationships compulsory, was tabled by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Atul Bora. Opposition parties, including the Congress, Raijor Dal and All India Trinamool Congress, opposed the move and demanded

As the Congress government in Karnataka under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah completes three years, the High Command has summoned the senior leader to Delhi, triggering speculations that a leadership change is imminent. This comes amid disputes between Siddaramaiah and senior leader D K Shivakumar over the top post. As per reports, the High Command call came when the Chief Minister was at a Congress event on Sunday to discuss the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the Greater Bengaluru A

Bengaluru is set to get a respite from the intense heat, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that Karnataka's capital city will experience rain until May 29, Friday. As a precaution, a yellow alert has been issued for Bengaluru throughout the week. Light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is expected across the city throughout the coming week, the IMD confirmed on Sunday. The weather office credited a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal for the

While hearing the suo motu registered over the Twisha Sharma death case, the Supreme Court observed that there are lapses in the handling of the case. The SC directed the media to exercise restraint while reporting developments in the case. Twisha Sharma, 33, was found hanging at her marital home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12. Sharma's family accused her husband and in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. However, her in-laws claimed that she suffered from drug addiction

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress, allies until a month ago, are now engaged in a bitter war of words after the Congress quit the alliance and backed actor-politician C. Joseph Vijay in forming the government in Tamil Nadu. The latest flashpoint came on Sunday when DMK Youth Wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin accused the Congress of stabbing the party in the back and urged cadres never to trust the national party again. For over 20 years, the Congress party rode on our backs.

The Supreme Court is set to hear a suo motu case concerning the death of actor-model Twisha Sharma on Monday. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi will hear the case. The case is listed under the title 'Alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the unnatural death of a young girl at her matrimonial home'. Twisha Sharma's family had alleged that her lawyer husband, Samarth, and her in-laws tried

Republican hawks are mounting a serious challenge against President Donald Trumps emerging peace deal with Iran, denouncing the proposed agreement as a disastrous mistake that risks squandering the gains of the war. In an unusually public split within the Republican Party, senior lawmakers and former administration officials, including Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Roger Wicker and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, argue that Trump is abandoning the original objectives of Operation Epic Fury an

The BJP's Debangshu Panda on Sunday won the Falta seat in the South 24 Parganas district with a margin of more than 1 lakh votes, replicating the May 4 saffron sweep in West Bengal that saw Suvendu Adhikari installed as CM earlier this month. All 285 polling stations of the constituency were scheduled for a repoll after the Election Commission's (EC) poll assessments of the voting in Falta showed irregularities. After 22 rounds of counting, Panda defeated CPI(M) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi by a

The Supreme Court on Friday said threatening to publish naked videos of a womancaptured whilst changing or bathingcounts as criminal intimidation. The observation was made while upholding the conviction of a man under Part II of Section 506 of the IPC for threatening to upload a woman's private bathing video to Facebook. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh observed that threatening to publish on social media a video of a woman disrobing or bathing constitutes a threat to impu

A Delhi court on Sunday sent accused Shubham Khairnar to judicial custody until June 6 in the NEET paper leak case. Special Judge Ruchi Aggarwal allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea seeking the judicial custody of the accused. The agency cited the need to recover and analyse digital devices and evidence, including communication records and the financial trail connected to the paper leak network. ALSO READ | NEET paper leak: Why rebuilding faith in India's exam system is cruc

Following a surge in online attention surrounding the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar police have deployed 24/7 security at the residence of party founder Abhijeet Dipke. According to police officials, the deployment is intended to prevent crowds from gathering outside his home in the wake of the recent trend on social media. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police Pankaj Atulkar ruled out threat perception involved in the decision. The round-the-clock gen

Twisha Sharma, the 33-year-old woman who died by hanging in Bhopal just five months into her marriage, reportedly had planned to meet her brother on May 15. Sharma, however, was found dead on May 12. An official who spoke to Hindustan Times said that Sharma was planning to travel to Ajmer. She was scheduled to travel to Ajmer on May 15, where her brother, Major Harshit Sharma, is posted. We are examining why she took such an extreme step despite having travel plans, the official said. Her family

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that stupid people exist in every country on Sunday when he responded to questions over recent racism against Indians by some Americans. Rubio was responding to questions at a joint press conference with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi. He said that while such concerns must be taken seriously, the offensive comments did reflect broader American society. Im sure that there are people that have made comments online and other places, becaus

More than 40 deaths due to heatstroke were reported on Saturday following the ongoing heatwave in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Most of the dead were elderly and labourers, local reports said. The temperatures reached a scorching 46 degrees Celsius on Saturday. 30 of the 40 deaths were from Telangana alone, TV9 Telugu reported. About 19 deaths were reported from the Warangal district. Six deaths each were reported from Nalgonda, Karimnagar and Khammam, two died in Adilabad, and one died in Nizam

During interrogation, Samarth Singh told police that his wife, Twisha Sharma, showed behavioral changes after her pregnancy was confirmed on April 17. Singh claimed that while marital tensions had already existed between them for the past five months, the confirmation of the pregnancy led to escalating fights and arguments. He recalled that they fought over taking a trip to Rajasthan's Ajmer, hours before she was found hanging at their Bhopal residence on May 12. The digital evidence collected

A medical team from All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi has arrived in Bhopal to conduct a second post-mortem examination of actor-model Twisha Sharma, who was found hanging at her marital home earlier this month. Twishas body, currently kept at the mortuary of AIIMS Bhopal, will undergo a fresh autopsy on Sunday following directions from the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Acting on the courts order, Chief of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi, Dr Sudhir Gupta, constituted a four-member me

The Supreme Court on Saturday took suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma dowry death case amid concerns about lapses in the probe. The matter is registered as alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the unnatural death of a young girl at her matrimonial home. It is scheduled to be heard on May 25 before a three-judged bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, according to reports. Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi will also reportedly be pa

The alliance between Congress party and Samajwadi Party, which created ripples in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by winning 43 of Uttar Pradeshs 80 seats together and limiting the BJP from securing a majority on its own, is yet to formally bring clarity on its shape for the 2027 Assembly elections, even though leaders from both sides have the understanding that they would be contesting together. One thing dragging things backward for the alliance is a section of senior Congress leaders trying to b

Senior Shiv Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat has created controversy and trouble for party leader and Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde once again. The controversy stems from his recent remarks of several NCP MLAs allegedly being in touch with his party, which has not gone down well with the NCP. In fact, senior NCP minister Hasan Mushriff raised this issue with senior Sena ministers Dada Bhuse and Uday Samant, informing them that Shirsat's remarks were causing ill will among the alliance partners

Mumbaikars can hope for a flood-free city this monsoon season as 43 large pumping stations have begun operations in order to prevent floods during the rainy season this year. BMC officials informed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the status of the pumping stations during a monsoon preparation review meeting. According to reports, nearly 3,000 beds have been kept ready for emergency needs that could arise in the rainy season. Similarly, the speed of trains will be controlled in the ghat regio

Kerala Police has launched a new statewide anti-drug crackdown titled Operation Toofan: The Narco Hunt. Announcing the initiative, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the primary objective is to dismantle gangs targeting children and youth with narcotics. Drug users, peddlers, suppliers and distribution networks will all come under strict police surveillance, with a dedicated operational framework already prepared for the project. To tackle interstate drug syndicates, the Kerala DGP will coord

The CPI(M) State Secretariat, through a press statement on Saturday, said that appointing the Chief Electoral Officer as the Chief Ministers Secretary raises serious questions about the credibility of the Assembly election itself. Kerala has never before witnessed such an appointment immediately after an election, in what appears to be a reward for services rendered. The developments now unfolding seem to validate the LDFs allegation that the Election Commission had adopted several biased and su

For many in India, a US Green Card is a passport to their land of dreams and seemingly a life of comfort and bigger opportunities. It is no wonder that more than 75% of US Green Card seekers are from India, although every year only 7% of the Green Cardswhich grant lawful permanent residency rightsare given to Indians because of a strict 7% per-country cap. It therefore goes without saying that Indians will be the worst-hit by a new rule announced by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (

Security, trade, and global tensions were key talking points in the crucial Saturday meeting in New Delhi between PM Modi and US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who is on his first official visit to India. Rubio's three day visit to India from May 23-26 comes amid strained India-US ties, owing to trade and immigration tensions between the two nations. Modi has also been invited for a reciprocal visit to the White House in the near future. India and the United States will continue to work closel

The body of a 10-year-old who went missing on Thursday was recovered near Sulur in the Kannampalayam lake area in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Police have now arrested a 33-year-old man, Karthik, and his aide, Mohan Raj, in relation to the kidnapping and murder. The girl, a class 4 student, was last seen playing near her house on Thursday evening. Parents and neighbours began a search after she went missing. Locals spotted a body floating near a thicket in Kannampalayam pond on Friday evening. The ta

After Samarth Singh's surrender in connection with the Twisha Sharma death case, the model-turned-actor's family raised serious allegations that it was a well-planned conspiracy. The victim's brother-in-law, Saurabh Sharma, alleged that the surrender in Jabalpur was strategically planned. He did something in the process. Earlier, when we were in the high court, he was on bail. He withdrew his bail application and planned his surrender. Before we could go through the case details or the court or

Several shops were gutted after a major fire broke out at a furniture market in northeast Delhis Shastri Park on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. No casualties were reported in the incident, though visuals from the spot showed rows of shops completely reduced to ashes. Tension erupted during the firefighting operation as angry locals allegedly pelted stones at fire tenders, accusing the authorities of delaying their response to the blaze. However, officials of the Delhi Fire Servi

Bhopal Police will be presenting Samarth Singh, the husband and accused in the Twisha Sharma death case, in court on Saturday and seeking a seven-day remand. The police have also served a notice to Giribala Singh, his mother, and the other accused in the case to appear before the court on May 25th. Singh had attempted to surrender at the Jabalpur High Court on Friday after absconding from arrest for 10 days since Twisha was found hanging at his residence. He was subsequently arrested by Jabalpur

Amid the growing traction his newly launched outfit has received over the past week, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has claimed that he is facing constant threats. The Boston University student also expressed concern for his parents, who live in Maharashtras Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The CJP, which began as a satire platform, has amassed more than 20 million followers on Instagram within a week, sparking debate across political circles and social media platforms. Authoriti

Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the viral Cockroach Janta Party, said that the satirical partys Instagram and Twitter accounts were hacked and suspended. Cockroach Janta Partys official Instagram account has been hacked. We have lost the access to the account, he said in a post on X via his personal account. He also said that his Instagram page was hacked and that his: -personal Instagram was hacked. - Twitter account withheld - Back-up account also taken down. Please note that we currently do not ha

In a shocking incident, a former sarpanch and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader was found murdered in Yerkaram village in Suryapet district in Telangana. According to police officials, Chintalapati Madhu was attacked by three assailants who killed him. He was also dismembered into three parts. The remains were packed into three separate gunny bags and dumped onto a nearby SRSP canal before the accused fled the scene. The horrific murder came to light after residents found the suspicious bags in the

Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday for his first official visit to India, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties that have faced strain since mid-last year. The top US diplomat is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, besides meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and participating in the meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) foreign ministers in New Delhi. Both New Delhi and Washington are seeking to deepen cooperation in areas

The Assembly election results not only threw MK Stalin-led DMK out of power in Tamil Nadu but also shook its core after many senior ministers, including MK Stalin himself, lost the elections to actor Vijays TVK candidates. Among the remaining 32 ministers who contested, 15 ministers were defeated. While Stalin lost the Kolathur seat to former DMK MLA and TVK leader V S Babu, many senior leaders too tasted defeat. They include DMK General Secretary and one of the senior ministers Durai Murugan (K

A day after the election results, resort politics has officially begun in Tamil Nadu. Falling short of the numbers to form the government, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has moved all its 107 MLAs-designate to the Four Points Resort located on the OMR road on the outskirts of Chennai. The aim is to keep the flock together as the party is short of numbers to form the government. The MLAs have been moved to the highly protected resort from where none of them will be able to reach out to the othe

Despite all the uncertainty over the Cabinet formation in Tamil Nadu after TVK failed to clear an absolute majority, speculations are rife about who will manage to get a berth in the new government. Just after the trend became clear, reports emerged that Vijay was in a huddle with his political advisor, John Arogyaswamy, who is instrumental in devising political strategies. Arogyaswamy is also said to be in the forefront of the discussions being held with PMK, and other parties, including the Co