Proceedings in the Lok Sabha were disrupted on Monday after Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to quote from the unpublished memoir of former Army chief General M M Naravane, with the government saying it is against parliamentary rules. In Four Stars of Destiny, Gen Naravane, who was the Army chief from…
(As West Bengal gears up for the Assembly polls, every Tuesday, The Indian Express’s Kolkata bureau chief Ravik Bhattacharya decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) With the West Bengal Assembly elections round the corner, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s chairperson and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to have declared…
4 min readMumbaiFeb 4, 2026 11:46 AM IST First published on: Feb 3, 2026 at 08:33 AM IST As claims and counterclaims fly thick and fast over a possible merger between the two NCP factions following the death of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the issue has assumed a larger political dimension, with Chief…
Twenty years after the Right to Information Act was introduced, the Economic Survey 2025-26 has called for its re-examination. Tabled in Parliament last week, the survey suggested “adjustments” to exempt disclosures on deliberative process of policy-making and possibly a ministerial veto with parliamentary oversight to guard against disclosures that could “unduly constrain governance”. The legislation,…
4 min readNew DelhiFeb 4, 2026 04:26 AM IST First published on: Feb 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM IST Hours after India and the United States agreed to a trade deal, Opposition leaders on Tuesday sought clarity from the government on the agreement, especially on US President Donald Trump’s claims that India had agreed to…
Even before she settles down in her new role as the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Sunetra Pawar finds herself confronting challenges on the fronts of both within the ruling Mahayuti alliance and state politics. On the government front, Sunetra’s challenges seem to have only just begun, starting with weekly Cabinet and district planning meetings. While…
3 min readFeb 3, 2026 03:39 PM IST A large part of the five-hour questioning of Telangana’s former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in the alleged phone-tapping case focused on when phone interception can and cannot be carried out, it is learnt. KCR was questioned by the Special Investigation Team on Sunday. The former CM…
One week is a long time in politics. Maharashtra witnessed the veracity of this maxim as the sudden demise of Ajit Pawar roiled state politics leading to his wife Sunetra Pawar being catapulted on to its centrestage. The fallout of these stunning developments may also shape the roadmaps of the NCP factions ahead. The Urdu…
For the second consecutive day, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday tried to quote or speak about former Army chief General M M Naravane’s unpublished memoir to launch an offensive against the Narendra Modi government over a military face-off with China in eastern Ladakh in August 2020. His attempt has resulted in a…
In August 2014, when the office of then Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recommended former Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) chief Ajit Lal as the next interlocutor for Naga peace talks, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) overruled the proposal and appointed ex-IPS officer R N Ravi to the position instead. The decision came despite Lal having…