5 min readGuwahatiFeb 4, 2026 03:12 AM IST First published on: Feb 3, 2026 at 08:11 PM IST A key leader who was part of the internal BJP dissent against former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh’s leadership, and the only Meitei MLA who proactively reached across the aisle to visit a Kuki-Zo relief camp…
After nearly a year under President’s Rule, the BJP leadership has now cleared the path for the formation of a “popular government” in Manipur under the leadership of former Manipur Cabinet Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh. A known critic of former CM N Biren Singh, Khemchand’s name as the next CM was announced by Biren Singh…
Thirteen lakh vs 50.89 lakh. Two sets of data from the Election Commission, both dated January 18, have this mismatch in the number of voters served notices under one category as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. Over 1.16 crore electors had been flagged in the state for…
4 min readNew DelhiFeb 4, 2026 10:35 AM IST First published on: Feb 4, 2026 at 08:56 AM IST As Mamata Banerjee prepared to address the media in New Delhi on Tuesday, she had something for the journalists present: a collection of her poems on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which she describes as the…
On Monday, several posters sprang up along a stretch of the arterial national highway passing through Sivasagar district in Upper Assam. Put up by hardline Assamese nationalist groups like Asom Yuva Mancha and Jatiya Sangrami Sena, the posters were marked with slogans such as “Chase Miyas, save Assam”, “Chase Miyas to protect Assam from becoming…
Launched in September 2023, the scheme provides women heads of families Rs 1,000 a month in “recognition of the triple burden of women who invest unquantified time and effort in unpaid care work and in productive economic work”. Initially covering 1.13 crore women, the scheme has now been expanded to 1.3 crore beneficiaries – nearly…
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a disproportionate assets case on Monday has triggered a sharp political confrontation in Punjab, drawing in the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the BJP and the SAD into an escalating war of words. In what seemingly further…
I visited a village in Satara district, where the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has a following, to get a feel for how the party’s supporters and the Pawar family are making sense of events that have unfolded with astonishing rapidity. At the village of Godawali, a traditional NCP stronghold with an 80% Maratha population, people…
The Congress-BJP war took a fresh turn Wednesday, with Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu exchanging barbs outside Parliament. As Congress MPs protested at the Makar Dwar of Parliament, Bittu walked past them. Gandhi, wearing black, ostensibly in protest at not being allowed to address the House over…
Appearing before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, Banerjee sought permission to address the court, folding her hands and appealing to the judges to “save democracy”. When she asked for five minutes, the CJI responded: “We will allow you 15 minutes.” Flanked…