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Rebel TMC MPs announce merger with regional party NCPI, to back NDA

According to the dissident camp, the Speaker verified the signatures of the 20 MPs who backed the representation

BJD at a crossroads as defections test Naveen Patnaik's leadership

Naveen Patnaik's party faces internal churn after the 2024 polls with the BJP strengthening its Odisha foothold

Slowly & strategically: NDA close to 2/3rds Rajya Sabha majority

The NDA is assessing its numbers in Parliament as it prepares to revive the Delimitation Bill, which requires a two-thirds majority for passage

Back to the cradle of India's oil industry amid Northeast energy push

A tripartite pact - amid the promise of removing Afspa from almost all of the Northeast - revives hydrocarbon exploration along the Assam-Nagaland border after decades of dormancy

'Cooperative AI' on the table as Modi, Macron aim to deepen ties

Both sides announce 13 outcomes, including setting up high-level mechanism to double bilateral trade in 5 years

FM says Rahul Gandhi undermines India's gains, rejects looming crisis claim

At a BJP event, the finance minister said Rahul Gandhi was using Lok Sabha speeches to decry India's progress even during crises such as Covid-19 and West Asia

Former West Bengal minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia quits TMC amid party rift

Speaking to the media, he confirmed that he had submitted his resignation letter to Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to accept his resignation from the primary membership of the party

Next polls ours as public anger growing, but won't be fair: Rahul Gandhi

At the meeting of the INDIA bloc on Monday, he also gave a clarion call to the leaders to stay united, saying it is easy to beat the BJP "if we stand together and resist"

States seek central support for infra, chip projects at NITI Aayog meet

Chief ministers used the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting to seek support for infrastructure, semiconductor and development projects, while Andhra Pradesh flagged demographic sustainability

Fresh setback for TMC as MP Prakash Baraik resigns from party, Rajya Sabha

A tribal leader from Bengal, Baraik was serving as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Consultative Committee on Tribal Affairs

Swapan Dasgupta new Bengal finance minister, Tapas Roy gets industry

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari allocates key portfolios; retains home department while assigning education, health and agriculture ministries to senior BJP leaders

12 years of NDA in power: PM Narendra Modi says reforms to continue

Prime Minister says reforms are a matter of conviction, not compulsion, as NDA leaders felicitate him for becoming India's longest-serving elected prime minister

Congress, TMC dismiss merger buzz amid West Bengal political churn

Meetings between Mamata Banerjee, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi spark speculation, but both parties deny any merger plans

NDA leaders to felicitate PM Modi as he surpasses Nehru's tenure record

Sri Lankan PM and others congratulate PM; Congress slams govt for "anti-poor" policies

Ujjwala refill cuts show 12 years of 'anti-poor policies', says Rahul

Gandhi's criticism of the government came over its reduction of the number of subsidised refills of LPG gas cylinders under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination rejected

The Returning Officer rejected the Congress candidate's nomination after a BJP objection alleging non-disclosure of a Telangana court matter in her affidavit

Congress nominee Meenakshi Natarajan's RS poll nomination rejected

Congress's Madhya Pradesh in-charge, Harish Chaudhary, claimed that no case had been filed against Natarajan and that the BJP is bringing up such cases to harass her

CID searches Mamata's Kalighat home-office in 'forged signature' probe

The CID's move comes days after the agency served notices seeking information related to the alleged forging of signatures of TMC legislators on a proposal submitted to the Assembly Speaker

20 TMC Lok Sabha MPs back NDA; INDIA bloc to write to CJI over SIR

The arithmetic is politically significant. The TMC currently has 28 Lok Sabha MPs, with one vacancy following the death of Basirhat MP Haji Nurul Islam

INDIA bloc meets today amid strains over Congress ties and poll setbacks

With 23 parties confirming attendance, the INDIA bloc will review poll results and Parliament strategy amid tensions with key allies DMK and CPI(M)