Parliament, the states, policy and power.
The Union government is preparing a packed monsoon session of Parliament, slating six fresh bills alongside the Finance Bill and a high-stakes return of the delimitation legislation in late July.
After its April defeat, the central government is courting DMK and Trinamool Congress MPs to revive the delimitation and women's reservation bills, with shifting numbers in the Lok Sabha reopening the arithmetic.
Six Tamil Nadu assembly seats have fallen vacant after AIADMK legislators jumped to the ruling TVK, setting up early by-elections that will test Chief Minister Vijay's grip after a historic Dravidian-era upset.
India's first digital, caste-enumerated census has entered its staggered houselisting phase across states, setting up far-reaching consequences for OBC reservation, welfare targeting and electoral strategy.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's BJP government moved quickly after ending Trinamool's 15-year rule, doubling women's assistance, ordering a pay commission and committing to a Uniform Civil Code within six months.
Amended FCRA rules will require NGOs to specify why they seek foreign funds, where they operate and who controls them, while excluding proselytisation from permitted faith-based activities.
The exit of one of Kerala BJP's most prominent national faces reopens questions over the party's southern strategy and its Rajya Sabha arithmetic.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reported to be planning a three-nation Indo-Pacific tour from 6 to 11 July, spanning Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, though the itinerary is not yet official.
A rebel Trinamool Congress faction claims it has removed Mamata Banerjee as chairperson and named Arup Roy in her place, setting up a likely fight over the party name and symbol at the Election Commission.
Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta's debut budget pairs a 20-point DA hike, one lakh government jobs and a major Annapurna Yojna outlay with industry incentives, framing the BJP's first big policy test in Bengal.
West Bengal's 2026 budget puts jobs, a sharp dearness allowance hike and infrastructure such as a Kalyani greenfield airport at the heart of the new state government's first major fiscal statement.
A near-total shutdown across Ladakh over disputed high-powered committee minutes signals that months of talks have failed to resolve demands for statehood, Sixth Schedule safeguards and job protection.
BJP leaders in Odisha claim several BJD figures want to switch sides, comparing the possible churn to earlier splits in regional parties, though no mass defection has been confirmed.
Chief Minister Vijay's Thai Maman Gold Ring Scheme will give every baby born in a Tamil Nadu government hospital a one-gram gold ring, reviving the welfare-versus-cost debate.
A Narmada district court has sentenced AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava and eight others to seven years in prison in a 2023 case involving forest officials, with implications for tribal-belt politics.
Two arrests in Gurgaon over an allegedly manipulated video of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann have pushed a state political dispute into a wider reckoning over digital evidence and forensic independence.
Union minister George Kurian has resigned after the BJP did not renominate him to the Rajya Sabha, a reminder of how ministerial tenure hinges on parliamentary membership and party seat calculations.
A reported comment by Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya linking public road use to political loyalty has triggered a sharp clash over civic rights and the language of public office.
Madhya Pradesh is preparing a draft Uniform Civil Code covering marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption, setting up a politically sensitive debate over religion, gender justice and state powers.
A Gujarat court has convicted Aam Aadmi Party MLA Chaitar Vasava in an extortion-related case, a verdict with significant stakes for tribal politics in south Gujarat and the AAP's regional standing.
Reports examining land linked to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's relatives near Ujjain road corridors have triggered a political row, with the opposition seeking an inquiry and the CM denying any wrongdoing.
BJP national president Nitin Nabin's Punjab visit sharpened the party's positioning for the 2027 Assembly polls, with sharp attacks on CM Bhagwant Mann and plans to contest all 117 seats.
After a marathon seven-hour stakeholder meeting in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh's committee signals a uniform civil code draft could land by early July, even as most opposition parties stay away.
The Karnataka BJP has moved into damage control after reported cross-voting in Legislative Council polls, with leaders weighing accountability, party discipline and the cohesion of the state unit.
Delhi's Chief Minister has ordered a corruption probe against two senior health officials over alleged irregularities in medicine procurement, deepening scrutiny of a case already under anti-corruption review.
An Indian Express investigation reports that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's family and linked real estate firms bought 137 plots across 168 acres in Ujjain after he took office, in areas later touched by road projects.
Sikkim's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has placed about 20,000 names under scrutiny for possible deletion, raising questions about accuracy, transparency and the rights of eligible voters.
Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has triggered controversy with Indore remarks suggesting those who call leaders 'Kafirs' should not use roads they built or claim welfare benefits.
An investigation into 137 plots worth about Rs 45 crore acquired near Ujjain by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's family has put the city's development map and questions of transparency at the centre of a political row.
A social-media user's video on RSS-style activity in a playground has landed him in Rajasthan Police custody, triggering a political row over whether commentary has been criminalised.
A breakaway group of Trinamool Congress legislators has declared Arup Roy chairperson of what it calls the 'real TMC', mounting an open challenge to Mamata Banerjee's leadership in West Bengal.
Rajasthan has set up a committee to prepare draft Uniform Civil Code legislation, drawing the state into a national debate over personal laws, gender rights and community protections.
The Congress high command has moved to assess factional friction in its Jammu and Kashmir unit, deputing senior leaders to gather feedback as the party works to rebuild organisation and protect alliance space.
Maharashtra has placed one of its largest-ever supplementary spending demands before the legislature, anchoring nearly Rs 97,706 crore on farm loan waivers, welfare and urban development amid fiscal-discipline questions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 23, a call that drew sharp political attention amid mounting speculation over a possible Union Council of Ministers reshuffle.
Maharashtra's ruling Mahayuti alliance has won 16 of 17 Legislative Council seats while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi failed to win any, signalling renewed momentum for the governing coalition.
Madhya Pradesh's Uniform Civil Code panel signals a draft by late June or early July as it weighs marriage, inheritance and gender rights against community concerns.
The Punjab Cabinet has cleared an ordinance limiting annual private school fee increases to five percent and mandating refunds of excess collections, in a bid to bring predictability for parents.
The Home Ministry has tightened FCRA reporting on foreign nationals among key functionaries, raising the compliance bar for NGOs, charities and research bodies that take overseas funds.
The Trinamool Congress crisis escalated as the party expelled eight senior leaders, including Firhad Hakim, over alleged anti-party activity, after a rebel faction claimed to remove Mamata Banerjee.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay's first major Assembly appearance framed welfare, state rights and administrative delivery as his government's priorities, marking his shift from cinema to formal governance.
In his first detailed Assembly speech, Tamil Nadu CM Vijay framed welfare, governance, state rights and Centre-state relations as the benchmarks his new government wants to be judged on.
Delhi's proposed slum rehabilitation policy could reshape housing for nearly four lakh families, but its credibility hinges on transparent surveys, fair eligibility rules and time-bound delivery.
The proposed Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township near Bidadi has become a political flashpoint, as Shivakumar and Kumaraswamy spar over an open debate and farmers raise land and livelihood concerns.
India has amended its Foreign Contribution Regulation Act rules, adding disclosure and compliance demands for NGOs taking overseas donations and excluding proselytisation from permitted faith-based activity.
A near-total shutdown across Ladakh on June 23 saw Leh and Kargil bodies press New Delhi for credible dialogue, reviving demands for statehood, Sixth Schedule safeguards and land and job protections.
The BJP-led Mahayuti has tightened its grip on Vidarbha, winning local-authority council seats in Nagpur, Amravati and Bhandara-Gondia and signalling its organisational depth ahead of crucial civic battles.
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal toured Punjab to rally workers just days before the Akal Takht's June 29 summons of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's cabinet over a contentious Sikh affairs law.
A bottle held up inside the Kerala Assembly has turned a student protest into a wider debate over police crowd-control methods, water quality and official accountability.
A reported bid by six Shiv Sena UBT MPs to be recognised as a separate group has opened a new front in Maharashtra's party-split politics, with the Lok Sabha Speaker's call now pivotal.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has welcomed a reported US-Iran understanding that eased fears around the Strait of Hormuz, framing India's stake in energy security, shipping and citizen safety in West Asia.
Open defiance by councillors and workers, followed by expulsions touching figures like Firhad Hakim and Arup Roy, has turned a local Trinamool dispute into a wider test of party discipline in West Bengal.
A shutdown call in Ladakh has pushed the region's demands for statehood, constitutional safeguards and job and land protection back into national focus amid frustration over stalled talks with the Centre.
Six Lok Sabha MPs from Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) crossed over to Eknath Shinde's faction on June 22, sharply weakening the UBT in Parliament and reigniting Maharashtra's Sena-versus-Sena war.
A dispute inside the Trinamool Congress over office-bearer lists and organisational authority has reached the Election Commission, raising procedural questions with real stakes for West Bengal politics.
As India weighs preferential access for the United States, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal vows to protect national interest while Congress warns a hurried pact could hurt farmers and small producers.
Karnataka's cabinet has cleared a dedicated Praja Seva department, with its own minister and senior IAS oversight, to deliver time-bound, integrated resolution of public grievances across the state.
A CAG report pegs Kerala's total debt at Rs 4.85 lakh crore by March 2025, citing missed fiscal targets and heavy borrowing that sharpen the challenge facing the new state government.
The Cockroach Janta Party launched a diaper-donation drive at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, using symbolic protest to press its demand for accountability over alleged NEET-UG paper-leak failures.
Veteran activist Anna Hazare has threatened an indefinite fast from July 5 at Ralegan Siddhi unless Maharashtra rolls back amendments to its Right to Information rules that he says could weaken citizens' access to information.
The Union government has revised penalties under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, tightening compliance rules for organisations receiving foreign funds, including violations such as breaching permitted administrative-expense limits.
A breakaway Trinamool Congress faction says it has removed Mamata Banerjee as chairperson and installed Arup Roy, setting up a high-stakes battle over who is the real party.
Gurugram police have arrested two men accused of fabricating a forensic report tied to a viral video involving Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, sharpening a debate over digital evidence and forensic integrity.
A tense INDIA alliance meeting in New Delhi ended with a five-point agreement and a vow to meet bimonthly, even as Left, SP and RJD leaders bluntly told the Congress to act as the coalition's glue.
Attending the G7 summit in Evian, Prime Minister Modi packed in a series of bilateral meetings, including with Canada's Mark Carney and the UK's Keir Starmer, signalling a busy phase of personal diplomacy.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has confirmed the 2026 monsoon session will run from July 21 to August 12, with the government lining up a crowded bills agenda for both Houses.
An editorial questioning Rahul Gandhi's handling of coalition politics has laid bare tensions within the INDIA bloc, even as the Congress leader insists there is no discord in the alliance.
A bruising round of state elections has deepened fault lines in the opposition INDIA alliance, with the DMK, TMC and others openly venting frustration at the Congress at a June bloc meeting.
Having seen the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill fall short of the two-thirds majority earlier this year, the Centre is preparing to bring delimitation-linked legislation back in the monsoon session.
Six weeks after ending 15 years of Trinamool rule, West Bengal's first BJP administration under Suvendu Adhikari has completed its cabinet, signalling priorities on law and order, jobs and administrative reset.
Actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, now in power in Tamil Nadu, has rolled out free-power and women's-safety measures as Udhayanidhi Stalin leads a chastened DMK from the opposition benches.
Lawmakers return to a packed legislative agenda, with debate expected on data-protection rules, labour codes and a fresh welfare push ahead of state polls.
The Union Cabinet has approved a major clean-mobility programme for the Delhi-NCR alongside a support mechanism to cushion airlines from volatile fuel prices, decisions hailed by the Prime Minister.
V. D. Satheesan's Congress-led UDF ministry, formed after a sweeping win that ended a decade of Left rule, is finding its feet even as the LDF and a sidelined Pinarayi Vijayan weigh their next moves.
A sweep of recent Cabinet decisions, from an expanded credit guarantee scheme to liberalised insurance FDI and higher kharif support prices, sets out the government's economic-policy priorities for the season.
Karnataka's drawn-out power-sharing saga reached its climax as DK Shivakumar was sworn in as chief minister in early June, with Siddaramaiah accommodated in the Congress Working Committee.
After the NDA's three-fourths sweep in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inducted a dozen new ministers in early June, balancing fresh BJP faces with allies AGP and BPF in his second-term council.