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Vehicles with fake fig plates utilized to sprout Suvendu Adhikari’s aide: West Bengal police
Vehicles with fake fig plates were utilized to people and termination Chandranath Rath, idiosyncratic adjunct to Suvendu Adhikari, the outgoing Leader of Opposition successful the West Bengal Assembly, precocious connected Wednesday nighttime (May 6, 2026), according to the West Bengal police. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe the attack, and forensic experts person visited the country of the transgression successful North 24 Parganas, Madhyamgram. “If helium was not my adjutant oregon I did not decision [outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee] successful Bhabanipur, possibly they would not person targeted Rath. His transgression was being my idiosyncratic assistant,” Mr. Adhikari said, aft visiting his aide’s household astatine the Barasat Medical College and Hospital wherever a post-mortem was being conducted connected Rath’s body.
U.S. and Iran commercialized fire, threatening fragile truce
The U.S. subject said it carried retired strikes connected Iranian subject targets connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) aft an onslaught connected 3 American destroyers successful the Strait of Hormuz, portion Tehran accused Washington of striking first. The unit threatened to unravel a fragile truce successful effect since April 8 that brought an extremity to weeks of U.S.-Israeli attacks connected the Islamic republic, which has retaliated with strikes crossed West Asia and by blocking the strait, a captious way for lipid and state shipments.
DMK explores backing AIADMK, Tamil Nadu Governor tells Vijay helium hasn’t established majority
The post-election governmental clime successful Tamil Nadu turned upside down connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) aft the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam enactment began toying with the thought of extending extracurricular enactment to its arch-rival, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — a imaginable that would person been unthinkable till a week ago. In a related development, the Lok Bhavan said Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar invited Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president C. Joseph Vijay and “explained that the requisite bulk enactment successful the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, indispensable for forming the government, has not been established.”
Kerala predetermination results: Congress precocious bid to prime Kerala CM; astir UDF allies for Satheesan
The Congress Legislative Party, which met successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Thursday (May 7, 2026), passed a solution authorising the enactment precocious bid to choose the adjacent Chief Minister of Kerala, adjacent arsenic the 3 leaders successful contention were progressive successful hectic parleys to unafraid the enactment of MLAs. At Indira Bhavan, the office of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), All India Congress Committee (AICC) observers Mukul Wasnik and Ajay Maken arsenic good arsenic AICC wide caput and Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunsi held one-on-one meetings with the 63 legislators of the Congress to cognize astir their prime for the Chief Minister’s post.
A twelvemonth aft Operation Sindoor, 2 schools carnivore the outgo of struggle successful Pulwama and Poonch
A twelvemonth on, 2 schools successful Jammu & Kashmir, which bore the brunt of the four-day conflict betwixt India and Pakistan successful May past year, basal grounds to the outgo of war, tragedy, and trauma, staring astatine a agelong roadworthy to recovery. With Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) connected the different broadside of the adjacent hills, the Christ High School successful Poonch is uncovering it hard hide the memories of the war. “Who would privation a warfare that leaves children dead? In pursuit of justness for the Pahalgam victims, determination was summation to the database of civilian deaths. War exposes the vulnerabilities of quality beings,” Father Shijo, main of the schoolhouse for the past 7 years, told The Hindu.
Nida Khan, cardinal accused successful Nashik TCS case, arrested successful Maharashtra
Over 40 days aft a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against her successful a rape and intersexual exploitation case, suspended TCS worker Nida Khan was taken into constabulary custody successful Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar precocious connected Thursday night. The apprehension was made successful a associated cognition by the Nashik SIT, the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Crime Branch and the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Police Commissioner. “Nida Khan has been taken into custody from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. We are successful the process of completing the ineligible enactment now,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police Sandip Mitke, who heads the Nashik Police SIT.
Supreme Court asks if determination was a ‘proper debate’ successful Parliament earlier enacting CEC/EC appointments law
The Supreme Court connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) asked if determination had been a “proper debate” successful the Parliament astir the “ethos” of its 2023 judgement that took the assignment of members of the Election Commission of India retired of the exclusive hands of the governmental executive, namely, “the enactment which not unnaturally has an involvement successful perpetuating itself successful power”.
India volition signifier the battlefield if challenged again: equipped forces connected Operation Sindoor
On the first day of Operation Sindoor, elder subject officials asserted that India’s effect to cross-border coercion has fundamentally altered the information landscape, with Lieutenant-General Rajiv Ghai declaring that nary panic sanctuary wrong Pakistan remains harmless anymore. Addressing a associated property league successful Jaipur with elder officers from the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy, Lieutenant-General Ghai, who served arsenic the Director-General of Military Operations during Operation Sindoor, said it was “not an end, but conscionable the beginning”.
Repatriation of amerciable Bangladeshis is simply a ‘core issue’: MEA effect to Dhaka’s remarks connected ‘push-in’ from India
The repatriation of Bangladeshi citizens who are illegally staying successful India is simply a “core issue” successful the Delhi-Dhaka relationship, the Ministry of External Affairs said connected Thursday (May 7, 2026). Responding to comments from Bangladesh’s caller authorities astir imaginable “push-ins” from the Indian side, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal sought Dhaka’s practice connected expediting the repatriation of astatine slightest 2,862 identified amerciable immigrants from Bangladesh.
Despite outreach by India, Pakistan hasn’t been isolated, says Congress
The Congress connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) took a swipe astatine the Centre connected the archetypal day of Operation Sindoor, alleging that contempt India’s extended diplomatic outreach aft the subject operation, Pakistan had not been isolated internationally arsenic it was aft the 2008 Mumbai panic attacks.
Trump hails talks with Brazil’s Lula contempt earlier tensions
U.S. President Donald Trump said helium had bully talks with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva astatine the White House connected Thursday (May 7, 2026), hailing the “very dynamic” person contempt erstwhile tensions with his ideological opposite. Leftist Mr. Lula, 80, and right-winger Mr. Trump, 79, person clashed earlier implicit everything from tariffs to Mr. Trump’s bid to exert U.S. dominance implicit the Americas. But they person worked to hide the hatchet successful caller months — not slightest arsenic Mr. Lula seeks to boost his representation astatine location up of choky elections successful October.
Iran’s President Pezeshkian says helium met Supreme Leader Khamenei
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) helium had met with the country’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen successful nationalist since his assignment successful aboriginal March. Mr. Pezeshkian did not accidental erstwhile their gathering took place.
WHO says present 5 confirmed cruise vessel hantavirus cases
The World Health Organization said connected Thursday (May 7, 2026) determination were present five confirmed hantavirus cases from the Atlantic cruise vessel outbreak, with 3 much suspected — and warned much cases were possible. Despite the 3 fatalities, the WHO insisted that the outbreak connected the MV Hondius was not the commencement of an epidemic, oregon a repetition of the dispersed of COVID-19.
Two erstwhile Chinese Defence Ministers sentenced to decease for corruption
Two erstwhile Chinese Defence Ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve implicit graft charges connected Thursday (May 7, 2026), authoritative media reported. Their sentences were separately handed down by China’s subject court, the state-run Xinhua quality bureau reported.
Compliance regulations could derail benefits from ‘mother of each deals’: EU Ambassador to India
While hailing the India-European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) arsenic creating a associated marketplace comprising 1 4th of planetary Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the EU’s Ambassador to India Hervé Delphin besides struck a enactment of caution implicit regulatory hurdles and “unfinished business” that could overshadow the benefits of the deal.
IPL 2026: Marsh, Prince excel arsenic Super Giants extremity losing run
Lucknow Super Giants kept its IPL 2026 playoff hopes alive with a thrilling nine-run triumph implicit Royal Challengers Bengaluru astatine the Ekana Stadium present connected Thursday. The triumph was acceptable up by a brutal period from Mitchell Marsh, who scored his 2nd IPL ton disconnected conscionable 49 deliveries, arsenic good arsenic Prince Yadav’s inspired spell.
