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Satheesan names 20 Ministers; Kerala Cabinet to instrumentality oath connected May 18
A time earlier his swearing-in ceremony, Kerala’s Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) unveiled the 20-member Council of Ministers of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government. Congress volition person 11 Ministers successful the Cabinet – Ramesh Chennithala, Sunny Joseph, K. Muraleedharan, A.P. Anil Kumar, P.C. Vishnunadh, T. Siddique, Bindu Krishna, K.A. Thulasi, Roji M. John, M. Liju and O.J. Janeesh.
India, Sweden hold to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership
India and Sweden connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) agreed to elevate their relationship to a Strategic Partnership, arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, focusing connected trade, technology, defence, and different cardinal sectors.
Trade, energy, discussions connected planetary conflicts to apical docket for Modi’s Nordic visit
Trade and vigor supplies volition apical the docket arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands successful Oslo connected Monday (May 18, 2026) for the first bilateral sojourn by an Indian Prime Minister to Norway, 1 of the world’s large lipid and state exporters.
Woman stripped, paraded with slipper garland aft temple introduction dispute; 2 women arrested
Police person arrested 2 women for their alleged engagement successful stripping different pistillate and parading her connected the roadworthy with a garland of slippers astir her neck, aft a quality implicit a caste panchayat’s prohibition connected a Rajput household entering a temple successful Ulhasnagar, connected the outskirts of Mumbai.
Bengal does not judge successful bulldozer politics, says Mamata Banerjee
Alleging that the mediocre are astatine the receiving extremity of governmental arrogance, Trinamool Congress chairperson and erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Sunday (May 16, 2026) said that Bengal does not judge successful bulldozer politics.
Throwing non-veg nutrient discarded successful Ganga could wounded spiritual sentiments: Allahabad HC connected iftar enactment row
The Allahabad High Court has observed that throwing non-vegetarian nutrient discarded into the stream Ganga could wounded the spiritual sentiments of the Hindu community. While granting bail to 5 persons accused of throwing leftovers into the stream during an iftar enactment connected a vessel successful Varanasi, Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla said, “The applicants are apologetic for their actions and adjacent their families besides regret the symptom that had been caused to the nine astatine large.”
Cyberabad Police tighten probe, apt to question Bageerath’s custody
While Cyberabad Police remained tight-lipped connected further developments successful the POCSO Act lawsuit involving Bandi Bageerath, citing that details of an ongoing probe involving a insignificant could not beryllium disclosed, officials were learnt to beryllium preparing a petition seeking constabulary custody of the accused for further questioning.
Manipur families question merchandise of Kuki, Naga captives
The families of 14 abducted Kuki-Zo radical successful Manipur’s elevation districts renewed their entreaty for their harmless release, arsenic the deadline acceptable by an apex Naga organisation for the State authorities to way their missing assemblage members expired connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) evening.
U.S. weighs drone menace from Cuba: report
Cuba has obtained much than 300 subject drones and precocious began discussing plans to usage them to onslaught the U.S. base astatine Guantanamo Bay, U.S. subject vessels and perchance adjacent Florida, Axios reported Sunday (May 17, 2026), citing classified intelligence.
Israel PM says adjacent to sidesplitting each architects of October 7 attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) that Israel had astir completed a cardinal extremity of the warfare successful Gaza -— eliminating each those liable for orchestrating the October 7 onslaught .His remarks followed the Israeli military’s announcement that Ezzedine Al-Haddad, commandant of Hamas’s equipped wing, had been killed successful an airstrike successful Gaza connected Friday (May 15, 2026).
NEET UG leak: CBI conducts searches astatine Renukai Chemistry Classes successful Latur
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the alleged NEET-UG insubstantial leak, conducted searches astatine the main bureau of Renukai Chemistry Classes (RCC) successful Maharashtra’s Latur metropolis connected Sunday (May 17, 2026), sources said. CBI officials began the hunt astatine RCC successful the city’s Shivnagar locality successful the afternoon, and it was inactive underway till precocious evening, they said.
Dwarka acceptable for infra upgrade arsenic CM unveils ₹100-cr. plan
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta connected Sunday announced civic infrastructure projects worthy astir ₹100 crore successful Dwarka and said that the Centre and the Delhi authorities are moving successful tandem for the improvement of the nationalist superior aft years of “neglect” nether the erstwhile Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regime.
