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PM repeats telephone for redeeming fuel, cutting golden buy; bats for enactment from home
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Monday (May 11, 2026) reiterated his telephone for reduced substance consumption, greater usage of nationalist transport and electrical vehicles by citizens and urged radical to defer golden purchases amid the West Asia crisis, which has caused large-scale disruptions. PM Modi appealed to radical to opt for enactment from home, a pandemic-era practice, wherever imaginable and trim overseas travel.
U.S.-Iran ceasefire connected ‘life support’, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump connected Monday (May 11, 2026) said the ceasefire with Iran was astatine its “weakest” and connected “massive beingness support”, a time aft helium rejected Tehran’s proposal to extremity the months-long war. “It is astatine its weakest… After speechmaking that portion of garbage they sent us... It’s connected beingness support, monolithic beingness support,” Mr. Trump told reporters astatine the Oval Office successful effect to a question connected the ceasefire with Iran successful the aftermath of the rejection of the bid proposal.
Himanta to beryllium Assam’s archetypal non-Congress CM doubly successful a row
Himanta Biswa Sarma volition go the archetypal non-Congress Chief Minister of Assam for the 2nd consecutive word erstwhile he is sworn successful connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026). The lone different non-Congress Chief Minister who served 2 presumption is Prafulla Kumar Mahanta of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), but his tenures were separated by 5 years. Since the extremity of his 2nd word successful 2001, the AGP has been a insignificant spouse of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mr. Sarma’s party.
Will perceive Trinamool pleas connected triumph margins being little than deleted votes successful SIR, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court assured Trinamool Congress person Mamata Banerjee connected Monday (May 11, 2026) that it would analyse her claims that the lakhs of deletions made during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls “materially affected” results successful the precocious concluded Assembly predetermination successful West Bengal. This is the archetypal Supreme Court proceeding successful the West Bengal SIR lawsuit aft the election, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party trounce the Trinamool to presume powerfulness for the archetypal time.
ECI acceptable to rotation retired signifier III of SIR successful ‘coming days’ to screen 22 States, UTs
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to rotation retired signifier 3 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ database successful the adjacent “coming days”, officials said connected Monday (May 11, 2026), adding that it could screen the remaining 22 States and Union Territories (UTs) covering astir 40 crore electors. The canvass authorization had held backmost its rollout owed to Assembly elections successful Kerala, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal held past month.
TCS Nashik case: NCW flags ‘toxic enactment culture’, ‘zero POSH compliance’
The National Commission for Women (NCW) connected Monday (May 11, 2026) slammed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for its alleged nonaccomplishment to comply with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, observing that determination was pervasive harassment, spiritual denigration, systemic bullying and exertion of fearfulness and unit imposed by toxic enactment astatine its Nashik office. Many victims who wanted to kick could not bash truthful owed to “complete lack of immoderate ceremonial ailment mechanics and a trustworthy environment”, the NCW’s fact-finding committee said, adding Gen Z employees were much susceptible to anti-religious discourse.
Split wide unfastened successful AIADMK, MLAs are divided implicit enactment to Palaniswami
All is not good successful the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after the caller predetermination drubbing successful Tamil Nadu, with the recently elected legislators sharply divided connected electing their Legislature Party leader. While 1 radical supports enactment wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, a larger radical is throwing its value down erstwhile Minister S.P. Velumani. On Monday, aft the swearing-in of each the legislators was over, a letter, purportedly signed by a radical of legislators of the AIADMK stating that Mr. Palaniswami had been elected the Leader of the Legislature Party, was submitted to the Pro-tem Speaker M.V. Karuppaiah astatine his chamber. As per media reports, the wide caput got the backing of 17 of the 47 MLAs belonging to the AIADMK, though a subordinate of the Palaniswami campy claimed it was 24.
CPI(M) defends Vijayan, says enactment is corporate aft Kerala defeat
Pinarayi Vijayan unsocial request not instrumentality “moral responsibility” for the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) decision successful Kerala, CPI(M) wide caput M.A. Baby said, emphasising that the enactment functions arsenic a corporate entity and that Mr. Vijayan led the run arsenic its senior-most member. Mr. Baby besides did not clarify who wrong the LDF volition inhabit the Leader of the Opposition presumption amid wide speculation implicit whether Mr. Vijayan volition bash so. The CPI person demanded the station of Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Mr. Baby’s remarks travel successful the backdrop of comments by CPI State caput Binoy Viswam astatine the decision of his party’s two-day nationalist assembly gathering successful New Delhi, wherever helium said the electoral decision was a informing that communist organisations indispensable springiness precedence to the people.
PM Modi to conscionable Iran FM, different BRICS Ministers earlier UAE visit
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi volition question to New Delhi this week to be the BRICS Foreign Ministers gathering connected May 14 to 15 and is expected to telephone connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier the latter’s sojourn to the UAE, diplomatic sources confirmed to The Hindu. Mr. Araghchi, who volition get connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026), is expected to conscionable the Prime Minister successful a associated call-on on with different BRICS Ministers from Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Indonesia connected Thursday (May 14, 2026).
India secure, nary substance shortage amid West Asia crisis: Rajnath Singh
Reviewing the evolving West Asia conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh connected Monday (May 11, 2026) chaired the 5th gathering of the Informal Group of Ministers (IGoM) astatine Kartavya Bhawan-2 successful New Delhi. The IGoM was informed that the state is unafraid and there is nary shortage of immoderate petroleum products, adjacent arsenic astir different nations person taken exigency measures to dramatically trim home consumption.
U.K. PM Starmer told by Interior Minister to see departure
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been told by Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood and different senior cabinet Ministers to see mounting retired a timeline for his departure, The Times newspaper reported on Monday (May 11, 2026). (Inputs taken from Sriram copy) Earlier, successful effect to calls for his resignation aft the Labour Party’s mediocre subnational predetermination performance, Mr. Starmer stated he would stay successful his position, taking work and acknowledging that a “bigger response” was needed.
