Patterns from Gujarat’s 2026 local body elections

Of the 9,986 seats in the State’s local body polls, 732 were won by the BJP without a single opposing candidate

Why your daily cup of tea is getting costlier in Kerala

Rising commercial cooking gas prices have raised tea shop costs. Come June 1, Milma will also hike milk prices by ₹4/litre, further compounding the problem

22 Ministers aged below 50: Cabinet signals generational shift in Tamil Nadu politics

Data on TVK Ministers, as on May 21, show that the Cabinet of 51-year-old Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has the youngest average age among the three governments examined, while…

Manipur DGP moved to Cabinet Secretariat

Rajiv Singh has been appointed Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat. He had been appointed as Manipur’s police chief by relaxing service conditions after an ethnic violence erupted in the…

Russia’s Sechenov University assigns ‘Visiting Professor’ status to Basappa Salundi

The status of ‘Visiting Professor of Sechenov University’ is an honorary, lifelong title for recognised external specialists

Election Commission of India announces Rajya Sabha polls for 24 seats on June 18

ECI said the elections for the Rajya Sabha seats will be held in 10 States where the incumbents are retiring on different dates beginning June 21 to July 19

VCK, IUML join Vijay’s Cabinet in Tamil Nadu

With VCK’s Vanni Arasu and IUML’s Shahjahan on board, Vijay’s Cabinet in Tamil Nadu now has 35 Ministers

Jharkhand family buries wrong body after mistaken identity; missing man returns alive

Police have now begun the process of exhuming the body to conduct a DNA test to identify the deceased correctly

T.N.’s maternal healthcare indicators have improved in post-COVID-19 period, finds IIT-M study

The researchers say these improvements follow sustained investments in ambulance services, referral systems, and maternal healthcare programmes during and after the pandemic