Assam election results 2026 just handed BJP 82 seats and pushed Congress to a humiliating 19. Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath for a second consecutive term. Gaurav Gogoi lost his own Jorhat seat. Here is what the numbers actually say.

BJP just swept the Haryana mayoral elections 2026, taking Panchkula, Ambala, Sonipat, and Rewari on May 13. Akshita Saini won Ambala by 21,358 votes. Shyam Lal Bansal walked Panchkula. Congress was nowhere close.

India is replacing MGNREGA with a new rural employment law from July 1, 2026. The Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Act raises the job guarantee to 125 days and restructures how rural work is organised. Here is what changes for Bharat's 900 million rural citizens.

PM Modi performed Somnath Temple's first Kumbhabhishekam in 75 years on May 11 2026. The ceremony marked India's reconstruction of the first Jyotirlinga after Independence. Here is what the day meant and why it echoed beyond Gujarat.

India is building 34 km of national highway every single day in 2026. Budget 2026 has backed the Viksit Bharat infrastructure plan with Rs 12.2 lakh crore in capital expenditure. Here is what that number actually means for the country and for you.

The Union Cabinet has given Vande Mataram the same legal protection as Jana Gana Mana. Insult it and risk three years in jail. India is split on whether this was the right move after BJP's historic Bengal victory.

Congress-led UDF swept Kerala's 2026 assembly election with 102 seats, ending a decade of Left rule. India now has no communist government in power for the first time in 50 years. Here is what the political map looks like after the biggest upset of the 2026 election season.

Actor Vijay's TVK just walked into Tamil Nadu politics like it owned the place and now it might actually run it. The debut party won 108 seats in a hung house, becoming the single largest party overnight. This is what Kollywood crossing into politics actually looks like.

BJP won 206 seats in West Bengal, forming its first ever government in the state. Mamata Banerjee lost her Bhabanipur seat to Suvendu Adhikari by over 15,000 votes, ending 15 years of TMC rule.

The first direct Vande Bharat Express between Jammu and Srinagar launched commercial operations on May 2 2026. The 272 km ride takes under 5 hours.

India just launched Bharat Digital Samvad, the first dedicated national forum on digital sovereignty. The concept of Data Swaraj will determine who controls India's trillion dollar digital economy.

India just banned LPG refills for every household with a piped gas connection. Starting May 1, commercial cylinders cost Rs 993 more, OTP is mandatory for delivery, and millions of homes are about to lose their backup fuel supply.

Seven of AAP's ten Rajya Sabha MPs including Raghav Chadha and Swati Maliwal just quit and merged with BJP. Kejriwal's party is calling it illegal defection. Indian politics just got messier.

West Bengal Phase 1 elections recorded 93.19 percent voter turnout, the highest since Independence. With Phase 2 on April 29 and results on May 4, this election is rewriting the rules of Indian democracy.

India owns 19 of the 20 hottest cities on Earth right now. Delhi is touching 42 degrees, IMD has issued heatwave alerts for 10 states, and temperatures could cross 45 by next week. April is just the warmup.

India just approved a Rs 12,980 crore sovereign-backed maritime insurance pool to protect Indian ships sailing through war zones. The Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool changes how India handles shipping risk.

India just broke ground on its first advanced 3D semiconductor packaging unit in Odisha. The Rs 1943 crore facility by 3D Glass Solutions will produce 50 million chip units annually once operational.

India is targeting 39 lakh rooftop solar installations with 11,700 MW capacity in FY27. Monthly installations jumped from 15,000 to over 2 lakh, and this could genuinely change your electricity bill.

Bharat Taxi is a cooperative ride-hailing platform with zero commission for drivers. It already has 2.31 lakh drivers and 21.34 lakh users. The government just changed the game.

India's Parliament just voted on the biggest political shakeup in decades. Lok Sabha expands from 543 to 850 seats with one-third reserved for women. The south is not happy.