Congress has decided to back actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), following the new party's massive win in the assembly election that jolted the southern state's politics by breaking the DMK and AIADMK's traditional duopoly.
India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sharply criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for refusing to resign despite her party’s defeat in the state assembly election, calling her stance “ridiculous” and politically motivated.
US President Donald Trump has announced a temporary halt to the American military operation escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, just one day after its launch, as Washington seeks to revive stalled negotiations with Iran.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi held high-level talks in Beijing on Wednesday as regional tensions escalate over the Strait of Hormuz and renewed US-Iran confrontation.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ruled out the possibility of resigning after the defeat in the West Bengal elections. She claimed that the Trinamool Congress was defeated not by the people's verdict, but through a conspiracy.
The formalities for forming a new government in West Bengal will be completed on May 9, when the Bharatiya Janata Party-led administration will take oath. State BJP president Shamik Bhattacharya confirmed the information.