Amid political speculation following the West Bengal assembly election defeat, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee held a closed-door meeting at her Kalighat residence on Friday, June 5, with a limited number of leaders. The small number of invitees has sparked widespread discussion in political circles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, proposing a face-to-face meeting to negotiate an end to more than four years of war, while warning that Kyiv remains prepared to continue fighting if necessary on Thursday (June 4).
Zhang Yiming, co-founder of TikTok's parent company ByteDance, has overtaken Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani to become the second richest person in Asia, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Firhad Hakim has resigned from the post of Mayor of Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal. He confirmed his resignation before journalists at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Friday, June 5.
Hezbollah on Thursday (June 4) flatly rejected a US-mediated ceasefire framework with Israel, with the group's leader Naim Qassem declaring that accepting the proposed terms would amount to capitulation and serve Israel's strategic objectives.
A case has been filed against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by an advocate, alleging that her recent public remarks critical of constitutional institutions and “linking the Union government to a political killing in Bangladesh” were “prejudicial to the nation’s sovereignty and public order”.