Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a swipe at the appointments of erstwhile chief election officer Manoj Agarwal as the new West Bengal chief secretary and Subrata Gupta as the chief advisor to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, saying that in the BJP-EC "chor bazaar", the bigger the theft, the bigger the reward.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over austerity measures he has asked people to follow and said he needs to tell people about the condition of the country's economy.

Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said the country has passed through crises, including wars, in the past, but no prime minister before Modi announced seven most stringent steps, requesting people to follow them.

India has declined Russia's offer to sell it liquefied natural gas subject to US sanctions despite a shortfall driven by Middle East tensions, said two sources with ​direct knowledge of the matter, leaving a tanker bound for India in limbo as talks ​continue on permitted cargoes.

The stance highlights the fine balance the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer is seeking ‌to strike between securing energy supplies and avoiding LNG cargoes on which the US has placed sanctions.

AIADMK faction led by senior MLAs S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam on Tuesday said that they have decided to support the TVK government led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.

Speaking to reporters, Shanmugam said they would be meeting CM Vijay this afternoon to provide a letter supporting his government.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced a 10 per cent water cut across Mumbai from May 15 onwards, a press release stated.

According to the BMC PRO, the municipal body issued an advisory for discretionary use of water on Monday, stating that the water level in supply lakes is quite low.

Days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to address the grievances of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the alleged issuance of “double ballots” during the 2026 Rajya Sabha elections, the Naveen Patnaik-led regional party sought urgent intervention from the state election authorities, alleging grave statutory violations that, it claimed, compromised the sanctity and legality of the electoral process.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said his government, in its first cabinet meeting, has granted transfer of land to the BSF for erecting a fence along the Bangladesh border.

The process of transferring land will start from Monday and will be completed within 45 days, he said.

Three persons were arrested from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the killing of Chandranath Rath, an aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, police said on Monday.

The three accused were detained on Sunday and later apprehended by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the murder that occurred in North 24 Parganas district's Madhyamgram area on the night of May 6.

Billionaire Gautam Adani said on Monday that energy security and digital infrastructure would define geopolitical power in the coming decades, as he called on India to build sovereign capabilities across the artificial intelligence value chain.

Addressing the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) Annual Business Summit 2026, the chairman of the Adani Group said the assumptions underpinning decades of globalisation were being dismantled amid rising geopolitical fragmentation.

The rupee crashed 139 paise to 94.90 against the greenback in early trade on Monday after President Donald Trump rejected Iran's response to the US's peace proposal, following which crude oil prices surged rapidly.

A strengthening US dollar and steep FPI outflows further pressured the local unit, according to forex traders.

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