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Kerala CM Suspense Nears End: Congress Likely To Announce Name Today

Kerala CM Suspense Nears End: Congress Likely To Announce Name Today

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Tough Luck: Mamata Banerjee at a rally in Kolkata

How BJP Toppled Mamata Banerjee and Regional Parties in Eastern India: Inside the Fall of TMC and the End of an Era

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Suvendu Adhikari

The Street Fighter: Suvendu Adhikari’s Rise from Nandigram Strongman to West Bengal Chief Minister

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : V-Day: BJP supporters celebrate the party’s recent Assembly election win in Kolkata

Paradigm Shift in Indian Politics: BJP’s Rise, Regional Parties’ Decline and the Future of Federal Democracy

BY Tanvir Aeijaz

| Photo: Imago/ANI News : Wooing Voters: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai campaigning for NDA candidate K. Surendran in Kasaragod, Kerala

Kerala’s Political Shift: BJP’s First Assembly Wins and the Limits of Hindutva in South India

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

| Photo: Imago/Seshadri Sukumar

Maverick Vijay: How Tamil Cinema’s ‘Thalapathy’ Shattered Dravidian Dominance and Captured Tamil Nadu’s Youth Vote

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Food Politics: BJP supporters in West Bengal celebrate with fish during the Bengali New Year in Kolkata

Beyond Regionalism: How BJP’s West Bengal Victory Signals the Decline of Dominant Regional Parties in India

BY Ashwani Kumar

The Fiery Himanta: How Himanta Biswa Sarma Redefined Assam Politics with Welfare Populism and Hindutva

BY Ashlin Mathew

| Photo: Imago/ANI News : Second Innings: Himanta Biswa Sarma at a rally in Guwahati ahead of Assam Assembly election

Assam Election 2026: How BJP’s Dominance and Regional Party Dependence Reshaped State Politics

BY Vikas Tripathi

Artwork by Vikas Thakur

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Democracy, Development and the Pull of One-Party Rule

BY Neeraj Thakur

| Photo: Courtesy of the Author : Ashoka-Ambedkar Dhamma Yatra: An emperor is assessed by how many wars he has won, while Dhamma Vijayan is the one who has earned the victory through love

Buddhism in South India Reimagined: Ashoka-Ambedkar Dhamma Yatra and the Ambedkarite Revival

BY Suraj Yengde

| Photo: IMAGO/Hindustan Times : Supporters celebrating during the oath ceremony of the NDA-led government at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan in November 2025.
The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers and prominent NDA leaders

The Algebra of Expansion: How BJP Recreated One-Party Dominance in India’s Federal Politics

BY Mahendra Kumar Singh

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with West Bengal Governor RN Ravi, newly appointed Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and his Cabinet of ministers after oath taking ceremony in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

The Great Shift: How BJP-NDA’s Saffron Wave Is Redrawing India’s Political Map

| Photo Courtesy: Ninglun Hanghal : Elusive Peace: A large chunk of those affected by the violence is still languishing in relief camps

Manipur’s Pandora’s Box: Three Years of Ethnic Violence, Political Paralysis and Humanitarian Crisis

BY Ninglun Hanghal

| Photo: PTI : Security personnel stand guard at National Testing Agency (NTA) headquarters, over alleged paper leak concerns following the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination, in New Delhi.

Why The NTA Despite Reforms, Committees, And A New Law, Remains Plagued By Controversies

BY Outlook News Desk

File Image : CBI Arrests Five as NEET 2026 Paper Leak Probe Expand

CBI Arrests Five as NEET 2026 Paper Leak Probe Expand

BY Outlook News Desk

| Representational : NIA Arrests Alleged Pakistan-Linked Drug-Terror Handler After Portugal Extradition

NIA Arrests Alleged Pakistan-Linked Drug-Terror Handler After Portugal Extradition

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: PTI/Tanmay Pande : National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) members stage a demonstration against the National Testing Agency (NTA) over alleged paper leak concerns following the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination, outside Shastri Bhawan, in New Delhi.

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From NEET To Vyapam: Why India’s Biggest Exams Keep Getting Cancelled

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar : Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav reaches post-mortem house at KGMU, where the mortal remains of his stepbrother Prateek Yadav are kept for post-mortem examination, in Lucknow.

Day In Pics: May 13, 2026

BY Photo Webdesk

PTI : North 24 Parganas: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials investigate the crime scene following the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Chandranath Rath, at Madhyamgram, in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, Thursday, May 7, 2026.

Suvendu Adhikari’s Aide Murder Case: CBI Revisits Crime Scene

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: AP/Channi Anand : Who is Shubham Khairnar? Nashik Man Arrested for Leaking NEET 2026 Paper

Who is Shubham Khairnar? Nashik Man Arrested for Leaking NEET 2026 Paper

BY Outlook News Desk

File photo; Representative image : FAIMA has also requested the Supreme Court to direct the CBI to submit a status report within four weeks on its probe into the alleged paper leak.

FAIMA Files SC Plea For Fresh NEET-UG 2026 Exam After Paper Leak Allegations

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : The 2026 CBSE results reveal a year of toughening standards and the resilient spirit of 1.7 million students navigating a high-stakes academic crossroads.

Inside the Highs and Lows of the 2026 CBSE Results

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo via Ravi Choudhary (PTI) : Representational Image

ABVP Protests Outside NTA Office Over NEET-UG Cancellation

BY Outlook News Desk

Representative Image : PCOS Has a New Name — Here’s Why Experts Changed It

PCOS Has a New Name — Here’s Why Experts Changed It

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Prateek Yadav, a man who chose the grit of the gym and the grace of animal rescue over the loud destiny of his family's political throne dies at 38

How Prateek Yadav Defined His Own Legacy

BY Outlook News Desk

Sonia Gandhi back home after check-up at Gurugram hospital

A Brief Pause in Power: Sonia Gandhi Returns Home After Routine Health Check

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI; Representative image : A bypoll will now be held in Nandigram after his decision to give up the seat.

Suvendu Adhikari To Vacate Nandigram, Retain Bhabanipur Seat

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: MHA via PTI : Union Home Minister Amit Shah curtailed the number of vehicles in his convoy, in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for austerity.

Ministers Across States Cut Convoy Size After Modi’s Austerity Call

BY Outlook News Desk

| Photo: @CMOTamilnadu/X via PTI : Vijay's TVK Wins Trust Vote, Here's How it Unfolded

Vijay's TVK Wins Trust Vote, Here's How it Unfolded

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo: PTI; Representative image : TVK’s effective tally in the House stood at 105 after Vijay vacated one of the two Assembly seats he had won in the election, while Speaker JCD Prabhakar did not participate in the vote.

Vijay Wins Trust Vote With 144 MLAs, TVK Secures Majority In Tamil Nadu

BY Outlook News Desk

Photo: PTI : Newly-elected Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay takes a selfie with the gathering during his swearing-in ceremony, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Chennai

Vijay Govt Wins Trust Vote In Tamil Nadu Assembly

BY PTI

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