16 May 2026
Congress chose VD Satheesan as Kerala Chief Minister over KC Venugopal, despite 47 of 63 MLAs backing the frontrunner. Why Delhi ties became the liability.
14 May 2026
NEET UG 2026 cancelled after a paper leak — 120 WhatsApp guess-paper questions matched the real exam. 22.8 lakh students face a CBI-probed re-exam by NTA.
12 May 2026
Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath as Assam CM for a second term in Guwahati with a 4-minister cabinet. BJP won 82 seats. US envoy Sergio Gor attended.
11 May 2026
Vijay signed 3 files on Day 1 as TN CM: 200 free units, women's safety force, white paper on DMK finances. Subsidy bill just crossed ₹10,000 crore.
10 May 2026
Suvendu Adhikari took oath as Bengal's first BJP CM with a 6-person cabinet on May 9, 2026. The picks signal where the new government starts.
8 May 2026
Vijay's TVK has 113 MLAs, but Governor Arlekar demands 118 signatures before oath. Tamil Nadu faces an unprecedented constitutional standoff in May 2026.
8 May 2026
Suvendu Adhikari's aide shot dead in Bengal post-poll violence. BJP's first Bengal govt takes oath May 9 — three dead, hundreds arrested so far.
6 May 2026
Mamata refuses to resign after BJP's 207-seat sweep in West Bengal. The Assembly term ends May 7 — Article 164 explains what the Governor does next.
6 May 2026
TVK's 108 seats fell 10 short of majority. Congress, VCK, and Left parties backed Vijay in 48 hours to form Tamil Nadu's first coalition government. Oath: May 7.
4 May 2026
TMC won 215 seats in West Bengal — same as 2021. Tamil Nadu's DMK held. What two record-turnout elections actually said.