At least 16 people have died of heatstroke in southern India so far this summer, officials said yesterday, as a heatwave grips swathes of the country following official health warnings.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, reaffirming the importance of a relationship that has come under growing strain, a week after the United States held a warm summit with China.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari yesterday announced the implementation of a mechanism under which infiltrators detained by state police would be handed over directly to the BSF for deportation, while unveiling what he described as part of a broader ‘’detect, delete and deport’’ framework.

Move part of 90-day fuel-saving drive amid Middle East war

Three pastors were gunned down yesterday in India’s restive northeastern Manipur state, police and officials said, the latest flare-up in a region gripped by ethnic conflict.

The chief secretary has been asked to complete the procedures within the next 45 days

Indian film star C Joseph Vijay was sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu state yesterday after his new party brokered a coalition in the southern industrial hub.

Actor-turned-politician Vijay took oath as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, making the rise of a new political force in the state

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari yesterday took his oath as the chief minister of West Bengal, becoming the state’s first BJP chief minister since independence and marking a historic political shift in Bengal after decades of regional party dominance.

BJP ends 15 years of Trinamool rule after securing landslide victory in West Bengal

Suvendu Adhikari was formally named the Chief Minister of West Bengal yesterday, days after the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently concluded assembly elections.

BJP govt to be sworn in tomorrow as Mamata refuses to step down

More than 200 criminal cases registered across the state

Chandrakanta Rath was shot at multiple times by unidentified assailants

Mamata Banerjee, outgoing West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, yesterday announced plans to take the 2026 West Bengal poll mandate to the Supreme Court, alleging major electoral malpractice by the BJP and the Election Commission of India.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said she had “not been defeated” and would not resign, a day after results showed her party lost heavily to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

A sharp rise in BJP’s vote share in Bengal has reshaped the political map, delivering a decisive mandate and altering the balance among major and smaller parties

Exactly five years after handing Banerjee a bitter loss in Nandigram, Adhikari has repeated the feat, this time in her home turf.

The BJP has finally swept West Bengal, a state that shares a long border, language and cultural ties with Bangladesh and has long stood apart from Narendra Modi’s political advance.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party yesterday secured a resounding election victory in West Bengal, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.