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India’s 18th railway zone, headquartered at Visakhapatnam, to be carved out of the existing East Coast Railway and South Central Railway from June 1, 2026; will integrate Guntakal, Guntur, Vijayawada and the new Visakhapatnam division

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on May 5 ruled out stepping down as Chief Minister, alleging that the West Bengal Assembly poll result was “not a people’s mandate but a conspiracy"

With the revised tally, the BJP has further consolidated its dominant position, well above the halfway mark of 148 seats, reinforcing the scale of its victory

The party’s first-ever legislative entry from the district signals more than just a seat change; it represents the definitive arrival of a triangular political grammar in a State historically defined by a bipolar tug-of-war

Union Minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar says the project will help expand the ayacut from 27,000 acres to 75,000 acres and use up to four TMC of water; canal to be extended by 27 km, benefiting nearly 50 villages

Mr. Nadda noted that India-Japan cooperation is guided by the Memorandum of Cooperation in healthcare and wellness, alongside a common goal of strengthening health systems and promoting innovation

Science and technology must move to the forefront of national development, with a human-centric approach that brings tangible benefits to society, says Dharmendra Pradhan at the IIT Madras Technology Summit 2026

Mamata Banerjee targets the Election Commission and says the real contest in the polls was not with the BJP but with the ECI; she says she is a ‘free bird’ now and will work to ‘strengthen’ the INDIA bloc

Three men and two women arrested near Yetigadda Shiva temple on the Madanapalle-Tirupati highway; gang allegedly targeted women travelling alone in isolated areas of Gurramkonda, Valmikipuram, Rompicherla and Kalakada mandals

Santiago Martin, often referred to as ‘Lottery King’ and founder of Martin Group, now has three MLA-elects in his family

For the time being, the party would not extend support to the regime that is likely to be formed by the TVK, according to leaders

Mr. Siddaramaiah accused the then Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government of being complicit with lower-level government personnel, who “tampered” with the postal ballot papers after counting.

“About 80 to 90% of the accused in such (sexual offence) cases are those arrested earlier for similar crimes and released on parole, during which they end up committing offences again,” sources quoting Mr. Fadnavis said

“Today, democracy is threatened. In 2014, there was a wave in favour of Narendra Modi, and they kept winning elections. In February 2015, they won only three seats in Delhi. If they come to power in Punjab, they will ravage the State," says Mr. Kejriwal

Banaganapalle Tahsildar Ramireddy Rajeev Reddy and surveyor S.K. Hussain Basha caught accepting the second instalment of a ₹1 lakh bribe demanded for regularising land

Pixxel said that the award supports the US government’s effort to evaluate and integrate emerging commercial hyperspectral data sources into the agency’s expanding remote sensing architecture.

₹19.70 lakh in cash seized, ₹18.20 lakh in 49 bank accounts across nine banks frozen; gang routed money to a Philippines-based kingpin via mule accounts and SIM cards hidden in cargo jeans parcels, says Superintendent of Police P. Jagadeesh

The dissident leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] who won the Payyannur Assembly segment attributed his victory partly to substantial support from CPI(M) workers

Three-member committee of Union Minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Minister P. Narayana and Tadikonda MLA Tenali Sravan Kumar reviews ‘grama kanthas’ and land pooling progress; CRDA Commissioner asked to visit 29 villages