The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court verdict disqualifying senior leader Mukul Roy as an MLA of the West Bengal Assembly after he defected to the TMC from the BJP.

The rarely used law allows the president to use active-duty military personnel for law enforcement. 

​The rarely used law allows the president to use active-duty military personnel for law enforcement.  

In an unexpected political victory, Shrikant Pangarkar, a figure entwined in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, has declared independence triumphantly by winning a seat on the Jalna Municipal Corporation. Freshly released on bail, he previously attempted to align with the Shiv Sena, but that affiliation was cut short.