Folk singer Maithili Thakur has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections. Thakur, who recently turned 25, is expected to be the BJP's candidate from the Alinagar assembly constituency in the Darbhanga district. This move has significant implications for the local political dynamics, as the incumbent MLA from Alinagar, Mishri Lal Yadav, recently resigned from the BJP after speculation that he would be replaced by the popular singer.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
