An India Today ground report reveals how the acute LPG crisis, linked to the impact of the West Asia war, is forcing thousands of migrant workers in many cities to abandon their jobs and return to their villages. Visuals from Gaya Junction and Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Junction in Chandoli show packed trains filled with tired workers heading back home from cities like Delhi, Surat, Mumbai and Gujarat. With LPG becoming unaffordable, daily work drying up, factories slowing down, shifts being cut and wages falling, labourers face an impossible choice between paying for fuel or feeding their families. One worker described the desperation, saying they would rather stay at home for a month or two than struggle without basic necessities.
Exit poll projections for the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections indicate a potential shift in the state's political landscape. Axis My India projects a significant debut for actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), predicting the party could secure between 98 and 120 seats with a 35 percent vote share.
Watch as political analysts decode the implications of the high voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly elections.
In West Bengal, Phase 2 of the assembly elections recorded a 92.10 percent voter turnout, driven by intense political mobilisation and high participation among women voters.
Axis My India exit poll numbers for Assam, Puducherry, Kerala and Tamil Nadu assembly elections are out. According to the Axis My India exit poll, the BJP alliance is set for a hat-trick in Assam.
