In a dramatic escalation of the political standoff in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee interrupted an ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain in Kolkata. The India Today report captures the Chief Minister exiting the premises with a 'green file' and a hard disk, alleging that the central agency was being used by the BJP to steal the Trinamool Congress's strategic documents and candidate lists for the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections. Reporters Anupam Mishra and Tapas Sengupta provide ground updates from the I-PAC office and Jain's residence, noting the unprecedented nature of a sitting CM intervening in a central agency's operation. The BJP has criticized the move as unconstitutional interference.
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.
