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NEW DELHI: As part of efforts to intensify Modi govt’s ‘Act East Policy’, Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has held a meeting with Myanmar Navy’s commander-in-chief Admiral Htein Win in Naypyitaw and discussed growing bilateral ties and enhancing maritime security in the Bay of Bengal region.Their meeting also focused on advancing naval engagements between both countries, including on maritime engagement opportunities, capacity building, training exchanges and mobile training teams (MTTs), hydrography and greater interoperability.Admiral Tripathi is on an official visit to Myanmar from May 2-5.“As part of the ongoing visit to Myanmar, Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, CNS, held discussions with Adm Htein Win, Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Navy at Nay Pyi Taw on 04 May 26…The meeting marks a significant milestone to foster deeper navy to navy ties and enhancing maritime security in the Bay of Bengal region — MAHASAGAR,” the spokesperson for Indian Navy said on X.On Monday, Admiral Tripathi met Myanmar’s defence minister General Htun Aung and discussed the current canvas of bilateral ties.In a related development, Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) Sagar entered Yangon Harbour on Monday as part of India’s ongoing maritime engagement in the region. During the visit, Myanmar Navy will host the crew of IOS Sagar for an official interaction.Admiral Tripathi had earlier met Myanmar Navy’s Central Naval Command commander Rear Admiral Aung Aung Naing and Naval Training Command chief Rear Admiral Khun Aung Kyaw in Yangon and discussed strengthening navy-to-navy cooperation, bolstering existing defence partnership and augmenting operational engagements.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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NEW DELHI: Taking a crucial step towards boosting the country’s nuclear energy programme, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has sanctioned “major equipment erection” at Units 5 and 6 of Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP).The permission, granted on April 30, marks a significant shift from civil construction to core plant development by allowing Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to install vital reactor components, such as reactor pressure vessel, steam generators and coolant pumps.“Landmark progress at Kudankulam. India’s nuclear energy programme achieves another decisive milestone,” NPCIL said on X. It further said, “The approval followed from comprehensive multi-tier safety reviews by AERB, reaffirming adherence to stringent national regulations and global benchmarks, including IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) standards.”Department of atomic energy said, “This permission was issued after satisfactory completion of multi-tier safety review of design of the units against the safety requirements specified by AERB as well as assessment of the progress of civil construction activities so far, under the earlier permission issued in April 2021 for ‘First Pour of Concrete’ (FPC).”Kudankulam project site has six units of pressurised water reactors of VVER design, being established in technical collaboration with the Russian Federation. The first two units (KKNPP Units-1&2) have been in operation since 2013. The third and fourth units are in the advanced stage of development, for which AERB had earlier issued permission for major equipment erection.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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It was a cheap political tactic,” he said.On Gaurav’s debut debacle on home turf, Jorhat, he blamed a news conference where Khera accused Riniki of holding multiple passports and keeping assets in foreign countries. “Usually, people of Assam don’t like it if someone from outside talks about their daughters. People of Bengal would not have liked me if I had indulged in personal attacks on Mamata.”Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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On Monday, BJP ended the 15-year stint of Mamata Banerjee.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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LUCKNOW: TMC’s drubbing at the hands of BJP in the Bengal assembly polls has endangered the chances of political consultancy firm, I-PAC, closing its deal with Samajwadi Party for the 2027 UP assembly polls.A source said Akhilesh Yadav has not been keen on hiring I-PAC as he went through the agency’s presentation at the instance of TMC leadership. IPAC, founded by Prashant Kishor, has been curating TMC’s poll campaign since 2019.“So far, I-PAC had just made a presentation before the SP brass on their blueprint of the campaign design. There was no formal exchange on anything beyond that,” said a party functionary.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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He said several non-Hindu VIPs have visited the temple and paid tribute in the past without controversy, underlining how such exclusionary messaging is at odds with Bengal’s temple traditions.BJP’s local unit denied any involvement. Shyamapada Mondal, president of BJP’s Bolpur unit, said he had no information about the flex. “We don’t want to impose any new regulation for any place of worship. A temple should be run by the temple authority,” he said.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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I had barely eaten and was hungry after a day of high tension. I had ‘alu-potoler jhol’ (pointed gourd and potato curry) that my mother-in-law had cooked,” she said.On Tuesday, the legislator caught up on washing clothes and other household chores after weeks of being busy with the election. As a devout Hindu, she observes a fast on Tuesdays.”I won’t eat anything today,” Majhi said.Married to a plumber in 2006, Majhi has been working as a domestic help in the Guskara area ever since. “I joined politics after being deeply influenced by Modiji’s speeches. Despite working as a domestic help, I attended all BJP programmes while managing my responsibilities. It was difficult to balance party work with jobs at two households, where I earned Rs 4,500 a month,” she said.”I am very happy to have won and want to work for poor people like me. I feel so enthused that despite barely sleeping for the past few days, I don’t feel tired,” Majhi said, adding: “I believe BJP can uplift women and the poor and ensure safety for all women. We all protested what happened to Abhaya,” she added. Majhi plans to take her husband and son to the swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata but is worried that she doesn’t own a presentable saree suited for the occasion. “I am aware of my means and my family’s income and status.”Krishna Patra, Majhi’s employer, is delighted with her victory and plans to gift her a saree. “She has been working at our home for more than 20 years and is part of our family,” Patra said.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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Non-Bengali vote share has increased in Kolkata. Then, there are high-rises, where residents are drawn to the idea of having the same party at the Centre and state. Young voters’ consciousness is shaped by social media, mainstream cinema and series, which act as direct or indirect propaganda.”For years, BJP was branded ‘bahiragata (outsider)’. In 2026, its deployment of “intellectual insiders” played a key role in sanitising its image for a cosmopolitan palate. The selection of Swapan Dasgupta, journalist and Padma Bhushan awardee, for a culturally sensitive seat like Rashbehari and doctors such as Sharadwat Mukherjee in Bidhannagar and Indranil Khan in Behala West helped bridge the gap between the party’s saffron roots and the ‘bhadralok’ demand for sophistication.’Bhadralok’ is a colloquial term that refers to the city’s well-heeled gentry.Political scientist Sayoni Chowdhury said, “We are seeing a consolidation of a neo-middle class that is less tethered to the Left legacy or the early TMC years.”Political analyst Udayan Banerjee said making Samik Bhattacharya BJP’s state chief was a strategic move, as he had an intellectual persona. A south Kolkata resident said, “Seeing candidates who speak our language – both literally and intellectually – made BJP feel less like a Delhi imposition.”Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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Bella Ramsey’s ‘Sunny Dancer’ sets UK release date, first trailer teases heartfelt coming-of-age story Aquarius Horoscope Today, May 6, 2026: Choose a small treat if you want, but keep it within the limit ‘Denied TMC ticket in Bengal elections for refusing to pay Rs 5 crore’: Former India cricketer’s shocking claim . NEW DELHI: Big political personalities were humbled in the latest round of assembly elections, with voters across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala delivering a “vote for change” that swept aside as many as 50 ministers – including two sitting chief ministers – alongside several high-profile challengers in other states and a Union Territory.In West Bengal, the setback was the most pronounced. A total of 22 ministers from the TMC govt lost their seats, among them CM Mamata Banerjee, who suffered her second consecutive assembly defeat. Banerjee lost in Bhabanipur to Suvendu Adhikari, the same rival who had defeated her in Nandigram in 2021 in a closely fought contest.The rout extended deep into the cabinet. Thirteen cabinet ministers – including Banerjee – were defeated, along with five ministers of state with independent charge. Prominent names who failed to retain their seats included Swapan Debnath, Pradip Kumar Mazumdar, Bratya Basu, and Aroop Biswas.Tamil Nadu witnessed a similarly dramatic churn. CM M K Stalin lost the Kolathur seat, which he had held since 2011, to TVK’s V S Babu. The electoral setback extended to 14 other ministers in his cabinet, including finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan and education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi.In Kerala, CM Pinarayi Vijayan retained his Dharmadam seat, but 13 of his ministers were defeated, including health minister Veena George and education and labour minister V Sivankutty.Among other prominent losers was Gaurav Gogoi, deputy leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, who was defeated in the Jorhat assembly segment by BJP’s Hitendra Nath Goswami with a margin of 23,182 votes. Attempting to take on Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while also seeking to sustain the political legacy of his father, three-term CM of Assam Tarun Gogoi, he was unable to translate his parliamentary presence into a victory at the state level.Taken together, the results underline a broad anti-incumbency sweep, signalling that voters were willing to decisively reset political equations across regions.Follow the latest election results 2026, live updates, winner lists, constituency-wise results, party-wise trends and full coverage for Tamil Nadu election results, West Bengal election results, Kerala election results, Assam election results and Puducherry election results results on Times of India.About the AuthorManash Pratim GohainManash Pratim Gohain is a seasoned journalist with over two decades at The Times of India, where he has built a rich body of work spanning education policy, politics, and governance. Renowned for his incisive coverage of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, accreditation reforms, and skilling initiatives, he has also reported on student politics, urban policy, and social movements. His political reportage—both reflective and news-driven—adds depth to his writing, bridging policy with public impact. Through his 2,500 articles and related outlets, he has emerged as a trusted voice in national discourse, particularly in linking education reform to broader societal change.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosDMK Hits Out As Congress Directs TNCC To Take Final Call On Vijay’s Support Request’Historic, Decisive’: Trump Congratulates PM Modi Over BJP’s Win In Bengal ElectionsDefeat but ‘Moral Win’? 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