The Uttarakhand government is preparing to introduce a reward scheme offering cash incentives of up to Rs 1 lakh to individuals and teams contributing significantly to forest fire prevention and control.

Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigned from all organisational posts of the TMC. The party is down from 29 to 28 in Loksabha.

In Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK rebel MLAs, who had backed CM Joseph Vijay, reunited with party general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami. 

The ED on Wednesday conducted searches at the residences of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family members.

The UP govt has appointed outgoing village Pradhan as administrators of gram panchayats until new bodies are formed, or for a maximum period of six months.

In West Bengal, after defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee led TMC is facing a big political crisis.