The very first labour of coalition government has borne great results. History has shown that even absolute majority governments often face challenging situations while distributing the power offices to MLAs, and this government is resting on a weak foundation in terms of coalition partners. Cabinet expansion is much like proving the trust vote second time over, just so that no one leaves your side and the government remains safe and sound. And just as it happens, dissidence too has set in among the berth aspirants who weren’t made ministers this time.

Minister of State for Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre on Thursday inaugurated 578-metre-long Theng Tunnel, the longest in Sikkim.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday expressed concern over "manifestations of rage" tearing country's social fabric and cautioned against any attempt at defining nationhood in terms of dogmas and identities of religion, region, hatred and intolerance.

District Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike president and thinker G Rajashekar said that unlike previous incidents, the Perduru incident, for the first time in coastal region, has disclosed the collusion between the Sangh Parivar and the police department.

The quad comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia met in Singapore on Thursday and reiterated their call for a free and prosperous Indo-Pacific and to promote a rules-based order in the region.

The mortal remains of soldier Arjun Yallappa Annigeri of Moraba village in Navalgund taluk who died after a brief illness while working in EME Battalion of the Indian Army in Assam, was created at his native place with full state honours on Wednesday.

Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said that though in a democratic system, people want to have power, they should be ready to sacrifice it when the situation demands.

The headmaster of a high school in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district has been suspended for "leaking the question papers" of the state-run Madhyamik (Secondary) examination earlier this year, authorities announced on Thursday.