NEET-UG 2026 cancelled LIVE: Nashik police take paper leak accused into custody

Investigation into NEET-UG paper leak is underway in Maharashtra’s Nashik district. According to Kiran Kumar Chavan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Nashik City, a request was received from the Rajasthan Police on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) regarding an accused involved in the NEET case.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells Cabinet he will not resign

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushed back against over 70 MPs in his party, resisting calls to step down after the Labour Party lost big in council elections in England and assembly elections in Scotland and Wales last week.

Tamil Nadu politics LIVE: AIADMK reacts sharply to rebel MLAs, AMMK expels party’s lone legislator

A rebel group of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), led by former Ministers C.Ve. Shanmugam and S.P. Velumani on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), declared its support to the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government. 

Petroleum Minister does not rule out fuel price hike amidst concerns about mounting OMCs’ losses

Though reassuring about the adequacy of retail fuels, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, placing his concerns about oil-marketing companies’ losses from the sale of petrol, diesel and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) as they seek to hold prices firm, indicated that should the crisis prolong, the government may have to consider passing on the pressure to domestic consumers as well.

AICC begins consultations with Kerala leaders in New Delhi to decide on Congress’ Chief Minister candidate 

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and All India Congress Committee (AICC) national president, Mallikarjun Kharge, opened consultations with top leaders from Kerala in New Delhi on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) in a bid to clear the lingering cloud of uncertainty that looms over the party’s Chief Minister-designate for Kerala.

Supreme Court to hear TVK MLA Sethupathi’s plea over trust vote on May 13

Tamil Nadu’s ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party MLA R. Sreenivasa Sethupathi moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), within hours of the Madras High Court restricting him from participating in a trust vote on May 13.

WFI blocking Vinesh while new mothers are helped worldwide in comeback, says Sakshi Malik

Olympic bronze-winning grappler Sakshi Malik on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) supported Vinesh Phogat in her tussle with the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) over coming back from retirement, saying that attempts are being made to block her at a time when countries World over are relaxing norms to help new mothers resume their careers.

Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran chief negotiator says U.S. must accept proposal or face ‘failure’

Iran’s chief negotiator said Tuesday (May 12, 2026) that Washington must accept Tehran’s latest peace plan or face failure, after U.S. President Donald Trump warned the truce in the West Asia war was on the brink of collapse.

WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.

Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 and wounding more than 2 dozen others

A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen others, police said, in the latest sign of escalating violence in the region bordering Afghanistan.