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Bengal: Murder of Suvendu aide sparks political row; BJP, TMC trade barbs

Kolkata, May 7 (PTI) The murder of a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari triggered political confrontation in West Bengal on Thursday, with the saffron camp accusing the TMC of fostering “lawlessness” and the Mamata Banerjee-led party rejecting the charge. In a shocking development within 48 hours of the assembly poll verdict, Chandranath Rath, Adhikari’s executive assistant, was shot dead in a brazen attack at Madhyamgram on Wednesday night, escalating tension in the area. According to preliminary information, motorcycle-borne assailants intercepted Rath’s vehicle near Doltala in Madhyamgram around 10.30 pm, forced it to stop and opened fire at point-blank

Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2026 (AP) — The Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic. Tuesday started with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explaining how the U.S. military was protecting stranded ships so they could traverse the Strait of Hormuz. He insisted it was a defensive operation and the truce was still in place even though Iran had launched missiles and drones at U.S. forces, which sank Tehran’s small attack boats. That afternoon, Secretary

US Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political

HERSHEY, Pa., May 7, 2026 (AP) — United States Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” he said. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.” His remarks to a conference of judges and lawyers from the 3rd U.S. Circuit in

U.S. District Judge releases note that cellmate says he found after Jeffrey Epstein’s suspected suicide try

NEW YORK, May 7, 2026 (AP) — A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the millionaire sex offender’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public Wednesday, years after being sealed and locked in a courthouse vault as part of an unrelated legal dispute. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York, ordered the release of the note after The New York Times asked him last week to unseal it and other documents in a case involving the former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione. Federal prosecutors did not oppose the request. Few people had known about the

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