Overview
- A group led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar told Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla they will operate as a separate parliamentary group supporting the BJP‑led NDA, a step designed to avoid disqualification under India's anti‑defection law.
- TMC MP Mahua Moitra publicly accused fellow MP Yusuf Pathan of siding with the rebels, highlighting sharp public divisions inside the party over the split.
- The Madhya Pradesh returning officer cancelled Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination after finding an omission in her affidavit, prompting a protest by senior Congress leaders outside the Election Commission and effectively handing the seat to the BJP contender.
- A Patna court has stayed the arrest of educator Faizal Khan and ordered police to submit case diaries with the next hearing set for June 20, keeping judicial oversight central to a high‑profile criminal probe.
- Regionally, a 7.8‑magnitude quake off Mindanao killed scores, injured hundreds and displaced thousands while Pakistan‑occupied Kashmir saw mass anti‑government marches with organisers claiming massive turnout and authorities charging leaders with sedition and offering bounties.