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Air India dress code row widens
Air India has been drawn into a growing social media backlash over workplace dress codes after screenshots described as excerpts from an older cabin crew handbook circulated online, showing restrictions on visible religious and cultural symbols including sindoor, tilak, kalawa, black thread, nose pins, anklets and mangalsutra. The airline...
ED raids sharpen Bengal poll tensions
Enforcement Directorate teams searched properties in Kolkata’s Anandapur and Alipore areas on Sunday morning, widening a money-laundering probe linked to fugitive accused Biswajit Podder, better known as “Sona Pappu”, just three days before West Bengal votes in the second phase of Assembly polling. The searches covered the residences and...
Bhabanipur noise row sharpens Bengal contest
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked off a campaign stage in Bhabanipur after accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of using loud music from a nearby meeting to disrupt her speech, turning a local constituency event into a flashpoint in the closing stretch of the Assembly election campaign. Banerjee...
Dhaka opens party channel with BJP
Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman has moved to open a structured political channel with the Bharatiya Janata Party, signalling a fresh attempt by Dhaka to stabilise relations with New Delhi beyond formal government-to-government diplomacy. Rahman’s message to BJP president Nitin Nabin was conveyed through...
Mamata sharpens poll pitch after turnout surge
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that the Trinamool Congress has crossed the 100-seat mark after the first phase of Assembly polling, projecting the record turnout as a sign of voter confidence in her party as the campaign moves towards the next round. Speaking on Saturday, Banerjee...
Modi condemns Washington attack on Trump event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the security scare at a Washington hotel after US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance were moved to safety when gunfire disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Modi said on Sunday that he was relieved to learn...
Verma sharpens Kejriwal luxury row
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Pravesh Verma has opened a fresh front against Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of moving into what he described as a second “Sheesh Mahal” and using the issue to intensify the BJP’s wider attack on AAP’s...
Rahul sharpens Bengal attack on Mamata
Rahul Gandhi has intensified Congress’s campaign in West Bengal by accusing Mamata Banerjee of avoiding a direct political confrontation with the BJP, arguing that the absence of central agency action against the Trinamool Congress chief shows where the real contest lies. Addressing a poll rally at Serampore in Hooghly...
Bengal campaign turns sharply personal
West Bengal’s election campaign has moved into a more combative phase, with senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All India Trinamool Congress trading barbs as the Assembly contest tightens ahead of the next round of polling. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s declaration that she would take the...
Pakistan channels Iran’s wary ceasefire diplomacy
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad as Pakistan stepped up efforts to keep a fragile diplomatic track alive between Tehran and Washington, while Iran publicly ruled out direct talks with American government representatives during the visit. Tehran’s position was set out by foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei,...
Poll watchdog removes Diamond Harbour officers
Five police officers from West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour Police District have been suspended by the Election Commission of India over allegations of serious misconduct and failure to maintain neutrality during the 2026 Assembly elections, marking a sharp intervention by the poll authority in one of the state’s most politically...
Kejriwal overture fails as AAP MPs defect
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s attempt to contain a revolt in his parliamentary ranks collapsed after seven of the party’s 10 Rajya Sabha MPs quit and moved to the Bharatiya Janata Party, leaving the party facing its gravest organisational crisis since its rise from the anti-corruption movement. Kejriwal...
Gauhati court setback deepens Khera legal risk
Gauhati High Court has refused pre-arrest bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case filed after a complaint by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, over allegations made at a press conference in Guwahati earlier this month. Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia rejected Khera’s plea...
Murshidabad poll clash deepens security concerns
Murshidabad witnessed a tense election-day confrontation after Trinamool Congress workers raised slogans and clashed with police when Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir arrived in Naoda, sharpening concerns over law and order during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. Kabir, a former Trinamool leader who...
Nabin frames delimitation row as diversion
BJP President Nitin Nabin has accused the Opposition of turning delimitation into a North-South flashpoint, arguing that parties now questioning the legal framework had helped shape the constitutional architecture governing constituency readjustment when they held power. His remarks, made in a Thursday interview, sharpened the ruling party’s counter-attack after...
Trump citizenship post stirs India row
US President Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism after resharing a letter on Truth Social that described India, China and other countries as “hellholes” while attacking birthright citizenship, pushing immigration back to the centre of a politically charged constitutional battle in Washington. The reposted letter argued that automatic citizenship...
Iran’s oil threat jolts energy markets
Tehran’s threat to answer any strike on its oil infrastructure with matching attacks on energy hubs across the Middle East has turned the Gulf conflict into a direct risk for the global economy. The warning, amplified through state-linked channels and figures close to the Iranian establishment, signals that Iran...
Naravane says Ladakh orders showed trust
Former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has rejected suggestions that the government left him isolated during the 2020 border crisis with China, saying the direction to act as he deemed fit reflected confidence in the military chain of command rather than any absence of political guidance. The clarification...
