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Turnout surge redraws poll mood
West Bengal’s opening phase and Tamil Nadu’s single-day Assembly vote produced participation levels that broke long-standing records, with updated turnout figures rising to about 92.28 per cent in West Bengal and 85.05 per cent in Tamil Nadu after polling closed. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar thanked voters and described...
Rahul Gandhi case nears key ruling
Rahul Gandhi’s long-running defamation case over remarks linked to Amit Shah moved a step closer to a procedural ruling on Wednesday, with the special MP-MLA court in Sultanpur reserving its order until May 2 after hearing arguments on an application seeking additional evidentiary steps. The matter centred on a...
Tehran turns on Islamabad’s peace role
Pakistan’s bid to position itself as a go-between in the US-Iran war has run into a sharper challenge from Tehran, with commentary carried in Iran’s media space openly questioning Islamabad’s neutrality and putting unusual focus on Field Marshal Asim Munir’s role in shuttle diplomacy. The criticism has emerged at...
Mahila Congress presses quota rollout
A nationwide postcard drive by the All India Mahila Congress has opened a fresh political front over the stalled rollout of women’s reservation in Parliament, with the organisation saying about one million women will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May and June demanding that one-third reservation be...
Lenskart row deepens after protest video
A viral video of a man smashing a newly bought pair of glasses outside a Lenskart outlet has given fresh momentum to a controversy over allegations that the eyewear chain restricted bindis and tilaks for store staff, even after the company moved to publicly rewrite its dress code and...
Court rebuke jolts Bengal poll battle
New Delhi/Kolkata, April 23 — The Supreme Court has delivered a sharp warning over the conduct of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during an Enforcement Directorate search linked to I-PAC, saying that a chief minister cannot simply walk into an ongoing investigation and then portray the matter as...
Poll panel sharpens scrutiny of campaign rhetoric
The Election Commission has moved to intensify scrutiny of campaign language after issuing a show-cause notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his description of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “terrorist”, marking one of the sharpest interventions yet in the conduct of the current Assembly election campaign. The...
Supreme Court opens test of NIA law
India’s Supreme Court has opened a potentially far-reaching examination of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, issuing notice to the Union government, the National Investigation Agency and other respondents on a petition that challenges the law’s constitutional footing and its impact on the federal balance between New Delhi and...
Delhi court video row widens
A fresh legal challenge before the Delhi High Court has opened another front in the escalating dispute around video clips from a hearing involving Arvind Kejriwal, with a public interest litigation seeking contempt action against the AAP leader, several party figures and journalist Ravish Kumar over the alleged unauthorised...
Nashik probe tightens as Khan remains untraced
Police in Nashik have stepped up efforts to locate Nida Khan after a local court refused to grant her interim protection from arrest, deepening scrutiny of a widening case centred on allegations of workplace harassment, sexual abuse and religious coercion linked to Tata Consultancy Services’ business process outsourcing unit...
Bengal rift deepens over Rahul trip
Ties between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress in West Bengal sharpened on Tuesday after Rahul Gandhi’s planned April 23 campaign visit to Kolkata and Serampore was called off, with the Bengal Congress alleging that permission for public meetings had been denied and the Trinamool camp pushing responsibility towards...
Delhi HC delays Herald plea hearing
The Delhi High Court on Monday deferred hearing the Enforcement Directorate’s challenge in the National Herald money-laundering case, pushing the matter to May 25 after the court said detailed arguments could not be taken up during the day’s proceedings. The plea, listed before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, arises from...
Lenskart redraws line on workplace identity
Lenskart has publicly issued a revised in-store style guide after a backlash over an alleged internal dress code and a separate Pongal-themed advertisement, seeking to draw a clear line under a dispute that has widened into a broader debate over cultural literacy, workplace rules and brand sensitivity. The eyewear...
Fire throws Pachpadra launch off course
A major fire at the Pachpadra refinery complex in Rajasthan’s Balotra district has forced the postponement of a high-profile dedication ceremony that had been scheduled for Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, casting a shadow over one of the country’s biggest downstream energy projects. Reports on Monday said the...
Court tightens pressure in TCS Nashik case
A court in Nashik has refused interim protection from arrest to Nida Khan, an accused in the sexual harassment and alleged religious coercion case linked to Tata Consultancy Services’ facility in the city, dealing a setback to the only person among the named accused who has not yet been...
Hormuz warning sharpens naval watch
India has tightened maritime security around the Strait of Hormuz after two India-linked vessels came under fire on 18 April, prompting a fresh naval advisory for ships operating in the Persian Gulf and a more controlled approach to crossings near one of the world’s most sensitive energy chokepoints. Vessels...
Russia cargo turn lifts Mangaluru
A crude tanker that left Primorsk in Russia for Rizhao in China has altered course in Southeast Asian waters and is now headed to New Mangalore carrying about 1.1 lakh tonnes, or roughly 7.7 lakh barrels, of Urals crude, in a shift that underlines how quickly Asian oil trade...
Clouds gather over Islamabad talks
Suspense continues to hang over a proposed new round of United States-Iran diplomacy in Islamabad after Tehran signalled that no follow-up meeting has been agreed and no timetable has been settled, injecting fresh uncertainty into an already fragile process. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, said there was no...
