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Bab el-Mandeb threat raises shipping stakes
Tehran has opened the door to a broader maritime confrontation after parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signalled that pressure on Iran’s adversaries might not stop at the Strait of Hormuz, raising the prospect of disruption at Bab el-Mandeb, the southern gateway to the Red Sea and a vital artery...
Iran broadens missile pressure on Israel
Iran and allied groups said they had launched “Wave 93” of what Tehran describes as an ongoing retaliatory campaign, targeting Israeli military support and staging areas deep inside Israeli-held territory, according to state media and statements attributed to the Revolutionary Guards. The claim marks another step up in a...
Supreme Court backs tougher penalties for superiors
A higher office in the chain of command brings a heavier duty of trust, and misconduct by those at the top can justifiably attract stiffer punishment than the same wrongdoing by subordinates, the Supreme Court has ruled while restoring the dismissal of a Punjab & Sind Bank senior manager...
Voter roll row jolts Bengal campaign
Anger over West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has pushed the voter-list dispute to the centre of the assembly election campaign, after protests in Malda turned violent and sharpened the clash between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party over who is being struck off the...
Tehran tests new Hormuz shipping order
Iran is moving to redefine how vessels pass through the Strait of Hormuz, with Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi saying Tehran has almost completed a draft protocol for a new maritime regime in coordination with Oman. The proposal, as described in reports on Friday, would create a joint framework...
Hormuz vote pared back after pushback
A United Nations Security Council vote on a Bahrain-backed plan to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was pushed to Saturday after intense negotiations stripped out language that could have opened the door to offensive military action, reflecting resistance from China, Russia and France to any mandate that...
Bengal contest tightens as BJP tests TMC hold
West Bengal is heading into the 2026 Assembly election with the sharpest two-party contest the state has seen in years, as the Bharatiya Janata Party presses its strongest challenge yet to Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, though the ruling party still appears to retain the edge on the numbers available...
Court rebukes Centre over CISF appeal
New Delhi, April 2: The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for pursuing what it described as unnecessary litigation in a service matter involving a Central Industrial Security Force constable, while upholding a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling that had set aside his...
Pezeshkian seeks opening as Trump hardens line
Masoud Pezeshkian used a direct appeal to the American public on Wednesday to argue that Iran does not seek enmity with ordinary Americans and to suggest that diplomacy remains possible, even as Donald Trump prepared to deliver a nationally televised address promising a tougher military push and dismissing any...
Banerjee blames BJP after Malda rebuke
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharpened her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday after the Supreme Court delivered a stinging rebuke to the state administration over the alleged gherao of judicial officers in Malda, turning a law-and-order controversy into a larger battle over the conduct of...
Markets convulse as Trump hardens Iran threat
Global markets lurched lower on Thursday after US President Donald Trump used a prime-time address to say military objectives against Iran would be completed “very shortly” while also warning Tehran it would be hit “extremely hard” if no deal is reached, a combination that deepened fears of a wider...
Guard pressure leaves Pezeshkian boxed in
A struggle between President Masoud Pezeshkian and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has sharpened into a new test of power inside Iran, with a report by Iran International saying the presidency has been pushed into “complete political deadlock” as the Guards block key appointments and decisions. The claim, which...
CJI rebukes Bengal over Malda siege
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant sharply criticised the West Bengal administration on Thursday over the gherao of judicial officers in Malda, telling state authorities they moved only after he issued severe verbal directions late at night to secure the officials’ release. During the hearing, he said the district...
Uttarakhand defections deepen BJP unease
Six senior political figures from Uttarakhand, most of them associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, have joined the Congress in New Delhi, handing the ruling party in the hill state an unwelcome political jolt as campaigning calculations begin to sharpen ahead of the 2027 assembly election. The switch was...
Paes shifts court in Bengal
Leander Paes, one of the country’s best-known sporting figures, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, leaving the Trinamool Congress weeks before West Bengal votes in its 2026 Assembly election. The move gives the BJP a high-profile face with roots in Kolkata and a sporting legacy that cuts across party...
Commercial LPG surge deepens cost strain
Commercial LPG prices used by restaurants, hotels and other businesses have been raised by ₹195.50 per 19-kg cylinder from Tuesday, taking the Delhi rate to ₹2,078.50 with immediate effect, as state-run fuel retailers respond to a sharp rise in global energy costs and supply disruption tied to conflict in...
India presses tariff relief in U.S. talks
New Delhi has put forward what officials describe as a revised “final” trade offer to Washington, but the sharper priority appears to be securing the clean removal, or firm closure, of the additional 25% U. S. tariff tied to purchases of Russian oil, according to two people familiar with...
Dubai tanker strike jolts Gulf shipping
Flames tore through a fully loaded Kuwaiti crude tanker anchored off Dubai on Tuesday after what Kuwaiti state media and multiple international reports described as an Iranian strike, marking another sharp escalation in the widening conflict that has pushed the Gulf’s commercial lifelines deeper into danger. The vessel, Al-Salmi,...
