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Bengal poll shows Mamata ahead again
Mamata Banerjee appears on course to return to power in West Bengal for a fourth straight term, with the latest VoteVibe Vote Tracker projection putting the Trinamool Congress well above the halfway mark in the 294-member assembly, though with a noticeably reduced cushion compared with its 2021 performance. The...
ED revives Kejriwal summons battle
The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Delhi High Court against a trial court order that cleared former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in two criminal complaints tied to his alleged failure to comply with summonses in the excise policy investigation, reopening a procedural fight that had appeared settled in...
Trump weighs uranium gamble in Iran
President Donald Trump is weighing a highly risky next step in the Iran conflict, with reports that he is considering sending US forces onto Iranian soil to seize or remove a stockpile of highly enriched uranium, even as Pakistan-led diplomacy seeks to open a path to a ceasefire and...
Secrecy battle ends in New Zealand meth case
Baltej Singh, a businessman now identified in New Zealand after a prolonged legal fight over name suppression, has been revealed as the nephew of Satwant Singh, one of the two bodyguards involved in the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984. His identity emerged after an appeal path in New...
BJP presses EC over Bengal poll fears
A Bharatiya Janata Party delegation, led by senior leaders including Union ministers, met the Election Commission on Monday and accused West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, her ministers and Trinamool Congress workers of trying to distort the electoral process by threatening voters ahead of the assembly election. The party...
Mumbai lunchbox network pauses for six days
Mumbai’s famed dabbawalas have suspended their tiffin collection and delivery service for six days from Sunday, March 30, to Friday, April 4, leaving thousands of office-goers, students and other subscribers without their usual home-cooked meals during one of the city’s busiest working stretches. The Mumbai Dabbawala Association has described...
Mamata sharpens Bengal fight with Shah
Mamata Banerjee has turned a personal attack by Amit Shah into a wider political confrontation, accusing the Union home minister of trivialising her 2021 campaign injury and hinting at a possible conspiracy against her life as West Bengal’s assembly election battle intensifies. Speaking at a Trinamool Congress rally in...
Saudi strike pushes US casualty toll higher
More than 300 American service members have been injured during the conflict with Iran, with one of the sharpest jolts coming from a strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia that has underscored the growing vulnerability of US forces across the Gulf. The latest attack, carried out...
US report sharpens terror focus
A US Congressional Research Service assessment has reinforced New Delhi’s longstanding position that armed groups targeting Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country continue to operate from Pakistani territory, renewing attention on a security issue that has shaped relations between the two neighbours for decades. The CRS...
Zelensky links Moscow to Saudi base strike
Volodymyr Zelensky has alleged that Russia photographed a major United States airbase in Saudi Arabia several times in the days before an Iranian strike that wounded American troops, opening a fresh line of tension between Kyiv and Moscow as the Middle East conflict spills into wider security calculations. The...
Vance-Netanyahu call exposes Iran war strains
US Vice President JD Vance and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a tense phone conversation earlier this week, with Vance reportedly pushing back on what he saw as overly optimistic Israeli assumptions about the war in Iran and its likely trajectory. The exchange has thrown fresh light on...
Oli held as protest deaths haunt Nepal
Former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday along with former home minister Ramesh Lekhak, opening a high-stakes criminal investigation into whether the pair failed to prevent the deaths of dozens of people during the September 2025 anti-corruption protests that convulsed the country and reshaped its...
Murshidabad flare-up jolts Bengal campaign
Tension gripped parts of Murshidabad after clashes broke out on Friday during Ram Navami processions in Jangipur and Raghunathganj, prompting a heavy security deployment, prohibitory orders and arrests as West Bengal’s assembly election campaign gathers pace. Police said the violence followed disputes linked to music played during a procession...
Putin flags Caspian risk in Iran war
Vladimir Putin has sharpened Moscow’s warning over the widening Iran conflict, signalling that any spillover into the Caspian Sea would be viewed by the Kremlin “extremely negatively” as Israeli military action pushes into an area of direct strategic interest to Russia. The warning has added a fresh geopolitical layer...
Strikes force US troops into remote war
Sustained missile and drone strikes attributed to Iran have rendered parts of several American military installations across the Middle East largely unusable, prompting the relocation of personnel into temporary civilian spaces and reshaping operational dynamics for US forces in the region. The disruption has affected a network of bases...
Fuel tax cut reshapes fiscal calculus
Government on Friday slashed excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹10 per litre each, sharply lowering the central tax burden and signalling a shift in its approach to managing inflationary pressures and consumer demand. The revision brings central levies on petrol down to about ₹3 per litre, while...
India turns to Iran for LPG supply
India has secured its first cargo of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas in several years, signalling a shift in procurement strategy as supply disruptions and geopolitical tensions tighten global energy markets. Trade data and industry participants indicate that the shipment follows a temporary easing of sanctions by the United States...
Energy fears rise amid West Asia strains
Heightened tensions across West Asia and continued swings in crude prices have sharpened focus on energy security, even as remarks by Narendra Modi referencing the pandemic period triggered a surge of online speculation about the possibility of a lockdown-like disruption. Oil markets have reacted nervously to developments spanning the...
