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Oath row sharpens Vijay cabinet expansion
Tamil Nadu’s expanded Cabinet under Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay was sworn in on Thursday at Lok Bhavan in Chennai, but the ceremony briefly turned contentious when Congress legislator S Rajesh Kumar departed from the prescribed oath and invoked Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and K Kamaraj, prompting Governor Rajendra...
Trump holds fire as Tehran pivots east
US President Donald Trump has halted a planned military strike on Iran, saying negotiations with Tehran had become “serious”, while warning that force could return swiftly if talks fail to produce an agreement. The decision has temporarily eased fears of a wider regional escalation, but it has not removed...
Vijay coalition faces early stability test
Actor-politician C Joseph Vijay’s fledgling government in Tamil Nadu has entered its first major stability test, with the CPI warning that it will reconsider support if the AIADMK or any faction of it is brought into the ruling coalition or Cabinet. The warning has sharpened the political uncertainty around...
Cartoon row shadows Modi’s Norway visit
Norway’s largest newspaper has come under sharp criticism after a cartoon portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a snake charmer surfaced online during his Oslo visit, adding a charged cultural dispute to a diplomatic trip already marked by questions over press freedom in India. The illustration appeared in Aftenposten...
Bengal reworks OBC quota after court order
West Bengal’s BJP government has restored reservation benefits for 66 communities that were on the state’s Other Backward Classes list before 2010, marking a sharp policy reset days after scrapping the wider OBC framework shaped under the previous Trinamool Congress administration. The Suvendu Adhikari-led cabinet’s decision returns the state...
Mamata sharpens attack after Bengal rout
Mamata Banerjee has sought to rally Trinamool Congress legislators after the party’s heavy West Bengal election defeat, telling them that the BJP-led Central government would be “removed from power” in Delhi in the days ahead. Her remarks at a closed-door meeting at her Kalighat residence marked one of her...
Bhojshala prayers draw heavy turnout
Devotees gathered in large numbers at the Bhojshala complex in Dhar to offer prayers to Goddess Saraswati after the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling changed the legal and administrative position around worship at the contested monument. The prayers, held under tightened security arrangements, marked the first major public mobilisation...
Fuel price rise deepens household strain
Petrol and diesel prices have climbed for the second time in less than a week, adding fresh pressure on households, transporters and small businesses already facing higher energy costs linked to global crude volatility. The latest revision raised fuel rates by about 90 paise a litre across major markets...
Gwadar offer exposes Pakistan’s deterrence dilemma
Pakistan’s reported attempt to seek Chinese help for a survivable nuclear second-strike capability in return for expanded military access to Gwadar has sharpened scrutiny of Islamabad’s strategic calculations after last year’s four-day confrontation with New Delhi. The claim, contained in an investigative account based on alleged confidential exchanges, says...
Hormuz cable threat widens Tehran pressure
Iran’s warning that it could impose fees on submarine internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz has opened a new front in the contest over one of the world’s most sensitive corridors, extending Tehran’s pressure tactics from energy shipping to digital infrastructure. The proposal, promoted by state-linked outlets...
Road prayers face tougher curbs
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned that namaz will not be permitted on public roads, saying religious observances must be confined to designated places of worship and organised in shifts where space is limited. Speaking ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, Adityanath said roads were meant for public movement and...
Bengal rewrites welfare and quota rules
Bengal’s Suvendu Adhikari-led government has moved to end state assistance linked to religious categorisation from June and overhaul the Other Backward Classes reservation framework, marking one of the sharpest policy shifts since the change of power in Kolkata. The decisions were cleared at the state cabinet meeting chaired by...
Court weighs faith in Ganga case
Allahabad High Court has granted bail to five men accused of throwing non-vegetarian food leftovers into the Ganga during an iftar gathering on a boat in Varanasi, while observing that such an act could hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community. Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla passed the order...
Delhi rebuts Dutch rights criticism
New Delhi has rejected reported remarks by Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten on media freedom and minority rights, saying India remains a vibrant democracy where free speech, diversity and religious coexistence are protected by constitutional guarantees. The response came during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Netherlands on...
Dehradun curbs follow factory wage unrest
Dehradun authorities imposed prohibitory orders across the Selaqui and SIDCUL industrial areas on Sunday after a labour protest over wages and overtime payments escalated into violence, prompting police action, arrests and tighter surveillance across one of Uttarakhand’s key manufacturing belts. Additional District Magistrate Krishna Kumar Mishra issued the order...
BNP ties Delhi relations to Ganges pact
Bangladesh’s main governing party has placed the renewal of the Ganges water-sharing agreement at the centre of future relations with New Delhi, urging talks on a fresh arrangement well before the 30-year treaty expires in December 2026. Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Dhaka expected...
Gandhi sharpens Adani trade charge
Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of placing Gautam Adani’s legal troubles in the United States ahead of India’s trade interests, escalating a political confrontation over the interim trade framework with Washington and the expected winding down of US enforcement action against the billionaire-led group. Gandhi, Leader...
Barakah generator fire tests nuclear security protocols
Abu Dhabi authorities contained a fire at an external electrical generator near the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday after a drone strike hit the site in the Al Dhafra Region, with officials reporting no injuries and no impact on radiological safety levels. The incident occurred outside the plant’s...
