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Missiles scar Qatar’s gas heartland
Iran’s missile strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City have left one of the world’s most important gas export hubs badly damaged, disrupted liquefied natural gas output and deepened concern across energy markets, even as a fragile ceasefire has slowed the wider conflict for now. QatarEnergy and multiple international...
Varma quits as removal case peaks
Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court has resigned after nearly a year of mounting scrutiny over the discovery of charred bundles of unaccounted cash at his official residence in Delhi during a fire incident, marking a dramatic turn in one of the most serious judicial misconduct controversies...
Netanyahu opens Lebanon track under fire
Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had authorised direct negotiations with Lebanon “as soon as possible”, opening a diplomatic channel even as Israeli strikes and Hezbollah fire kept the border war active and raised new doubts over whether a fragile two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran can hold. The Israeli prime...
Khera bail clash sharpens political fight
Congress leader Pawan Khera’s bid for pre-arrest protection in the Telangana High Court triggered a sharp courtroom exchange on Thursday, as lawyers on both sides traded barbs including “constitutional cowboys” and “international khiladi” while arguing over whether the plea was maintainable and whether the case against him reflected a...
Nitish steps into Parliament spotlight
Nitish Kumar, Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal president, is set to take oath in New Delhi on Friday as a member of the Rajya Sabha, marking a decisive shift in one of the country’s longest-running state political careers. The ceremony comes after his election to the Upper House...
Easter pause tests trust in Ukraine war
President Vladimir Putin has declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter, with the Kremlin saying Russian forces will halt military action from 4pm on Friday, April 11, until the end of Sunday, April 12. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would act accordingly, turning what began as...
Tamil Nadu race enters decisive stretch
Tamil Nadu’s Assembly election has moved into its final phase before polling, with the Election Commission scheduling voting for all 234 seats in a single phase on April 23 and counting on May 4. The contest is shaping up as a test of whether Chief Minister M K Stalin...
Trump hardens Iran warning – Newspack Live!
Donald Trump has said US ships, aircraft and military personnel will remain deployed in and around Iran until Tehran fully complies with what he called a “real agreement”, sharpening pressure on a ceasefire that was already under strain after Israel’s deadliest day of strikes in Lebanon in weeks. The...
Observer removal jolts Bengal poll watch
A senior election observer was removed from duty after a tense exchange with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a virtual review meeting on Wednesday, in an episode that has drawn attention to discipline, preparedness and internal pressure within the Election Commission as West Bengal moves towards a high-stakes...
Ceasefire shatters as Gulf fire spreads
Missile and drone strikes hit the Gulf within hours of a ceasefire announcement between Washington and Tehran, with Iran reporting that its Lavan Island refinery had been attacked and Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain later saying they too had come under fire, underscoring how quickly the truce...
North Korea salvo shadows Seoul outreach
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea on Wednesday in a fresh show of force that undercut South Korea’s effort to lower tensions, with Seoul’s military saying the weapons were launched from the Wonsan area and flew about 240 kilometres. A later projectile from the...
LeT network crackdown widens beyond Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Police say they have dismantled an interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba module, arresting five men including two Pakistani operatives, in what officials described as a significant breakthrough against a long-running support network that stretched beyond the Union Territory. One of the two, Abdullah alias Abu Hureira, had allegedly evaded...
Adani tests SEC case boundaries
Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani have moved to knock out a US civil fraud case, arguing that the Securities and Exchange Commission has overstepped its reach by trying to pursue claims tied to alleged conduct in India and a 2021 Adani Green Energy bond sale that was...
Court rebukes Centre over CCTV compliance
Sharp judicial displeasure over the Centre’s handling of police station surveillance compliance brought the Union home secretary into focus on Tuesday, as the Supreme Court questioned why an under secretary had been deputed to a high-level meeting on installing and monitoring CCTV systems across police stations nationwide. The bench,...
Congress hit by Assam passport backlash
Congress has come under sharp pressure in Assam after allegations by its media and publicity chief Pawan Khera that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, held three passports, including documents said to be from the United Arab Emirates, Antigua and Barbuda, and Egypt, triggered legal action...
Court rebuke jolts Bengal bureaucracy
West Bengal’s top bureaucrat, Dushyant Nariala, came under sharp scrutiny from the Supreme Court on Monday after the bench questioned why the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court could not reach him during the Malda hostage episode in which seven judicial officers were surrounded while on election-related duty....
Mamata widens Bengal poll attack
Mamata Banerjee sharpened her attack on rivals and election authorities on Monday, alleging that the BJP had reached a “tacit understanding” with the Congress and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, while claiming that the transfer of West Bengal IAS and IPS officers to Tamil Nadu as poll...
Missile alarm jolts Saudi petrochemical heartland
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted seven ballistic missiles aimed at the Eastern Region early on Tuesday, with debris falling near energy facilities and igniting a fire, marking another sharp escalation in a Gulf conflict that is now hitting the nerve centres of the region’s hydrocarbons system. Authorities said no...
