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Pakistan channels Iran’s wary ceasefire diplomacy
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad as Pakistan stepped up efforts to keep a fragile diplomatic track alive between Tehran and Washington, while Iran publicly ruled out direct talks with American government representatives during the visit. Tehran’s position was set out by foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei,...
Poll watchdog removes Diamond Harbour officers
Five police officers from West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour Police District have been suspended by the Election Commission of India over allegations of serious misconduct and failure to maintain neutrality during the 2026 Assembly elections, marking a sharp intervention by the poll authority in one of the state’s most politically...
Gauhati court setback deepens Khera legal risk
Gauhati High Court has refused pre-arrest bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case filed after a complaint by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, over allegations made at a press conference in Guwahati earlier this month. Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia rejected Khera’s plea...
Murshidabad poll clash deepens security concerns
Murshidabad witnessed a tense election-day confrontation after Trinamool Congress workers raised slogans and clashed with police when Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir arrived in Naoda, sharpening concerns over law and order during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections. Kabir, a former Trinamool leader who...
Nabin frames delimitation row as diversion
BJP President Nitin Nabin has accused the Opposition of turning delimitation into a North-South flashpoint, arguing that parties now questioning the legal framework had helped shape the constitutional architecture governing constituency readjustment when they held power. His remarks, made in a Thursday interview, sharpened the ruling party’s counter-attack after...
Trump citizenship post stirs India row
US President Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism after resharing a letter on Truth Social that described India, China and other countries as “hellholes” while attacking birthright citizenship, pushing immigration back to the centre of a politically charged constitutional battle in Washington. The reposted letter argued that automatic citizenship...
Iran’s oil threat jolts energy markets
Tehran’s threat to answer any strike on its oil infrastructure with matching attacks on energy hubs across the Middle East has turned the Gulf conflict into a direct risk for the global economy. The warning, amplified through state-linked channels and figures close to the Iranian establishment, signals that Iran...
Naravane says Ladakh orders showed trust
Former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has rejected suggestions that the government left him isolated during the 2020 border crisis with China, saying the direction to act as he deemed fit reflected confidence in the military chain of command rather than any absence of political guidance. The clarification...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
