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Tehran raises stakes at sea
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned the United States that any new military action against the country would trigger direct retaliation against American naval assets and could draw the wider Iran-aligned “Resistance Front” into a broader regional confrontation. A senior IRGC Navy official’s warning marks a sharper phase...
Gehlot backs Pilot amid defection tremors
Ashok Gehlot has moved to close ranks around Sachin Pilot, saying he hopes his former deputy will never leave the Congress and has learnt from the turmoil that once brought Rajasthan’s party unit close to collapse. The former Rajasthan Chief Minister’s remarks came after BJP Rajasthan in-charge Radha Mohan...
Court push sharpens Bengal voter fight
Supreme Court of India has directed appellate tribunals to give urgent hearings to appeals filed by voters whose names were deleted from West Bengal’s electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision, adding judicial pressure to a contested process unfolding during the state Assembly election. A bench of Chief Justice...
Court weighs relief for UK doctor
UK-based doctor and YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil has told the Bombay High Court that he will cooperate with Mumbai Police and return to the country whenever required, seeking permission to travel back to the United Kingdom after being restrained from leaving over a case linked to his social media...
Court shields Asaram ashram land for now
Supreme Court protection has halted immediate state action against land and buildings held by Sant Shri Asharam Ashram in Ahmedabad, after judges found that the show-cause notice forming the basis of proposed eviction and forfeiture appeared deficient in key details. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta...
Punjab security row deepens after Harbhajan exit
Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party government has withdrawn the state security cover of former cricketer and Rajya Sabha member Harbhajan Singh, intensifying a political confrontation triggered by his exit from the party and reported move to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Police personnel posted outside Singh’s residence in Jalandhar’s Chhotti Baradari...
Air India dress code row widens
Air India has been drawn into a growing social media backlash over workplace dress codes after screenshots described as excerpts from an older cabin crew handbook circulated online, showing restrictions on visible religious and cultural symbols including sindoor, tilak, kalawa, black thread, nose pins, anklets and mangalsutra. The airline...
ED raids sharpen Bengal poll tensions
Enforcement Directorate teams searched properties in Kolkata’s Anandapur and Alipore areas on Sunday morning, widening a money-laundering probe linked to fugitive accused Biswajit Podder, better known as “Sona Pappu”, just three days before West Bengal votes in the second phase of Assembly polling. The searches covered the residences and...
Bhabanipur noise row sharpens Bengal contest
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked off a campaign stage in Bhabanipur after accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of using loud music from a nearby meeting to disrupt her speech, turning a local constituency event into a flashpoint in the closing stretch of the Assembly election campaign. Banerjee...
Dhaka opens party channel with BJP
Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman has moved to open a structured political channel with the Bharatiya Janata Party, signalling a fresh attempt by Dhaka to stabilise relations with New Delhi beyond formal government-to-government diplomacy. Rahman’s message to BJP president Nitin Nabin was conveyed through...
Mamata sharpens poll pitch after turnout surge
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that the Trinamool Congress has crossed the 100-seat mark after the first phase of Assembly polling, projecting the record turnout as a sign of voter confidence in her party as the campaign moves towards the next round. Speaking on Saturday, Banerjee...
Verma sharpens Kejriwal luxury row
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Pravesh Verma has opened a fresh front against Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of moving into what he described as a second “Sheesh Mahal” and using the issue to intensify the BJP’s wider attack on AAP’s...
Rahul sharpens Bengal attack on Mamata
Rahul Gandhi has intensified Congress’s campaign in West Bengal by accusing Mamata Banerjee of avoiding a direct political confrontation with the BJP, arguing that the absence of central agency action against the Trinamool Congress chief shows where the real contest lies. Addressing a poll rally at Serampore in Hooghly...
Bengal campaign turns sharply personal
West Bengal’s election campaign has moved into a more combative phase, with senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All India Trinamool Congress trading barbs as the Assembly contest tightens ahead of the next round of polling. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s declaration that she would take the...
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...
