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Iran broadens missile pressure on Israel
Iran and allied groups said they had launched “Wave 93” of what Tehran describes as an ongoing retaliatory campaign, targeting Israeli military support and staging areas deep inside Israeli-held territory, according to state media and statements attributed to the Revolutionary Guards. The claim marks another step up in a...
Supreme Court backs tougher penalties for superiors
A higher office in the chain of command brings a heavier duty of trust, and misconduct by those at the top can justifiably attract stiffer punishment than the same wrongdoing by subordinates, the Supreme Court has ruled while restoring the dismissal of a Punjab & Sind Bank senior manager...
Voter roll row jolts Bengal campaign
Anger over West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has pushed the voter-list dispute to the centre of the assembly election campaign, after protests in Malda turned violent and sharpened the clash between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party over who is being struck off the...
Hormuz vote pared back after pushback
A United Nations Security Council vote on a Bahrain-backed plan to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was pushed to Saturday after intense negotiations stripped out language that could have opened the door to offensive military action, reflecting resistance from China, Russia and France to any mandate that...
Bengal contest tightens as BJP tests TMC hold
West Bengal is heading into the 2026 Assembly election with the sharpest two-party contest the state has seen in years, as the Bharatiya Janata Party presses its strongest challenge yet to Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, though the ruling party still appears to retain the edge on the numbers available...
Court rebukes Centre over CISF appeal
New Delhi, April 2: The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for pursuing what it described as unnecessary litigation in a service matter involving a Central Industrial Security Force constable, while upholding a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling that had set aside his...
Pezeshkian seeks opening as Trump hardens line
Masoud Pezeshkian used a direct appeal to the American public on Wednesday to argue that Iran does not seek enmity with ordinary Americans and to suggest that diplomacy remains possible, even as Donald Trump prepared to deliver a nationally televised address promising a tougher military push and dismissing any...
Banerjee blames BJP after Malda rebuke
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharpened her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday after the Supreme Court delivered a stinging rebuke to the state administration over the alleged gherao of judicial officers in Malda, turning a law-and-order controversy into a larger battle over the conduct of...
CJI rebukes Bengal over Malda siege
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant sharply criticised the West Bengal administration on Thursday over the gherao of judicial officers in Malda, telling state authorities they moved only after he issued severe verbal directions late at night to secure the officials’ release. During the hearing, he said the district...
Uttarakhand defections deepen BJP unease
Six senior political figures from Uttarakhand, most of them associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, have joined the Congress in New Delhi, handing the ruling party in the hill state an unwelcome political jolt as campaigning calculations begin to sharpen ahead of the 2027 assembly election. The switch was...
Paes shifts court in Bengal
Leander Paes, one of the country’s best-known sporting figures, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, leaving the Trinamool Congress weeks before West Bengal votes in its 2026 Assembly election. The move gives the BJP a high-profile face with roots in Kolkata and a sporting legacy that cuts across party...
Commercial LPG surge deepens cost strain
Commercial LPG prices used by restaurants, hotels and other businesses have been raised by ₹195.50 per 19-kg cylinder from Tuesday, taking the Delhi rate to ₹2,078.50 with immediate effect, as state-run fuel retailers respond to a sharp rise in global energy costs and supply disruption tied to conflict in...
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...
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...
