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Tehran turns on Islamabad’s peace role
Pakistan’s bid to position itself as a go-between in the US-Iran war has run into a sharper challenge from Tehran, with commentary carried in Iran’s media space openly questioning Islamabad’s neutrality and putting unusual focus on Field Marshal Asim Munir’s role in shuttle diplomacy. The criticism has emerged at...
Poll panel sharpens scrutiny of campaign rhetoric
The Election Commission has moved to intensify scrutiny of campaign language after issuing a show-cause notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his description of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “terrorist”, marking one of the sharpest interventions yet in the conduct of the current Assembly election campaign. The...
Bengal rift deepens over Rahul trip
Ties between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress in West Bengal sharpened on Tuesday after Rahul Gandhi’s planned April 23 campaign visit to Kolkata and Serampore was called off, with the Bengal Congress alleging that permission for public meetings had been denied and the Trinamool camp pushing responsibility towards...
Fire throws Pachpadra launch off course
A major fire at the Pachpadra refinery complex in Rajasthan’s Balotra district has forced the postponement of a high-profile dedication ceremony that had been scheduled for Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, casting a shadow over one of the country’s biggest downstream energy projects. Reports on Monday said the...
Clouds gather over Islamabad talks
Suspense continues to hang over a proposed new round of United States-Iran diplomacy in Islamabad after Tehran signalled that no follow-up meeting has been agreed and no timetable has been settled, injecting fresh uncertainty into an already fragile process. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, said there was no...
Top court seeks Bengal tribunal report
India’s Supreme Court on Monday said it would seek a report later in the day from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court after complaints that appellate tribunals set up under West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, were not functioning properly, sharpening scrutiny of a process already...
