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Bench shift deepens excise case tensions
Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has transferred the excise policy matter involving Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other Aam Aadmi Party leaders to another bench after initiating criminal contempt proceedings over allegedly defamatory and vilifying online content directed at the court. Justice Sharma clarified that she...
Air India trims global network under fuel strain
Air India will suspend or reduce services on 29 international routes between June and August 2026, as the West Asia conflict, airspace restrictions and record jet fuel prices force the carrier to reshape its overseas network during the summer travel season. The airline said the temporary schedule changes were...
CBI cases clear Bengal hurdle
Bengal’s new government has cleared prosecution sanction for the CBI in four corruption cases involving public officials, opening the way for chargesheets and trial proceedings that had remained stalled for years. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the approvals were signed on Wednesday after files pending under the previous administration...
Fuel price shield faces oil shock test
Petrol and diesel prices may have to rise if the Middle East crisis persists, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra has warned, signalling that the government’s effort to shield consumers from higher crude costs could face limits if the disruption keeps energy markets under strain. Speaking at a high-level conference...
Sood secures another year at CBI
Central Bureau of Investigation Director Praveen Sood will remain in office until May 2027 after the Centre approved a second one-year extension, keeping the country’s premier investigation agency under the same leadership beyond the end of his current term on May 24, 2026. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet...
Hormuz reopening hinges on Tehran’s demands
Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping if Washington ends its naval blockade of Iranian ports, releases $15 billion in frozen funds and lifts sanctions that have restricted Tehran’s access to global markets for years. Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, said Tehran was...
Vendetta charge sharpens Khera case
Senior Congress leader Ripun Bora has accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of turning the police case against Pawan Khera into a personal vendetta, intensifying a political confrontation after the Congress national spokesperson appeared before the Crime Branch at Pan Bazar Police Station in Guwahati for questioning on...
Beijing raises solar trade fight
China has escalated its trade dispute with New Delhi by asking the World Trade Organisation to establish a panel to examine support measures for solar cells, solar modules and information technology products, deepening friction between Asia’s two largest economies over industrial policy and market access. The request follows consultations...
Rahul challenges CBI chief selection process
Rahul Gandhi has formally dissented from the process to choose the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, accusing the Prime Minister-led panel of denying him the material needed to assess candidates for one of the country’s most sensitive investigative posts. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok...
Bullion duty shock jolts domestic markets
Gold and silver prices surged across domestic futures and physical markets on Wednesday after the Centre raised import duties on the two precious metals, jolting traders, jewellers and investors already navigating elevated global prices and wider economic uncertainty. Silver hit the 6 per cent upper circuit on the Multi...
Bureaucratic picks test Adhikari’s mandate
West Bengal’s first BJP government has been pushed into a political storm within days of taking office, after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s choice of senior bureaucrats triggered allegations that officials linked to the Assembly election process were being rewarded with key posts. Adhikari, sworn in on May 9 at...
Bengal killings sharpen post-poll tensions
Two deaths of All India Trinamool Congress workers have intensified West Bengal’s political confrontation, with Abhishek Banerjee accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party administration of allowing a climate of intimidation to take hold after the change of power in the state. Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond...
Vijay orders TASMAC curbs near public spaces
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has ordered the closure of 717 government-run TASMAC liquor outlets located near places of worship, educational institutions and bus stands, marking one of his first major administrative decisions after assuming office. The outlets, identified through a statewide review, are to be shut...
Bengal vote-roll fight reaches court
Bengal’s disputed Assembly verdict entered a sharper legal phase on Monday as the Trinamool Congress told the Supreme Court that the removal of 90.8 lakh names during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls may have altered outcomes in 31 constituencies won by the Bharatiya Janata Party. The submission...
Tehran backs Beijing’s Gulf peace framework
Tehran has signalled readiness to support President Xi Jinping’s four-point proposal for ending the United States-Iran war, placing Beijing’s diplomatic framework at the centre of a widening contest over security in the Persian Gulf. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Iran’s ambassador to China, said on Monday that the Islamic Republic was...
Adhikari resets Bengal governance agenda
Kolkata’s new administration moved quickly to recast West Bengal’s policy direction, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announcing a set of Cabinet decisions that place border security, welfare alignment with New Delhi and administrative restructuring at the centre of his government’s opening agenda. Adhikari, who took oath on 9 May...
I-PAC row deepens TMC crisis
Trinamool Congress has been plunged into a bitter internal confrontation after its heavy West Bengal Assembly election defeat, with senior figures blaming election consultancy firm I-PAC for weakening the party’s grassroots machinery, distorting ticket choices and leaving Mamata Banerjee exposed to a backlash from within her own ranks. The...
CJI confronts fabricated caste claim
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has rejected a caste-related statement falsely attributed to him on social media, calling the circulation of the fabricated remark a malicious attempt to misuse the authority of the country’s highest judicial office. The denial followed the spread of a post that claimed the...
