Lok Sabha clash over quota redraw
Tempers flared in the Lok Sabha on Thursday after Congress MP K C Venugopal objected to the introduction of three government bills tied to women’s …
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Hormuz shock tests India’s energy shield
Safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz moved to the centre of India’s diplomatic and energy agenda on Wednesday, with external affairs minister …
Rahul Gandhi attacks quota rollout plan
Rahul Gandhi has accused the government of trying to turn women’s political reservation into a broader exercise in electoral restructuring, saying …
Xi lays out a Beijing peace pitch
China’s President Xi Jinping has used a meeting in Beijing with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to present a fou…
Trump ties Hormuz pledge to China
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was “permanently” opening the Strait of Hormuz, framing the move as a benefit for China as well…
Hormuz squeeze deepens India’s shipping strain
Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz sharpened again on Monday after the United States moved from a fragile ceasefire framework with Iran to a nava…
Hormuz blockade draws legal rebuke
Arsenio Dominguez, head of the UN’s International Maritime Organization, said no state had a legal right to obstruct shipping through the Strait of…
Supreme Court shuts door on Bengal appeal votes
People in West Bengal whose names were struck off the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision will not be allowed to cast ballots in th…
Rahul hardens Congress stand in Assam row
Rahul Gandhi has sharpened Congress’s confrontation with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, throwing his weight behind party spokesman Pawan K…
Uttar Pradesh raises floor pay after Noida unrest
Uttar Pradesh has revised minimum wages for workers across categories after unrest in Noida spilled into violence, with the new rates taking effect…
Kejriwal presses bias plea in excise case
Arvind Kejriwal has escalated the Delhi excise policy battle into a wider confrontation over judicial neutrality, telling the Delhi High Court that…
Muhoozi’s Turkey demand stirs diplomatic unease
Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has ignited a diplomatic row after demanding that Turkey pay what he called a $1 billion “security divi…
Bengal row deepens over Kabir tape
West Bengal’s election battle sharpened on Sunday after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of striking a Rs 1,000-crore deal to unseat …
Supreme Court keeps Lalu trial on track
Lalu Prasad Yadav won limited relief from the Supreme Court on Monday after it exempted him from appearing before the trial court in the land-for-j…
Congress rift erupts over Hazeena charge
M Hazeena Syed, former president of the Tamil Nadu Pradesh Mahila Congress, has accused All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba of harassment af…
Congress strains surface in Davanagere test
Trouble is deepening within the Congress in Karnataka as the party leadership moves towards disciplinary action against some of its own functionari…
China redraws a sensitive frontier
China has created a new county called Cenling in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, placing it under Kashgar prefecture in a move that has draw…
Tehran says call shook truce hopes
Tehran has alleged that a phone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to US Vice President JD Vance interrupted a diplomatic opening …
Hooghly switch sharpens Bengal contest
Suresh Shaw, formerly a vice president of the BJP in Hooghly district, joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday in a move that handed Mamata Banerje…
Congress targets Modi over Islamabad talks
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh sharpened the opposition’s attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, arguing that Washington’s decision to …
Hormuz lifeline shows first signs of flow
Three fully laden oil supertankers moved through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, offering the clearest sign yet that crude shipments may be start…
Bangladesh mob attacks deepen sectarian alarm
Mob violence in Bangladesh left a Muslim spiritual leader dead in Kushtia and Hindu homes and shops vandalised in Rangpur on Saturday, in two separ…