Tamil Nadu race enters decisive stretch
Tamil Nadu’s Assembly election has moved into its final phase before polling, with the Election Commission scheduling voting for all 234 seats in a s…
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Hormuz leverage deepens Iran China axis
Iran and China are seeking to turn a shaky two-week ceasefire in the United States-Iran war into lasting strategic advantage, with Tehran tightenin…
Trump hardens Iran warning
Donald Trump has said US ships, aircraft and military personnel will remain deployed in and around Iran until Tehran fully complies with what he ca…
Observer removal jolts Bengal poll watch
A senior election observer was removed from duty after a tense exchange with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a virtual review meet…
Ceasefire shatters as Gulf fire spreads
Missile and drone strikes hit the Gulf within hours of a ceasefire announcement between Washington and Tehran, with Iran reporting that its Lavan Isl…
North Korea salvo shadows Seoul outreach
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea on Wednesday in a fresh show of force that undercut South Korea’s ef…
Loan shock tests Pakistan-UAE ties
Pakistan’s decision to repay $3.5 billion to the United Arab Emirates this month has exposed an unusual mix of financial stress, diplomatic sensitivi…
LeT network crackdown widens beyond Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Police say they have dismantled an interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba module, arresting five men including two Pakistani operatives, in w…
Adani tests SEC case boundaries
Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani have moved to knock out a US civil fraud case, arguing that the Securities and Exchange Commission has over…
Court rebukes Centre over CCTV compliance
Sharp judicial displeasure over the Centre’s handling of police station surveillance compliance brought the Union home secretary into focus on Tuesda…
Congress hit by Assam passport backlash
Congress has come under sharp pressure in Assam after allegations by its media and publicity chief Pawan Khera that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sa…
How Iran crossed Trump’s strike threshold
Donald Trump’s decision to pause a threatened blow against Iran may have eased immediate fears of a far wider regional war, but the confrontation h…
Court rebuke jolts Bengal bureaucracy
West Bengal’s top bureaucrat, Dushyant Nariala, came under sharp scrutiny from the Supreme Court on Monday after the bench questioned why the Chief…
Mamata widens Bengal poll attack
Mamata Banerjee sharpened her attack on rivals and election authorities on Monday, alleging that the BJP had reached a “tacit understanding” with t…
Missile alarm jolts Saudi petrochemical heartland
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted seven ballistic missiles aimed at the Eastern Region early on Tuesday, with debris falling near energy facilities …
Bengal poll shows a slim TMC lead
West Bengal’s Assembly election is shaping into a tight fight, with a Matrize opinion poll putting the Trinamool Congress marginally ahead of the B…
Strike on South Pars deepens regional risk
Israel struck Iran’s largest petrochemical complex at Asaluyeh on Monday, widening the war’s economic and strategic dimensions as both sides escala…
China’s opening at Hormuz
Saurabh Mukherjea of Marcellus Investments has framed the crisis in stark terms, arguing that Beijing could use the turmoil to deepen alignment wit…
Jaishankar call signals India’s watch on Iran crisis
External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke on Sunday with Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi as fighting and diplomatic manoeuvring across th…
Chidambaram attacks poll-timed Parliament move
Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram has accused the Centre of engineering a politically timed parliamentary sitting that, he sa…
Passport row jolts Assam campaign
A fresh political clash has broken out in Assam days before voting in the state assembly election, after Congress leader Pawan Khera alleged that C…