Arson jolts TVK before counting
A Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam campaign office near Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli district was allegedly set on fire early on Friday, intensifying concern…
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Court backs poll counting safeguards
Supreme Court scrutiny has left the Election Commission’s counting arrangements for West Bengal undisturbed, dealing a legal and political setback …
Court limits prayer claims on public land
Allahabad High Court has ruled that public land cannot be claimed for exclusive religious use, holding that offering Namaz or organising recurring …
Kailash pilgrimage signals cautious thaw
Pilgrims from India will again travel to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar this summer, with China agreeing to facilitate the journey of 1,000 dev…
Hormuz swarm threat unsettles oil routes
Iran’s fast-attack boat fleet has become a central risk for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, raising the prospect that a relatively low-cost …
Court shields Gandhi from FIR push
Rahul Gandhi secured a significant legal reprieve on Friday after the Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition seeking registration of an FIR agai…
Khera secures relief in Assam case
Supreme Court protection from arrest has given Congress leader Pawan Khera legal breathing room in a politically charged Assam case linked to his a…
Mamata raises EVM alarm in Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s late-night visit to a Bhabanipur strong room has sharpened the confrontation between the Trinamool Con…
Congress presses vote rights debate
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has demanded that voting be elevated to a fundamental right, alleging that citizens’ access to the franchi…
Court shields Harbhajan amid security row
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab authorities to ensure that Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh and his family face no physical harm wh…
JNU faculty challenge deepens
Jawaharlal Nehru University’s teachers’ body has intensified its campaign against Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, asking President Dro…
Court shields comedy from criminal trial
Bombay High Court has quashed a 2010 FIR against actor Shekhar Suman and comedian Bharati Singh, holding that a comic line built around the words “…
Dhaka protests Assam pushback remarks
Bangladesh has summoned New Delhi’s acting High Commissioner in Dhaka, Pawan Badhe, after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s remarks on rel…
Bengal turnout reshapes poll battlefield
West Bengal has delivered one of its highest electoral participation rates, with polling across the 2026 Assembly election touching 92.9% after two…
Vijay poll surge unsettles southern rivals
Actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has been projected as the surprise frontrunner in Tamil Nadu by the Axis My India exit poll, whil…
Oil rally deepens on Iran supply fears
Global crude prices pushed higher on Thursday as Washington’s hardening stance on Iran intensified fears that disrupted Middle East supplies could …
Putin offers Iran plan in Trump call
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump held a phone conversation lasting more than 90 minutes, placing Iran’s nu…
UAE oil shift tests OPEC cohesion
Abu Dhabi will leave OPEC and the wider OPEC+ alliance on 1 May 2026, ending nearly six decades inside the producer bloc and opening a new phase in…
Bhabanipur face-off sharpens Bengal contest
High tension marked polling in Bhabanipur as Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari turned the prestige seat into the focal point of the final phase …
Rafale talks test technology sovereignty
New Delhi’s planned purchase of 114 additional Rafale fighter jets from France has run into a critical negotiation hurdle over software control, ra…