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Jaishankar protests US strike after Gulf tanker deaths

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has lodged a strong protest with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over US Navy attacks in the Gulf that kill…

Mamata faces FIR over rally speech

Kolkata Police have registered an FIR against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over remarks made during a March 9 political speech, placing t…

US downs Iran drones near Hormuz shipping lane

US forces destroyed multiple Iranian one-way attack drones launched towards commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the United States Central Com…

Bengal summit spending faces probe

West Bengal’s government will investigate alleged irregularities in expenditure on the Bengal Global Business Summit after Chief Minister Suvendu Adh…

Abhishek softens tone as TMC rift widens

Abhishek Banerjee moved to defuse a worsening Trinamool Congress feud after senior party MP Kalyan Banerjee publicly accused him of arrogance, choosi…

NDA eyes wider House cushion

New Delhi: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has opened a fresh push to widen its Lok Sabha support base after a rebel Trinamool Congress bloc…

Congress denies Trinamool merger buzz

Congress has dismissed speculation about a possible merger with the Trinamool Congress even as remarks by Maharashtra leader Nana Patole kept alive t…

Trump asserts Iran war deal is within reach

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Washington has “ended the war with Iran” and said Tehran had agreed never to seek a nuclear weapon, even a…

CJP complaint puts protest row under scrutiny

Cockroach Janata Party has filed a criminal complaint against political commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra and another individual, alleging that a planne…

Stone strike on Shatabdi triggers security probe

A stone hurled at the Swarn Shatabdi Express near Firozabad shattered the windowpane of an E-1 executive coach carrying Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh c…

Raut claim puts CJP under fresh glare

Sanjay Raut has triggered a political storm by claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke in the Uni…

Delhi and Warsaw trade sharp warnings

New Delhi’s talks with Warsaw turned unusually pointed as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minist…

Duty waiver lifts ethanol fuel push

India has scrapped excise duty on petrol blended with 22% to 30% ethanol, extending tax support beyond the E20 programme and signalling a sharper pol…

Congress-TMC thaw talk grows after Delhi meetings

Speculation over a fresh Congress-Trinamool Congress understanding intensified after Abhishek Banerjee met Rahul Gandhi at 10 Janpath in New Delhi, a…

Surat demolition row tests civic accountability

Surat’s Nasir Nagar demolition controversy has widened into a legal and administrative crisis after nearly 100 homes and shops were razed under polic…

Hormuz closure widens stakes of Gulf confrontation

Iran’s move to shut the Strait of Hormuz after fresh American strikes on its military targets has pushed the Gulf confrontation into a new and more d…

Peterborough temple sale reaches High Court showdown

Dozens of Hindu worshippers from Peterborough travelled to London as a judicial review opened over the city council’s decision to sell the site of th…

Rights groups denounce POK protest crackdown

Global human rights organisations have sharply criticised Pakistan’s authorities after deadly clashes in Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir left …

Mahalingpur protest seeks Cabinet berth for Zameer

Members of the Muslim community and several local organisations staged a large protest in Mahalingpur, demanding that senior Congress leader B. Z. Za…

Kharge presses RSS on registration papers

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge has sharpened the state’s political confrontation with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh by asking the organisat…

Opposition avoids CJP Pune protest

Opposition parties will stay away from Thursday’s Cockroach Janta Party protest in Pune, even as they continue to back the demand for Union education…

Jaipur stays tense after mosque demolition

Thousands of police personnel remained deployed across Jaipur’s Nandpuri area as tensions persisted after the demolition of Noorani Masjid during a r…