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Explosions hit Tehran as Israel-Iran fighting intensified. Strikes targeted Beirut’s suburbs, Iran banned food exports, and the UN urged a probe into a reported airstrike on a girls’ school. India’s measured response to Khamenei’s assassination, where it condemns Iranian Gulf strikes but not the killing, is because of prioritising energy security and diaspora welfare, drawing … Read more

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the Sultan of Oman and the Crown Prince of Kuwait amid escalating tensions in Middle East, expressing concern over recent attacks and reviewing the security of the Indian community in the two Gulf nations.PM Modi held a phone conversation with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of … Read more

NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Tehran has relocated most Indian students out of the Iranian capital following heightened risk perception amid the ongoing US-Iran hostilities. In a statement, the Embassy of India in Iran said it had moved the majority of Indian students who were in Tehran to safer locations outside the city. Arrangements … Read more

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to take a clear and moral stand amid escalating hostilities between the United States, Israel and Iran.In a post on X, Rahul said the region was being pushed “toward wider conflict” and warned that millions, including nearly a crore Indians, faced … Read more

This image is used for representation purpose only (AI-generated) On 20 May 2011, it was a humid summer afternoon in Kolkata. Crowds gathered outside Raj Bhavan as Mamata Banerjee took oath as the first woman chief minister of West Bengal. The moment marked the end of a 34-year Left Front rule and the beginning of … Read more

PM Modi with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on 23 May 2016. Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sharply criticised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for its silence over the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling it an ‘abdication’ rather than neutrality.In an opinion piece published in … Read more

NEW DELHI: The home ministry Friday constituted two more empowered committees for Bengal to fast-track processing of citizenship requests received under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. This takes the number of empowered committees functional in the state to four.CAA provides for grant of citizenship to immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh belonging to their six … Read more

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Security restrictions tightened Monday across Kashmir valley as protests over the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei rolled into a second day, spilling into Jammu region districts and drawing candlelit mourning in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur.J&K police fired tear gas and carried out lathi charges at several flashpoints, while authorities throttled mobile internet speeds and sealed key … Read more

NEW DELHI: In a relief to lakhs of people stuck in West Asia since Saturday, UAE’s Emirates, flydubai and Etihad from Monday started operating a few special flights, including some to India.The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) too asked Indian operators to resume flights to airspaces that are open like Oman and Saudi Arabia, … Read more