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India had obtained a six-month exemption from US sanctions for the Chabahar Port in October 2025. India’s strategic investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port is back in focus as the sanctions waiver granted by the US comes to an end soon. India is in discussions with both the United States and Iran to protect its strategic…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Kc Venugopal on Tuesday wrote an open letter to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, posing ’10 questions’ on what he alleged were covert understandings between the ruling Left and the BJP.In his letter, Venugopal said the questions reflect what is being widely discussed on the ground and asked Vijayan to respond.“As…

NEW DELHI: Nearly 91 lakh names have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, according to data released by the Election Commission.The poll panel has not yet announced the final size of the revised electorate after completion of the process.As per official data published on February…

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, issued a decision regarding the classification of bank accounts as fraud. The apex court ordered that banks are not obligated to grant customers a personal oral hearing before declaring their accounts as fraud. However, prior to labelling them, banks must provide customers with a forensic audit report.The ruling follows submissions…

NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is set to visit Washington DC from April 8 to 10, in a trip that is expected to review the full spectrum of ties between India and the United States, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said.In a statement, the ministry of external affairs said the visit will provide…

KOCHI/MADIKERI/LUCKNOW: Assam assembly polls have set off a cross-country labour vacuum, slowing plantation work in Karnataka’s Kodagu, disrupting waste collection in UP’s Lucknow and thinning workforces in Kerala as thousands of migrant workers return home to vote on April 9.Kerala is seeing one of the sharpest impacts. Migrants from Assam and Bengal form nearly 60%…

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday announced that the silence period for the Assam legislative assembly elections will begin today at 5.00 pm, marking 48 hours prior to the conclusion of polling across all constituencies.In accordance with Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all forms of election campaigning will be…

Iran on Monday alleged that the United States rescue mission for the second downed F-15E crew member may have concealed a broader covert objective, claiming it could possibly have been a cover to “steal enriched uranium” from within the country, even as Washington described the operation carried out deep inside Iranian territory as a complex…

NEW DELHI: Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, former Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament, has been arrested by the Detective Branch of Dhaka police, officials confirmed on Tuesday, even as authorities remained tight-lipped on the specific charges against her.According to officials from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Chowdhury was taken into custody late Monday night from her residence…

An Iranian government official has called on citizens—particularly young people—to gather around the country’s power plants at a fixed hour on Tuesday.In a video broadcast on state television, Alireza Rahimi, introduced as secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, urged “young people, athletes, artists, students and university professors” to assemble at 2 p.m….