The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Allahabad High Court to defer further proceedings in a case involving allegations that Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi possesses assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The apex court also restrained the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement...
US President Donald Trump has issued a sharp warning to Oman amid rising tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, saying the United States could launch military action if Muscat interferes with Washington’s efforts to reopen and secure the strategically vital waterway. The warning came during a television interview on Monday, August 17, as the broader...
Two Air India pilots have returned non-negative results in preliminary drug screening, prompting further confirmatory testing as the airline group carries out mandatory checks of its cockpit crew following a serious Phuket-Delhi flight incident. The development comes amid heightened scrutiny of pilot fitness and aviation safety after the commander of an Air India flight operating...
At least eight people were killed and several others injured after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Tarapith, a major pilgrimage destination in Birbhum district of West Bengal, in the early hours of Monday. The fire reportedly broke out around 4 am, when most guests were asleep inside the hotel. The blaze...
The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced a major reshuffle of its national organisational structure under party president Nitin Nabin, bringing several experienced leaders into important positions while introducing a wider mix of regional, social and organisational representation. The new team was announced on Monday, seven months after Nitin Nabin took charge as the BJP’s national...
The agitation by students and government job aspirants in Jharkhand has intensified, with protesters demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Hemant Soren over alleged irregularities in state recruitment examinations. The movement has increasingly developed into a direct confrontation with the state government. Protesters have accused the administration of failing to take sufficiently strong action over...
Former West Bengal Assembly deputy speaker and veteran Trinamool Congress leader Ashis Banerjee was found dead at a party office in Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, sending shockwaves through the state’s political circles. Police said Banerjee’s body was found at a Trinamool Congress office located near his residence in the Hattala Para area...
Several people have been killed in renewed clashes between members of the Kambari and Fulani communities in central Nigeria, in another episode of communal violence underscoring the fragile security situation across parts of the country. The violence has raised fresh concerns over the continuing cycle of attacks and retaliation between communities in Nigeria’s central belt,...
BEIRUT — At least seven people were killed and three others injured after an Israeli airstrike struck a house on the outskirts of Ansar in southern Lebanon early Saturday, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the region since a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect. The strike destroyed the targeted building...
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 20 people and injuring several others as violent shaking caused buildings and homes to collapse across parts of Flores Island. The earthquake struck off the northern coast of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province, one of Indonesia’s regions highly exposed to seismic activity....