2 min readUpdated: Apr 11, 2026 03:28 PM IST A senior Iranian source has told news agency Reuters Saturday that the US had agreed to release Iranian frozen ⁠assets, which were held in Qatar and other foreign banks, even as American and Iranian delegations arrived in Islamabad for ceasefire talks.  This is seen as a...

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Uttar Pradesh has dealt a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party. While 2.04 crore names have been removed from the state’s electoral rolls, a closer look at the data shows significantly higher revisions in BJP bastions compared to Muslim-dominated areas. Moreover, the state’s overall voter base has shrunk by...

BJP leader Biman Ghosh (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Supporters of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party clashed during an election campaign on Friday in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, news agency ANI reported.Biman Ghosh, BJP’s candidate from the Pursurah Assembly constituency, alleged that four party workers sustained minor injuries in the...

Kolkata: Shifting loyalties, BJP’s strengthened organisational control, and allegations of skewed SIR voter deletions seem to have added extra layers of intrigue to Nandigram, making the high-stakes contest in this key seat one of the most closely watched in West Bengal’s Assembly polls. In the evening of May 2, 2021, when Nandigram’s Returning Officer announced...

2 min readApr 11, 2026 11:21 AM IST Bengaluru-Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper train: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has approved the introduction of a new Vande Bharat Sleeper train service between Bengaluru and Mumbai. The semi-high-speed train is expected to further improve long-distance overnight travel on the route while enhancing passenger comfort and overall journey experience....

A consumer court case involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan and Rajshree Pan Masala has hit a procedural roadblock after the Forensic Science Laboratory in Jaipur returned key documents citing technical deficiencies, making a forensic examination of the actor’s signatures impossible in their current form. The District Consumer Court in Kota, Rajasthan, which is hearing a...

This partially redacted image from video provided by US Central Command shows a military vehicle in Iran shortly before it was struck by a missile fired by US forces on Sunday, March 1. (Image used only for representation) US President Donald Trump on Friday (US local time) praised software firm Palantir Technologies even as the...

This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ten Indian nationals, living illegally in the U.S., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for conspiring to carry out staged armed robberies at convenience stores for the purpose of visa fraud. The individuals were previously charged by a...

With multiple CCTVs strung on lamp posts around it, the house stands out in a Jafrabad neighbourhood in the Samserganj Assembly constituency, with a West Bengal police camp set up nearby. It belongs to Harogobindo Das and his son Chandan Das, who were hacked to death by a mob on April 11 last year, when protests held...

In a major breakthrough for Indian security agencies, most wanted gangster Sahil Chauhan is being brought to India after being deported from Thailand. According to officials, Chauhan will arrive at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, where he will be taken into custody by the Haryana Special Task Force (STF) immediately upon landing on...