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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge triggered a political storm on Tuesday after referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “terrorist” while criticising the AIADMK’s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Speaking in Chennai, Kharge questioned the AIADMK’s decision to align with the BJP, accusing Modi and […]
India’s doping crisis has finally run out of places to hide. The Athletics Integrity Unit Board has downgraded the Athletics Federation of India. It’s a formal acknowledgement of what the data has been showing for years. The doping risk among Indian athletes is “extremely high”, the autonomous body set up by World Athletics reportedly said. […]
A letter dated April 20 has landed at the Election Commission of India, signed by over 700 people, calling out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged Model Code of Conduct violations. The complaint targets his nationally televised address of April 18. The signatories, drawn from former civil servants, academics, activists and journalists, addressed the letter […]
The allure of green card isn’t the same anymore. Not many green card holders are keen on US citizenship. And those who do apply are finding the process increasingly onerous. Fresh figures from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) tell a story. It has observed sharp swings in naturalisation numbers through 2025. The year ended […]
The second round of high-stakes peace talks between the United States and Iran, expected to take place in Pakistan this week, is hanging by a thread after a sharp escalation in both military posture and political rhetoric. At the center of the latest crisis is the US seizure of an Iranian-flagged vessel near the strategically […]
An Indian-origin migration agent based in Sydney has been barred from practising for five years after Australian authorities found extensive misconduct, including submitting false information in visa applications and misleading clients. Vaneet Kaur Chadha, who had been registered since 2016, was investigated by the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) following a review […]
A wedding celebration in Dahod in Gujarat took a dramatic turn after more than 400 guests fell ill following a feast, triggering panic and a large-scale medical emergency. According to initial reports, close to 1,000 people had attended the event and consumed food that included paneer curry and mango juice. Within just two hours of […]
At least 11 people were injured after a violent confrontation broke out inside a gurdwara in Moers, a city in western Germany, triggering a major police operation and raising concerns over internal disputes spilling into public violence. The incident unfolded in the Duisburg locality, where around 40 individuals were reportedly involved in a heated clash […]
Green Card crackdown: US reviews old cases, tightens fraud net Washington: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has stepped up enforcement against immigration fraud, warning Green Card holders that even past approvals could now come under scrutiny. USCIS Director Joseph Edlow said the agency is expanding investigations and reassessing previously cleared cases, including those granted […]
Gujarat has retained its place among India’s top equity market participants. National Stock Exchange data for FY26 shows the state ranked second in both active investor count and trading turnover. A total of 46 lakh investors from Gujarat traded at least once during 2025-26. This figure represented 12.5% of all active individual investors across the […]
The US is not a foreign country to most Gujaratis. It is, in many ways, a second home. For generations, families from Gujarat have sent sons and daughters across the ocean for college degrees, business, for a shot at something better. But for many Gujaratis, going to the US has now become an obsession bordering […]
The first passengers began arriving at Udhna Junction on Saturday afternoon. By the time the day closed, Udhna Junction railway station became a sea of migrant workers from Surat’s textile and diamond industries. They slept on floors and rested with their backs against walls. It had become a long, ardous wait for trains that were […]
: The deaths of two children in Chandkheda have taken a more complex turn after forensic findings ruled out food poisoning, with investigators now closely examining the role of the parents amid emerging inconsistencies. The victims — a three-month-old infant Raha and her four-year-old sister Mishri, children of Ravi and Hetal Panchal — were initially […]
The spotlight has returned to Nida Khan today as the sessions court is set to hear her anticipatory bail plea in the high-profile TCS Nashik case—one that has rapidly escalated from allegations to a public narrative that her family insists is deeply unfair. Khan, 26, has been labelled by police as the “mastermind” in a […]
The dominant view in West Bengal politics still treats Mamata Banerjee and her All India Trinamool Congress as virtually unassailable. But that assumption rests more on legacy perception than on a close reading of the numbers. Beneath the surface, the electoral landscape is shifting in ways that make a Bharatiya Janata Party breakthrough in 2026 […]
A fresh round of US-Iran diplomacy appears uncertain as Washington dispatches a high-level delegation to Islamabad while Tehran signals it may skip the proposed talks, deepening ambiguity around efforts to ease tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. The US team, led by Vice President JD Vance, is expected to arrive in Pakistan for discussions aimed […]
A tightly coordinated digital strategy led by Opposition parties — centred on real-time communication through WhatsApp groups — played a decisive role in defeating the Centre’s women’s quota-linked delimitation bill in the Lok Sabha, according to a report by Deccan Herald. The report details how Opposition leaders created multiple WhatsApp groups to monitor MPs, streamline […]
A day after tensions flared in the Strait of Hormuz, more details have emerged about two Indian-flagged vessels that came under fire, triggering a swift diplomatic response from New Delhi. This is the first reported instance of Iranian forces targeting Indian-flagged or Indian-owned merchant ships in the volatile waterway, even as several other Indian vessels […]
A piece of prime Ahmedabad land, long held by the ashram of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, is set to make way for a state-of-the-art sports complex. The Gujarat High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Sant Shri Asaram Ashram against a state order. The state can now reclaim roughly 45,000 square metres of government […]
Nine months after the Air India crash took his wife and toddler daughter, Mohammadmiya Sethwala is fighting a new battle, this time with immigration authorities in the UK. The 28-year-old Vadodara native received an email from the UK Home Office this month rejecting his application to stay on in the country. The authorities have granted […]
