The escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict and Tehran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz are likely to push Indian refiners to further ramp up oil purchases from non-West Asian suppliers — mainly Russia, West Africa, the US and Latin America — as shipping routes to Indian ports from these suppliers are detached from the critical choke point in the Persian Gulf, according to industry sources and experts.
Hours after the U.S. struck three prominent nuclear sites in Iran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 22, 2025) spoke with the President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, and called for “immediate de-escalation”.
In West Bengal’s Kaliganj, one of the five Assembly Constituencies across the country, which went to bye-election on Thursday (June 19, 2025), allegations flew thick and fast.
Three months after the imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has approached the Central government with a request for Rs 1,000 crore in special financial assistance to help stabilize the state’s economy.
In a forceful intervention at the G7 outreach session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a consistent, unified global response to terrorism, warning that selective approaches and double standards threaten the credibility of the international fight against violent extremism.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) objected to the use of the term Samvidhan Hatya Divas and the observance of the day on June 25 by the Union government. “Every day, the constitutional values and democracy are being trampled in this country,” Ms. Banerjee said.
The Congress on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the U.S. reaching out to Pakistan while referring to Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir’s visit to the country.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced a transformative plan to revolutionize India’s criminal justice system, declaring that within five years, justice, from the filing of a FIR to a Supreme Court verdict, will be delivered within three years. Speaking at a ceremony in Lucknow in the presence of CM Yogi Adityanath, where 60,244 new police constables were initiated into the Uttar Pradesh Police
The Trinamool general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday asked the Narendra Modi government to explain the impact of its global outreach programme in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor.
