Hindustan Times (Lucknow)
Numbers in order, Vijay to be TN commander-in-chief
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar on Saturday invited C Joseph Vijay to form the state government after he handed over letters of support from a clutch of parties that helped his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) swing past the majority mark...
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Dada to replace Didi in Bengal; Vijay meets governor again
Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday declared Suvendu Adhikari the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) West Bengal legislative party, paving his way to become chief minister of the eastern state after sweeping to power in a landmark...
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Guv keeps Vijay waiting as TN deadlock deepens
The political churn in Tamil Nadu intensified on Thursday as actor-turned-politician Vijay met governor Rajendra Arlekar for a second time in two days even as Lok Bhavan defended its decision not to invite the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the...
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No invite yet for Vijay as Guv seeks legal opinion
NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay met Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar on Wednesday to stake claim to power but wasn’t invited to form the next government as officials said Lok Bhavan was seeking legal opinion to ensure the Tamilaga...
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Didi digs in: Says didn’t lose, won’t resign as CM
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Outgoing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee declared on Tuesday that she won’t resign from the position despite losing a landslide election to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day before, but experts said her dramatic...
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SUNSET FOR SATRAPS
Pinarayi Vijayan’s reign comes to an end with Cong-led UDF winning decisively in Kerala Cong nearly wiped out in Assam, BJP returns for the third time with a bigger mandate NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to a historic triumph in...
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Verdict day arrives for high-stakes elections
NEW DELHI: Votes across 823 seats in four states and a Union territory will be counted on Monday to determine the winners of assembly polls marked by record turnouts on the back of mass deletions of names from voter rolls and high-stakes contests with...
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AAP rebel MPs’ merger with BJP gets RS chair’s approval
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) now has 113 members in the Rajya Sabha after the Upper House’s chairman sanctioned the merger of a group of seven Aam Aadmi Party MPs with it, even as there was no response to a complaint from AAP seeking their...
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Iran officials leave, US envoys call off trip to Pak for parleys
The latest ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran appeared to fail Saturday before they began, as Tehran’s top diplomat left Pakistan and President Donald Trump soon afterward said he had told envoys not to travel to Islamabad. The...
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Mixed signals as Pak talks in limbo
DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, following moves by Islamabad to end a US blockade of Iran’s ports, a major hurdle for Tehran to rejoin...
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Trump says new talks, but confusion persists
US President Donald Trump said his negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for talks with Iran, lifting hopes of extending a ceasefire set to expire this week even as Washington and Tehran remain locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. The...
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Indian ships come under fire as Iran closes Hormuz again
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired at two Indianflagged merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, prompting the external affairs ministry to call in the Iranian envoy to lodge a formal protest over the incident. This was the first instance...
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Delimitation divide defeats bill to raise LS seats for women’s quota
NEW DELHI: A Constitution amendment bill to expand the size of the Lok Sabha and fasttrack 33% reservation for women failed to garner the required two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha on Friday, marking the first defeat of a government bill since the...
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LS expansion will be fair, says govt; Oppn wants it in writing
The government on Thursday attempted to convince the Opposition that the proposal to increase the Lok Sabha’s strength and fast-track 33% reservation for women would involve a proportional 50% rise in each state’s seats, thereby not hurting southern...
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Yogi: Don’t allow outside interference in factory ops
LUCKNOW: Two days after workers staged protests in Noida to press for a wage hike, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said no external elements should be allowed to interfere in factory operations, asserting that such interference can disrupt...
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Women’s quota: Bills seek to take LS seats up to 850 based on 2011 census
The government’s legislative push to reserve a third of the seats in Parliament and state legislative assemblies involves raising the cap on seats in the Lok Sabha from 550 to 850, with the allocation of seats to states, the reserved constituencies and...
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US cuts off Iranian ports; Tehran vows to hit back
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: The US military began a blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports on Monday, President Donald Trump said, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending the war broke down. Oil...
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Talks fail, Trump says US will block Hormuz
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after US-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement or next diplomatic steps in...
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Iran-US direct talks begin in Pak amid fragile truce
The US and Iran began historic face-to-face negotiations Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, twoweek ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. The White House...
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UP sees highest addition of 8.43 mn voters from draft
NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh’s electorate expanded by 8.43 million between the draft roll in January and the final numbers released on Friday, the highest among the 13 states and Union Territories where the special intensive revision (SIR) has...
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Israel pushes for Lebanon talks as Iran truce teeters
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/ISLAMABAD: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he is seeking direct talks with Beirut, a day after the worst bombardment of the war killed more than 300 people in Lebanon and placed Donald Trump’s US-Iran...
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Conflicting claims cloud ceasefire
Vance to lead US team to Pakistan on Saturday to hold talks on a lasting agreement with Iran TEHRAN: Hours after a last-minute ceasefire was announced, the United States demanded Wednesday that Iran immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the...
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Trump raises the stakes to civilisational levels
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump threatened Iran with civilisational destruction as the US attacked military targets on the country’s key oil export hub, ramping up pressure on Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday morning (Tehran...
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Trump threatens Tehran with night of destruction
TEHRAN: Iran on Monday rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war, while President Donald Trump appeared to widen his threat from civilian targets to the whole Islamic Republic as his ultimatum ticked...
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US aviator rescued after tense search, Trump vows ‘hell’ if Strait stays closed
TEHRAN: US President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-laden new threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline, after American forces rescued an aviator whose Iran-downed plane...
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Trump gives new ultimatum, hunt for US pilot intensifies
TEL AVIV: The US military on Saturday searched for a missing pilot shot down over a remote area in Iran, while President Donald Trump remained silent on the incident but reminded Tehran of his Monday deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz: “48 hours...
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US F-15 downed, Gulf energy sites hit as talks go nowhere
Iran shot down a US fighter jet for the first time in the war and targeted more sites, including energy facilities, in Arab Gulf states even as a handful of ships transited the Strait of Hormuz by using a new route hugging the Omani coastline. The...
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Trump dashes hopes of quick end to war as Iran continues Gulf strikes
DUBAI: Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbours even as US President Donald Trump claimed in a televised address the threat from the country was nearly...
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Trump signals Iran exit, Tehran denies truce claim
WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/CAIRO: The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for “spot hits” if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime address to the...
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Trump slams allies, Iran seeks guarantees for truce
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump expressed frustration Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the US war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil” as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country had the...
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Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure
DUBAI: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital civilian infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water, if a deal to end the war is not...
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Iran warns US on ground war as regional diplomats huddle
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday that it will soon host talks between the US and Iran, though there was no immediate word from Washington or Tehran, and it was unclear whether the talks would be direct or indirect. “Pakistan is very happy that both...
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New chapter in Viksit UP’s journey, says PM
GREATER NOIDA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for collective effort and national unity in the face of global challenges arising from the conflict in West Asia, urging people to battle this crisis with a calm mind and patience and...
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Israel strikes Iran N-sites after Trump extends Hormuz date
DUBAI: Iran’s nuclear facilities came under attack on Friday, state media reported, just hours after Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its campaign against Tehran. Iran quickly threatened to retaliate and Israel claimed responsibility for the...
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Iran, US stick to their guns, Trump says unsure of deal
DUBAI: Iran and the US appeared at an impasse on Thursday, hardening their positions over ceasefire talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the West Asia conflict. A US proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is...
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Iran shoots down US plan, says will end the war when it decides
DUBAI: Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport. Iran’s defiance came as...
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Missiles hit Tehran, Tel Aviv amid uncertainty over talks
Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel’s Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said the US was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. With thousands more US...
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Trump presses pause, Iran denies talks claim
US President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He also extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face...
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Iran threatens key infra after Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum
ARAD: The US and Iran threatened to target critical infrastructure Sunday as the war in the Middle East, now in its fourth week, puts lives and livelihoods at risk throughout the region. Iran said the Strait of Hormuz, crucial to oil and other...
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Iran threatens world tourism spots as more leaders killed
DUBAI: Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Its supreme leader issued another defiant statement on Friday, nearly three weeks into US-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of...
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Stakes rise as Gulf petrochem sites attacked; US eyes waiver for Iran oil
Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global economy. The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas...
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Iran warns 5 Gulf sites after its gas field struck
DUBAI: Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran’s leaders on Wednesday, killing the country’s intelligence minister, and an Iranian offshore natural gas field was struck in a sign of the war’s mounting pressure – from both sides — on the region’s...
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Iran rejects talks as Israel says killed security chief
Israel said on Tuesday it had killed Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, the most senior figure targeted since the war’s first day, while a top Iranian official said the new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by intermediary...
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Flight ops hit after drone strike at Dubai airport
DUBAI/NEW DELHI: A drone struck a fuel tank at the Dubai International Airport early on Monday, halting operations at the aviation hub, which gradually resumed flights later in the day, before suspending landings for all foreign carriers in the...
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4 states, 1 UT gear up for April poll battles; verdict on May 4
Roughly 174 million voters across four states and a Union Territory will vote in assembly polls next month, the Election Commission of India (ECI) declared on Sunday, setting in motion a crucial electoral cycle that will have deep ramifications for...
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Mixed messages by US, Iran: War spirals into second week
DUBAI/JERUSALEM: A week into the war between the US-Israel alliance and Iran, both sides sent mixed messages on Saturday — with US President Donald Trump seizing on an Iranian apology as proof of surrender while threatening to widen the bombing...
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US gives India a waiver on Russian oil cargos
WASHINGTON: The US has issued a 30-day sanctions waiver authorising Indian refiners to access Russian crude oil stranded at sea in a bid to stabilise global energy markets rattled by the West Asia conflict. Oil prices jumped further on Friday, with...
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Israel pounds Tehran; Gulf cities under fresh Iran fire
DUBAI/WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its next leader on Thursday as the war escalated further, with US and Israeli jets hitting areas across the country and Gulf cities coming under renewed bombardment....
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Trump, Tehran dig in as attacks rage on
Military campaign in Iran will do ‘whatever it takes’, in whatever the time, says US President Iran to defend itself regardless of costs, won’t negotiate with US: Security chief Ali Larijani Three American F-15E fighters shot down in ‘friendly fire’...
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War engulfs West Asia as US, Israel strike Iran
The US and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Iranian state...
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Court junks CBI case against Kejriwal, others
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday cleared former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his then deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others of any wrongdoing in planning and executing the now-repealed 2021-22 Delhi excise policy, marking a dramatic twist in...
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India, Israel elevate ties; trade deal on anvil: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India and Israel have elevated their bilateral relationship to the status of a special strategic partnership, adding that the “historic decision” reflects the aspirations of the people of the two countries...
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India firmly with Israel: PM in Knesset address
NEW DELHI: Countering terrorism requires sustained and coordinated global action because terrorism anywhere threatens peace everywhere, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Jerusalem on Wednesday, adding that India was firmly in support of the Gaza...
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Yogi wraps up S’pore visit with ₹1 lakh cr investment proposals
: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath concluded his twoday Singapore visit with investment proposals worth ₹1 lakh crore, of which memoranda of understanding (MoUs) exceeding ₹60,000 crore have been signed. Interacting with media persons on Tuesday, the...
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Trump’s latest outburst looms over trade deals
The US Supreme Court’s nixing of President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs and his reaction to the decision is throwing fresh confusion over the raft of trade deals negotiated by global partners as the inescapable reality of ongoing levies remains...
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Congress played ‘naked’ politics at AI meet: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Congress over its youth wing’s protest at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Friday, saying the party turned an international event into an arena for its “gandi” (dirty) and...
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From 10 to 15%: Trump raises US global tariffs
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump raised his newly imposed global tariff to 15% on Saturday, maxing out the statutory ceiling of the legal provision he had invoked just a day earlier — and signalling that steeper levies were on the way. In a post...
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Tariffs junked, Trump takes new route
The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime in a 6-3 ruling on Friday — and within hours, Trump said he would sign a fresh executive order imposing a 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974,...
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RS polls on Mar 16, NDA tally to go up
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced elections to the Rajya Sabha for 37 seats across 10 states on March 16 even as data suggested that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to expand its presence in the Upper House,...
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