MK Stalin speaks during an election campaign in Tiruppur.

POLITICS

Votes for NDA will derail Tamil Nadu’s progress: M.K. Stalin

Tankers and gas carriers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

World

Iran reasserts control over Strait of Hormuz despite fragile truce

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal.

POLITICS

MPs remind Modi that BJP opposed women’s reservation in 1996 and 2010

Narendra Modi addresses the nation via video conferencing on 18 April.

POLITICS

Prime minister raises eyebrows with 29-minute rant on national television

Fall guy?: Calls to replace Ajinkya Rahane have grown louder

Cricket

IPL: Down and almost out, Knights face must-win game against Royals

R. Vaishali and D. Gukesh: The challenger and the champion

Sports

FIDE match-ups: Pressure on Gukesh, underdog tag may suit Vaishali

A strong protest was lodged with the ambassador over the incident.

Nation

India summons Iran envoy after firing incident forces Indian ships to turn back in Hormuz

People wade through water amid rains at Byculla, Mumbai

Nation

Thunderstorms, rain likely across parts of Maharashtra from April 20–22; farmers advised caution

Shah Shah at the NIA office in New Delhi

Nation

NIA arrests separatist leader Shabir Shah in decades-old case

Ex-CEC S.Y. Quraishi is among the signatories

Nation

SIR process unconstitutional, violates electoral laws: S.Y. Quraishi

West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee

POLITICS

Mamata says BJP’s ‘downfall’ has begun after women’s quota bill defeat; calls Centre a ‘minority govt’

Wayanad Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Gandhi

Nation

‘Black day for NDA, victory for INDIA’: Priyanka on delimitation bill defeat

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World

All Indian seafarers safe in West Asia, over 2,300 evacuated from Iran, claims govt