Back BJP to ‘save Assam’, ensure development: Nitin Gadkari​

IANS | April 2, 2026 9:27 PM

Guwahati, April 2 (IANS) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday appealed to voters in Assam to support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Assembly elections, asserting that the state’s future and development hinge on a decisive mandate in favour of the party. ​

UN chief urges diplomacy to stop Iran conflict​

Arul Louis​ | April 2, 2026 9:27 PM

United Nations, April 2 (IANS) With a firm message to Israel, the United States, and Iran to immediately stop the conflict, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for supporting diplomacy to stop the threatened “spiral of death and destruction”.​

ECI hands Malda judicial officers' harassment probe to CBI

IANS | April 2, 2026 8:55 PM

Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday evening handed over the probe into the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).