Good evening! Grab your evening tea while you snack on the latest new from across India, the world, and the field of sports and entertainment. Here’s your 5-minute wrap of the top headlines of the day.
Iran’s army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia reportedly said that the country is ready for confrontation and will inflict greater damage on the US, the state media reported. Read more Iran on Sunday issued a stern warning to the US as the West Asian nation anticipated renewed attack from its western enemy. The reversal came soon after the government’s decision sparked a political row. Its alliance partners, including the Congress and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), had strongly opposed the move. The Iranian military’s statement came after US President Donald Trump reportedly voiced his rejection of a seven-day proposal for reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Read more
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government on Sunday withdrew a controversial order that had kept the state’s Public (Law and Order) Department outside the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, following objections from allies of the ruling TVK, along with criticism from the opposition DMK.
A video allegedly showing Delhi deputy chief minister Parvesh Verma slapping a young man during a road inspection in the Tilak Nagar assembly constituency has gone viral on social media, with the opposition AAP targeting the ruling BJP and calling for the minister’s arrest. The man who was allegedly slapped later sought disciplinary action against the minister and claimed that an FIR had been registered in connection with the incident. Read more
