Nearly 50 homes have already been destroyed in wildfires.

World

Wildfires rage across southeastern US, trigger evacuations and destroy homes

 Bengal Phase 1 polling underway

POLITICS

Poll panel orders probe into intimidation claims in Bengal’s Domkal

Indian ambassador to US Vinay Mohan Kwatra.

World

The Human Cost of Terrorism: Pahalgam, 9/11 attacks feature in US exhibition

Former Union law minister Kapil Sibal.

POLITICS

‘Experiment in disenfranchisement’: Kapil Sibal attacks poll panel

Eyewitnesses say the elephant did not display any aggression.

Nation

Elephant in ‘queue’ outside Bengal’s Jhargram voting booth causes brief alarm

People wait in queues before casting their votes in Nandigram, Purba Medinipur.

POLITICS

EVM glitches disrupt polling in few places as Bengal votes in first phase

Donald Trump gestures after a roundtable event in Las Vegas.

World

Trump hints ‘good news’ on Iran talks as ceasefire holds, Tehran pushes back

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge speaks during an interview in Chennai.

POLITICS

Kharge urges Bengal voters to follow Constitution, uphold spirit of democracy

Sunetra Pawar

POLITICS

Deep connection with people: Sunetra Pawar after voting in Baramati by-poll

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon.

World

Israeli strikes in south Lebanon kill 5, including journalist as ceasefire frays

Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations in Purba Medinipur district, 22 April

POLITICS

Welfare vs promises: Bengal votes with TMC’s delivery edge under scrutiny

A video screengrab of the argument

Nation

Mumbai: Day after Worli traffic row, BJP minister and mayor apologise

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Mina Al Fajer, UAE.

Nation

India denies payments to Iran for Hormuz passage after ships fired upon