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Opposition to determination impeachment question against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
The INDIA bloc parties are likely to determination an impeachment question against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar successful the coming days. According to sources, Trinamool Congress’ Deputy Leader successful the Lok Sabha, Satabdi Roy, raised the contented astatine the INDIA bloc gathering chaired by Congress president and Leader of the Opposition successful the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, astatine his bureau successful Parliament. Ms. Roy argued that it was important for the Opposition to instrumentality the adjacent measurement by moving an impeachment question against Mr. Kumar. Other Opposition leaders agreed with the suggestion, sources said.
West Asia conflict: India favours peace, instrumentality to dialogue, prioritises Indians’ safety, says Jaishankar
Speaking connected the developments successful West Asia, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected Monday (March 9, 2026) said India remains in favour of bid and a instrumentality to dialog and diplomacy. India besides advocates de-escalation, restraint, and ensuring the information of civilians, helium said. Mr. Jaishankar, who was making a suo moto connection connected the struggle successful Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha connected Monday, said the developments successful West Asia are a heavy origin for interest for each of us, saying the authorities continues to judge dialog and treatment should beryllium utilized to resoluteness each issues. “It is besides imperative that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of each states successful the portion beryllium respected,” helium said. He added that the wellbeing and information of the Indian assemblage successful the portion stay the government’s priority.
Crude lipid prices surpass $114 a tube arsenic Iran warfare impedes accumulation and shipping
Oil prices eclipsed $114 per tube for the archetypal clip since 2022 connected Monday (March 9, 2026) arsenic the Iran warfare intensified, threatening accumulation and shipping successful West Asia. The terms for a tube of Brent crude, the planetary standard, surged past $114 aft trading resumed connected the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. That was up 23% from its Friday (March 6, 2026) closing terms of $92.69. West Texas Intermediate, the light, saccharine crude lipid produced successful the United States, besides was selling for astir $114 a barrel. That’s 25% higher than its adjacent connected Friday (March 6, 2026) astatine $90.90.
Supreme Court impleads Unnao rape subsister successful CBI plea against bail for Sengar
The Supreme Court connected Monday (March 9, 2026) recognised the close of the Unnao rape subsister to beryllium heard and ordered her impleadment arsenic a enactment successful a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the assistance of bail to the accused erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Kuleep Singh Sengar, successful the case. The Bench of the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, however, did not entertain an exertion filed by the survivor’s cousin, a minor, citing a menace to his life. The tribunal said the applicant could question an autarkic ineligible remedy, perchance earlier the jurisdictional High Court, alternatively than effort to implead himself successful the CBI petition earlier the apex court.
Excise Policy case: Delhi High Court seeks basal of Kejriwal and Sisodia connected CBI plea against discharge
The Delhi High Court connected Monday (March 9, 2026) sought the basal of erstwhile Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his lawman Manish Sisodia and 21 others on a petition by the CBI challenging their discharge successful the liquor argumentation lawsuit by the proceedings court. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma listed the CBI’s petition for proceeding connected March 16. The tribunal said it would walk an bid asking the proceedings tribunal to defer proceedings to a aboriginal day successful the connected wealth laundering lawsuit probed by the Enforcement Directorate.
SIR successful W.B.: Supreme Court to see plea against deletion of electors from electoral rolls
The Supreme Court agreed to consider connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) a caller plea filed by immoderate persons whose names person been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision successful West Bengal. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took enactment of the submissions of elder advocator Maneka Guruswamy that the plea pertained to the deletion of erstwhile voters from the rolls. “These are electors. They had voted earlier and present their documents person not been taken,” the elder lawyer said. When the elder lawyer said the appeals are maintainable, the Bench said it volition perceive connected Tuesday.
CBI summons Vijay connected March 10 for further questioning connected Karur stampede
The CBI has summoned histrion and TVK main Vijay connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) for a caller circular of questioning successful transportation with the Karur stampede case, officials said. The histrion was earlier questioned by the bureau astatine its office connected January 12 and 19. During the probe, the CBI has gathered worldly that needs further questioning and clarification from the actor, the officials said. A caller announcement has been served to him.
Rajya Sabha polls: BJP appoints Central observers successful Bihar, Haryana, Odisha
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) main Nitin Nabin connected Monday (March 9, 2026) appointed Central observers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls successful Bihar, Haryana and Odisha—States wherever the fig of candidates exceeds the fig of seats. According to a property merchandise issued by the party, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma and Union Minister of State (MoS) Harsh Malhotra person been appointed observers for Bihar. Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi has been named perceiver for Haryana, portion Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule volition oversee the polls successful Odisha.
IndiGo’s Delhi–Manchester flight: a 14-hour travel to nowhere
An IndiGo formation from Delhi to Manchester was forced to crook backmost from Eritrea aft being airborne for astir 8 hours, adjacent though the craft had skirted the conflict-affected Persian Gulf region, efficaciously turning the travel into a 14-hour formation that ended backmost wherever it began. The prolonged diversion was triggered by disorder astatine the aerial postulation power successful Eritrea implicit a licence filed by IndiGo, sources said. The Boeing 787 aircraft, which IndiGo has leased from Norwegian bearer Norse Atlantic Airways, took disconnected from Delhi astatine 12:30 a.m. connected Monday (March 9, 2026). Flight tracking website Flightradar24 shows that it avoided the full Gulf region, entered Africa done Ethiopia and was flying implicit Eritrea erstwhile it did a u-turn and started returning to Delhi. It landed successful Delhi astatine 2:30 p.m.
Meghalaya CM condemns Delhi assault, says radical bullying against northeast radical not acceptable
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma connected Monday (March 9, 2026) said helium is angered by the repeated attacks connected Northeast people, hours aft an onslaught connected a pistillate from Manipur by a radical of men adjacent the Saket District Court complex. The carnal onslaught connected 2 of our radical from Manipur and Assam adjacent the Saket Court successful Delhi is sickening, Mr. Sangma said successful a station connected X. “Racial bullying should not beryllium accepted arsenic the caller mean and we indispensable enactment against it. I impulse the authorities to instrumentality stringent action,” his station said. A pistillate from Manipur was allegedly assaulted by a radical of men adjacent the Saket District Court analyzable connected Sunday (March 8, 2026) aft she confronted them implicit harassment, the constabulary said.
Eminent historiographer K.N. Panikkar passes away
Eminent historian, world and nationalist intelligence K.N. Panikkar, wide regarded arsenic 1 of India’s foremost scholars of modern history, passed distant successful Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, connected Monday (March 9, 2026). He was 89. Panikkar breathed his past astatine a backstage infirmary aft age-related ailments. Panikkar was wide known for his rigorous, evidence-based humanities penning and his accordant critique of communal interpretations of Indian history.
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of utilizing achromatic phosphorus successful caller Lebanon attacks
Human Rights Watch connected Monday (March 9, 2026) accused Israel of “unlawfully” utilizing achromatic phosphorus implicit residential parts of a confederate Lebanese municipality past week. “The Israeli subject unlawfully utilized artillery-fired achromatic phosphorus munitions implicit homes connected March 3, 2026, successful the confederate Lebanese municipality of Yohmor,” the New York-based rights radical said successful a report.
Tehran threatens to confiscate spot of Iranians overseas who backmost attacks connected Iran
Iranians surviving overseas could person spot confiscated and face different ineligible penalties if they explicit support for the United States and Israel, the Iranian authoritative general’s bureau said connected Monday (March 9, 2026). Some members of the Iranian diaspora who privation political alteration successful Tehran took to the streets of European and American cities to observe the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei successful the U.S.-Israeli warfare against Iran. “A informing has been issued to those Iranians surviving overseas who successful antithetic ways sympathise, enactment or cooperate with the American-Zionist [Israeli] enemy,” the authoritative general’s bureau was quoted arsenic saying by state media.
Two accused successful Bangladesh’s governmental person Osman Hadi’s execution arrested by Bengal STF: official
Two persons accused of sidesplitting Osman Hadi, a governmental activistic of Bangladesh whose daylight execution had sparked wide unit successful the neighbouring country, were arrested by the peculiar task unit (STF) of the West Bengal police, an authoritative said. The 2 Bangladesh nationals, identified arsenic Rahul alias Faisal Karim Masud (37) and Alamgir Hossain (34), residents of Patuakhali and Dhaka, respectively, were apprehended from the borderline municipality of Bongaon successful North 24 Parganas district. They were arrested connected the intervening nighttime of March 7 and 8, the Bengal STF said successful a statement.
Iraq manager Graham Arnold urges FIFA to hold team’s World Cup playoff due to the fact that of the Iran war
Iraq caput manager Graham Arnold has issued an urgent plea to soccer’s planetary governing assemblage to hold his team’s intercontinental qualifier for the World Cup due to the fact that of disruptions caused by the escalating Iran war. The Iraq squad faces large logistical issues up of a winner-takes-all playoff against either Suriname oregon Bolivia, scheduled for March 31 successful Monterrey, Mexico. Players haven’t secured visas for the playoff tourney successful Mexico owed to overseas embassy closures, and Mr. Arnold is stranded successful the United Arab Emirates owed to the conflict.
