<h2>'We can easily open Strait of Hormuz... take the oil & make a fortune': Donald Trump's latest as Iran remains defiant</h2>.<p>US President President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States can open the Strait of Hormuz, provided it has a little more time for the same.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/we-can-easily-open-strait-of-hormuz-take-the-oil-make-a-fortune-donald-trumps-latest-as-iran-remains-defiant-3955213">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Indian Navy must ensure security of critical sea lanes, choke points: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh</h2>.<p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said there is a need to move beyond traditional perspective on maritime security of only securing coastlines and also ensure critical sea lanes, choke points, and digital infrastructure that are linked to our national interests.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indian-navy-must-ensure-security-of-critical-sea-lanes-choke-points-defence-minister-rajnath-singh-3955162">Read more</a></p>.<h2>West Bengal police arrest 'mastermind' of judicial officers' gherao in Malda from Bagdogra airport</h2>.<p>On Friday, the West Bengal Police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district, apprehending him at Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/west-bengal/west-bengal-police-arrest-mastermind-of-judicial-officers-gherao-in-malda-from-bagdogra-airport-3954774">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Govt puts on hold directive to airlines to offer 60% seats free of charge two weeks after announcement</h2>.<p>The government has "put in abeyance" its directive to airlines to offer at least 60 per cent of seats in a flight without levying any additional charge, weeks before it was to come into force.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/govt-puts-on-hold-directive-to-airlines-to-offer-60-seats-free-of-charge-two-weeks-after-announcement-3954701">Read more</a></p>.<h2>FBI director Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard may be next in Trump's firing line: Report</h2>.<p>After the departures of US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Army Chief of Staff Randy George, another senior official, the FBI Director, Kash Patel is reportedly weighing an exit from the Trump administration.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/fbi-director-kash-patel-and-tulsi-gabbard-may-be-next-in-trumps-firing-line-report-3954878">Read more</a></p>.<h2>AAP vs Raghav Chadha | ‘Jo darr gaya, samjho marr gaya,' says Saurabh Bharadwaj in response to MP's 'not defeated' video</h2>.<p>Saurabh Bharadwaj, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi unit chief, in a video message, accused AAP MP Raghav Chadha of engaging in “soft PR” in Parliament.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/aap-vs-raghav-chadha-jo-darr-gaya-samjho-marr-gaya-says-saurabh-bharadwaj-in-response-to-mps-not-defeated-video-3954822">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Ship carrying Iranian oil shifts course midway from India to China</h2>.<p>A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude oil has rerouted mid-voyage from its previously indicated destination of India - where it would have marked the first such shipment in nearly seven years - to China.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/ship-carrying-iranian-oil-shifts-course-midway-from-india-to-china-3954881">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 | Congress announces list of 27 candidates, Selvaperunthagai to contest from Sriperumbudur</h2>.<p>The Congress party on Friday announced their list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-2026-congress-announces-list-of-27-candidates-selvaperunthagai-to-contest-from-sriperumbudur-3955048">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Probe ordered into alleged fake encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal</h2>.<p>A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into an alleged fake encounter in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, with authorities directing a time-bound probe into the killing of a local youth.</p><p><a href="http://deccanherald.com/india/jammu-and-kashmir/probe-ordered-into-alleged-fake-encounter-in-jammu-and-kashmirs-ganderbal-3955066">Read more </a></p>.<h2>Trump threatens to strike Iran's bridges and electric power plants</h2>.<p>US President Donald Trump warned late on Thursday about striking and destroying bridges and electric power plants in Iran in his latest threat to hit the country's infrastructure.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/trump-threatens-to-strike-irans-bridges-and-electric-power-plants-3954753">Read more</a></p>
<h2>'We can easily open Strait of Hormuz... take the oil & make a fortune': Donald Trump's latest as Iran remains defiant</h2>.<p>US President President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States can open the Strait of Hormuz, provided it has a little more time for the same.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/we-can-easily-open-strait-of-hormuz-take-the-oil-make-a-fortune-donald-trumps-latest-as-iran-remains-defiant-3955213">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Indian Navy must ensure security of critical sea lanes, choke points: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh</h2>.<p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said there is a need to move beyond traditional perspective on maritime security of only securing coastlines and also ensure critical sea lanes, choke points, and digital infrastructure that are linked to our national interests.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indian-navy-must-ensure-security-of-critical-sea-lanes-choke-points-defence-minister-rajnath-singh-3955162">Read more</a></p>.<h2>West Bengal police arrest 'mastermind' of judicial officers' gherao in Malda from Bagdogra airport</h2>.<p>On Friday, the West Bengal Police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district, apprehending him at Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/west-bengal/west-bengal-police-arrest-mastermind-of-judicial-officers-gherao-in-malda-from-bagdogra-airport-3954774">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Govt puts on hold directive to airlines to offer 60% seats free of charge two weeks after announcement</h2>.<p>The government has "put in abeyance" its directive to airlines to offer at least 60 per cent of seats in a flight without levying any additional charge, weeks before it was to come into force.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/govt-puts-on-hold-directive-to-airlines-to-offer-60-seats-free-of-charge-two-weeks-after-announcement-3954701">Read more</a></p>.<h2>FBI director Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard may be next in Trump's firing line: Report</h2>.<p>After the departures of US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Army Chief of Staff Randy George, another senior official, the FBI Director, Kash Patel is reportedly weighing an exit from the Trump administration.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/fbi-director-kash-patel-and-tulsi-gabbard-may-be-next-in-trumps-firing-line-report-3954878">Read more</a></p>.<h2>AAP vs Raghav Chadha | ‘Jo darr gaya, samjho marr gaya,' says Saurabh Bharadwaj in response to MP's 'not defeated' video</h2>.<p>Saurabh Bharadwaj, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi unit chief, in a video message, accused AAP MP Raghav Chadha of engaging in “soft PR” in Parliament.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/aap-vs-raghav-chadha-jo-darr-gaya-samjho-marr-gaya-says-saurabh-bharadwaj-in-response-to-mps-not-defeated-video-3954822">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Ship carrying Iranian oil shifts course midway from India to China</h2>.<p>A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude oil has rerouted mid-voyage from its previously indicated destination of India - where it would have marked the first such shipment in nearly seven years - to China.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/ship-carrying-iranian-oil-shifts-course-midway-from-india-to-china-3954881">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 | Congress announces list of 27 candidates, Selvaperunthagai to contest from Sriperumbudur</h2>.<p>The Congress party on Friday announced their list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-2026-congress-announces-list-of-27-candidates-selvaperunthagai-to-contest-from-sriperumbudur-3955048">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Probe ordered into alleged fake encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal</h2>.<p>A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into an alleged fake encounter in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, with authorities directing a time-bound probe into the killing of a local youth.</p><p><a href="http://deccanherald.com/india/jammu-and-kashmir/probe-ordered-into-alleged-fake-encounter-in-jammu-and-kashmirs-ganderbal-3955066">Read more </a></p>.<h2>Trump threatens to strike Iran's bridges and electric power plants</h2>.<p>US President Donald Trump warned late on Thursday about striking and destroying bridges and electric power plants in Iran in his latest threat to hit the country's infrastructure.</p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/trump-threatens-to-strike-irans-bridges-and-electric-power-plants-3954753">Read more</a></p>
