Census enumerators were seen during a door-to-door survey of Digital mapping for Census near the Khanna Market area in New Delhi. File.
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Trump says cancelled envoys’ Pakistan trip, but Iran war not resumingU.S. President Donald Trump announced he had cancelled his envoys’ planned trip to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran on Saturday (April 25, 2026) but said that did not mean an immediate resumption of the U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic country. Shortly before the announcement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrapped up his own diplomatic visit to Islamabad after meeting with Pakistani military chief Asim Munir.U.S. sanctions waiver on Chabahar port ends on April 26, could signal end of 23-year-old connectivity projectAs the U.S. sanctions waiver for Iran’s Chabahar port ends on Sunday (April 26, 2026), the government faces a major test in strategic autonomy, as it may have to choose between exiting the 23-year-old port project or facing American sanctions. Officials of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) have been holding talks with U.S. counterparts on the issue since October 2025, when Washington extended the waiver for six months until April 26, 2026, to give India time to “wind down” the project. Census 2027: States asked to identify vulnerable areas, keep biased enumerators outThe Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India has asked State Directorates to identify and prepare a list of villages, habitats and sections of the population vulnerable to “threat, intimidation or interference” during the ongoing Census exercise.March to Manipur CM’s house foiled; 22 injuredMore than 20 people were injured after protesters attempting to march to the official residence of Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh clashed with security personnel on Saturday (April 25, 2026). The protesters were seeking the arrest of those involved in the April 7 bomb attack that killed two children in Bishnupur district’s Tronglaobi.No restriction on women entering mosques, AIMPLB tells Supreme CourtIn a significant upshot for Muslim women seeking permission to offer prayers inside mosques, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has admitted before the Supreme Court of India that there is no restriction in Islam on women entering mosques to offer namaz.Viktor Orbán steps back from Parliament after landslide loss, vows to rebuild Hungary’s ’national side’Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not take his seat in parliament following a landslide election loss this month and will instead focus on rebuilding his nationalist-populist political community, he announced on Saturday (April 25, 2026) in a video on social media.Restoration work at Hindustan Petroleum’s Rajasthan refinery expected to complete in 3-4 weeksRestoration work at Hindustan Petroleum’s refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Rajasthan’s Balotra district, which caught fire before its inauguration earlier this week, is in progress and is expected to be completed in the next three to four weeks, the state-owned oil-marketing company informed in a social media post on Saturday evening (April 25, 2026).Islamic militants and separatists claim simultaneous attacks across MaliIslamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday (April 25, 2026) in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years. The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks on Bamako’s international airport and four other cities in central and northern Mali on its website Azallaq.All-round Deepti Sharma grabs maiden T20I fifer to carry India to 14-run over SASeasoned Deepti Sharma produced a stirring all-round effort, including her maiden fifer in the shortest format, to inspire India’s 14-run win over South Africa in the fourth women’s T20I in Johannesburg on Saturday (April 25, 2026). South Africa had already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead coming into this match, and they appeared all set to extend the run after restricting India to 185 for five.IPL 2026: Suryavanshi’s 36-ball century in vain as SRH aces big chaseThere were three Indian left-handed top-order batters running riot on Saturday (April 25, 2026) — Vaibhav Suryavanshi for the Rajasthan Royals; Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Playing no small part in SRH’s win was a sub-par fielding effort from the home team. Even the ever-reliable Ravindra Jadeja dropped an offering from Abhishek. Published - April 26, 2026 06:25 am IST
