Rush Hour: SC reiterates that SIR is not citizenship test, US targets Chabahar & more

The Supreme Court verbally reiterated that persons excluded as voters during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls will not automatically lose their citizenship. The court said that it had ruled in May that the Election Commission, which is conducting the voter roll revision, does not have the authority to determine a person’s citizenship status.

The bench was hearing a plea seeking that the hearing process in the appellate tribunals of West Bengal be streamlined.

On Wednesday, the court had verbally observed that persons whose names were removed from the electoral rolls after the special intensive revision exercise in West Bengal would still be entitled to certain welfare benefits, including subsidised rations. Read on.

The United States struck a tower at Iran’s Chabahar port, a photo shared by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth showed. The strike on what appeared to be the maritime control tower of the port was part of a series of wider attacks on Iran for the sixth consecutive night. The photo posted by Hegseth showed the tower collapsing. Iran had been operating the port with support from India.

Bridges in the Hormozgan province, railway infrastructure near Bandar Abbas and the airport in Iranshahr were among the sites struck by the US.

In response to the strikes, Iran targeted...

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