This week, Rory McIlroy arrives in Augusta as a Masters champion for the first time. Away from the course, though, new rumors are swirling about his love life and topsy-turvy romantic past.

Assam Police searched Congress leader Pawan Khera's Delhi residence following an FIR by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife over passport allegations. Khera had claimed Sarma's wife held three passports, a charge denied by the BJP. The Chief Minister vowed strong action, accusing Congress of using unauthorized documents and alleging Pakistani links.

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has strongly criticized Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif for his provocative statement targeting Kolkata. Singh warned Islamabad against repeating past mistakes, referencing the 1971 division of Pakistan. This exchange follows Asif's threat to strike Kolkata if India launches a «false-flag operation.»

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin criticises Puducherry's chief minister N Rangasamy as a puppet. He claims the LG holds excessive power, sidelining the elected government. Stalin argues that this power imbalance hinders governance and accountability. He advocates for full statehood to restore authority to the elected leadership. The upcoming polls are framed as a vote against this imbalance.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused authorities of selectively removing names from voter rolls ahead of assembly elections. She stated that nearly 91 lakh voters were deleted post-revision, with her intervention in the Supreme Court restoring about 32 lakh names. Banerjee alleged that specific communities were targeted in these deletions.

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A barefoot girl wearing bunny ears runs through a glorious garden in the soft spring sunshine, carrying a basket and a toy bunny. She and her brother race to find eggs as their mother cheers.

One measure of the moral seriousness of a country is its respect for property. Britain's activist coppers will finger your collar for posting the wrong words. Yet are uninterested in going after thieves

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A 38-year-old woman will be charged in court on Wednesday (April 8) following a road traffic accident that resulted in the death of a six-year-old girl and left a 31-year-old woman with grievous injuries.In a statement on Tuesday, police said they were alerted to an accident involving a car and two pedestrians along Spring Street on Feb 6 at about 11.50am. One of them, a six-year-old girl, was taken unconscious to the hospital where she subsequently died. The 31-year-old woman, was taken conscious to the hospital and has since been discharged, said the police. It was reported that the mother and daughter were Indonesian tourists.The accused faces two charges under the Road Traffic Act 1961, for driving without due care and attention causing death; and driving without due care and attention causing grievous hurt, said the police. The traffic police said they take a serious view of motorists who drive carelessly and endanger the lives or safety of other road users. 

Malaysian immigration officers stationed at the Woodlands North station of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link will not have powers of arrest.The same applies for Singaporean immigration officers stationed at the Bukit Chagar station in Johor Bahru.This key feature is part of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-Location) Bill, which was tabled for First Reading in Parliament on Tuesday (April 7).Should the Bill be passed, it will provide the legal basis for the co-location of border clearance in addition to the coordination of railway security and the management of cross-border incidents at the RTS Link.This Bill also plays an important role in supporting the operation of the RTS Link.Travellers will only need to clear immigration once, at the point of embarkation, similar to existing arrangements.This is enabled by co-locating both countries' customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) facilities at both RTS Link stations in Woodlands North and Bukit Chagar. 

[New Times] On April 7, 1994, years of genocidal ideology, hate speech, and systemic discrimination erupted into the Genocide against the Tutsi, claiming over one million lives in just 100 days.

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The Election Commission has announced the commencement of the silence period for Assam legislative assembly elections from 5:00 PM today, prohibiting all forms of campaigning, including public meetings and social media dissemination. This 48-hour period before polling on April 9 aims to ensure a free and fair electoral process, with strict compliance mandated for all stakeholders.

The Supreme Court ruled that banks are not required to provide personal oral hearings before classifying accounts as fraudulent. However, banks must furnish customers with a forensic audit report prior to such classification. This decision acknowledges the infeasibility of individual hearings given the significant rise in bank fraud cases.

Nearly 91 lakh names were removed from West Bengal's electoral rolls after a special revision exercise. The Election Commission's data shows significant deletions, impacting the voter base. While some deletions were finalized, others remain under adjudication. Electoral rolls for the first phase of assembly elections have now been frozen.

Prices to fuel and energy are likely to remain high even after hostilities in the Middle East cease, Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam said on Tuesday (April 7). This is due to the extent of the damage to oil facilities which will take time to repair, he said, adding that the Ministry of Trade and Industry is monitoring the situation closely. More than half of Singapore's crude oil imports come from the Middle East, while nine per cent of natural gas would have been imported from Qatar this year prior to the crisis.«Even if the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens tomorrow, global oil and gas export capacity will not return to pre-conflict levels so quickly.»In the longer-term, we are concerned about broader disruptions to global supply chains affecting goods critical to Singapore's economy and essential services." Shanmugam, who is chair of the Homefront Crisis Ministerial Committee, was speaking in Parliament during a ministerial statement.The committee was convened by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to coordinate Singapore's response to energy disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict. 

A 36-year-old man who allegedly struck a four-year-old boy twice at a bus stop in Woodlands on March 6 was charged in court on Tuesday (April 7).Muhammad Firdhaus Mokhtar was charged with voluntarily causing hurt and using criminal force with enhanced penalties for offences against persons below 14 years of age.He was also charged with intentionally causing harassment. These offences were purportedly committed at a bus stop near Block 875 Woodlands Street 82.According to court documents seen by AsiaOne, Firdhaus allegedly struck the 4-year-old boy twice — once on the right side of the face and once on the left.He is also said to have grabbed the boy's right arm and swung it back, causing the latter to step back.Firdhaus is also accused of threatening to break the boy's fingers.The boy cannot be named due to a gag order on his identity.

Singapore's overall inflation for 2026 is expected to rise above the earlier projection of between 1 to 2 per cent because of the ongoing Middle East conflict.Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong — who is also Trade and Industry Minister — told Parliament so on Tuesday (April 7) in his ministerial statement discussing the impact of the conflict on Singapore.«The Middle East situation has driven up global energy and commodity prices, which will drive up global inflation. Consequently, we now expect Singapore's overall inflation for 2026 to be higher than earlier projected,» he said.Separately, Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam and Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow are also delivering separate statements on the impact. This comes as 32 MPs have submitted 62 questions on the war's impact, including rising energy prices in the Republic, and the Government's response.

Singapore residents can play their part in dealing with the current energy crisis by using fans and taking public transport, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Tuesday (April 7).Delivering his ministerial statement about the impact of the Middle East conflict on Singapore in Parliament, he said that the effect of the conflict could persist for «some time».The Government is continuing to strengthen international trade partnerships, and will also provide support to households and businesses, shared DPM Gan, who is also Minister for Trade and Industry.«All of us — Government, businesses and households — will need to do our part,» he stated.DPM Gan said households should endeavour to conserve electricity and use climate vouchers to purchase more energy-efficient appliances.«Households can...adopt simple measures such as using fans instead of air-conditioning, and taking public transport instead of driving,» he suggested.'Inevitable' rise in fuel and electricity costsMeanwhile, businesses can conserve energy through schemes such as the Energy Efficiency Grant, and investing in more efficient equipment.

The gang who tried to steal Joanna Lumley's car from outside her £2.5m London home were Eastern European - and targeted at least three more vehicles in the same street.

WESTERN BUREAU: For 32 years, Shernette Crichton walked the corridors of Half Moon not as a spectator of its legacy, but as a student of it; quietly studying, steadily rising, and preparing for a moment she always believed would come. On April 2, that moment arrived. In a move that signals both continuity and change in Jamaica’s tourism sector, Crichton was appointed managing director of the 72-year-old institution, becoming the first Jamaican and the first woman to hold the post. Her elevation came against the backdrop of renewal.

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) paid Strategic Alignment Limited US$92,000 (J$14.5 million) to create a strategic transformation plan, but rejected the draft without explaining why the board did not approve it. At the same time another consulting firm, William Pragmatic Limited, which received nearly US$93,000, representing 50 per cent of the cost to produce an operation and turnaround plan for the UHWI, only delivered a draft document nearly two years after collecting the down payment.

A former attorney has lost his bid to pursue a conflict-of-interest complaint against a member of the disciplinary panel that ruled over 20 years ago that he should be struck off the list of lawyers authorised to practise in Jamaica. Disbarred attorney Therol Voche filed an application in the Court of Appeal requesting permission and more time to challenge a decision made last year by a disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) not to pursue his complaint against Charles E. Piper, KC. The GLC is the body that regulates the legal profession in Jamaica.

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government of Jamaica has pushed back against claims that St Kitts and Nevis is the first Caribbean nation to recognise Rastafarianism in law, insisting that Jamaica has long acknowledged the faith within its constitutional and parliamentary framework. Speaking with The Gleaner on the sidelines of the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 Coral Gardens Incident last Friday, Culture Minister Olivia Grange said that Jamaica’s legal system has historically recognised Rastafari as a legitimate religion.