Sibal argued that the US is unlikely to risk a naval operation to forcibly "reopen" the Strait of Hormuz as the deep-water channel necessary for large vessels lies within Iranian territorial waters. Iran does not need sophisticated long-range missiles to defend this corridor; short-range
Speaking with ANI, he noted that the international community currently lacks respected voices capable of exerting the moral and critical pressure necessary to move toward peace, stressing that countries like India, with moral authority, should push for a ceasefire and dialogue.
Sibal also criticised the administration for a perceived lack of long-term planning and foresight regarding India's heavy import dependency and potential supply vulnerabilities in the face of geopolitical instability.
The prayer meeting was attended by Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, who expressed his condolences over the assassination of Khamenei and called for conflicts to be resolved through dialogue. He further said that the rules-based global order has been weakening in recent years, adding that such
Sibal accused the agency of targeting whoever they want and dragging the probe as a political ploy for the benefit of Bharatiya Janata Party, citing the cases against Congress leader P Chidambaram as an example of his claim.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training's new Class 8 Social Science textbook, which had a section on "corruption in the judiciary", has been pulled out of sale, sources in the NCERT told ANI on Wednesday.
Senior lawyers Kapil Sibal and Abhishek M Singhvi mentioned the issue before the CJI-led bench and stated that children are being taught the subject of corruption in the judiciary as if it doesn't exist anywhere else in any other institution.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over a newly added section in its Class 8 textbook on corruption in the judiciary, questioning why corruption in other sectors is not addressed.
The matter was taken up by a bench headed by Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma. At the outset, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Gandhi family, requested two weeks' time to place their response on record and suggested that the case be heard on March 9. The Court took note of the re
"Rahul Gandhi should answer that when the Congress party was in the government, why was his minister Kapil Sibal accepting awards funded by a sexual predator, Jeffrey Epstein?" Bhandari told ANI.
In a post on X, Khera alleged that BJP leaders, including party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla and Pradip Bhandari, were attempting to "peddle the claim" that Sibal appeared in documents linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Khera said the claim collapses upon reading the ful