Satellite images, expert analysis, a US official and public information released by the US and Israeli militaries suggest an explosion that killed scores of Iranian students at a school was likely caused by US airstrikes.

Security has been tightened in the Uttam Nagar area of Delhi after a 25-year-old man succumbed to injuries he sustained during a fight that broke out between neighbours from different communities during Holi celebrations earlier this week.

In a dramatic return to the street politics that once defined her rise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched a dharna in central Kolkata against large-scale deletions in the state’s voter rolls.