Muslims gather to offer Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan at Don Bosco School, Broadway, Chennai on Saturday | P RAVIKUMAR TADEPALLIGUDEM SUNDAY MARCH 22, 2026 `12.00 PAGES 24 CITY EDITION CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI WITH THIS ISSUE PLUS 12 P AGES Two Tales of One City ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS R RACING AGAINST TIME FOR BENGAL VOTER LIST I P8 REP REPLACED BY CONG TURNCOAT IN DISPUR, BJP MLA TURNS KEY FIGURE DISP Loud message in Iran attack on Diego Garcia A G E N C I E S @ London, Tehran, Tel Aviv IRAN was “unsuccessful” in targeting the joint UK-US Indian Ocean military base at Diego Garcia, a UK official source confirmed to AFP on Saturday after the Wall Street , Journal reported that Tehran fired two ballistic missiles at it. Diego Garcia, which is around 4,000 kilometres from Iranian territory is one of the , two bases the UK has allowed the US to use in this war. The launch suggests that Tehran has missiles with longer ranges than previously thought. Iran has “always had missiles of that sort of range that we’ve known about, maybe not declared”, former UK Royal Navy commander and defence expert Tom Sharpe told AFP . The US military said on Saturday it had taken out an Iranian bunker housing weapons threatening oil and gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz. The standoff has sent crude oil prices soaring, with a barrel of North Sea Brent crude up more than 50 percent and now more than $105. Iran’s atomic energy body said US-Israeli strikes hit the Natanz nuclear facility, but “no leakage of radioactive materials” was reported. The Revolutionary Guards said they “struck” an Israeli F-16 over Iran. Shortly after, Russian president Vladimir Putin said “Moscow remains Tehran’s loyal friend.” IRAQ Tehran IRAN SAUDI ARABIA The big picture Sending missiles to Diego Garcia, a strategic UK-US base in the Indian Ocean about 4,000 km away from Tehran, sent a loud message that Iran could even reach the US INDIA Cannon Point Peacekeeper Inn (PK) Sunset View Park Diego Garcia Nsf INDIAN OCEAN EXPRESS READ Point Marianne Diego Garcia Protect shipping routes, Modi urges Pezeshkian J AYA N T H J A C O B @ New Delhi PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the urgency of protecting global shipping routes and critical infrastructure during a phone call with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. In a post on X, Modi said, “Spoke with President Dr Masoud Pezeshkian ... condemned attacks on critical infrastructure in the region, reiterated importance of safeguarding freedom of navigation and ensuring that shipping lanes remain open and secure,” the post said. He said uninterrupted maritime movement is vital for global commerce. DAY 22 Commercial LPG supply The petroleum ministry on Saturday increased the allocation of commercial LPG by an an additional 20% to states and UTs, taking the total allocation to 50%. the ministry said the enhanced allocation would support restaurants and hotel industry. CM inaugurates `25-cr food lab Tirumala: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday inaugurated a state-of-the-art Food Analysis Lab in Tirumala, the first temple-proximate facility of its kind in the country, set up by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams at a cost of `25 crore | P4 5 CBG plants to come up in State Vijayawada: The Government of Andhra Pradesh has accorded administrative sanction for `59.85 crore for the establishment of five Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plants across key ULBs in the State to promote clean energy generation | P3
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