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A US F-35 Lightning II made an emergency landing at a US air base in the Middle East after being struck by suspected Iranian fire, according to media reports citing sources. Tim Hawkins of United States Central Command said the jet was flying a combat mission over Iran when it was forced to...
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Three students of IIT Bombay were killed on the spot and one was critically injured in a tragic road accident on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway near Khopoli on Thursday, the police said.According to senior police inspector Gajanan Ghadge of Panvel Taluka, the accident occurred on Gudi Padwa on the...
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Just In: Vikram K. Doraiswami, a 1992 batch IFS officer, presently high commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the People's Republic of China. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.More details soon. ...
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The Met office on Thursday issued an orange alert of heavy rain, snow, thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds (speed 40- 60 kmph) for areas in Mandi, Shimla, and Sirmaur for the next day. The weather office predicted the wet spell in the state to last till March 25. Snow and rain...
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A special NIA court in Mumbai has refused to discharge Irfan Khan, the alleged main conspirator in the 2022 murder of Amravati-based pharmacist Umesh Kolhe, saying there is sufficient prima facie evidence against the accused to proceed with trial. The court said the murder was not the result...
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Silver prices tanked Rs 17,800 to Rs 2.38 lakh per kilogram in the national capital on Thursday, while gold dropped Rs 7,000 to Rs 1.53 lakh per 10 grams following a sharp selloff in global commodity markets. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the white metal slumped by Rs...
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Lucknow Eidgah Imam, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, announced that the moon was not sighted on Thursday, which means that Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated in India on March 21.Speaking to ANI, Maulana Rasheed Mahali said that Eid al-Fitr Namaz at Lucknow Eidgah will be followed by prayers...
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday warned that Iran will face the largest strike package yet today, asserting that the United States is winning the ongoing conflict decisively and on our terms.Addressing a Pentagon briefing in Washington, DC, Hegseth said the military campaign,...
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Ganja worth Rs 1 crore was seized from a truck in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Thursday, the police said. The seizure was made near a restaurant in Kinamore on the basis of a tip-off, they said. A total of 1,000 kg of ganja was wrapped in 200 packets, with each packet containing...
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Congress MP and party strongman K Sudhakaran on Thursday said that he will not be contesting in the upcoming Assembly polls in Kerala without the party's backing. Sudhakaran also ended speculation about him leaving the Congress to form another party or join some other political front, saying...
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Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav wrote to the Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday, demanding the constitution of a committee to inquire into the Palam fire incident, which claimed nine lives. According to an official statement, Yadav, in his letter, said the...
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A boy was shot dead and his farther injured by a group of armed attackers who barged into their house in outernorth Delhi's Bawana on Thursday and opened fire, the police said suspecting a gang rivalry behind the attack. According to preliminary information, the incident took place when a...
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The ministry of external affairs on Thursday said it has received a request for consular access from Kyiv following the arrest of six Ukrainian citizens by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly supporting certain proscribed Indian insurgent groups by supplying weapons, terrorist...
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A fatwa has been issued against actor-performer Nora Fatehi over the controversial song Sarke Chunar Teri Sarke.The track, which also features Sanjay Dutt, is part of the upcoming Kannada film KD: The Devil.The religious body, the Muslim Personal Darul Ifta in Aligarh, issued the fatwa against...
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The Patna high court on Thursday granted bail to JD-U MLA Anant Singh in connection with the murder of Dular Chand Yadav during the campaign trail for the Bihar elections last year. Singh, who was arrested on November 1, was accused of orchestrating the killing. He won the elections...
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A man has been booked along with four of his kin in Beed district for allegedly divorcing his wife through the banned 'triple talaq' or 'talaq-e-biddat' method, a police official said on Thursday. The Ashti police station official said Gulam Rasul Ibrahim Shaikh, a resident of Georai, has...
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Equity investors' wealth eroded by Rs 12.87 lakh crore on Thursday as stock markets went into a tailspin, with the benchmark Sensex plunging over 3 per cent, pressured by a spike in crude oil prices due to increasing attacks on energy infrastructure in West Asia.Investors have lost over Rs 37...
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A survivor of the Indore house fire, in which eight members of a family were killed, said on Thursday the blaze was not caused by charging of an electric vehicle (EV), his contention contrary to police claims that the tragedy was triggered by the explosion of a charging point.The fire broke out...
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As stock markets plummet over 3% due to soaring crude oil prices and weak global cues, here are top 10 biggest falls in the recent years.
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While the world simmers in wars, India is experiencing Ram Rajya, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday. Aditynath made the remark while addressing a gathering here in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu, who installed a 150-kg gold-plated 'Shri Ram Yantra'...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim, and discussed with them the West Asia situation, favouring de-escalation of the conflict in the region and subsequent restoration of...
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The BJP on Thursday released its second list of 111 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls, fielding Rekha Patra from Hingalganj and Roopa Ganguly from Sonarpur Dakshin.According to the list, Sabita Barman will contest from Itahar, Dilip Saha from Nabagram, Mitali Mal from...
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Bookings for domestic LPG refills are approaching pre-war normal levels, signalling a gradual return to normalcy, but concerns persist as supply restrictions on commercial consumers, including hotels, remain in place due to ongoing disruptions in input supplies caused by the West Asia...
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A 20-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in Hyderabad, distraught over the death of her pet cat, police said on Thursday. The woman, a Bachelor of Science (BSc) student, consumed a poisonous substance at her home about 30 minutes after the cat died on Wednesday morning. The woman's...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty plummeted by over 3 per cent to close at almost one-year lows on Thursday as a sharp jump in crude oil prices and weak global trends, amid escalating strikes on energy infrastructure in West Asia, unnerved investors.Snapping its three-day gaining streak,...
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The BJP on Thursday released the second list of 39 candidates for the Kerala Assembly polls, fielding former state BJP president and former Mizoram governor Kummanam Rajasekharan from Aranmula seat. The party named CC Mukandan as it's candidate from Nattila seat. Deepak Puzhakkal will...
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As the conflict in West Asia widened with global ramifications, India on Thursday said the situation has been a testing time, not just for the country, but the entire global community.At an inter-ministerial briefing in New Delhi on the West Asia situation, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also...
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Around 32 per cent of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 14 per cent are billionaires, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The report is based on an analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs. One...
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The mother of RG Kar victim on Thursday said she wants to contest the West Bengal assembly election as a BJP candidate, asserting that she aims to take the political route to remove the TMC government.Speaking to reporters, the deceased doctor's mother said she is likely to be fielded from...
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Six people allegedly involved in the sale of adulterated paneer and other dairy products were apprehended and about 3,900 kgs of contaminated products were seized, police said on Thursday.The processed paneer was stored in open plastic covers, exposed to dust, flies, and other contaminants,...
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Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Thursday said the country would not tolerate the use of Afghan soil for conduct of terrorism against our people.Munir made the comment during an interaction with Ulema of Ahl-e-Tasheeh (Shiite)...
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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said he understands the Indian government's desire to take a cautious stand on the conflict between US-Israel and Iran, and hoped that it could make a public call to both sides to end the war quickly.In an interview with PTI, the former minister...
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The Gauhati high court on Thursday appointed an exclusive fast-track sessions court for conducting day-to-day trial proceedings in the Zubeen Garg death case, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.Baksa district judge Sharmila Bhuyan will head the fast-track court.Today marks a...
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A local TMC leader was allegedly hacked to death in poll-bound West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday.The deceased was Masiur Gazi (41), president of booth number 178 in Champatala gram panchayat in Deganga area, a senior TMC leader said.Gazi's blood-soaked body was...
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The National Commission for Women has summoned singer Badshah over obscenity and vulgarity in his Haryanvi track Tateeree and actress Nora Fatehi, actor Sanjay Dutt for the song Sarke Chunar.In Badshah's case, the commission said the content of the song prima facie appears to be objectionable and...
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President Droupadi Murmu visited the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Thursday and installed a 150-kg gold-plated metal plate called the 'Shri Ram Yantra' as part of special religious ceremonies. President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in the sacred Ayodhya Dham,...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed an FIR and subsequent proceedings against YouTuber Elvish Yadav who was arrested for allegedly using snake venom at a rave party in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, in 2023, and said the case cannot be sustained in law.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar...
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The Chhattisgarh government on Thursday tabled a bill in the state assembly aimed at preventing religious conversions carried out through force, inducement, fraud or misrepresentation. Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, who also holds the Home portfolio, tabled the Chhattisgarh Dharm...
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Joe Kent, who resigned as head of the National Counterterrorism Center over the Iran war, has accused Israel of pulling the United States into the conflict. The Israelis drove the decision to take this action, which we knew would set off a series of events because the Iranians would...
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The Bhratiya Janata Party on Thursday released its first list of 88 candidates for the Assam assembly polls, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari seat.The party named former Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi as its candidate from Dispur assembly seat. Bordoloi joined the BJP...
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Seasoned diplomat Vikram Doraiswami was on Thursday appointed as India's new ambassador to China. Doraiswami, a 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. India's decision to send the senior diplomat to Beijing...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday questioned Industrialist Anil Ambani in connection with the case registered against Reliance Communications Ltd. on a complaint of the State Bank of India, officials said. Ambani arrived at the agency headquarters this morning for questioning...
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham leader Edapaddi K Palaniswami lands in New Delhi at 1.30 pm this afternoon for his meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit A Shah, tentatively scheduled for 8 pm.The AIADMK is focusing on 155-160 seats which it wants to contest in the April...
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Shares of HDFC Bank dived nearly 9 per cent on Thursday morning trade after Atanu Chakraborty resigned as chairman of the country's second biggest lender citing ethical concerns. The blue-chip stock tanked 8.41 per cent to Rs 772 -- its 52-week low -- on the BSE. At the NSE, the stock...
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Iranian missiles fly towards Israel, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Photograph: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters
Iranian state media Press TV on Thursday reported that drones hit the US military base in Iraq, while explosions were reported at a US military base in Kuwait. Suicide drones reportedly hit a US military base in northern Iraq, causing multiple explosions in Erbil. Press TV shared the...
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In a sudden move, Atanu Chakraborty resigned as chairman of the country's second biggest lender HDFC Bank citing ethical concerns. This is the first time that the part-time chairman of HDFC Bank left mid-way raising concerns over its functioning. Certain happenings and practices within...
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Security forces arrested three militants, including a woman cadre, belonging to different proscribed outfits for allegedly indulging in extortion in Manipur, a police statement said on Thursday.An active cadre of KCP (PWG) was apprehended from Kongba Laishram Leikai in Imphal East district on...
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United States President Donald Trump has said Israel will not attack Iran's South Pars gas field unless Tehran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar. Trump's remarks came after Iran targeted Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City, which houses the world's largest...
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After a three-day winning streak, Indian benchmark indices opened in the red on Thursday, with the BSE Sensex plunging nearly 1,500 points and the Nifty falling over 400 points.
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Advance tax collection for 2025-2026 stood at ₹11.13 trillion as on March 17, an increase of 6.42 per cent over the previous financial year, showed data released on Wednesday by the income-tax (department.Corporate advance tax collection increased 9.54 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to...
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Nazara Technologies on Wednesday announced that it would acquire 50 per cent stake in Spain-based Bluetile Games and BestPlay Systems for a consideration of $100.3 million (around Rs 918 crore). The acquisition will be done by Nazara’s UK-based subsidiary.Nazara UK will initially acquire 50 per...
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India's hiring landscape is undergoing a significant shift toward 'Immediate-Impact' hiring, with employers' demand for quick joiners rising 58% since 2022.This demand marks a nearly five times faster increase than candidate availability, which has grown only 12%, according to the latest data of...
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Smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone, caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, according to the Fujairah media office, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 14, 2026. Photograph: Reuters
Key energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf came under attack on Wednesday night (local time), with fires reported at a major facility in Qatar and aerial threats intercepted over Saudi Arabia, following warnings from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Qatar's Interior...
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India and Pakistan relations remain at risk for nuclear conflict, according to the Annual Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community presented to the US Senate on Wednesday.According to the 34-page report, though India and Pakistan do not seek to open conflict, conditions exist...
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