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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife and son, who accompanied him during the filing of his nomination papers from Jalukbari seat on Friday, said they were very happy to see a large number of people turn up to support him. His wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma described the occasion as a very...
16:26
Holding that freedom of speech does not extend to abusive or derogatory attacks, the Delhi High Court has observed that remarks such as shit standards, shit reporters and similar expressions used against TV Today Network cross the line from criticism into defamation and commercial...
16:24
The India release of Oscar-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab, based on the story of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in 2024, is stuck in limbo as the distributor is still awaiting a censor certificate.The movie, which was nominated in the best international...
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More Indian nationals stranded in Iran have returned home through land routes via neighbouring countries, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, adding that the evacuation process is continuing with the assistance of Indian missions.Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing, MEA...
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Six Indian nationals have lost their lives, and one remains missing in separate incidents across the Gulf region amidst the West Asia conflict, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, adding that Indian missions are coordinating with local authorities for assistance and...
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Premium petrol in India becomes costlier by up to Rs 2.35 from March 20, 2026.Prices of BPCL's Speed, HPCL's Power, and IOCL's XP95 increased by Rs 2.09 -- Rs 2.35 per litre. However, there is no change in the price of regular petrol at present.
15:25
A damaged vehicle in Israel. Pic: Tomer Appelbaum/Reuters
Expressing serious concern over the ongoing armed confrontation in the Persian Gulf, Russia has called for an immediate end to hostilities, characterising the situation as unprovoked aggression by the US and Israel against Iran. In a statement posted on X, the Russian Foreign Ministry...
15:11
The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed the look-out circular (LOC) issued against NDTV founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy following registration of cases against them by the CBI. Justice Sachin Datta, however, asked the couple to cooperate with the investigation. The impugned LOC are quashed...
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Mojtaba Khamenei
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, offered condolences on the killing of Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib to President Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian state media Press TV reported on Friday. Iran's Tasnim News further quoted a statement from Khamenei to the...
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A Kuwaiti oil refinery came under Iranian drone attack early Friday and sirens in Israel warned of incoming fire, while explosions boomed over Tehran from Israeli strikes as the country marked the Persian New Year. As the war that has rocked the global economy neared the end of its third...
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Kashmir's chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed he was put under house arrest and not allowed to offer the congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.'For the third consecutive Friday in Ramzan I have been put under arbitrary house arrest-never conveyed in writing, but...
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An anti-Iran protest in New York. Pic: Adam Gray/Reuters
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard pushed back Friday against claims that the country can no longer build missiles, insisting its program remains active. The response came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Iran had lost that capability. Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini...
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A Varanasi court has sent 14 people, who had allegedly hosted an Iftar party and had eaten chicken biryani on a boat on the Ganga river, to judicial custody, an advocate in the case said on Friday. Additional Civil Judge (Sr.Div.)/ACJM Amit Kumar Yadav on Thursday sent all the accused to the...
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A middle-aged man died allegedly after being stuck inside a lift of a state-run hospital in north Kolkata on Friday, an official said. The man, in his early 40s, was bleeding from his nose when taken to the emergency unit, the senior hospital official said. Family members of the deceased,...
12:53
A study traces the explosion of anti-Indian rhetoric on social media, including 24,000 posts that were viewed over 300 million times. Read the report here.
12:37
IT services major HCLTech allowed employees at its Chennai centre to work from home on March 12 and 13 after its canteens ran out of LPG cylinders, disrupting cooking operations, said people familiar with the matter.The company, India's third-largest IT services firm by revenue, however, has not...
12:28
The Indian rupee weakened further and breached the 93 mark against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, hitting a fresh historic low amid ongoing conflict in West Asia and continued foreign outflows. The rupee opened at a record low of 92.89 per dollar on Friday and soon depreciated further...
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A French naval officer's fitness app activity has exposed the real-time location of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean, in what has been described as a major security lapse amid rising tensions in the West Asia region, according to Le Monde. A French sailor's...
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Indian High Commissioner to UK Vikram Doraiswamy has underlined India's commitment to the safety of all seafarers, freedom of navigation, maritime security and securing trade and energy supply chains. Addressing the 36th extraordinary session of the Council of the IMO held on Thursday in...
11:15
As the conflict in West Asia and the Gulf is in its third week, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon that the United States had destroyed 44 mine-laying Iranian vessels, thus deterring Iran's capabilities to mine the strait.Underlining how the US...
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Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran on Friday as Iranians celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, during a war that has rattled the global economy and raised fears of a wider regional conflict involving Arab neighbors. Witnesses and activists reported explosions around the Iranian capital....
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Trump has accused NATO states of making a foolish mistake by not securing the Strait
The leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada, issued a statement urging Iran to cease immediately its threats, laying of mines, drone and missile attacks and other attempts to block the Strait of Hormuz, and expresses a readiness to contribute to appropriate...
10:18
Missile attacks on Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City have significantly disrupted global energy supplies, reducing the country's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity by 17 per cent and raising concerns for import-dependent nations like India.In an official statement, QatarEnergy said the...
09:56
Iran on Thursday claimed to have become the first nation in the world to strike an US F-35 Lightning 2, one of the most valuable US aircraft and the backbone of the US's fifth-generation warfighting capabilities.Over 19 countries have already flown or are preparing to fly the Lightning 2, which...
09:49
Flagging gaps in the probe, a Delhi court has acquitted two men accused of pledging allegiance to banned terrorist organisation Islamic State, besides procuring arms and ammunition from Uttar Pradesh for the Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir (ISIS-JK) cadres for executing terrorist...
09:08
Iranian state media Press TV said on Friday that the country launched its 66th wave of Operation True Promise 4, deploying 5 super-heavy and multi-warhead missiles.Meanwhile, reports have also emerged of drone and missile attacks and alerts in West Asia and the Gulf region.According to the IRGC...
08:53
Iranian authorities accorded a hero's welcome to the national women's football team upon their return from Australia, where several members had briefly sought asylum before withdrawing their applications, Al Jazeera reported.Six players and one staff member had applied for asylum during the...
08:38
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its latest wave of strikes targeted areas in central and southern Israel, including Tel Aviv, as well as US military bases across the region, Al Jazeera reported, citing the IRGC-linked Fars news agency.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed...
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The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan on Thursday condemned the Iranian attacks on unarmed commercial vessels and civilian infrastructure, including oil and gas installations, in the Gulf as the conflict in the region escalates.In a joint statement,...
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