On Monday, March 9, Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed Iran's new supreme leader, succeeding his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
On the occasion of Mahashivratri on Sunday, February 15, 2026, devotees gathered in large numbers to worship Lord Shiva at the Babulnath Temple in south Mumbai.
Thick toxic foam blanketed stretches of the Yamuna, once again highlighting the alarming levels of pollution in the river.
On Sunday, February 15, 2026, Kashmiri Pandits offered special prayers at the Shankaracharya temple during Mahashivratri celebrations also locally known as Herath at the Shankaracharya mountain overlooking the Dal lake in Srinagar.
On Monday, March 9, Iran fired barrage of missiles in Central Israel including Yehud and Holon leaving one dead and several injured.
On February 27, President Droupadi Murmu undertook a sortie in the indigenous Light Combat Helicopter PRACHAND at Air Force Station Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
From 2022 to 2024, X, Facebook, and WhatsApp emerged as the primary platforms associated with the spread of fake news in India.
Nishant, a non-controversial figure, is like his father, an engineer.
On Saturday, February 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran marking a significant escalation in Middle East tensions.
OTP scams accounted for over one-fourth of all cyber frauds.
The tax is collected by brokers on behalf of the government and forms a key component of the Centre's tax revenues.
Indian Army personnel maintain a strict vigil along the Line of Control in Uri, Baramulla, on Republic Day.
On Wednesday, two weeks after husband Ajit Pawar perished in a tragic air crash in Baramati, Sunetra Pawar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.
On Monday, a man painted the Tricolour on his body and waved the national flag with a model of the BrahMos missile on the hand on Republic Day at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
The modern war is about quality over quantity, points out Mihir S Sharma.
'I could have accepted the humiliation if I wanted to remain as an MP. But I decided to leave.'
Under the proposal, if a foreign carrier does not operate flights to a particular Indian airport for 'four consecutive IATA seasons', the regulator may suspend that airport authorisation.
23,926 infiltrators were arrested across various border regions between 2014 and 2025.
'Statutory power must be exercised in a manner that is fair, proportionate, and not excessive.' 'The authority must demonstrate a rational nexus between the property frozen and the alleged offence.'
'If movement remains stalled for three to four months, more than 300,000 recruitments from India could be affected.'
'India should understand that we are not going to make the same mistakes with India that we made with China 20 years ago.'
Once operational, Ghatak could undertake deep-strike missions, penetrating heavily defended airspace to hit high-value targets without placing pilots at risk.
The handover is expected to be coordinated through the Dawki-Tamabil sector, where Indian and Bangladeshi border agencies regularly conduct such transfers.
Households should moderate large discretionary expenses for the time being.
'They should prioritise essential spending. They should maintain an emergency fund covering 6 to 12 months of expenses.'
'...even though the investigation in the matter is ongoing, we have paid 100 per cent of the principal and interest to relevant departments of the Haryana government.'
If the Iranian regime needs to be punished for promoting quasi-terrorist outfits like Hezbollah and Hamas, then what about Pakistan which has spent decades exporting terror around the world, killing thousands, particularly in Afghanistan and India? asks M R Narayan Swamy.
The BSE Sensex and the Nifty 50 declined around 4.5 per cent each since the start of the West Asia conflict.
Wildlife experts have cautioned that multiple tiger deaths within a short span may point to underlying ecological or management concerns.
'Our diplomacy should have been focused on preventing war and avoiding the inevitable disruptions it would cause, posing a real risk to India's growth story,' asserts former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
Of the donations, 48% is in kind -- such as food, clothing, or other household goods -- followed by cash (44%) and volunteering (30%) with non-profits, religious institutions, or community groups.
The 63-seater open-top bus, manufactured by Ashok Leyland's arm Switch Mobility, was gifted to the city's tourism department as a corporate social responsibility initiative.
Share of IPOs opening above issue price drops to 64.6%, median gains shrink sharply amid market volatility.
'Nitish Kumar may be marginalised as an office-holder, but that is not the same thing as the disappearance of Nitish Kumar's politics.'
To be sure, Trump is furious, as the trajectory of the war is in a state of Zugzwang, as chess players call it. Trump and Netanyahu stare at two choices -- retreat in humiliation and concede Tehran's demands -- recognition of its rights, reparations, and binding security guarantees -- or perish in a quagmire, points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Many fans hadn't even bothered to change their Team India jerseys with which they watched the match. A few wanted to carry on the stadium atmosphere into the train singing songs like Chak De India and Vande Mataram. They played them so loudly and ensured no one got a wink of sleep. Of course, the main topic of discussion was Sanju Samson.
'A prime hire can have a salary as high as Rs 11 lakh at the entry level and above.'
Superstition is likely to rule the day with many believing that a small movement could result in the fall of a wicket.
Among the fastest-growing companies by revenue were Tata Electronics, which posted a staggering 3,173% CAGR, followed by Tata Passenger Electric Mobility at 904% and JSW One Platforms at 522%.
'He is not accessible even to his family, his wife or his mother or his father. No one.' 'He has created a barrier so that nobody can go and talk to him.' 'This kind of a mentality is a big question mark in politics.'
Whenever he has played a match-winning knock, the pride in Malayalees travels faster than the fastest delivery in world cricket.
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