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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets UAE minister Reem Al Hashimy, in New Delhi/Image Courtesy X
UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy conducted a working visit to New Delhi, holding significant talks with External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.The meeting on Thursday focused on strengthening the partnership between...
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Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the event./Image courtesy X
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday said the state Tourism department has set a Guinness World Record for the largest serving of 'Pakhala' (fermented rice) of 1,174 kg prepared and presented in a single vessel. The remarkable feat was achieved on the day the state observed...
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The CBI on Friday questioned industrialist Anil Ambani for seven hours in connection with a Rs 2,929-crore cheating case, registered against Reliance Communications Ltd and him on a complaint by the State Bank of India, officials said.The second consecutive day, Ambani arrived at the agency...
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Raymond Group CMD Gautam Hari Singhania (left)/ANI Photo
Raymond Group chairman & managing director Gautam Hari Singhania has suffered minor injuries in a speedboat accident in the Maldives and is currently recovering in Mumbai, his spokesperson said on Friday. According to a report from the Maldives, a speedboat carrying tourists capsized...
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The Delhi police on Friday strengthened the security measures in and around Jama Masjid in view of Eid al-Fitr. People also offered 'Alvida Namaz' in Delhi's Jama Masjid, ahead of Eid al-Fitr to be celebrated on Saturday.The market around Jama Masjid is in full fervour as people shop for...
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Five engineering students drowned in the Godavari river here in Eluru district on Friday, while two others survived, a police official said. While the bodies of three students were recovered, efforts are underway to trace the remaining two, he added. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief...
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Actor Chuck Norris, who is known for his roles in 'Walker Texas Ranger' and gained fame due to his martial arts, passed away at the age of 86 on Thursday. The family of the actor announced the news of the actor's demise through Norris's Instagram handle. It is with heavy hearts that our...
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The Delhi police on Friday sealed news agency UNI's office in New Delhi, citing a high court order, even as the media organisation termed the action an attack on press freedom. The news agency also alleged that their female staff members were manhandled by the police team. However,...
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US President Donald Trump has issued a stinging rebuke to international partners, labelling American allies as cowards for failing to meet his demands for military assistance against Iran to secure the critical Strait of Hormuz shipping route.Expressing his frustration over the lack of support...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and while discussing with him the current situation in West Asia, condemned attacks on the energy and civilian infrastructure in the region.During his telephonic conversation with the King of Bahrain, the...
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The Reserve Bank on Friday said it has imposed a Rs 31.8 lakh penalty on Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for non-compliance with certain directions on inoperative accounts and unclaimed deposits. In a statement, the Reserve Bank said a statutory inspection for supervisory...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party hit out at Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday over his purported remarks on Sanatan Dharma and Hindu deities made in the assembly, accusing him of hurting religious sentiments. The saffron party charged that it has become fashionable for Soren and...
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Escalating the ongoing tension, Iran's military has issued a stark and sweeping warning, declaring that even parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations' around the world may no longer be safe for its enemies, according to an AP report. The threat, voiced on Friday by senior...
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Illegal cultivation of opium on around one acre of land was unearthed in a village in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, marking the fourth such case in the state in the past 15 days, officials said on Friday. The illegal cultivation was found along a river in Amaghat village under the Tamnar...
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu./File image
An orphan and widow cess is set to be levied on petrol and diesel in Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday introduced the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the legislative assembly under which an orphan and widow Cess will be levied on...
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The rupee crashed 82 paise, or nearly 1 per cent, to settle at an all-time low of 93.71 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, weighed down by persistent foreign fund outflows and a steep rise in crude oil prices amid mounting geopolitical tensions. Forex traders said the Indian...
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Border trade between India and China through the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district is set to resume this year after a six-year hiatus. District magistrate Ashish Bhatgai said that following directives from the Union government, preparations have begun for the trade session,...
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Nearly 50 people including an additional district magistrate fell ill after consuming 'kuttu ka atta' (buckwheat flour) -- typically consumed during fasting rituals -- in Baghpat and Bijnor districts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Friday. All affected individuals have been hospitalised,...
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Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that Mamata Banerjee has violated the poll code by using the chief minister's letterhead for political correspondence and demanded immediate action by the Election Commission. He argued that once the Model...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has filed his nomination for the post of Janata Dal-United president as he prepares to return to national politics with his election to the Rajya Sabha. JD-U national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha submitted Kumar's nomination at the party's central...
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The Trinamool Congress released its manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly polls on Friday, making 10 pledges that encompass widening the ambit of existing welfare schemes, stronger healthcare outreach and infrastructure development. Unveiling the manifesto, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...
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Captain Rakesh Ranjan died on board a merchant vessel carrying oil near the Strait of Hormuz, his family said on Friday, urging the Centre and the Jharkhand government to help bring back his body. Ranchi-based Ranjan (43) had joined the vessel, 'ASP Avana- RPSL-MUM-172', owned by a private...
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quity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty gave up most of their intra-day gains to end nearly 0.5 per cent higher on Friday, following intense buying in PSU bank, IT and metal stocks amid concerns over a further spike in fuel-driven inflation. In another volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex...
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LPG supply crunch continued for the third straight week on Friday, but there was some easing in bookings for refills, in signs of things slowly crawling towards normalcy.However, concerns persist as supply restrictions on commercial consumers, including hotels, remain in place due to ongoing...
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LPG supply crunch continued for the third straight week on Friday, but there was some easing in bookings for refills, in signs of things slowly crawling towards normalcy.However, concerns persist as supply restrictions on commercial consumers, including hotels, remain in place due to ongoing...
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After being airborne for over seven hours, an Air India plane from Delhi to Vancouver returned to the national capital on Thursday evening due to an operational issue. Without providing specific details, Air India, in a statement on Friday, said the aircraft landed safely at the Delhi airport....
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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,...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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