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NEW DELHI, Mar 6: With the US announcing a temporary waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, the Congress alleged on Friday that Indias strategic autonomy and national sovereignty are under dire threat because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being blackmailed by America. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Indias current foreign policy is the result of the exploitation of a compromised individual. His attack on Modi came after the US announced the temporary waiver for the purchase

JAMMU, Mar 6: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired a high-level meeting to review progress on Compliance Reduction and Deregulation 2.0, a comprehensive national initiative aimed at easing regulatory burdens and fostering a more business-friendly, citizen-centric environment across Jammu and Kashmir. We should endeavour to make life easy not just for industry, but for the common population as well, the Chief Minister said while emphasising this core governance philosophy. Under Phase 1 of

DE Web Desk JAMMU, Mar 6: Seventeen candidates from Jammu and Kashmir have cleared the Civil Services Examination 2025, the results of which were declared on Friday by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). As per available details, Suvan Sharma from Jammu secured rank 148, followed by Sugandha Gupta (207) and Towseef Ahmad Ganaie (254). Other successful candidates from the Union Territory include Ritika Bhan (456), Sooyash Shivam (572), Muneeb Parrah (581), Ghulam Din (663), Dwarka Gaadhi

Jammu, Mar 6: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Friday announced it will hold protests across districts on March 9 against the India-US trade deal, with party unit chief Tariq Hameed Karra demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue. Addressing a rally against the trade deal in the R S Pura border belt, Karra alleged that Modi surrendered before US President Donald Trump and compromised the dignity, honour and interests of the nation. We demand the [] The post Cong T

Jammu, Mar 6: Squadron Leader Neha Devi, a Jammu Indian Air Force officer, has emerged as an inspiration for young women by completing seven marathons in just one year, balancing the roles of an officer, athlete, and mother. Neha Devi joined the Air Force Academy in July 2013 while being nearly 10 kilograms overweight. Within a year, through sustained effort and training, she transformed herself and was commissioned into the Indian Air Force in June 2014, defence spokesperson Lt Col [] The post

JAMMU, Mar 5: Several delegations called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at his residence here today, apprising him of a range of developmental and welfare-related issues concerning their respective areas and communities. Member of Rajya Sabha Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo called on the Chief Minister along-with a delegation of residents from Paddar in district Kishtwar. The delegation submitted memoranda highlighting development requirements in sectors including tourism, public works and power in the Pa

Srinagar, Mar 6: Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Health & Medical Education, School Education, Higher Education and Social Welfare, Sakeena Itoo has written to Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan seeking an extension of the application deadline for NEET-UG 2026 in view of the difficulties being faced by students in the Kashmir Division. In a letter addressed to the Union Minister, the J&K Minister highlighted that many students in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly from the Kashmir Divis

JAMMU, Mar 6: Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has clarified that the Digital Door Number (DDN) plates being installed on properties in the city are meant only for identification and to facilitate delivery of e-governance and civic services. In a public notice issued by JSCL and Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), authorities stated that the digital door numbering system is purely an administrative and service-delivery measure aimed at improving record-keeping and public service delivery. The noti

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: AIs actual coverage remains a fraction of what is feasible, and while artificial intelligence has not yet triggered a systematic rise in unemployment in occupations most exposed to the technology, hiring of younger workers in such roles appears to have slowed, according to a new study by AI firm Anthropic. Released by the San Francisco-headquartered AI startup behind the Claude chatbot and now a company in the crosshairs of the US administration the report [] The post AI yet

Mundali (Odisha), Mar 6: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that the Central Industrial Security Force will now oversee the security of various sea ports across the country. In his address at the 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) here, Shah said the force already protects 361 critical installations, including 71 airports, the Parliament complex, and the Statue of Unity near Kevadia in Gujarat. The CISF undertakes such a variety of tasks. You are [] T

New Delhi, Mar 6: Power sector engineers body AIPEF on Friday said that 27 lakh workers associated with it will boycott work on March 10 to protest against a proposed legislation aimed at changing the countrys electricity distribution framework. There is strong resentment among power employees and engineers over the governments plan to table the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 in Parliament, All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said in a statement. The draft Electricity (Amendment) Bil

New Delhi, Mar 6: The Centre has granted an enhanced seven-year tenure to central armed police forces and Assam Rifles personnel joining the counter-terrorist commando force NSG on deputation, considering the Black Cat forces special combat requirements. The Union home ministry approved the decision after the National Security Guard (NSG) requested an extension of the deputation tenure for these personnel from the current five-year period (extendable by one year twice) to seven years to preserve

SRINAGAR, Mar 6: For the first time ever, the strategic Zojila Pass along the strategic Srinagar-Leh Highway has remained open beyond February 28 despite heavy snowfall, marking a significant development for connectivity between the two union Territories, the Border Roads Organisation said on Friday. Situated at an altitude of over 11,500 feet, Zojila Pass serves as a crucial lifeline for civilian supplies as well as military logistics to Ladakh. According to the BRO, the vital mountain pass con

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: The National Commission for Women will organise nationwide Jan Sunwai in around 500 districts between March 8 and March 14 to hear womens grievances and ensure quicker redressal, its chairperson Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar said here on Friday. Rahatkar noted that the initiative aims to expand the commissions grievance redressal mechanism by taking hearings closer to women across the country. The hearings will be conducted jointly by the NCW and state womens commissions, she said, a

JAISALMER, Mar 6: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said global wars and conflicts continue because people fail to recognise the fundamental oneness among all. He was speaking at the Dharma Sabha, marking the inauguration of Jain communitys Chadar Mahotsav in Jaisalmer. Bhagwat said wars do not stop because humanity overlooks the truth of ekatva (oneness). People appear different, but all are one, he said, adding that the League of Nations was set up after the First World War to [] The post Divi

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PESHAWAR, Mar 6: A person was killed and seven others injured after Afghan forces allegedly carried out mortar shelling on civilian areas near the Afghanistan border in northwestern Pakistans Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 24 hours, security officials said on Friday. According to officials, Meena Khan Wazir, a local tribesman, was killed when mortar shells allegedly fired from the Afghan side struck his house in the border town of Angoor Adda in South Waziristan district. In a separate inciden

KATHMANDU, Mar 6: Nepals newly-formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was leading in early counting of votes on Friday in the countrys first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests led to the downfall of the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government. The RSP led by former rapper Balendra Shah, who was also the mayor of Kathmandu, won one seat and is leading in another 36, while the Nepali Congress is ahead on five, according to preliminary results in 46 [] The post Nepals newly formed Ra

PRISTINA, Mar 6: Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani on Friday said she was dissolving Parliament to pave the way for an early election after lawmakers failed to elect her successor. The development marks a new crisis in the Balkan country that already went through a snap vote in December after a nearly yearlong political deadlock. Kosovos assembly had a deadline of midnight Thursday to elect a new president to replace Osmani, who took office in 2021. A vote late on Thursday [] The post Kosovo preside

BUDAPEST, Mar 6: Ukraines foreign minister accused Hungarian authorities of taking seven Ukrainian employees of a state-owned bank hostage and illegally seizing a cash shipment that was travelling in a convoy across Hungary. In a post on X late Thursday, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote that the well-being of the seven Ukrainian employees of the state-owned Oschadbank travelling in two armoured cars between Austria and Ukraine was unknown. The armoured cars were carrying cash as part of reg

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: Electric passenger vehicle retail sales rose 44 per cent year-on-year in February, dealers body FADA said on Friday. The overall sales rose to 13,733 units last month as against 9,505 units in the year-ago period. Tata Motors led the space with registrations of 5,568 units, up 38.5 per cent as compared with 4,020 units in February last year. JSW MG Motor India retailed 3,312 units in February as against 3,490 units in the year-ago period, a [] The post Electric passenger vehicl

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: The Government will use all policy tools and support measures to help domestic exporters deal with the ongoing West Asian crisis, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. He said that the government has set up an inter-ministerial group to look into the issues on a daily basis. And the government will use every policy tool and the export promotion mission to support our exporters, Goyal told reporters here on the sidelines of IIFTs [] The post Govt will use e

UPSC Declares Final Results Of The Civil Services Examination 2025 See detail click here. The post UPSC Declares Final Results Of The Civil Services Examination 2025 appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL) has not raised prices of CNG and piped cooking gas supplied to households, even as it has imposed supply curbs on some large industrial consumers amid the escalating West Asia crisis affecting gas supplies, officials said on Friday. A company official said about 70 per cent of ATGLs gas volumes are sourced domestically and supplied to CNG users and domestic kitchens (called piped natural gas (PNG)-domestic) customers. Prices for these segments [] The

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: IL&FS Mutual Fund (Infrastructure Debt Fund) on Friday said it has committed Rs 125 crore in Hero Solar Energy, part of the Hero Future Energies platform, to refinance debt and support expansion of its renewable projects. Hero Solar Energy will issue secured debentures to IL&FS Mutual Fund to facilitate the deployment of long-term capital, the fund house said in a statement. To date, IL&FS Mutual Fund has committed close to Rs 1,500 crore to renewable energy [] The post IL&FS M

New Delhi, Mar 6: Anuj Agnihotri has topped the civil services examination 2025, results of which were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday. Rajeshwari Suve M and Akansh Dhull bagged the second and third ranks respectively. A total of 958 candidates have qualified the examination and are recommended for appointment to different central civil services, the Commission said. The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages preliminary, main and inter

Jammu, Mar 6: Senior BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Friday expressed his gratitude to the President, prime minister and home minister after his appointment as the governor of Himachal Pradesh, calling the responsibility to serve the nation a matter of great pride. Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary said, Congratulations to Kavinder Gupta. Ladakh was a small area, and he is a capable person. From now on, people will also recognise his capabilities. Gupta said, as the [

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked farmers to leverage Indias diverse climatic conditions and focus on scaling up the harvest of high-value crops to enable the countrys agri products to effectively compete in global markets. Addressing a post-budget webinar on Agriculture and Rural Transformation, Modi said steps need to be taken to promote all aspects of quality, branding and standards of Indian agriculture produce. Agri experts, industry and farmers will have to com

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 6: South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics India-based research and development centres in Bengaluru and Noida played a pivotal role in developing its latest flagship Samsung Galaxy S26 series smartphones, a company official said. The centres contributed to key aspects of the devices development, underscoring the growing role of Samsungs India R&D operations in the companys global product engineering and innovation efforts, Samsung Southwest Asia President

New Delhi, Mar 6: Indias foreign policy is the result of the exploitation of a compromised individual, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a day the US announced a temporary waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. The Congress and its president Mallikarjun Kharge echoed the sentiment in separate social media posts hitting out at the government on its foreign policy and for continuously ceding diplomatic space. Indias foreig

Mundali (Odisha), Mar 6: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that India will become Maoist-free by March 31 and said security forces will defeat those who dream of building a red corridor from Andhra Pradeshs Tirupati to Pashupati of Nepal. Addressing a function marking the 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Mundali in Cuttack district, he also said CISF acts as a catalyst for the economic growth of the country by providing security [] The post India

Nagpur, Mar 6: Ravindra Duragkar could only recall memories of his son, Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, the most vivid being their phone chat on Wednesday and his visit home ten days ago for a family get-together. As IAF officials tried to console the retired railway employee at his home in Nagpurs New Subedar Layout, the grief-stricken father occasionally regained his composure to say that Purvesh took immense pride in flying a fighter jet. Squadron Leader Anuj and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh

Jammu, Mar 6: The pension bill of the Jammu and Kashmir government is set to double in the 10-year period between 2020-30, with approximately 2.48 lakh retired employees being paid allowances, officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir administration also said there is no proposal under consideration to revive the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), asserting that it would be fiscally unsustainable in the long run and could pose significant risks to financial stability. As per official data of the government,

NEW DELHI, Mar 6:Indias sugar output for the 2025-26 season has been revised down 4.4 per cent to 28.3 million tonnes from an earlier first estimate of 29.6 million tonnes, trade body AISTA said on Friday, citing lower yields in key producing states due to adverse weather. Gross sugar production is expected at 31.5 million tonnes, with 3.2 million tonnes likely to be diverted for ethanol production, the All India Sugar Trade Association said in a statement. Output in the [] The post Indias 2025-

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: India could face pressure on the rupee, higher inflation and a widening current account deficit if the escalating Middle East conflict spikes energy prices and disrupts supplies, given its heavy dependence on crude and LNG imports from the region, according to Moodys Ratings. India stands out among the large Asian economies that rely on crude and LNG from the Middle East, the rating agency said. The country imports about 46 per cent of its oil and [] The post India faces rupee,

New Delhi, Mar 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked farmers to leverage Indias diverse climatic conditions and focus on scaling up the harvest of high-value crops to enable the countrys agri products to effectively compete in global markets. Addressing a post-budget webinar on Agriculture and Rural Transformation, Modi said steps need to be taken to promote all aspects of quality, branding and standards of Indian agriculture produce. Agri experts, industry and farmers will have to com

Kolkata, Mar 6: In this era of changing geopolitics, oceans have once again come to the centre of the worlds power balance and it is Indias responsibility to provide leadership with confidence and capability, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, referring to the escalating conflict in West Asia. The unfolding developments in West Asia are highly unusual and the situation in the region could adversely impact the global economy, he said addressing an event here. What is happening in [] T

SRINAGAR, Mar 6: Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, in Shopian rejected bail of five HDFC Bank officials who were arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K in large-scale financial fraud case, officials said on Friday. The EoW had arrested five HDFC officials in connection with the case registered last year and are currently lodged in judicial custody at Central Jail Srinagar. The accused identified as Adil Ayoub Ganai a resident of Memendar Shopian presently resi

LEH, Mar 6: The Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh has appointed the Director, Industries and Commerce, Ladakh as the Registrar of Firms for the Union Territory under the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932. See Notification Click Here. The post Ladakh Notifies Director Industries As Registrar Of Firms appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: The Delhi Assembly has written to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal declining his request for live streaming of the proceedings of the Privileges Committee which has summoned the AAP chief on Friday in a matter related to the Phaansi Ghar. The letter noted the Privileges Committee chairpersons surprise over Kejriwals ignorance in this matter even though he has been a member of the assembly for over 10 years and has attended several sittings of the Privilege [] The post Delh

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: The Congress on Friday took a swipe at the Modi government after the US announced a temporary waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, and asked till when will this American blackmail continue. In a post in rhyming in Hindi on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, Trump ka naya khel, Dilli dost ko kaha, Putin se le sakte ho tel, kab tak chalega ye Ameriki blackmail (Trumps new game; told [] The post How long will American bla

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New Delhi, Mar 6: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches at multiple locations in Mumbai and Hyderabad as part of a money laundering investigation against Reliance Power Ltd., a group company of businessman Anil Ambani, officials said. About 10-12 locations linked to the said company and its executives are being searched in the two cities, they said. About 15 teams of the agency are undertaking the action, the officials said. The ED is investigating multiple companies linked to

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Mar 6: Amid the escalating conflict with Iran, the US said it is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. President Trumps energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded. To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury Department is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday. H

Srinagar, Mar 6: Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir valley were intensified on Friday as authorities apprehended protests against the killing of Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after congregational prayers this afternoon. Normal life in the valley has been disrupted for the sixth consecutive day due to protests over the killing of Khamenei in US-Israel joint strikes. The restrictions were imposed on Monday after spontaneous protests broke out across Kashmir a day earlier a

New Delhi, Mar 6: A Su-30 MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Assams Karbi Anglong district on Thursday. The IAF said the search operation for the aircraft is underway. There is no information on the pilots of the aircraft. The Su-30MKI, which was on a training mission, crashed in the area of Karbi Anglong, approximately 60 km from Jorhat, the IAF said in a brief statement. Search operations are underway, it said. Earlier, officials said [] The post SU-30 MKI Aircraft Of IAF

LONDON, Mar 5: Dr Krithi K Karanth, CEO of the Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), became the first Indian to win a prestigious conservation prize from the Royal Geographical Society in London on Thursday. Bengaluru-based Karanth was named the joint winner of the 2026 Esmond B Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize for her crucial contributions to human understanding of the worlds ecosystems and work to protect the planets biodiversity. She was praised as a major player in changing the narrative

MUMBAI, Mar 5: Sanju Samsons sublime fifty and Jasprit Bumrahs spell touched with unearthly genius on a batting beauty helped India secure a seven-run win over gallant England, as the defending champions powered to the T20 World Cup final here on Thursday. Sanju Samson (89 off 42) overcame the Jofra Archer challenge through a slice of luck for his second successive fifty, firing India to a mammoth 253 for seven, the highest total in a knock-out game in the tournaments [] The post Samson, Bumrah

SYDNEY, Mar 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very focused on delivery of welfare programmes to the common people and has been successful in bringing hundreds of millions of them into the formal economy through financial reforms in India, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. Carney was speaking on Wednesday during an interaction at the Lowy Institute, Australias leading think tank, where he was asked to speak about his assessment of Prime Minister Modi, days after the two [] The post

B S Dara bsdara@gmail.com What began as a United States-Israeli strike on Iranian targets has rapidly evolved into a wider regional confrontation. Missile exchanges across the Gulf, disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, and attacks on strategic infrastructure now threaten global energy security and regional stability. The military confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran is entering a dangerous and uncertain phase as missile exchanges, retaliatory strikes, and strategic disrupt