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With West Bengal`s poll season officially underway, several contentious issues are set to dominate campaign rhetoric, including the SIR-driven deletion of 63.66 lakh names from the voter list, BJP`s infiltration plank targeting illegal Bangladeshi migrants, corruption allegations over the school jobs scam

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, announces poll timetable

Residents across Delhi-NCR woke up to rain, thunder and strong winds on Sunday morning, providing relief after several days of unusually high temperatures

The National Highways Authority of India has increased the FASTag Annual Pass fee from Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,075 for the financial year 202627, effective April 1, 2026

Officials said that the poll body has completed its review of election preparedness in these regions and is now ready to finalise the election timetable

Missile and drone attacks were reported across Gulf states as Iran escalated its conflict with the US and Israel, threatening strikes near UAE ports while tensions rose in the region

Following the seizure, a case has been registered at Pethbeed Police Station in Beed district of Maharashtra under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Essential Commodities Act

At least seven Indian pilgrims were killed and seven others injured after a micro-bus plunged into a gorge in the Kantar area of Gorkha district, Nepal, on Saturday evening while returning from the Manakamana Temple

Police in Hyderabad detained six individuals, including the Member of Parliament and the former legislator during a raid at a farmhouse on the citys outskirts

Several drones struck Kuwait International Airport on Saturday, hitting its radar system, Kuwait`s civil aviation authority confirmed. No injuries were reported in the attack, which comes amid escalating tensions across the Gulf region following the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict

The government notification stated that such consumers must immediately surrender their LPG connections and will not be eligible to receive LPG cylinder refills from government oil companies or their authorised distributors

The airline stated that Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) forms a significant portion of operating costs for airlines. A steep increase in global fuel prices has placed considerable financial pressure on carriers

North Korea, led by Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae, conducted a live-fire rocket test off its east coast, prompting South Korea to call it a U.N. violation amid ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercise

CBSE has cancelled Class XII board exams for students in Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, including previously postponed exams. The Board will announce the mode of result declaration separately

Iran accused the United States of launching HIMARS missile strikes on Kharg and Abu Musa islands from UAE territory, causing damage to military sites, and warned that Tehran will respond while urging UAE residents to avoid ports and docks

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The IDF identified the officials as Abdollah Jalali-Nasab and Amir Shariat, describing them as senior intelligence figures in Iran`s Khatam al-Anbiya emergency command

The team has been directed to conduct a thorough investigation and complete the probe within the statutory timeframe.

According to the ministry, the attacks have resulted in six fatalities involving nationals from the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh so far.

As the United States intensified its bombing of Iran, Tehran launched a new wave of drone and missile attacks on Israel and its neighbours in the Gulf region

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Police sources said Bowbazar police station officer-in-charge Bappaditya Naskar was injured while trying to control the situation.

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Meanwhile, two Indian ships with 92,700 tonnes of LPG clear Hormuz, to arrive soon

Ladakh MP Mohamad Hanifa welcomed the move but said the government must go further.

The launches came as the US and South Korean militaries conduct their annual springtime exercises involving thousands of troops while the Trump administration also wages an escalating war in West Asia.

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Iranian parliament had warned that such strikes would provoke a new level of retaliation towards the US and Israel

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In a post on social media platform X, the ministry said there is no shortage of fuel at retail outlets and adequate stocks are being maintained

A new Rikshamitra Metro Share Rickshaw Feeder Service was launched outside SNDT Metro Station in Pune on Friday, offering passengers a shared and organised auto-rickshaw facility for their last-mile journey

Researchers have discovered a rare new catfish species, Amblyceps vayavy, in hill streams of the Western Ghats spanning Goa and Maharashtra, highlighting the regions rich but fragile freshwater biodiversity

An overnight explosion damaged the outer wall of a Jewish school in Amsterdam`s Buitenveldert district, causing limited damage and no injuries. Mayor Femke Halsema condemned it as a cowardly act of aggression amid rising antisemitism. Police have CCTV footage of the suspect

In a statement on Saturday, Akasa Air said it would levy fuel surcharge for each flight and the quantum would vary based on the duration of the flight

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran now makes no distinction between the United States and Israel following escalating conflict, accusing both nations of acting jointly against the Iranian people

Police said four militants linked to the banned United National Liberation Front (P) were apprehended from the New Checkon area of Imphal during a security operation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal to address a massive rally at Brigade Parade Ground and unveil development projects worth Rs 18,680 crore ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections.

The enemy drone movement was noticed for a few minutes over the villages of Kandral, Abtal and Bahadurpur in Ramgarh sector late Friday night, officials said.

Six US service members were killed after a KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations in the ongoing Operation Epic Fury against Iran, officials confirmed

Amid disruptions caused by the ongoing West Asia War, the Consulate General of India, Dubai has announced visa extensions and other relief measures for foreign nationals stranded in India

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli attacks have killed several Iranian nuclear scientists, escalating tensions between Israel and Iran amid the widening regional conflict

A man armed with a rifle rammed his vehicle into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, before being fatally shot by security. The vehicle caught fire after the crash, according to officials familiar with the incident

Air defence systems in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia intercepted multiple aerial threats amid rising tensions linked to the widening Iran-US-Israel conflict, with debris from one interception causing minor damage to a building in Dubai

The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a PIL seeking a nationwide policy on paid menstrual leave for women students and workers, observing that such provisions might unintentionally discourage employers from hiring women in the job market

They are a temporary measure at best. If Maharashtra wants to secure the future of its cultivators, the focus must shift from periodic debt relief to building a more resilient agricultural system

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He emphasised that health institutions where 80 per cent of construction work is complete should have their pending works expedited immediately and made ready for inauguration. For institutions where 50 per cent work is done, proposals related to manpower should be submitted without delay

IndiGo will start levying fuel surcharges ranging from Rs 425 to Rs 2,300 on domestic and international flight tickets from March 14, citing a steep surge in aviation turbine fuel prices due to the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war

Addressing a media briefing, Sujata Sharma said the government has taken several measures to ensure continuous availability of LPG for households