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24 Mar 2026 5:54 pm
Inside Kalai, a new festival that celebrates Chettinads art, architecture, and craft traditions

A new three-day festival by The Lotus Palace Chettinad brings together expert-led talks, temple tours and traditional craft experiences to reintroduce Chettinad as a cultural destination

24 Mar 2026 5:53 pm
Nitish Kumar elected JD(U) president unopposed

The Bihar CM was already serving as the partys president since Lalan Singh resigned from the post ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in December 2023

24 Mar 2026 5:49 pm
Ponmudy moves HC to set aside BJP councillors complaint regarding derogatory speech against Vaishnavites, Saivites

A Metropolitan Magistrate at George Town had taken cognisance of the complaint on February 23, 2026 and ordered issuance of summons to the accused

24 Mar 2026 5:49 pm
Israels military to occupy swathe of southern Lebanon, Defence Chief says

Israels strikes on Lebanon have caused widespread destruction across the countrys south and parts of the capital, Beirut, and have killed more than 1,000 people

24 Mar 2026 5:49 pm
24 Mar 2026 5:49 pm
Dario Scardapane and Sana Amanat on Daredevil S2: Escalating the action and finding New York moments

Showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Sana Amanat say that the Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again shows Daredevil becoming a symbol for the Resistance

24 Mar 2026 5:44 pm
Kerala Assembly polls 2026: Renewal of bar licenses ahead of elections shows corruption, alleges Venugopal

The Congress leader claims that the State government has collected bribes worth crores of rupees from bar owners for renewal of licences; he stresses on the allegation of a mutual understanding between CPI(M) and BJP for the polls

24 Mar 2026 5:39 pm
Bengaluru crime: Gang of three arrested for money-doubling fraud; 40 lakh recovered

Police said the accused had spent a portion of the money and distributed the remaining amount among their associates, claiming they would retrieve it later.

24 Mar 2026 5:39 pm
24 Mar 2026 5:39 pm
Puducherry Assembly election 2026: Decided against contesting to save alliance, says Narayanasamy

When the talks were in the last stage, a leader told me that my candidature from Nellithope was creating hurdles in seat-sharing talks with DMK. To save the alliance, I informed our leadership of my decision not to contest, the former Chief Minister told reporters.

24 Mar 2026 5:28 pm
People are doing a lot of unethical and damaging things in the name of biohacking

Dr Prarthana Venkatesh, the founder of nutraceutical brand Longevita, talks about the inspiration behind the brand, why the longevity discourse is now exploding and how modern medicine is tackling aging

24 Mar 2026 5:25 pm
University can't restrict peaceful expression of ideas that don't align with management's ideology: Delhi High Court

It said a university's role is not to suppress every form of dissent but to ensure that such expression is answered and catered to

24 Mar 2026 5:22 pm
Lebanon withdraws accreditation of Irans Ambassador, orders him to leave country

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Denise Rahme told The Associated Press that Iran's Embassy will still have a Charge d'Affaires to head its diplomatic mission

24 Mar 2026 5:21 pm
UCC Bill tabled in Gujarat Assembly, proposes common framework for marriage, succession and live-in ties

The Bill was tabled by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel a week after a State-appointed panel submitted its final report on implementation of the UCC

24 Mar 2026 5:19 pm
Soori teams up with Ayalaan director for his next; Mythri Movie Makers to produce

The makers announced the project with a special poster, which hints that the film might be set during the 2015 South India floods

24 Mar 2026 5:18 pm
Pinarayi Vijayan targeting Rahul Gandhi as part of a deal, alleges Sunny Joseph

The KPCC president alleges that the Chief Minister avoids criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi while focusing attack on the Congress as he is hand in glove with the BJP

24 Mar 2026 4:55 pm
Pete said, Lets do it: Trump on decision-making over Iran attack

The U.S. President, without sharing any details, also said that there have been productive conversations between the U.S. and Iran for complete and total resolution to the conflict in West Asia

24 Mar 2026 4:53 pm
PMs prepared text full of self-praise, says Congress on his RS statement about West Asia war

Like after his statement in the Lok Sabha yesterday, the Opposition was not allowed to seek any clarifications after Mr. Modi read out his statement in the Rajya Sabha, says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on X

24 Mar 2026 4:52 pm
Mahesh Dattanis new play weaves together queer histories across civilisations

Mahesh has teamed up with Brooklyn-based director Jonathan Taikina Taylor on the queer epic The Monk & The Warrior, to be staged at Mumbais Experimental Theatre from April 2 to 5.

24 Mar 2026 4:49 pm
OnePlus Nord 6 with 9,000 mAh battery launches on April 7 in India

Nord 6 also claims to support sustained 165 FPS in titles such as BGMI, Call of Duty Mobile and Free Fire

24 Mar 2026 4:48 pm
Garbage collection resumes in Bengaluru, contractors allege BSWML of using threats, ignoring dues

While theBengaluruSolid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) has insisted on stricter segregation of waste at source, contractors have opposed the move, arguing that the responsibility lies with waste generators, not collection staff.

24 Mar 2026 4:22 pm
IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals | Full list of players, schedule and support staff

With six playoff appearances, DCs journey has been a rollercoaster packed with fire, flair and heart-stopping near-misses, but the big prize remains just out of reach.

24 Mar 2026 4:20 pm
Affidavit on AAIB inquiry into AI 171 crash to detail stages of probe, 'where it stands today': Government tells SC, seeks two more days

The petitioners, including 91-year-old Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, the father of Commander Sumeet Sabharwal, one of the pilots on ill-fated Air India Flight 171 aircraft, have urged the court to order a judicially-monitored independent probe.

24 Mar 2026 4:20 pm
Telangana Govt appoints consultant to study burgeoning traffic on Hyderabad roads and recommend measures

People living in high-rises owning more than one car was mentioned in the Telangana Assembly

24 Mar 2026 4:19 pm
Sanya Malhotra and Aditya Rawal begin shooting for Sundar Poonam

A first look of the film was unveiled recently by Prime Video during its 2026 content slate announcement

24 Mar 2026 4:03 pm
Rooftop solar on three toll plazas on Talapady-Kundapura NH 66 stretch produce average 521 units power per day

Besides saving 1.87 lakh units of conventional power a year, the NHAI has also installed a 10 Kw wind mill plant at Hejmady Toll Plaza in Udupi district

24 Mar 2026 3:54 pm
Iran arrests 466 people accused of online activity undermining national security: report

Iranian media have reported more than 1,000 arrests over the course of the month, pertaining to individuals accused of filming sensitive locations, sharing anti-government content online, or cooperating with the enemy.

24 Mar 2026 3:53 pm
West Asia crisis: Rahul slams Modi for Covid reference, says PM has forgotten tragedies of that time

The Prime Minister had said the difficult global conditions caused by the West Asia conflict are likely to persist for a long time and called upon the nation to remain prepared and united, just as it had stood together during the Covid pandemic

24 Mar 2026 3:53 pm
Bangladesh's influential former army general arrested

Police said their men in plain clothes arrested retired Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury, one of the key figures instrumental in changing the government in 2007 and installing an interim one that ran the country for the subsequent two years until the 2008 elections.

24 Mar 2026 3:52 pm
24 Mar 2026 3:49 pm
RCB players to wear jersey No. 11 to honour Bengaluru stampede victims

RCB will wear black armbands and establish 11 permanent seats at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to honour fans who died in the tragic stampede

24 Mar 2026 3:49 pm
Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar challenges Congress to prove undisclosed assets allegations in court

Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Congress is raising such allegations because they have nothing meaningful to say about the development agenda BJP has set forth in this elections

24 Mar 2026 3:43 pm
Presumption that women officers had no long career in Armed Forces led to unequal playing field for them: Supreme Court

The Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant upheld permanent commission and consequent pensionary benefits for batches of women officers in the Army, the Air Force and the Navy

24 Mar 2026 3:39 pm
146.89 crore utilised for running seven Tier-II airports in Karnataka under UDAN scheme

To improve the viability of district airports, Karnataka has recently proposed to the Union Civil Aviation Minister that the UDAN scheme be extended from three years to five years

24 Mar 2026 3:35 pm
No shortage of petrol, diesel or LPG: Telangana Govt

Hyderabad Police Commissioner too says there is no fuel shortage in Hyderabad

24 Mar 2026 3:29 pm
Delhi High Court dismisses Lalu Yadav's plea to quash CBI FIR in land-for-jobs case

Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the petition by Mr. Yadav, a former Railway Minister and ex-Chief Minister of Bihar, that also sought quashing of the three chargesheets filed in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the subsequent orders of cognisance in the matter.

24 Mar 2026 3:20 pm