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The U.S. President played down the scale of the conflict, which has not been approved by the U.S. Congress, repeatedly calling it an excursion rather than a war

The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed in the House after an acrimonious debate, in which the Opposition Congress MLAs questioned the need for reversing the decision taken three decades ago

The incident occurred during work on a sewage treatment plant at a society

One week into the escalating war between Iran, the United States, and Israel, Tehran has intensified its response through missile strikes, regional alliances, and strategic pressure across the West Asia. With tensions rising and no immediate ceasefire in sight, the first week of fighting has already reshaped security calculations across the West Asia, raising fears that the conflict could expand into a wider regional war.

On Irans new Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the U.S. President told CBS News: I have no message for him

History demonstrates that democracy, human rights and the rule of law have not yet been introduced into a region by the business end of a cruise missile

The PM congratulated the Rastriya Swatantra Party leaders on their election victory and conveyed India's commitment to work with them for mutual prosperity, progress and well-being of the two countries

Associations of denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic tribes in north India form a central action committee; community leaders demand meeting with Census officers

It comes as mounting evidence points to U.S. culpability for the Feb. 28 strike, which hit a school adjacent to a Revolutionary Guard base in Minab, Iran

Chancellor Friedrich Merzs party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate powered the environmentalist Greens to a come-from-behind victory

It did not provide further details about the circumstances of the attack and said the service member's identity was being withheld until 24 hours after notification of the person's family

The minimum gap for booking a domestic LPG refill has been increased to 25 days from the current 21 days, a move aimed at preventing hoarding and ensuring equitable distribution of cylinders

Anthropic said it sought to restrict its technology from being used for two high-level usages: mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons

Police are working with federal prosecutors and the FBI, which has assigned agents with the bureaus Joint Terrorism Task Force to the investigation

Donald Trump took to social media to dismiss Starmers plan to send aircraft carriers to the region as an attempt to join wars already won

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during U.S.-Israeli strikes

Ukraine touts itself as having world-class drone defence capabilities, built up through fending off nightly barrages of Iran-style attack drones launched by Russia, an ally of Tehran

Oil prices soared on March 9, peaking just short of $120 a barrel as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran continued into a second week, with Tehran launching fresh retaliatory strikes in the Gulf

A distinguished historian of modern India and a prominent defender of secular and critical historiography, K.N. Panikkar leaves behind a legacy that shaped generations of students, scholars and public discourse on history, culture and politics

The system is expected to help withdraw such medicines from market before they reach a larger patient population, as per Telangana DCA

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Irans new Supreme Leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a reported U.S.Israeli airstrike

Vietnams Ministry of Finance said it had drafted a decree that would slash import tax rates to zero on some petroleum products

As the Iran-U.S. war extended past its first week, Brent crude oil reached a two-year high of $114 per barrel on the Chicago mercantile exchange. How can oil production and exports be affected in the war? Here are graphics to explain.

The state-run Bahrain News Agency carried the announcement of the force majeure, a legal manoeuvre that releases a company from its contractual obligations because of extraordinary circumstances

The report comes as oil prices surged more than 25% on Monday (March 9) to their highest levels since mid-2022

They were trying to take shelter in the border area of Bongaon with the intention of crossing back into Bangladesh when the opportunity arises, the statement said

Israel should immediately halt this practice and states providing Israel with weapons, including white phosphorus munitions, should immediately suspend military assistance and arms sales and push Israel to stop firing such munitions in residential areas, Lebanon researcher at HRW said

The Embassy added that an Indian national injured in the incident on Sunday (March 8) is undergoing treatment at a government hospital

The satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. But it was an AI-generated fake

The State Department said in a travel advisory it had ordered non-emergency U.S. Government employees and U.S. Government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks

Stock markets in South Korea and Japan fell sharply in early trade on Monday after oil prices soared above $100 per barrel for the first time in almost four years

No immediate indication the incident was related to the U.S. attack on Iran; New York police working with the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice

Dozens of train services have been cancelled, and National Rail said the railway station will be closed until further notice; the fire started in a vape shop close to the station on March 8

It said that the clerical body did not hesitate for a minute in choosing a new leader, despite the brutal aggression of the criminal America and the evil Zionist regime

The selection is historic as Irans establishment has long rejected the idea of hereditary succession from father to son

Nepals voters upend old political order as RSP faces governance test

Chinas Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks on Beijings ties with United States, India, on the need for BRICS cooperation and the crisis in West Asia

The incident killed one Indian national and one Bangladeshi national, while 12 Bangladeshi residents were injured, Al-Arabiya news reported

Dmitry Peskov said the current global situation underscores the need to revisit Mr. Putins proposal, first made before the COVID-19 pandemic, for a summit of the P-5 to discuss global security and stability

What authority did the Trump administration rely on to impose tariffs? Can Trump still impose tariffs after the ruling? What role does Congress play in tariff powers? Will businesses receive refunds for the tariffs they paid? Does the ruling limit future Presidents trade powers?

The Israeli military said in a statement that it would not allow Iranian terrorist elements to establish themselves in Lebanese territory

The Israeli military said forces were dispatched to the Abu Falah area following a report of Palestinians being attacked by Israeli civilians near homes

In Ukraines Kharkiv region in the northeast, a Russian strike on the village of Velyka Babka wounded three people, authorities said

Neither the commission chief nor the government released any names of persons responsible for shooting at Gen-Z protesters and other related issues yet after the report submission

The warning comes as the clerical body is set to meet to choose Irans next Supreme Leader