New Delhi, 18/3: The government on Wednesday approved Rs 33,660 crore Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA) to develop 100 plug-and-play industrial parks across the country. The scheme aims to develop world-class industrial infrastructure, unlocking manufacturing potential and driving India’s growth story, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while briefing reporters on Cabinet decisions. …
Tehran, 18/3: Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib was “eliminated” in a strike overnight, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed on Wednesday. However, there has been no confirmation from Iran regarding Khatib’s death.
Bengaluru, 18/3: A fresh chargesheet filed by the Karnataka police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has claimed that the accused persons had procured around 70 pen drives to spread obscene videos related to convicted former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The SIT submitted a 13,712-page chargesheet to a court in Hassan…
Tehran, 18/3:Iran has confirmed the death of its powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, after Israel on Tuesday said he was killed in an air strike and vowed to hunt down and “neutralise” Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamene. The death of Larijani represents a major blow to Iran, whose long-serving leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
Tehran, 17/3: The security chief Ali Larijani has been killed in an airstrike, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday although, there’s no official confirmation from Tehran. According to Katz, General Gholam Reza Soleimani was also targeted in the attack and has been eliminated Officials told Reuters that Larijani was targeted in strikes carried…
Thiruvananthapuram, 17/3: Even as the Congress on Tuesday (March 17) announced the first set of 55 candidates for the Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 on Tuesday, suspense continues as candidates are yet to be announced for some seats in which sitting MPs are showing interest. Prominent leaders like opposition leader V D Satheesan, his predecessor Ramesh…
Tehran, 17/3: The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei rejected proposals for reducing tensions, or for a ceasefire with the United States that were conveyed to Tehran by two intermediary countries, Reuters quoted a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. Khamenei’s stance for revenge against the US and Israel was “very tough and serious”…
Bhubaneswar, 17//3: In a major political development, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) suspended three MLAs for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections held on Monday (March 16). Ramesh Jena, Dasarathi Gamango and Sofia Firdous were suspended from the party.
Gurgaon, 17/3: The Congress staved off a challenge from a BJP-back independent to wrest a seat in the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana with its candidate Karamvir Singh Boudh winning in keenly-fought polls that also saw the ruling BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia also registering a victory. Boudh could manage only 28 first preference votes, three less…
Islamabad,17/3: Atleast 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug users’ rehabilitation hospital in the Afghanistan capital Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday Pakistan rejected the claim as false and misleading and said it “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure”…
