Union Minister of Commerce and Industries Piyush Goyal. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday (March 14, 2026) said India is well-placed to deal with any situation on crude oil and fuel, as the West Asia crisis disrupts gas shipments and shipping routes, and highlighted that the government has ramped up kerosene…
The Congress on Saturday (March 14, 2026) released its second list of 23 party candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections. It has also left 15 seats for its alliance partners in the northeastern State, where Assembly polls are slated in April. With this, the party has released the names of 65 candidates for the…
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. File picture | Photo Credit: PTI The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday (March 14, 2026) constituted a special investigation team (SIT) for a thorough investigation into the assassination attempt on former Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on March 11. The seven-member SIT, headed…
Prof. Uma Chakravarti criticises SNDT University for cancelling her lecture without providing any reason. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Taking a swipe at the SNDT University, the varsity that allegedly cancelled her lecture without providing any reason, feminist historian Uma Chakravarti, 84, who delivered the Neera Desai Memorial Lecture on Saturday (March 14, 2026),…
Empty LPG cylinders returned by consumers being stacked at a gas agency, as delivery staff sort and arrange them amid the ongoing LPG crisis, in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU The Group of Ministers (GoM), comprising Payyavula Keshav (Finance), Kinjarapu Atchannaidu (Agriculture), and Nadendla Manohar (Civil Supplies), on Saturday said that people in Andhra Pradesh…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File picture | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (March 14, 2026) said the State’s farmer-friendly initiative has benefited 1.4 crore people. In a post on X on Krishak Divas, paying tribute to 14 people killed in police firing during the Nandigram anti-land acquisition…
Telangana Drugs Control Administration seized a large consignment of Sildenafil tablets worth ₹2.7 lakh during a raid on a logistics depot in Hayathnagar on March 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Officials of the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) seized a large consignment of Sildenafil tablets worth ₹2.7 lakh during a raid on a…
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday refused to box himself in on how long U.S. military operations will last in Iran, saying the conflict in the Middle East could stretch a month or potentially “far longer” as he frames the mission as one that is necessary to eliminate a “colossal threat” to American interests. “Whatever the time…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis arriving for the ongoing Budget Session of the Assembly in Mumbai on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI The Maharashtra government on Friday introduced the Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 in the Assembly during the ongoing Budget Session. “The objective of the Bill is to protect the right to freedom of religion. It also…
Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, one of the top Democrats running for California governor, on Friday blasted USC and the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles for hosting a debate that he argues purposely excludes all candidates of color. Becerra said he and the other candidates were excluded from the televised debate…