Dubai, March 26 Iran and the United States hardened their positions as diplomacy aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the war in the Middle East appeared to be faltering on Thursday. Tehran moved to formalise its control over the crucial Strait of Hormuz while Washington prepared for the arrival of US combat forces in the […]
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Gangtok, March 26 A scientific study conducted by the Sikkim University recorded 11 new species of dragonflies and damselflies for the first time in the Himalayas in the state. The research, published recently in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences’, was conducted by Neera Rawat, a PhD […]
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Jammu, March 26 Chaitra Navratri has drawn a huge rush of pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, with over 2.69 lakh devotees offering prayers at the cave shrine during the ongoing festival. “The yatra is going on smoothly. There is a huge rush. As many as 2,69,716 pilgrims […]
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The cyber wing of Kerala police has registered a case against social media platform X and one of its handles for circulating an AI-generated video allegedly depicting the PM and ECI in a “misleading and defamatory manner”. Police, in a statement, said the allegedly defamatory content was brought to its notice through […]
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New Delhi, March 26 India’s carbon dioxide emissions grew in 2025 at the slowest rate in more than two decades, according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). The analysis also pointed out that emissions in the power sector fell by 3.8 pc as record clean-energy growth combined […]
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Mumbai, March 26 The violence and action in “Dhurandhar: The Revenge” is deeply rooted in emotional drama and influenced by the brutal realities of the criminal world, says action director Aejaz Gulab, who was given a “free hand” by director Aditya Dhar to design these sequences. Gulab has an impressive filmography of 500 titles including […]
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Tehran/New Delhi, March 26 Iran has said it is allowing India and four other countries to continue commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, even as restrictions remain in place for what Tehran described as its adversaries and their allies. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said India, China, Russia, Iraq and Pakistan had been […]
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Bilaspur, March 26 An outbreak of Avian Influenza has been reported at a government poultry farm in Bilaspur, prompting authorities to take swift containment measures. Officials confirmed on Thursday that a total of 22,808 poultry birds have been culled to prevent the spread of the infection. In addition, 25,896 eggs and nearly 79 quintals of […]
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Chandigarh, March 26 In a major administrative reshuffle, the Haryana government has issued transfer and posting orders of 21 IAS and 42 HCS officers with immediate effect. Among the IAS who have been transferred include Geeta Bharti, Secretary to the Haryana government, Home-I and Home-II Department and Managing Director, Haryana Scheduled Castes, Finance and Development […]
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Rayavaram, March 26 Thirteen people were killed and 22 injured after a private travels bus collided with a tipper and caught fire here in Markapuram district on Thursday, police said. While earlier estimates from District Superintendent of Police V Harshavardhan Raju suggested 14 fatalities, an official release from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) later confirmed […]
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