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Rajya Sabha polls: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia, Congress’s Karamvir Boudh elected
Chandigarh: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia and Congress party’s Karamvir Singh Boudh have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats in a keenly watched election as developments unfolded over allegations of violation of…
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Maharashtra Assembly passes Freedom of Religion Bill
Mumbai: The Maharashtra assembly on Monday, March 16 night, passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which has stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement or marriage,…
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Bihar’s longest-serving CM Nitish Kumar elected to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Bihar’s longest-serving chief minister Nitish Kumar and new BJP president Nitin Nabin were elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar as the ruling NDA swept the elections held in three…
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Iran links Hormuz passage for Indian vessels to release of seized tankers
New Delhi: Iran has asked India to release three tankers seized in February, as part of ongoing talks seeking safe passage for Indian-flagged or India-bound vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported on Monday,…
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25,605 LPG distributorships in India, 17,677 in rural areas: Govt
New Delhi: The government on Monday, March 16, informed that there are 25,605 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) distributorships in India (as of March 1, 2026), including 17,677 in rural areas, served by…
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Mahmudabad prosecution dropped as one-time grace: Haryana to SC
New Delhi: The Haryana government on Monday, March 16, told the Supreme Court that it has decided not to grant sanction to prosecute Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was booked…
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Trinamool stages walkout in RS over EC’s midnight bureaucratic shuffle in Bengal
New Delhi: Following a midnight shuffle of bureaucrats, the tensions between the Trinamool Congress and the Election Commission of India (ECI) escalated with Trinamool MPs staging a day-long walkout from the Rajya…
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Hardeep Singh Puri’s daughter moves Delhi HC over ‘fake’ Epstein links claims
New Delhi: Himayani Puri, the daughter of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court on Monday, March 16, seeking removal of online content linking her to…
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Who is Telugu poet Nandini Sidha Reddy set to receive Sahitya Akademi Award?
Hyderabad: Telugu poet Nandini Sidha Reddy is among 24 authors who will receive the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2025, the National Academy of Letters announced on Monday, March 16. He was selected…
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Go to High Court first, SC tells journalist Ravi Nair in Adani notice case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, March 16, refused to entertain a plea by journalist Ravi Nair challenging a Gujarat Crime Branch notice issued to him in connection with an article he…
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Students suspended for 21 days for wearing Hanuman mala in Telangana school
Hyderabad: Tensions prevailed in Jagtial after five students were allegedly denied entry into school on Monday, March 16, and suspended for wearing a Hanuman mala. The incident occurred at the Nikhil Bharat…
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Dainik Jagran editor to face trial for branding J-K man ‘terror associate’
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that falsely branding a person as having links to terrorists amounts to criminal defamation, observing that such a portrayal “lowers the…
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‘Go to sleep, it’s ok’: Calm, quiet as Harish Rana prepares to say final goodbye
Ghaziabad: Meditative chants in the background, a loving hand on his forehead and the calm of words telling him ‘theek hai’… with that, the family of Harish Rana, in a coma for…
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Indian Embassy urges citizens in Saudi Arabia to remain vigilant
Riyadh: The Embassy of India in Riyadh has urged Indian nationals in the Saudi Arabia to remain vigilant and strictly follow safety guidelines issued by local authorities amid the prevailing regional situation.…
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West Bengal: ED cracks down on suspected illegal call centres
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday, March 16, conducted searches at multiple locations in poll-bound West Bengal as part of a probe into the operations of an alleged illegal call centre,…
