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- India
CBSE postpones board exams in Gulf nations amid Middle East conflict
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday, March 3, announced that the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations scheduled for March 5 and 6 have been postponed…
- Sports
West Indies cricket team stranded in India due to international airspace restrictions
New Delhi: The West Indies cricket team’s departure from India after its exit from the T20 World Cup has been delayed owing to international airspace restrictions triggered by the US and Israeli…
- Telangana
Israel-Iran-US tensions strand Telangana minister in Dubai
Hyderabad: Telangana Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao remains stuck in Dubai after regional tensions involving Israel, the United States and Iran prompted major disruptions in West Asian air travel. His son-in-law, Kalyan…
- Hyderabad
MHA seeks vigil on ‘pro-Iran radical preachers’; Owaisi hits out
The Union Home Ministry (MHA) has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories asking them to keep a close watch on pro-Iran radical preachers and inflammatory speeches in the wake…
- World
Student of Indian descent killed in US shooting considered reaction to Iran war
New York: The fallout from the distant Iran war has claimed the life of a student of Indian descent in Texas, who was killed along with another student by a man wearing…
- Middle East
Trump says Iran operations likely to last 4-5 weeks but could go longer
Washington: US President Donald Trump says Iran operations are likely to last 4 to 5 weeks but that he’s prepared “to go far longer than that.” Trump spoke Monday at a White…
- India
Stranded in Dubai, PV Sindhu set to miss All England Championships
Birmingham: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is set to miss the All England Championships starting in the UK’s Birmingham on Tuesday, March 3, after being stranded in Dubai amid the US bombing…
- India
Tech Mahindra worker’s Islamophobic comment on LinkedIn draws flak
A Tech Mahindra employee from Maharashtra’s Pune received nationwide condemnation after his comment on a LinkedIn post called for the “whitewashing” of the entire Muslim population. The comment was posted under a…
- India
Trump’s terror-like actions must be resisted: CPI (M) leader
Guntur: US President Donald Trump’s “terror-like” actions must be resisted unitedly, Communist Party of India (M) National Executive Member Dr K Narayana said on Monday, March 2, during a protest program held…
- Telangana
Telangana Minister assures support to Indians in Iran, urges to maintain calm
Hyderabad: Telangana Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare Minister Adluri Lakshman Kumar on Monday, March 2, assured help to Indians stranded in Iran amid the tensions with Israel and the United States.…
- Bollywood
Nargis Fakhri says her ‘brain is on high alert’ in Dubai amid Middle East tensions
Mumbai: Amid the growing tensions between Israel and Iran, Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri shared a vulnerable post about battling anxiety and sleeplessness while in Dubai, saying the uncertainty of “what’s going to…
- Bollywood
Esha Gupta says she is safe in Dubai but ‘times are scary, tough’
New Delhi: Actor Esha Gupta assured fans she is safe in Dubai following the suspension of flights after escalating tensions in the Middle East and said she hopes to return to India…
- Kashmir
Mobile internet speeds restricted in Kashmir amid protests over Khamenei killing
Srinagar: Mobile internet speeds were throttled across Kashmir on Monday, March 2, in the wake of spontaneous protests against the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, officials said. They said…
- India
J-K MP criticises Omar Abdullah for not condemning Khamenei’s assassination
Srinagar: National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Monday, March 2, criticised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for failing to “condemn” the assassination of Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.…
- World
Oil prices rise sharply in market trading after attacks in Middle East
New York: Oil prices rose sharply when market trading began Sunday, as US and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and US military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions…
