Evening News Report: Iran rejects ship bound for Pakistan from Hormuz; administration calls for more gas pipelines to be diverted
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Strait of Hormuz Charged with lack of permits and violations of agreements, assertion of maritime sovereignty and forced coordination of transits. The government has mandated a shift to pipeline natural…
Kerala polls 2026: From narrow win to growing NOTA, what the last election vote share reveals
As Kerala approaches the 2026 Assembly elections, data from the 2021 polls suggest that the state remains extremely competitive, with slim margins of victory, scattered vote shares and a small but steady presence of NOTA influencing the political…
Sonia Gandhi hospitalized: Doctors say senior Congress leader’s condition stable
Sonia Gandhi (file photo) New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s condition is stable and she is under observation, doctors said on Wednesday. The veteran politician was admitted to Sir Gangaram Hospital on Tuesday after feeling unwell due to the…
‘Historic step’: After Uttarakhand, Gujarat passes Uniform Civil Code Bill
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel (Photo/PTI) New Delhi: The Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, making the state the second state in India after Uttarakhand to implement a unified personal law legal framework.With the…
‘Saving the soil: 100 days that moved the world’: Sadhguru’s daughter Radhe Jaggi launches new book
Sadhguru’s daughter Radhe Jaggi has launched a new book titled “Saving the Soil: 100 Days That Moved the World”chronicling the global movement to save soil.Radhe, a Bharatanatyam dancer, embraced Sadhguru’s initiative to create…
‘Anti-Bengali party’: Mamata, BJP locked in row over puja pandal permission issue
Mamata Banerjee and Nitin Nabin (right) New Delhi: The political battleground became increasingly tense as the BJP and TMC went toe-to-toe in West Bengal on Wednesday as the assembly elections neared. new bjp president Nitin Nabin Accusing the Mamata…
SC asks Didi on I-PAC case: How can ED push state authorities by complaining against CM?
New Delhi: Supreme Court The West Bengal government on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government how the central agency can engage with the state authorities headed by the chief minister when its complaint is against the chief minister himself. Court…
One in four Indians is overweight, but obesity is still considered a ‘lifestyle’: Experts warn of growing crisis
New Delhi: India faces a growing burden of obesity with one in four Indians being overweight, but the condition is still misunderstood as a lifestyle issue rather than a disease, experts said at a recent panel discussion led by ICMR and AIIMS on the…
‘Trying to divert attention from Iran war’: Congress slams BJP over notice to expel Lutyens
Congress headquarters at 24 Akbar Road (Photo/PTI) New Delhi: The Congress party on Wednesday received an eviction notice from its long-standing national headquarters at 24 Akbar Road and asked it to vacate the site by March 28. Reacting to the…