Nagpur: At least 17 persons were killed and 18 others injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing factory in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district on Sunday morning, police said. The blast took place at the SBL Energy Limited factory, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil, a senior police official said. At…
Kochi: A majority of flights scheduled to the Gulf regions remain cancelled from four international airports in Kerala following the conflict in West Asia on Sunday. Though authorities had issued an advisory asking passengers to check flight status before arriving at the airport, several travellers waited at airports across the state expecting services to resume….
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee postponed all political activities scheduled for Sunday to honour the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint air strike by the US and Israel. A spokesman of the PCC said the party strongly condemned the brutal air strikes on the Iranian Supreme…
Kolkata: The Muslim-dominated districts of Murshidabad and Malda have the highest number of voters whose documents are yet to be scrutinised, according to the final electoral rolls issued by the Election Commission following the SIR exercise in West Bengal. A total of 60.06 lakh voters have been marked as ‘under adjudication’ in the final electoral…
New Delhi: Iran has declared all US and Israeli bases and assets in the Middle East as “legitimate targets” in the event of military aggression against it, Iran’s Ambassador to India Mohammad Fathali said on Saturday. Fathali invoked Iran’s right to self-defence under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and affirmed that, as a…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held separate phone conversations with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar as the Middle East reeled under massive tension following a joint US-Israel military offensive against Iran. The external affairs minister also spoke to his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin…
Kottayam (Kerala): Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday underscored the transformative power of education, asserting that it shapes the character of individuals and, in turn, the future of the nation. Addressing the valedictory function of the centenary celebrations of St Berchmans College at Changanassery, he said education plays a vital role in moulding responsible citizens…
Kolkata: Around 63.66 lakh names, nearly 8.3 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted in West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November last year, bringing down the total number of voters in the state to over 7.04 crore ahead of the assembly elections due in April, EC officials said. The…
New Delhi: Air India on Saturday diverted its Delhi-Tel Aviv flight to Mumbai due to the closure of Israeli airspace. Israel and the US have launched attacks on Iran, following which some airspaces are closed for flight operations. “AI139 operating from Delhi to Tel Aviv on 28 February is returning to India due to the…
Jaipur: Attacking the Congress over its youth wing’s “shirtless protest” at the AI summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the opposition party has become “Muslim League-Maoist Congress”, which does not let go of any opportunity to malign the country. The Muslim League’s hatred towards India was the reason for the Partition and today,…
