Superintendent of Police G. Bindu Madhav speaks to the media at a press conference in Kakinada on Thursday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT The owners of Surya Sri Fireworks (SSF) had stored a huge quantity of explosive materials, and had employed 30 workers at their firecracker manufacturing complex in Vetlapalem village, Kakinada district in order to...

2 min readMar 5, 2026 07:33 PM IST Sri Lanka may revamp its cricket administration in the wake of the men’s team’s dismal performance in the 2026 T20 World Cup. The country’s sports minister Sunil Kumara Gamage said that it is in discussion with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over transfering administration of Sri Lanka...

Commercial vehicles, including buses on school duty, cabs and trucks, will go on a strike from midnight on Thursday across Maharashtra. The indefinite strike, which is mainly over pending e-challans, is likely to hit Mumbai and Pune worst. The transport unions have eight points of grievance and threatened to block key transport routes with their...

Fragments of Iranian weapons, shattered in flight or rendered useless by electronic disruption, have been falling from the skies across the Middle East. Behind many of these failures is a network of advanced technology developed in the US, including heat-tracking satellites, cyber warfare tools and cutting-edge laser systems designed to neutralise aerial threats.Military observers believe...

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A comment circulating online encapsulates the political developments in Bihar perfectly – “it took a global war for a regime change in Iran to effect one in Bihar.” Nitish Kumar, the State’s longest serving chief minister, is going to the Rajya Sabha, vacating the post for National Democratic Alliance ally, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which...

As the US-Israel-Iran war enters its sixth day, Iran continues to step up its retaliatory attacks in the Middle East region. The United Arab Emirates said that its air defence systems intercepted three ballistic missiles on Wednesday (March 4) and detected 129 drones, of which 121 were intercepted while eight fell within the territory of...

At least 11 people were injured after a dispute over playing with colours on Holi escalated into a violent clash between two groups in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki, police said. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in Tikaria village in Uttar Pradesh. According to police, an argument between the two sides over...

India has sought to buy Russian crude to avoid supply shortages as Middle East tensions show no sign of abating. (AI image) India is back to stepping up purchases of Russian crude as the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war blocks Strait of Hormuz and crucial oil supplies from the Middle East, according to reports. India imports nearly...

Kamarvir Singh Boudh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Congress on Thursday (March 5, 2026) named Karamvir Singh Boudh, a Scheduled Caste leader, as party’s candidate for the Rajya Sabha election in Haryana. The announcement came on the last date for filing nominations for the biennial election for two seats. The candidature of Mr. Boudh,...