Shia Muslims shout slogans during a protest over the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei amid the restrictions imposed as a precautionary measure, in Sumbal area Bandipora district in North Kashmir on Tuesday, on March 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The J&K Police on Tuesday (March 3, 2026) filed First Information Reports...

3 min readNew Delhi, SuratMar 4, 2026 05:30 AM IST THREE INDIAN nationals are feared dead in two separate incidents during the Iran-Israel conflict, owing to attacks by the Iranian side on merchant shipping vessels off the Oman coast. An Indian national, identified as Dixit Solanki, 25, was killed on Monday when an explosive-laden drone...

The government on Tuesday said airlines have undertaken calibrated adjustments to their schedules and plan to operate 58 flights on March 4 amid the Middle East crisis. “Special arrangements are being made to facilitate the movement of stranded passengers, with airlines deploying additional capacity where required and coordinating closely with foreign aviation authorities and Indian...

NEW DELHI: In a big boost for the Navy and Indian Coast Guard, the defence ministry on Tuesday signed contracts worth Rs 5,083 crore for the acquisition of six Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mk-III (maritime role) for the Coast Guard and surface-to-air vertical launch-Shtil missiles for the Navy.While the contract for ALH Mk-III (MR) was...

The Kannur district administration has assured comprehensive assistance to the family of A.S. Aneesh who was killed in a wild elephant attack at Aralam farm and resolved to intensify measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. The decisions were taken at a meeting held at the collectorate on Tuesday. Sunny Joseph, MLA, District Collector...

2 min readAhmedabadMar 4, 2026 01:36 AM IST Nilesh Kumbhani, the Congress candidate from the Surat Lok Sabha seat in 2024, who was seen as the main challenger to the BJP candidate until his nomination was rejected, was recently seen with Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil. Patil last Saturday visited Kumbhani’s factory at...

A family dispute on the night of Holika Dahan ended in a chilling murder in Chhattisgarh, where a man allegedly hacked his father to death with an axe and dumped the body in a water tank beside the house before calmly eating biryani and going to sleep. FATHER KILLED ON HOLIKA DAHAN NIGHT The incident...

Apple’s new MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips delivers up to 4x faster AI performance over the previous generation, with Neural Accelerators baked into every GPU core. Storage starts at 1TB for M5 Pro and 2TB for M5 Max, with SSD speeds doubling to 14.5GB/s. India pricing begins at Rs 2,49,900, with...

Villagers from Perumpaththu on March 3, 2026, protesting against the March 2, 2026, night’s indiscriminate attack that left two persons dead in Nanguneri. Photo: Special Arrangement The Nanguneri police have arrested seven persons, including four teenagers, who allegedly launched an indiscriminate attack at Perumpaththu village near Nanguneri on Monday night (March 2, 2026), in which...

On Tuesday, transport unions across the state announced a strike from March 5, a day after talks with Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik failed to yield a satisfactory response on their grievances over e-challans, taxation, and toll collections, among others. The protest will be held at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. The announcement came three days after...