3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 20, 2026 08:25 AM IST A senior Navy officer has questioned the selection of an Army boxer over the Navy’s pugilist in the Indian squad for the upcoming Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The 10-member squad for the March 28-April 11 Asian meet includes nine Army boxers — the tenth...

A man was killed and three others were injured after a speeding SUV rammed multiple vehicles in Dehradun on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident took place around 7:30 pm in the Dalanwala area. The vehicle involved was a Toyota Innova, driven by Guneet Singh, 43, a resident of Inder Road. According to police, the...

Image used for representative purposes An Iranian missile strike targeted Israel’s northern port city of Haifa on Thursday, hitting oil refineries, though officials said the impact was limited.Israel’s Energy Ministry confirmed the attack but said that it did not cause major disruption, reported Reuters. Energy Minister Eli Cohen confirmed that electricity supply was briefly affected...

Representational file image. @DGCAIndia/X via PTI Photo A Mumbai-bound Air India aircraft was diverted to Medina, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday (March 19, 2026) afternoon following an aft cargo fire indication in the cockpit that turned out to be false. After inspection, the plane was cleared for operations and took off for Mumbai, an official said....

1 min readPanajiMar 20, 2026 04:18 AM IST The Goa Police’s Crime Branch has arrested three persons for allegedly operating an inter-state prostitution racket as well as multiple websites offering escort services. During a raid following an FIR registered against 22 websites engaged in “dissemination and publication of sexually explicit and objectionable content”, three accused...

The Maharashtra government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe a sexual abuse case linked to self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, also known as “Captain.” The SIT is being led by IPS officer Tejaswini Satpute. Satpute on Thursday questioned Kharat for nearly two hours. She did not share details of the interrogation and said...

NEW DELHI: Veteran diplomat and India’s high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami will be India’s next ambassador to China. An IFS officer of 1992 batch, he is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, the govt announced Thursday.Doraiswamy served as a young diplomat in Beijing from 1996 to 2000 and is said to...

The idol of Lord Kodandarama being carried on Simha Vahanam around the temple on the third day of the annual Brahmotsavams in Tirupati on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar The third day of the nine-day annual Brahmotsavam at Sri Kodandarama Swamy temple saw Lord Rama majestically seated on a lion and under a...

THE BOMBAY High Court recently rejected a plea by family for an investigation into the 2019 custodial death of Sion resident Vijay Singh, a taxi driver’s son, after CBI findings ruled out torture by police and concluded the death was due to a sudden heart attack. On October 27, 2019 night, police stated that 22-year-old...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said Pakistan’s track record of clandestine nuclear proliferation poses a serious global threat, echoing concerns raised in a recent US intelligence assessment. Addressing a regular press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal referred to remarks by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and said Pakistan’s past continues...