In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center right, and his daughter, center left, attend a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems, at an undisclosed place in North Korea Saturday, March 14. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) North Korea tested nuclear-capable rocket launchers, state...

The Congress on Saturday (March 14, 2026) released its second list of 23 party candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections. It has also left 15 seats for its alliance partners in the northeastern State, where Assembly polls are slated in April. With this, the party has released the names of 65 candidates for the...

Despite the Centre on Saturday revoking the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act, protests planned for March 16 across Ladakh will go ahead as scheduled. On March 13, the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) had announced that the people of Ladakh would take to the streets again as the Ministry of...

Police have registered a case after a Class 1 student at a private school in Bengaluru was allegedly made to stand under the scorching sun for two hours as punishment for arriving late, officials said on Saturday. The incident reportedly took place at a school in Yelahanka Attur Layout. According to police, the child’s parents...

Indian Navy warships deployed in the Gulf region as part of the continuing Operation Sankalp are keeping a constant vigil on India-bound cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz area.“A warship deployed in that region (off the Oman coast) is still monitoring the situation and keeping a close watch on India-bound cargo ships,” a source...

The political battle here is largely between the CPI-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF, though the BJP-led NDA has gradually expanded its vote share. F | Photo Credit: K.K. Najeeb One of the most intriguing contests in the upcoming Kerala Assembly election is expected in Ollur constituency in Thrissur district — a seat widely regarded...

2 min readNew DelhiMar 15, 2026 01:54 AM IST More than a week after a 26-year-old man was killed on Holi amid a clash with neighbours in West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, his family on Saturday demanded that the murder case be handed over to the CBI or a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Speaking at a...

The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a notification on Saturday, saying that households having both a Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connection and a domestic Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) subscription shall surrender the latter and also refrain from getting cylinder refills from any public oil company or through its distributors. The notification, issued...

JAMMU: Panun Kashmir has expelled its chairman, Ajay Chrungoo, for alleged links with US-based separatist lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai, a proclaimed agent of Pakistan’s ISI, and has named Tito Ganju as its new chief.The prominent organisation representing displaced Kashmiri Pandits said in a statement on Saturday that senior office-bearers met Chrungoo earlier in the day...

Prof. Uma Chakravarti criticises SNDT University for cancelling her lecture without providing any reason. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Taking a swipe at the SNDT University, the varsity that allegedly cancelled her lecture without providing any reason, feminist historian Uma Chakravarti, 84, who delivered the Neera Desai Memorial Lecture on Saturday (March 14, 2026),...