US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Tuesday (US local time) that Washington may need to “reassess” its relationship with NATO after the Iran war ends.“I think there’s no doubt that, unfortunately, once this conflict is over, we’ll have to take a fresh look at that relationship. We’ll need to reconsider what NATO brings...

Farmers in Dausa and Karauli districts of eastern Rajasthan will get electricity for irrigation during daytime in two blocks, extending the facility to 24 districts in the State, said Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday night. The target was set in the revised State budget for 2024-25. Mr. Sharma said that steps were being taken to ensure daytime power supply...

4 min readApr 1, 2026 06:05 AM IST First published on: Apr 1, 2026 at 06:05 AM IST With the deadline of March 31 met, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was exuberant in declaring in the Lok Sabha on March 30 that “Naxalism has been more or less wiped out from Bastar” and with that,...

The Cyber Crime Wing of the West Bengal Police on Tuesday arrested industrialist Pawan Ruia in connection with his alleged involvement in a multi-crore fraud case involving shell companies and cryptocurrency-based money laundering. Ruia was apprehended near a hotel in New Town on the outskirts of Kolkata following a case registered at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime...

=KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Olympic bronze medallist and multiple Grand Slam doubles champion Leander Paes crossed over to the BJP on Tuesday, exiting the Trinamool Congress after a brief stint.At BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Paes, 52, framed the move as a new “responsibility” after four decades in sport. “I have played for the country… I wish...

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather. File | Photo Credit: PTI Withdrawal of security of politicians and ruling National Conference (NC) headquarters in Srinagar dominated the J&K Assembly proceedings on Tuesday (March 31, 2026), with the Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather stressing that “the security scenario cannot be taken lightly”. “The concerns raised...

For over two decades, Bungalow No. 33 on Shamnath Marg near Delhi’s Civil Lines, which once served as the Chief Minister’s residence, has had no takers. Politicians and bureaucrats alike have avoided it reportedly over rumours of “bad luck”, and it being “jinxed” and even “haunted”. To utilise the abandoned property, the Delhi government is...

The ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran has begun to ripple far beyond the Middle East, disrupting global supply chains and raising concerns for India’s agricultural sector. A key chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, has seen restricted movement of merchant vessels, affecting the transportation of crucial inputs like fertilisers and pesticides. With the...

American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in central Baghdad on Tuesday evening by unidentified assailants, Iraqi authorities confirmed, as security forces launched an urgent operation to locate her and apprehend those responsible.Iraq’s interior ministry said a foreign journalist had been abducted by “unknown individuals” in the capital, without initially disclosing her identity or nationality. A...

The Gauribidanur Town Police have arrested six people, including the victim’s wife, in connection with the murder of a 48-year-old man, following a detailed investigation that uncovered an attempt to pass off the crime as an accidental death. The deceased, identified as Sadiq alias Shivakumar, 48, a resident of Bisavanahalli village, Doddaballapur taluk, was found...