India’s Koneru Humpy (PTI Photo) Top Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy has announced her decision to withdraw from the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament, citing personal safety and well-being as her primary concern. The tournament, which begins on March 28 at the Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus, is the only pathway to the...

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: ANI Four Assam police commandos were injured in an extremist attack in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district early Sunday (March 22, 2026) morning. District officials said the assailants, suspected to be of a banned group, fired indiscriminately and lobbed several grenades at the commando camp at Jagun,...

Marked a significant milestone in the dismantling of the railway portions of the Elphinstone bridge, the last two standing girders over the Western Railway tracks were removed on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, after a failed first attempt. Overshooting the issued megablock of 1.30am to 6 am by just over half an hour,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to review the situation related to petroleum, crude, gas, power and fertiliser sectors amid the evolving West Asia conflict. The meeting focused on ensuring uninterrupted supply, stable logistics and efficient distribution of essential resources across the country. Senior ministers, including Home...

RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary with KC Tyagi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Senior JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Sunday pledged to carry forward former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh’s legacy after joining the Rashtriya Lok Dal, after parting way from the Nitish Kumar-led party, which has been at the helm of the Bihar government for the...

Congress leader K.C. Venugopal on Sunday (March 22, 2026) alleged that a CPI(M)-BJP nexus is evident in the ongoing election, asserting that such an understanding would not succeed in Kerala this time. Addressing a press conference, the AICC leader reiterated the party’s promise of free Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus travel for women...

Plumes of smoke rise from an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo) Iran on Sunday threatened to “irreversibly destroy” critical infrastructure ​and energy facilities in the Middle East region if Tehran’s power plants are targeted, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ⁠said in a post on X. Iran’s parliament speaker’s comments came...

Flash floods in Oman have claimed the lives of two people from Kerala, while another woman remains missing, prompting senior Congress leader VD Satheesan to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s urgent intervention. The missing woman has been identified as Ramla, who also hails from Trithala. According to reports, the victims were travelling in a vehicle...

Last week’s bloodbath at the Dalal Street erroded the market capitalisation of five of the top-10 most-valued firms by over Rs 1 lakh crore. The broader equity benchmarks also ended on a muted note. The BSE Sensex slipped by 30.96 points, or 0.04%, while the NSE Nifty declined 36.6 points, or 0.15%, reflecting a largely...

P. Shanmugam, CPI,(M) State secretary. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj On a day when Tamilaga Vazhurimai Katchi leader T. Velmurugan exited the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, the CPI(M) left a small window of opportunity open on Sunday (March 22, 2026) afternoon, saying it would revisit the DMK’s offer of only five seats...