NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday named Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim, as its candidate from Panihati in its third list of nominees for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, formally bringing the bereaved mother into the electoral fray.In a press release, the party said its Central...

A public grievance meeting at Hosahundi village near Mysuru on Wednesday in connection with the proposed works to address road safety concerns at Devalapura Cross (Ring Road) on NH-275K. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Residents of Hosahundi village in Kasaba hobli of Mysuru taluk have opposed the proposed construction of a flyover at Devalapura Cross...

4 min readHyderabadMar 25, 2026 07:07 PM IST Nearly a week after its release, Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar The Revenge continues to pull reactions from across India’s film industries. The film, which stars Ranveer Singh as undercover RAW agent Hamza Ali Mazari, released worldwide on March 19, coinciding with Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, and Eid. The praise...

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday accused former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of excessive spending and misuse of public funds in renovating Kejriwal’s official residence, referred to by the BJP as the “Sheeshmahal”. Gupta addressed the Vidhan Sabha, alleging that Kejriwal withheld an official report on the renovation...

Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing & Oil Refinery) Centre on Wednesday said there was no shortage of LPG in the country, and that it was prioritising Piped Natural Gas, adding that it had adequate diesel and petrol supply.“Domestic PNG connections are a top priority for the Government of India, and 100% of them are being...

Oil prices fell more than 5%, and Asian shares gained on Wednesday (March 25) over the prospect of a de-escalation of the Iran war and negotiations between the United States and Iran. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was up 2.8% to 53,721.30 in early trading. South Korea’s Kospi gained 3.1% to 5,728.22. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose...

3 min readHyderabadMar 25, 2026 03:12 PM IST Ram Charan picked up a minor injury during the shoot of his upcoming film Peddi on Tuesday, causing a brief pause in what has been a race against time to complete the film ahead of its April 30 release. The incident took place while a major action...

Days after a video showing a former underworld don’s son performing late-night stunts on a Lamborghini in Bengaluru went viral, there is a fresh twist in the case. The lawyer representing Ricky Rai, the son of late underworld don Muthappa Rai, on Wednesday denied that his client was driving the car in the viral video....

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un defended his country’s nuclear arsenal, citing the ongoing Iran war as proof of the need for strong military deterrence, according to the South Korean state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Speaking to North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly on Tuesday, Kim accused the United States of carrying out “terrorism and invasions”...

The tested engine is a full metre long – the largest Inconel rocket engine ever built as a single piece and the first of its scale to be tested with electric motor-driven pumps | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chennai-headquartered Agnikul Cosmos, an end-to-end space transportation company, has successfully completed a critical booster engine test of...