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New Delhi: The ministry of information and broadcasting has extended its directive to suspend television rating points (TRPs) for news channels by another four weeks, citing concerns over sensationalizing West Asia conflict.In an order issued on March 31, the ministry said the step was necessary in public interest, as the conflict "still largely prevails at the moment". The direction continues the March 6 order that had first halted TRP reporting amid concerns that competitive pressures were dri ...Read More >
T'puram: Chief electoral officer Rathan U Kelkar on Tuesday said that preparations for the assembly elections were completed, as he released key data on voters and polling arrangements ahead of voting on Thursday. A total of 2,71,42,952 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the state, with 883 candidates in the fray. As part of the arrangements, 30,495 polling booths have been set up, including 24 auxiliary booths, which have been arranged in stations with more than 1,200 voters. Kelkar sai ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Referring to the apex court's various judgments defining "obscene" as something which has the potential to appeal to the prurient interest of a person, Supreme Court has said that the mere use of bastard "without a sexual or prurient element" does not constitute an offence of obscenity under IPC Section 294."...in our view, mere use of the word 'bastard', by itself, is not sufficient to arouse prurient interest of a person. More so when such words are commonly used in the modern era d ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: A meeting of the state BJP parliamentary board was held at the chief minister's residence in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to finalise candidates for the upcoming local body elections.The state unit of the BJP is expected to release its first list of candidates for elections to municipal corporations, municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats. The state unit of the Congress party has already released its first list of candidates for the various municipal corporations of the ...Read More >
KANNUR/T'PURAM/KOTTAYAM: Political rhetoric across state lines has intensified this election, with a sharp exchange of words taking place between Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy on the last day of campaigning for the April 9 elections.At a news conference in Kannur on Tuesday, while responding to a query over Reddy's earlier remarks targeting him, Vijayan said a CM must maintain the basic standards of conduct. "Such language is inappropriate for ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: An Assam Police team searched Tuesday the New Delhi residence of Congress neta Pawan Khera in connection with a case filed by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, escalating a political clash over alleged multiple passports and foreign assets.Khera was not found at his Nizamuddin residence during the search carried out with assistance from Delhi Police, officials said. "We will trace him wherever he is," said DCP Debajit Nath.Police seized electronic devices during the ...Read More >
Kanpur: Kanpur police have revealed that a video of Punjab victim Manjinder -- duped of Rs 43 lakh in a kidney racket -- was recovered from the mobile phone of accused Shivam Agrawal in the city's kidney scandal case.Manjinder, a resident of Tarn Taran in Amritsar, alleged that Ahuja Hospital operators Dr Surjit Ahuja, Dr Preeti Ahuja and four other persons took Rs 43 lakh from him in the name of providing a kidney, but his transplant was never carried out. He raised the amount by taking loans.A ...Read More >
Kannur/Thiruvananthapuram/Kottayam: Intensifying political rhetoric across state lines, a sharp exchange of words erupted between chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy.At a news conference in Kannur on Tuesday, while responding to a query raised by reporters over Reddy's earlier remarks, Vijayan said a chief minister must maintain the basic standards of conduct. "Such language is inappropriate for a chief minister. However, he made the allegations in public, ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the Greater Agra township project will help the area grow as a 'second Noida' and give the Taj city's urban expansion a new direction.Yogi said this after performing the bhoomi pujan for the project that will be developed at an outlay of Rs 5,142 crore.The CM also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 325 development projects in the district, worth Rs 6,466.37 crore."Govt wanted Agra not to be limited to just a tourist destination b ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Gurgaon ranked as the most polluted city in India in March 2026, recording a monthly average PM2.5 concentration of 116 µg/m³. The level is nearly twice India's national ambient air quality standard (60 µg/m³) and far above the WHO guideline of 15 µg/m³.Haryana accounted for four of the 10 cities, followed by two each from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Rajasthan and Gujarat. Other places in the top 10 included Bahadurgarh, Faridabad, Singrauli, Mandideep, Ghaziabad ...Read More >
Mumbai: City builders were the top revenue source for the BMC in 2025-26, paying premiums and development charges totalling Rs 11,626 crore. This revenue generated due to large-scale construction activity, mainly redevelopment of buildings, far surpasses BMC's highest-ever collection from property tax (Rs 7,610 crore) in the last financial year."The development plan department is the biggest revenue earner for the municipal corporation," said a civic official.This is the highest ever money colle ...Read More >
Ludhiana: Punjab minister for industries and commerce, investment promotion, local bodies and power, Sanjeev Arora, stated today that a new exhibition centre is being established on a 10-acre land parcel near the Jalandhar Bypass. During an interaction with leading Ludhiana industrialists at a local hotel, he confirmed that the tender for this project will be opened this Monday, with the work expected to be completed within a single year.Addressing the gathered industrialists, the cabinet minist ...Read More >
New Delhi: Very light rain on Tuesday brought down the maximum temperature to 28.8 degrees Celsius, six degrees below normal, making it the coolest April day in three years.The rain was accompanied by gusty winds, the maximum speed for which at Palam was 56 kmph around 1.30 pm. No flight was diverted or cancelled but according to FlightRadar24, a live tracking website, over 400 flights were delayed.Similar meteorological conditions, including light rain along with gusty winds up to 50 kmph, are ...Read More >
Coimbatore: More than 55% of the nomination papers filed by candidates in 10 constituencies of Coimbatore district for the April 23 assembly election were rejected during scrutiny on Tuesday.A total of 450 nominations, including those of major party candidates and independents, were filed between March 30 and April 6, the last date for filing nominations. Scrutiny was conducted by the respective returning officers in the presence of candidates' agents. After the exercise, 201 nominations were ac ...Read More >
Guwahati: The state health department observed World Health Day 2026 on Tuesday on the theme "Together for Health-Stand with Science", with the year-long global campaign highlighting the critical need for scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants and the planet, with emphasis on evidence-based action and the 'One Health' approach.The event in the city was attended by the mission director of the National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, the director of health services, ...Read More >
Shillong: The Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) recorded an overall pass percentage of 86.84% in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Examination held from Jan 30 to Feb 11. Results were declared on Tuesday.Of the 48,623 candidates who appeared, 42,228 passed. Boys registered a pass percentage of 94.14%, while 92.88% of girls cleared the exams. Last year, the pass percentage stood at 87.10%."The joint efforts of all stakeholders -- students, educators, district administratio ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab has exceeded its excise revenue target for 2025-26, collecting Rs 11,782 crore till March 31. The amount is Rs 582 crore more than the revised target of Rs 11,200 crore.Announcing the figures, finance, planning, excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema attributed the gains to tighter enforcement and a trade-friendly policy regime. "Significantly, excise revenue has nearly doubled over the past four years, rising from Rs 6,254.8 crore to Rs 11,782 crore. A new target of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday indirectly reacted to US President Donald Trump's warning to Iran, saying any rhetoric that contemplates the "end of civilisation" is unacceptable in the modern world.In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi said that while wars remain a tragic reality, the use of extreme language or actions that could lead to catastrophic consequences must be rejected."Wars are tragic, yet they remain a reality. Any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisat ...Read More >
CUDDALORE: Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin made a clarion call for the formation of "Dravidian Model 2.0" govt after the 2026 assembly election.Sharing the stage with VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan and DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakanth to exhibit the solidarity of the alliance, Stalin said under the current DMK regime, Tamil Nadu's growth rate jumped from a dismal 0.07% during the previous AIADMK regime to a robust 11.19%, earning the state the moniker of " ...Read More >
New Delhi: A head constable was caught red-handed by CBI while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.CBI conducted a raid at Shakarpur police station on Monday. According to preliminary reports, the bribe was linked to a molestation case, in which the accused was allegedly asked to pay Rs 50,000 in exchange for favourable handling of the matter. However, the amount was reportedly negotiated down to Rs 20,000, prompting CBI officials to lay a trap and catch the constable in the act.In connecti ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The high-voltage campaign in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry ended on Tuesday evening, with all political parties going all out for the final show of strength ahead of voting on April 9.For 299 seats across two states and a union territory, the Bharatiya Janata Party roped in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, and several state chief ministers for campaigning. Meanwhile, Congress also put the weight of its top leaders behind the party t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP national president JP Nadda announced that every household in Puducherry would receive two free gas cylinders a year if the NDA returns to power, as he flagged off the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's mega bike rally ahead of the upcoming assembly polls.Speaking at the rally, also attended by Union minister and BJP election in-charge for Puducherry Mansukh Mandaviya, Nadda said the NDA 2.0 government would prioritise the Union territory's "economic development" th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss, and opted to field against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati on Tuesday. For the Mumbai Indians, captain Hardik Pandya, who missed the last match against Delhi Capitals, and Trent Boult came back into the side. While the Rajasthan Royals went with the same team. It will be a 11-over game. Powerplay will be 3.2 overs."We are going to bowl first. It has been under covers, in rain-effected games you should bat second. It just gives you a clea ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta lauded the central government for regularising Delhi's unauthorised colonies on an "As Is, Where Is" basis under the PM-UDAY scheme, noting that the new framework allows for the regularisation of 1,531 colonies without requiring layout plan approval. Furthermore, she mentioned that all plots and buildings within these colonies will be treated as residential. Addressing a press conference at the National Media Centre on Tuesday, she further mentioned that joi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy fired back at Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan with a pointed letter. In his "final response" to Vijayan's poor governance allegations, Reddy listed out fresh data highlighting Telangana's progress.He opened his letter with a sharp criticism of the language used by the Kerala CM, calling it "language of poor taste" and a "dash comment". He wrote, "Thank you for your letter. While I chose to conduct myself respectfully and gracefully in my cr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's electric vehicles sales crossed a record 20 lakh-unit mark for the first time, as significant numbers in two- and three-wheelers and growing volumes in cars added strength to the greens.According to retail sales numbers released by Federation of Automobile Dealers' Association (FADA), a total of 24.5 lakh units of EVs were sold in FY26 against 19.6 lakh units in the previous fiscal, registering a growth of around 25%.A large part of the volumes came in from two-wheelers, led b ...Read More >
Hyderabad: AstraZeneca Pharma India, a subsidiary of British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca Plc, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Telangana govt to introduce AI-powered lung cancer screening across 20 public health facilities.The move is aimed at improving early detection of the disease in both urban and rural areas.As part of the collaboration, the screening will deploy Indian startup Qure.ai's AI-enabled chest X-ray solution to help clinicians identify high-risk pulmonary no ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday to present him with a Bastar 2.0 development blueprint, aimed at transformation of the once Naxal-infested region into a hub for infrastructure expansion, innovation-led growth, start-ups and tourism. Bastar was recently declared as free from Left-wing extremism after all CPI(Maoist) leaders of standing were either eliminated or chose to surrender. The region, which had borne the brunt of Naxal ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: Private English medium schools in Steel City will now have to display details of the members of the school fees determination committee at prominent locations on the premises so that parents can contact them for information pertaining to admission, academics or lodge complaints, if any, officials said.East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Karan Satyarthi has directed authorities to undertake surprise inspection of schools to ensure compliance."In the fee book, schools must mention the s ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a Pakistani terrorist who was wanted for 16 years, as it busted a "deep-rooted" interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba module.According to officials, Pakistani terrorist Abdullah alias Abu Hureira was captured on Monday along with another Pakistani national in an operation that comes six months after the dismantling of a "white-collar" terror cell centred at Faridabad's Al-Falah University.Officials said that Srinagar Police, in ...Read More >
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