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March 18, 2026 8:48 AM
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Iran has confirmed the killing of National Security chief Ali Larijani and the head of Basij force Gholam Reza Soleimani in Israeli strike. Larijani was one of Tehran's most prominent figures in the ongoing war against the US and Israel and close confidant of slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and ...
March 18, 2026 8:28 AM
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Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, has been rocked by a series of explosions close to the United States embassy yesterday in the city’s heavily fortified Green Zone as the rapidly escalating US-Israeli war on Iran continued to spill over the border. Security sources said that at least three explosive drones a...
March 18, 2026 8:49 AM
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The Election Commission has deployed one thousand one hundred 11 Central Observers for the assembly elections of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and the bye-elections in 6 States. The Commission said that among them, 557 are General Observers, 188 Police Observers and 366 are E...
March 18, 2026 8:17 AM
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for for thunderstorm accompanied with hailstorm over Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Vidarbha for today. IMD has forecast thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and gusty winds over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, M...
March 18, 2026 8:10 AM
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In Gujarat, the high-level committee for the Uniform Civil Code submitted its final draft report to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar yesterday. The committee, led by retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, prepared this report after conducting an extensive study and g...
March 18, 2026 7:59 AM
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The Maharashtra assembly has approved the Maharashtra Repealing Bill, 2026, resulting in 80 outdated laws being scrapped, including the Bengal Regulation of 1825 and the Bombay Abkari Act. These laws were no longer in use and needed to be removed as part of efforts to promote good governance and str...
March 18, 2026 7:46 AM
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced a series of emergency measures to safeguard the island’s economy and ensure energy security as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East disrupts global fuel supply chains and heightens domestic anxiety over essential goods and services. In a...
March 18, 2026 7:26 AM
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The Indian Embassy in Doha said that Qatar Airways operated five flights to India yesterday, carrying over 1,600 Indian nationals amid ongoing airspace restrictions in Qatar. The Embassy said that the airline has also announced plans to expand connectivity from today, with flights scheduled to nine ...
March 18, 2026 7:05 AM
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The Lok Sabha will take up discussion and voting today on the Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for 2026-27. The House is also scheduled to take up discussion and voting on the Demands for Grants under the control of Home Ministry, External Affai...
March 18, 2026 6:55 AM
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Air India and Air India Express will operate 50 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from West Asia today. Of them, 26 will be scheduled and 24 will be non-scheduled services, Air India said in a statement. The ongoing conflict in the region involving the US, Israel and Iran has disrupted flig...
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