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Ranchi Man Dies On Ship Near Hormuz, Family Seeks Help To Bring Back Body
- Mar 20, 2026 23:22 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Captain Rakesh Ranjan died on board a merchant vessel carrying oil near the Strait of Hormuz, his family said on Friday, urging the Centre and the Jharkhand government to help bring back his body.
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Maharashtra Women's Panel Head Quits After Row Over Ties With 'Rapist' Astrologer
- Mar 20, 2026 23:05 pm IST
- Reported by: Puja Bhardwaj
Ashok Kharat was arrested in Nashik on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman several times over three years
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Proposed Footpath Policy Aims To Reclaim Pedestrian Spaces In Bengaluru
- Mar 20, 2026 22:19 pm IST
- Reported by: Reethu Rajpurohit
DK Shivakumar said the government is committed to safeguarding footpaths, which have increasingly been encroached upon by street vendors, causing inconvenience to pedestrians and contributing to traffic congestion.
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Raymond's Gautam Singhania Injured As Speedboat Overturns In Maldives
- Mar 20, 2026 21:30 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Local media outlets reported that seven tourists were on the speedboat.
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Delhi Records Coldest March Day In 6 Years, Cleanest Air Quality In 5 Months
- Mar 20, 2026 20:52 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
With the maximum temperature settling at 21.7 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, 9.6 degrees below normal, Delhi logged its coldest March day since March 8, 2020, when the mercury had dropped to 21.2 degrees Celsius.
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PM Modi Discusses Current Situation In Middle East In Call With Bahrain King
- Mar 20, 2026 20:48 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed the current situation in West Asia with Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa and condemned the attacks on the energy and civilian infrastructure in the region.
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Video: Leopard Sparks Panic In Mumbai, Scales School Wall And Attacks Dog
- Mar 20, 2026 20:20 pm IST
- Reported by: Puja Bhardwaj
- Edited by: Raunaq Lekhi
Panic gripped Mumbai's Bhandup area after a leopard was spotted moving inside a residential locality, with the entire incident captured on CCTV.
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CBI Questions Anil Ambani For 2nd Day In Rs 2,929-Crore Bank Fraud Case
- Mar 20, 2026 19:01 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The CBI on Friday questioned industrialist Anil Ambani for over six hours in connection with a Rs 2,929-crore cheating case, registered against Reliance Communications Ltd and him on a complaint by the State Bank of India, officials said.
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Bangladesh Envoy Meets S Jaishankar, Foreign Minister May Visit Next Month
- Mar 20, 2026 18:40 pm IST
- Reported by: Saurabh Gupta
Riaz Hamidullah met a senior Indian cabinet minister for the first time since taking charge in May last year.
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"You're Not Marrying Maid": Supreme Court As Divorce Case Cites Wife Not Doing Chores
- Mar 20, 2026 18:01 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
- Edited by: Ashutosh Tripathi
The man, the petitioner in the case, initiated divorce proceedings, alleging that only a week after marriage, the woman's attitude changed and she started mistreating him.
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Boy, 8, Dies After Slipping In Water-Filled Construction Pit In Mumbai: Cops
- Mar 20, 2026 17:47 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
An eight-year-old boy lost his life after accidentally falling into a water-filled construction pit in Mumbai's Malad (East) area, a police official said on Friday.
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Air India's Flight To Nowhere: Wrong Plane, 8 Hours In Air, And A U-Turn
- Mar 20, 2026 17:44 pm IST
- Reported by: Vishnu Som, Tanushka Dutta
The aircraft was a Boeing 777-200LR, while Air India currently has approval to operate only its Boeing 777-300ER fleet on services to Canada.
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Opinion | The Russia-China Axis That Has Made Iran So Difficult For Trump
- Mar 20, 2026 17:06 pm IST
- Naresh Kaushik
Russia and China are perhaps pleased to see America's anti-missile systems and other military equipment being depleted. The US has moved its military assets from the Indo-Pacific to the Gulf, which benefits China.
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Jalukbari: How Himanta Biswa Sarma's 25-Year Fortress Stays Unshakeable
- Mar 20, 2026 16:54 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's dominance here is rooted in a long and steady political journey.
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Bhagwant Mann Inaugurates Tata Steel's Rs 3,200-Crore Facility In Punjab
- Mar 20, 2026 16:35 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday inaugurated Tata Steel's state-of-the-art scrap-based electric arc furnace built with an investment of nearly Rs 3,200 crore.
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"Conflict Of Interest": Chief Justice Recuses From Poll Body Appointments Case
- Mar 20, 2026 16:29 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
A bench was hearing petitions on the non-inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the panel which selects the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners
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1.5 Lakh Farmers Hit As Rule To Fix Errors Used To Usurp Land In Maharashtra
- Mar 20, 2026 15:54 pm IST
- Reported by: Puja Bhardwaj
Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule termed it "a grave offence" and acknowledged on the floor of the House that "a major administrative lapse" had occurred.