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Air India To Operate 48 Middle East Flights Today, Dubai Services To Resume
- Mar 19, 2026 00:25 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Air India, Air India Express and IndiGo on Wednesday decided to resume services to Dubai while services to a few other cities in the region remain suspended.
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Vijay Pours Cold Water On Speculation, Indicates TVK Will Go Solo In Polls
- Mar 19, 2026 00:24 am IST
- Reported by: Vijayagopal Muralidharan
Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, has decided to go solo in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Vijay has dismissed all speculation about an alliance as rumour and urged his supporters not to believe them.
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String Of Exits In Assam Raises Poll Stakes For Congress, Priyanka Gandhi
- Mar 19, 2026 00:09 am IST
- Reported by: Manoranjan Bharti
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The departure of Assam Congress leaders Bhupen Borah and now Pradyut Bordoloi, which has added to the challenges of the Congress ahead of the state election, has sparked an internal debate in the state unit.
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UP Man Kills 4-Year-Old Neighbour, Arrested After Encounter
- Mar 19, 2026 00:08 am IST
- Press Trust of India
A man accused of killing a 4-year-old girl in the Nandgram area here was arrested after an encounter in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said.
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Gulmarg Land Lease Case Closed, Hoteliers To Opt For Government Settlement
- Mar 18, 2026 23:29 pm IST
- Reported by: Nazir Masoodi
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has closed the Gulmarg land lease case after a mass withdrawal of petitions.
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Mumbai Constable Dies By Suicide, Alleges Harassment By Lover's Parents
- Mar 18, 2026 23:08 pm IST
- Reported by: Puja Bhardwaj
A 32-year-old police constable allegedly died by suicide at the Kalina Police Headquarters in Mumbai. The man, identified as Bhaiyasaheb Bhimrao Wavale, was a native of Parbhani and had joined the Mumbai Police Force as a driver on February 7, 2026.
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Centre Informed Panel 1,000 Indian Students Are Yet To Leave Iran: Sources
- Mar 18, 2026 22:30 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
The government has stated that around 1,000 Indian students will leave Iran amid the ongoing war, sources have said, citing discussions in a parliamentary committee meeting.
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Adani Ports' Colombo Terminal Handles Over 1 Million Containers In 1st Year
- Mar 18, 2026 22:22 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
A rapid first-year ramp-up at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka underscores the expanding global footprint of India's Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.
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Staff Shortages Cloud Madhya Pradesh's Farmer Welfare Push
- Mar 18, 2026 22:17 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
- Edited by: Prapti Upadhayay
While the Madhya Pradesh government is observing 2026 as the "Farmers' Welfare Year" with goals to increase rural incomes, the state's Agriculture Department is currently operating with a significant staff shortage.
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Rs 30 Crore Rollout, Over 12,800 Buyers: Delhi Begins EV Subsidy Payouts
- Mar 18, 2026 21:24 pm IST
- Reported by: Ishika Verma
After months of delay and a backlog of over 22,000 claims, the Delhi government has begun releasing pending electric vehicle subsidies worth over Rs 30 crore.
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Farudsters Posing As Zuckerberg Dupe Retired UP Teacher Of Rs 1.57 Crore
- Mar 18, 2026 20:42 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A 60-year-old retired school teacher in Kanpur was allegedly duped of Rs 1.57 crore in a sophisticated multi-layered cyber scam, police said on Wednesday.
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3 Ukrainians Illegally Crossed Into Myanmar. How They Were Arrested In India
- Mar 18, 2026 20:42 pm IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Key details have emerged after the arrest of six Ukrainians in India for illegally crossing into Myanmar to train ethnic armed groups in that country and some banned groups in India.
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Religious Trust's Accounts Frozen Over Foreign Funding, Irregularities
- Mar 18, 2026 20:27 pm IST
- Reported by: Radhika Ramaswamy
The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has taken action against an organisation named Gulzar-E-Raza Trust, freezing its bank accounts over suspected foreign funding and financial irregularities.
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Big Details Emerge After US Mercenary Matthew VanDyke's Arrest In India
- Mar 18, 2026 20:00 pm IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
The arrest of an American national in India has uncovered several crucial leads in a high-level investigation encompassing national security angles.
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'Abusive Relationship, Had To Divorce': HD Deve Gowda On M Kharge Remark
- Mar 18, 2026 19:48 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The "marriage" with the Congress in 2019 was an "abusive relationship" and so it ended in divorce, former Prime Minister and Janata Dal Secular chief HD Deve Gowda said today, responding to Mallikarjun Kharge's jest in Rajya Sabha.
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"Unfortunate": Gaurav Gogoi On MP Pradyut Bordoloi Joining BJP
- Mar 18, 2026 19:15 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi, on Wednesday, called the resignation of senior Congress leader and Nagaon Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi "unfortunate".
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Parts Of Delhi-NCR See Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms For 2nd Time In 4 Days
- Mar 18, 2026 19:15 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Parts of Delhi-NCR see heavy rain, thunderstorms for second time in four days.
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A Tale Of Two Constituencies: Bhabanipur And Nandigram
- Mar 18, 2026 19:12 pm IST
- Reported by: Jayanta Ghoshal
Long-term leaders build strong constituency ties. Bhabanipur is Mamata Banerjee's urban stronghold, while Nandigram is a rural, symbolic seat where she lost to Suvendu Adhikari. Their contest reflects Bengal's shifting urban-rural political divide.
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Karnataka Tables Bill To Uphold Right Of Adults To Choose Their Partners
- Mar 18, 2026 19:04 pm IST
- Reported by: Deepak Bopanna
The Karnataka government has introduced The Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and Tradition (Eva Nammava Eva Nammava) Bill, 2026 in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
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March 31 Eradication Deadline Nears, Battles To End Maoism Intensify
- Mar 18, 2026 18:52 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
Over the past two years, the Centre has pushed an aggressive, mission-mode strategy to wipe out Maoists, once described by Amit Shah as the "biggest threat to India's internal security."