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24-Year-Old Man Killed After Defender Rams Dumper In Faridabad: Cops
- Mar 16, 2026 20:50 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A 24-year-old man was killed after his SUV rammed into a stationary dumper on the Surajkund-Pali Road in Haryana's Faridabad on Sunday afternoon, police said.
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India Flags "Selective Targeting" After US Body Urges Sanctions On R&AW, RSS
- Mar 16, 2026 20:50 pm IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
- Edited by: Samiran Mishra
The Centre on Monday responded strongly after a United States federal government commission recommended that India be designated a "Country of Particular Concern" for religious freedom violations.
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Man Jumps From 23rd Floor With 2-Year-Old Daughter In Arms At Noida High-Rise
- Mar 16, 2026 20:09 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A private school operator allegedly jumped from the 23rd floor of a residential building with his two-year-old daughter in his arms here on Monday, killing both, police said.
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Not Just Bengal, Election Commission Transferred Officers In Tamil Nadu And Assam
- Mar 16, 2026 19:18 pm IST
- Reported by: Ashwine Kumar Singh
The Election Commission of India has stepped up administrative changes in election-bound states, by removing several district police chiefs in both Assam and Tamil Nadu as part of its efforts to ensure free and fair polls.
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What Is PNG? How To Get Its Connection As US-Iran War Affects LPG Supply, Causes Shortage
- Mar 16, 2026 19:07 pm IST
- Edited by: Srishti Singh Sisodia
LPG shortage in India: The government has prioritised PNG supplies for households and is working to expand its infrastructure.
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Assam To Hold 1st-Ever Single-Phase Poll On April 9: All You Need To Know
- Mar 16, 2026 18:37 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Assam will witness a single-phase Assembly election for the first time, with polling scheduled for April 9. Chief Election Officer (CEO) Anurag Goel made the announcement on Monday during a press conference in Guwahati.
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Poll Body Appoints Ex-Bureaucrat Manjeet Singh As Special Observer For Assam
- Mar 16, 2026 18:26 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Election Commission on Monday appointed former bureaucrat Manjeet Singh as the special observer for poll-bound Assam with a mandate to update the poll panel on election preparedness in the northeastern state.
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289 Indian Sailors Repatriated From Gulf Amid Iran War: Government
- Mar 16, 2026 18:11 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
The Directorate General of Shipping has facilitated the safe repatriation of 286 Indian seafarers from the Gulf region so far, including 33 repatriations in the past 48 hours, the government said on Monday.
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2021 Redux? Suvendu Adhikari Takes Fight To Mamata Banerjee's Kolkata Seat
- Mar 16, 2026 18:09 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, who beat West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram in the last assembly election, wants a rematch -- this time in Bhabanipur, her current constituency.
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Need To Get Out Of Mindset That Only Delhi Requires Green Cover: Supreme Court
- Mar 16, 2026 18:07 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
There is a need to get out of the mindset that only the national capital needs to have greenery and other states are lesser mortals, the Supreme Court said on Monday while hearing a matter related to the Delhi Ridge.
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"Anti-Women, Anti-Bengali": Mamata Banerjee Slams Poll Body Over Officers' Removal
- Mar 16, 2026 18:06 pm IST
- Reported by: Sreyashi Dey, Rittick Mondal
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today attacked the BJP and the Election Commission over the removal of top bureaucrats in West Bengal.
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The 4 Mahagathbandhan MLAs Who Skipped Rajya Sabha Voting In Bihar
- Mar 16, 2026 17:49 pm IST
- Reported by: Somu Anand
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
In the Rajya Sabha elections being held for five seats in Bihar, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is considered certain to win all five.
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Devendra Fadnavis Defends Anti-Conversion Bill, Says Law Targets Fraud, Not Faith
- Mar 16, 2026 17:48 pm IST
- Reported by: Radhika Ramaswamy
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday defended the state government's proposed Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, asserting that it is designed to curb fraudulent religious conversions.
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BJP Releases First List Of 47 Names For Kerala Polls
- Mar 16, 2026 17:31 pm IST
- Reported by: Akhilesh Sharma
- Edited by: Ashutosh Tripathi
The BJP on Monday released its first list of 47 candidates for the April 9 polls, fielding three former Union ministers.
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Iran War: LPG Tanker Shivalik Reaches Gujarat's Mundra Port Days After Crossing Strait Of Hormuz
- Mar 16, 2026 17:25 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The Shivalik, an India-flagged LPG tanker belonging to the Shipping Corporation of India, docked in Gujarat's Mundra Port Monday after safely transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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NDA's Backchannel Offer For Vijay: EPS Deputy Post, 55 Seats, Say Sources
- Mar 16, 2026 17:07 pm IST
- Reported by: Vasudha Venugopal
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The NDA may soon have Vijay's TVK in its ranks, despite the actor's professed ideological antipathy for the BJP. Sources said despite the TVK's categorical denial, discussions have been in progress for the past few days.
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Tricycle Given By Minister Breaks Down, Official Says Rammed By Bike
- Mar 16, 2026 16:56 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
A tricycle allegedly broke down minutes after being handed over to a person with disabilities in an incident that occurred during Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's four-day visit to Guna in Madhya Pradesh.
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LPG Booking App Beats ChatGPT To Top India’s App Store, Play Store Charts
- Mar 16, 2026 16:52 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
The spike in downloads comes as households rush to secure cooking gas after supply concerns linked to the US-Israel war on Iran and tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil and gas shipping routes.