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President Murmu launches four women-centric welfare schemes in Delhi

At the event held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, the President also launched a scheme providing two free LPG cylinders annually to ration card-holding families on Holi and Diwali

West Asia conflict: 20 international flights cancelled from Kolkata airport

The cancelled services included four arrivals and four departures by Emirates, two arrivals and two departures each by Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways, one arrival and one departure of Air Arabia

Nagpur factory blast: Nine directors of explosives company arrested

At least 18 workers were killed and 24 injured, many critically, in a powerful blast at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited in Raulgaon, Katol tehsil, on Sunday morning

Gulf flight operations from Kerala hit for third day amid West Asia crisis

Over the past three days, a total of 65 flight services to and from the Thiruvananthapuram airport have been cancelled

Four Delhi schools receive bomb threat mail; security check underway

Teams from the local police, bomb disposal squad, dog squad and fire department were immediately dispatched and a security checks is underway

Passengers stranded at Delhi's IGI airport amid tensions in West Asia

A passenger claimed that almost all routes to the West Asia are getting cancelled, which makes travelling to Mecca and Medina for Ramadan difficult

Mobile internet restricted in J&K amid protests over Khamenei killing

Kashmir - which has about 15 lakh Shias - witnessed major protests at Lal Chowk, Saida Kadal, Budgam, Bandipora, Anantnag and Pulwama, an official said

Delhi AQI improves to moderate; strong winds, rising mercury likely to help

Overall AQI in the national capital was 176, with 35 stations in the 'moderate' category; IMD forecasts strong surface winds and clear skies to further improve air quality

IMD warns of hot spell in North India; rainfall likely in northeast

A spell of light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning is likely over parts of the Northeast, along with showers in select southern statesA shifting weather pattern is set to bring thu

PM Modi chairs CCS meeting; discusses West Asia situation, stranded Indians

The meeting was convened to take stock of the situation emerging in the wake of the attack on Iran by the US and Israel and the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Security tightened after protests in parts of Delhi over Khamenei's killing

Shia mourners took to the streets in various parts of India on Sunday to express outrage and grief over the death of Khamenei

10 people killed as protests at US missions rock cities across Pakistan

All 10 people were killed in firing in Karachi when protesters tried to storm the US Consulate in the port city

CIA tracked Iranian leaders for months before strikes, says report

The intelligence was shared with Israeli officials, and the timing of this weekend's strikes was adjusted in part because of that information

Indian among 58 injured as three people killed in UAE in Iranian strikes

According to a list released by the authorities, the nationalities of those injured also include Pakistani, Nepalese, and Bangladeshi expatriates

Centre committed to ensuring honour and justice for Sikh community: PM Modi

Modi virtually addressed the 'Hind-Di-Chadar' commemoration event held in Kharghar here to mark the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur

StatsGuru: Scroll steals childhood as screen-time concerns intensify

As India debates age limits on social media amid rising child screen time and cybercrime, global precedents and domestic data are pushing policymakers toward tighter regulation

WB's original inhabitants will become minority due to infiltration: Nadda

Nadda, the Union health minister, accused the TMC government of blocking central welfare schemes, particularly Ayushman Bharat

New leadership council has begun work after Khamenei killing: Iran Prez

Pezeshkian made the comment in a prerecorded message aired on Iranian state television Sunday

Shah flags rising religious conversions in Punjab, urges Mann govt to act

Shah invoked the sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur while addressing the 'Hind-Di-Chadar' commemoration event to mark the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

Three people dead, 14 others injured after shooting at bar in Austin

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said at a press conference early Sunday that police received a call for reports of a "male shooting" at Buford's, a popular beer garden in city's entertainment district