09 Mar, 00:00 (IST)

Two people were killed and another wounded in a Turkish airstrike in Iraq's Duhok province on Friday, a Kurdish security source said. A Turkish aircraft bombed them in the morning when they were collecting herbs in a mountain near their village in the province's Shiladze area, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

08 Mar, 23:34 (IST)

Top diplomats at the Israeli Consulate office in Bengaluru have arrived here to receive the body of Nibin Maxwell, a 31-year-old resident Kollam in Kerala, who was reportedly killed in a missile attack by the Hezbollah militant group at Margaliot in Israel. Maxwell was killed while working in a farm land at Margaliot on Monday.

08 Mar, 22:27 (IST)

A serving Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was rescued by the security forces, hours after he was kidnapped from his home by ‘unidentified elements’ in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Friday, officials said. A defence spokesman said that Naib Subedar Konsam Kheda Singh, a resident of Charangpat Mamang Leikai in Thoubal district, was abducted while on leave from his residence on Friday morning.

08 Mar, 21:26 (IST)

Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane and Spanish Secretary of State for Defence Maria-Amparo Valcarce Garcia on Friday discussed several bilateral defence cooperation issues, with a focus on industrial collaboration. According to the Ministry of Defence, both sides reviewed the ongoing projects and discussed future joint plans in the maritime and air domains.

08 Mar, 20:22 (IST)

Needling the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (UBT) President and ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray made the fresh offer of a Lok Sabha seat to Union minister Nitin Gadkari, leading to a war-of-words between the two rival parties. At a couple of public meetings, Thackeray pointed out that a senior leader like Gadkari, a two-time MP from Nagpur, did not figure in BJP’s first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

08 Mar, 19:30 (IST)

Congress on Friday released the first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2024. The party has fielded Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad in Kerala.

08 Mar, 19:12 (IST)

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached lands and properties, worth over Rs 50 crore, belonging to Nationalist Congress Party-SP MLA Rohit R. Pawar, officials said on Friday. They include 161.30 acres of land, plus a sugar plant, machinery, and buildings at Kannad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, owned by Baramati Agro Ltd., headed by Rohit R. Pawar, the grand-nephew of NCP-SP President Sharad Pawar.

08 Mar, 18:16 (IST)

The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that it has initiated strong action against agents and unscrupulous elements who deceitfully sent Indian nationals to Russia under the pretext of providing them with security guard jobs. The remarks came after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted a ring trafficking Indians to Russia raiding over 10 locations in seven cities associated with the agents.

08 Mar, 17:05 (IST)

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) on Friday dismissed the plea of the Congress Party seeking a stay on the Income Tax Department’s actions of recovery and freezing of its bank accounts. The ITAT said that it had no power to grant such a relief.

08 Mar, 15:41 (IST)

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated the National Cooperative Database in New Delhi, aligning with PM Narendra Modi's vision of "Sahakar se Samriddhi". Shah also unveiled the 'National Cooperative Database 2023: A Report.'National Cooperative Database Launched 

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Mumbai, March 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present the first-ever National Creators Award today to the digital content creators here at Bharat Mandapam. On Thursday, the Union Cabinet approved a DA hike or a 4 percent increase in dearness allowance (DA). After this DA/DR hike, the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) will increase from 46 per cent to 50 per cent. The government has granted approval for the acquisition of 34 Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv choppers for the Army and Coast Guard. The Cabinet Committee on Security has given its nod to two distinct proposals for purchasing these helicopters.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will again contest from Kerala's Wayanad, sources said. Rahul Gandhi's name was cleared in the first meeting of Congress party's Central Election Committee (CEC) held at party headquarters in the national capital on Thursday evening, they said. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is unlikely to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, top sources said. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi holds the post of party's general secretary.

Maldives will not renew an agreement with India to conduct hydrographic surveys and plans to acquire the facilities and machines required to do the exercise by itself, President Mohamed Muizzu has announced. Muizzu also announced that his country is working to establish a 24X7 monitoring system for the Maldivian waters this month to ensure control of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) despite its significantly large area.

Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif replied to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on social media, congratulating him on his re-election as PM. His reply came a day after PM Modi extended greetings to Sharif on being elected PM. "Thank you @narendramodi for felicitations on my election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan," wrote Shehbaz.

Sweden on Thursday formally joined Nato as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe have spiked following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Nikki Haley, the former US Ambassador to the United Nations and a Republican candidate, ended her presidential campaign on Wednesday, leaving former President Donald Trump as the party's sole nominee. "The time has now come to suspend my campaign. I said I wanted Americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have no regrets," Haley said while announcing her exit from the presidential race.