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State waives fitness test fees for state buses

Kolkata, March 16 -- The State Transport Department has exempted State Transport Undertakings (STUs) from paying fees for conducting vehicle fitness tests required for the grant or renewal of Certific... Read More


Siliguri Risers win Vision-Eye Challengers Cup

Siliguri, March 16 -- The T20 blind cricket tournament, All Bengal Vision-Eye Challengers Cup 2026 concluded on an exciting note in Siliguri, with Siliguri Risers emerging as champions. The tournament... Read More


Trump calls for allies to help reopen Strait of Hormuz

Dubai, March 16 --  US President Donald Trump said that he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf co... Read More


Iran hits Gulf neighbours, keeps stranglehold on oil shipping as concerns rise of energy crisis

Beirut, March 16 -- Explosions echoed across Beirut early Monday as Israel struck the Lebanese capital. It also launched a new wave of attacks on Tehran, while Dubai was forced to temporarily close it... Read More


Attorney General for India R Venkataramani calls for new framework for plea bargaining

New Delhi, March 16 -- Attorney General for India R Venkataramani on Monday called for a new national framework for plea bargaining based on social, cultural and economic principles to improve transpa... Read More


IndiGo ties up with AAHL to offer BluChips on duty-free shopping

Ahmedabad, March 16 -- IndiGo and Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) have announced a strategic partnership enabling IndiGo BluChip members to earn on duty-free shopping across AAHL-managed airport... Read More


EC removes top administrative, police brass in Mamata administration ahead of Bengal polls

Kolkata/New Delhi, March 16 -- In a move, unprecedented in West Bengal's administrative history, the Election Commission removed the state's bureaucratic and police top brass, including the chief secr... Read More


Wholesale inflation rises for fourth month, hits 2.13% in February

New Delhi, March 16 -- Wholesale price inflation rose for the fourth straight month, at 2.13 per cent in February, driven by an uptick in prices of food and non-food articles, even though vegetable pr... Read More


After top bureaucrats, EC now replaces Bengal's acting DGP, Kolkata Police chief

Kolkata, March 16 -- A day after the announcement of the West Bengal assembly poll schedule, the Election Commission on Monday appointed senior IPS officer Siddh Nath Gupta as the director general of ... Read More


Iran's FM denies seeking ceasefire, sees 'no reason' to talk to the US

Dubai, March 16 -- US and Israeli forces continued pounding Iran, striking multiple cities including Tehran, Hamadan and Isfahan, even as Iranian counterattacks persisted. Damage was reported in sever... Read More