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West Bengal Assembly polls: Congress names 284 candidates, fields heavyweights
The Congress connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) fielded respective heavyweights for the West Bengal Assembly election 2026, including erstwhile enactment person successful the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and erstwhile Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Benazir Noor.
Despite assurance from Centre, MGNREGS workers denied work
For the past 87 days, MGNREGS workers person been protesting astatine the Muzaffarpur territory office successful Bihar. The Union authorities had assured them that until the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Act, 2025, passed by Parliament successful December, is rolled out, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) would proceed unchanged. But connected the ground, workers accidental the communicative is precise different.
WTO’s fisheries pact: India for 25 twelvemonth modulation period, stronger disciplines connected distant-water concern fishing
India has called for a 25-year modulation play for processing countries, stronger disciplines connected distant-water concern sportfishing fleets, and a imperishable carve-out for small-scale and artisanal fishers nether the 2nd signifier of the fisheries subsidies agreement, being negotiated among WTO members. The Commerce Ministry connected Sunday (March 29) said that fisheries subsidies were 1 of the cardinal docket items discussed by commercialized Ministers astatine the World Trade Organisation’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) held from March 26–29 successful Yaounde, Cameroon.
Israeli PM says ordered subject to ‘further expand’ information portion successful Lebanon
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) that helium had ordered the subject to “further expand” a information portion successful Lebanon arsenic Israel continues its run successful the neighbouring state .“In Lebanon, I person conscionable ordered the subject to further grow the existing information zone,” Mr. Netanyahu said successful a video statement.
China protests U.S. alert implicit information rules alteration successful Hong Kong
China’s apical diplomat in Hong Kong has met the senior U.S. diplomat successful the metropolis to protestation against a U.S. nationalist alert implicit caller information rules in Hong Kong, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. In a statement released precocious connected Saturday (March 28, 2026), the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Hong Kong office said Commissioner Cui Jianchun met U.S. Consul General Julie Eadeh connected March 27 and expressed “strong dissatisfaction and steadfast opposition”, urging Washington to halt interfering successful Hong Kong’s affairs and China’s interior affairs “in immoderate form”.
Ukrainian drones termination one, harm homes, manufacture successful confederate Russia’s Taganrog
A Ukrainian drone onslaught killed 1 person, triggered fires and damaged homes and manufacture connected Sunday (March 29, 20267) successful the confederate Russian metropolis of Taganrog, local officials said. The determination politician said falling drone debris prompted the evacuation of an country deed by falling debris. “Emergency crews are moving astatine the tract of the incident, wherever the debris fell,” Yuri Slyusar, Governor of Rostov portion connected Ukraine’s eastbound border, said connected Telegram. “Fires and damage person occurred. People person been evacuated.”
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of shelling outskirts of eastbound city, sidesplitting and wounding civilians
Afghanistan’s authorities accused Pakistan’s military of shelling the outskirts of an eastbound Afghan metropolis connected Sunday (March 30, 2026), sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic and wounding much than a twelve successful the latest occurrence of renewed warring betwixt the 2 neighbouring countries. helium fighting, which erupted successful precocious February, has been the astir terrible betwixt Afghanistan and Pakistan successful decades.
Pakistan PM appreciates Saudi Arabia for showing ‘remarkable restraint’ during West Asia tensions
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) pledged enactment to Saudi Arabia and appreciated the Kingdom for showing “remarkable restraint” during the ongoing struggle successful West Asia. Mr. Sharif was talking to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, who called connected the Prime Minister, according to a connection by the PMO.
Pakistan volition beryllium honoured to facilitate talks betwixt U.S. and Iran: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar
Pakistan said connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) that it was ready to broker and big “meaningful talks” between the United States and Iran to bring an extremity to their war, outlining increasing enactment for its bid efforts, including from the United Nations and China. The authorities successful Islamabad has emerged arsenic a cardinal facilitator, relaying messages betwixt the 2 sides to effort to halt the struggle from escalating.
Martin grabs MotoGP standings pb with melodramatic U.S. sprint victory
Jorge Martin overtook Francesco Bagnaia connected the last thigh to snatch triumph successful the sprint contention astatine the United States Grand Prix and instrumentality the MotoGP title pb connected Saturday (March 28, 2026). The Aprilia rider came from seventh connected the grid to triumph a melodramatic sprint successful which Marco Bezzecchi crashed retired and Marc Marquez besides slid disconnected the track, taking pole-sitter Fabio Di Giannantonio with him.
Israeli constabulary artifact Catholic cardinal from Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre connected Palm Sunday
Israeli constabulary prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from marking Palm Sunday astatine the Church of the Holy Sepulchre “for the archetypal clip in centuries,” the Patriarchate said, with constabulary citing information concerns linked to the Iran war. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Friar Francesco Ielpo were stopped by constabulary portion walking to the church, built connected the tract wherever Christians judge Jesus was crucified and roseate from the dead, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said.
IPL 2026 RR vs CSK | We felt Parag was the champion acceptable to lead: Royals caput manager Sangakkara
Ahead of their IPL play opener, Rajasthan Royals caput manager Kumar Sangakkara and Chennai Super Kings’ Stephen Fleming offered insights into squad strategy, enactment decisions, and aboriginal challenges. For RR, the spotlight is connected the assignment of Riyan Parag arsenic skipper pursuing the departure of Sanju Samson. Sangakkara revealed that the determination followed an extended and structured valuation process.
Fundora retains WBC ace welterweight rubric with 6th-round KO of Thurman
Keith Thurman said the combat should person continued, and possibly if it had, helium would person recovered a mode to get the champion of Sebastian Fundora. But until referee Thomas Taylor stopped the bout astatine 1:17 of the sixth circular connected Saturday (March 30, 2026) night, determination was small grounds that Fundora was successful information of relinquishing his WBC ace welterweight belt.
‘Demolition notice’ connected CM’s turf sparks AAP-BJP clash
The Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) connected Sunday alleged that a kid whose location has been marked for demolition successful Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s Assembly constituency, Shalimar Bagh, has publically questioned the CM, asking wherever his household would spell if their location is razed.
