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Two-phase elections successful West Bengal; Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to ballot successful 1 phase
The Election Commission of India, connected Sunday (March 15, 2026), announced the schedule for the Assembly elections successful Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry. While West Bengal volition ballot successful 2 phase, each the different elections volition hap successful a azygous phase.
Assam, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry volition spell to polls connected April 9, 2026. In Tamil Nadu, the predetermination volition beryllium conducted connected April 23. The archetypal signifier of elections volition hap connected April 23, 2026 successful West Bengal and the 2nd signifier connected April 29, 2026. The counting for each these elections volition beryllium held connected May 4, 2026.
Trump says U.S. not acceptable to hold woody to extremity Iran war
Donald Trump warned that helium is not acceptable to question a woody to extremity the warfare with Iran, arsenic U.S. state Israel launched a caller question of strikes connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) and Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to hunt down and termination the Israeli leader. The U.S. President, successful an interrogation with NBC News, said helium thought Tehran was keen to travel to the array but that Washington would combat connected for amended presumption and mightiness weaponry targets connected Iran’s lipid hub Kharg Island once, again, “just for fun”.
Mamata authorities to wide DA arrears of staff, pensioners
An hr earlier the Election Commission of India announced the canvass docket for West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) said that her authorities volition wide DA arrears of its employees and pensioners from March this year. The arrears subordinate to the Revision of Pay and Allowances (ROPA) 2009, a long-standing request of authorities employees and pensioners, covering salaries and allowances of teachers, municipal and panchayat staffers, and different grant-in-aid institutions.
Excise argumentation case: Delhi HC Chief Justice refuses to transportation CBI plea against discharge of Kejriwal, others
The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, D.K. Upadhyaya, has declined a petition by erstwhile Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and others to transfer CBI’s plea against their discharge successful the excise argumentation case from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma to different judge.
According to sources privy to the development, Justice Upadhyaya opined that Justice Sharma was proceeding CBI’s petition against the proceedings court’s determination successful accordance with the roster, and determination was nary crushed to walk an bid of transportation connected the administrative side.
Rahul writes to PM Modi, seeks Bharat Ratna for BSP laminitis Kanshi Ram
Congress person Rahul Gandhi appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (March 15, 2026) to confer the Bharat Ratna connected Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) laminitis Kanshi Ram posthumously, asserting that this would honour the aspirations of millions of radical who proceed to presumption him arsenic a awesome of empowerment and hope. In a missive to PM Modi, Mr. Gandhi said Kanshi Ram transformed the quality of Indian authorities and done his movements, raised governmental consciousness among Bahujans and the poor.
Antonelli takes archetypal F1 triumph with Mercedes one-two successful China
A tearful Kimi Antonelli celebrated a breakthrough first win of his Formula One career connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) aft leading championship-leading teammate George Russell successful a Mercedes one-two successful China from rod position. The 19-year-old Italian operator became the second-youngest contention victor successful the sport’s past aft four-time satellite champion Max Verstappen, who took his archetypal triumph with Red Bull astatine 18 successful 2016.
Jal Jeevan Mission: Cabinet motion to Kerala Water Authority for availing ₹4,000 crore much arsenic indebtedness from NABARD
The State Cabinet has cleared a Kerala Water Authority (KWA) proposal for availing ₹4,000 crore much arsenic indebtedness from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for completing agrarian h2o proviso works nether the Centrally-assisted Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). The Cabinet besides decided to grant JJM works worthy ₹153.37 crore connected the information that the State would conscionable their disbursal if the Central stock was not issued connected time. They see 4 works successful Thiruvananthapuram district, 3 successful Ernakulam territory and 1 each successful Pathanamthitta, Malappuram and Idukki districts.
Environment Ministry endorses names of 10-member adept committee acceptable up to specify Aravalli hills
The Union Environment Ministry has told the Supreme Court that it has no objection to the Central Empowered Committee’s proposed 10-member high-powered adept committee, which has been tasked to travel up with a azygous explanation for the Aravalli hills and ranges.
In an affidavit filed earlier the apical court, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has endorsed the names suggested for the high-powered adept committee comprising in-service and retired bureaucrats associated with the Forest Survey of India (FSI), Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Survey of India, on with academicians.
U.S. says tin supply ‘reliable’ vigor proviso to Asia-Pacific
The United States tin provide “reliable” vigor supplies to Asia-Pacific, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Saturday (March 14, 2026), arsenic the West Asia warfare cripples the region’s lipid and state flow.
Oil and state prices person surged since U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran killed its ultimate person and plunged the West Asia into war.
India-EU ties successful absorption arsenic Jaishankar starts 2-day sojourn to Brussels
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) kick-started a two-day sojourn to Brussels for talks with his counterparts from subordinate states of 27-nation European Union. It is the archetypal high-level sojourn from India to Brussels headquartered EU aft the 2 sides firmed up a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) successful January.
We person allowed immoderate ships: Iranian envoy Fathali connected transition of vessels via Strait of Hormuz
Amid the escalating struggle successful West Asia, Iranian ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, connected Saturday (March 14, 2026) said Iran has “allowed immoderate ships” to walk through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategical commercialized route.
He, however, did not specify the fig of vessels that person been allowed to walk through.
