Buddhist monks walk past a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar
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India to send 118 personnel with field hospital to Myanmar as death toll crosses 1,000

The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday (March 29, 2025) as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.

16 Maoists killed, two jawans injured in Sukma

Security forces gunned down 16 Maoists in an anti-Maoist operation conducted in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday (March 29, 2025), said the police. Two security personnel also sustained injuries.  

Statehood in Jammu and Kashmir to be restored as promised: Amit Shah

Statehood in Jammu and Kashmir will be restored as promised before, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said, without giving any timeline. Mr. Shah said at a summit on Friday (March 28, 2025) night that Assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir peacefully last year.

More trouble for Kunal Kamra, three cases filed against him in Mumbai

Three separate cases have been filed against Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra at Khar police station over his alleged controversial remarks about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. One of the complaints was filed by the Mayor of Jalgaon city, while the other two complaints came from a hotelier and a businessman from Nashik, as per the Mumbai Police.

India, U.S. officials conclude round of talks on proposed trade pact: Sources

India and the visiting U.S. officials have concluded a round of talks on Saturday (March 29, 2025) for the proposed bilateral trade agreement, government sources said. They said the negotiations are progressing well.

IPL 2025 | Salt helps RCB gain control with his ultra-aggressive approach in PowerPlay

Royal Challengers Bengaluru needed an aggressive opener for IPL 2025. The franchise figured out Phil Salt was the man for the job. In a YouTube video titled The Launch — Phil Salt Planning, it can be seen how impressed the RCB think-tank was while discussing the English player’s numbers.

Film academy apologizes for not naming ‘No Other Land’ co-director Hamdan Ballal in response to attack on him

After mounting criticism following its initial response to the violent attack on Oscar-winning No Other Land co-director Hamdan Ballal, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized Friday for not acknowledging Ballal by name.

Muhammad Yunus says important for Bangladesh to see China as good friend; expects ties to enter new phase

Bangladesh interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said it is “important” for his country to see China as a good friend and he expects ties between Dhaka and Beijing to enter a new phase as he wrapped up his four-day China visit on Saturday (March 29, 2025).

Farm loan waiver: Maharashtra govt committed to fulfill all poll promises, says Shinde

Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Saturday (March 29, 2025) said the government will fulfil all promises made in the election manifesto, a day after his cabinet colleague Ajit Pawar’s ‘farmers need not wait for a crop loan waiver’ statement caused a flutter.

IRCTC case: Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashvi Yadav seek discharge

RJD president Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and their son Tejashvi Yadav on Saturday (March 29, 2025) urged a court to discharge them in a corruption case connected to purported irregularities in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) between 2004 and 2014.

MNREGA: Mysuru crosses 24 lakh man-days target during 2024-25

The Mysuru Zilla Panchayat has achieved its target under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme by attaining 24,43,834 man-days, against the target of 24 lakh man-days for 2024-25.

Jagjit Singh Dallewal has not ended indefinite fast, says farmer leader

Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has not ended his indefinite fast even though he drank a glass of water after farmers detained last week by the state police were released from different jails, farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said on Saturday (March 29, 2025).

Kathua encounter: J&K deputy CM says conspiracies hatched from across border ‘killing our children’

Conspiracies hatched from across the border are “killing our children”, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Saturday (March 29, 2025), advising Pakistan to give up its “terrorism” as violence can achieve nothing.