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The event, called ‘2026 Dosti ki Iftar’ and being organised by the Deeniyat Muallima College (located in Santragachi, across the river from Kolkata) and the city-based initiative Know Your Neighbour, intends to “provide a space for women to exchanges their views, and break myths and stereotypes”.

The Budget proposes a ninefold growth of the agricultural economy, aiming to raise the sector’s GDP from $55 billion to $500 billion by 2047. The State’s revenue receipts are estimated at around ₹6.56 lakh crore, resulting in a revenue deficit of about ₹40,500 crore.

An explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Vetlapalem village of Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, claimed 28 workers’ lives, including eight women. Preliminary investigations reveal that the unit’s owners had allegedly stored explosive materials far beyond the permitted limit and engaged 31 workers, nearly four times the number allowed under licence, in a bid to fulfil festival and wedding orders, reports T. Appala Naidu

An official said residents and political outfits raised objections after officials of Kerala’s Public Works Department placed the board at Thaloor on the evening of Thursday (March 5, 2026)

The Opposition leaders question the government’s silence over U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s latest remark objecting to the tone of his announcement ‘allowing’ India a temporary waiver to purchase Russian oil

As many as 51 flights are planned on Saturday (March 7, 2026)— the highest since airstrikes in the region beganon February 28, 2026

Hoteliers in Tamil Nadu fear distributors may cite shortages to divert supplies to the black market or increase prices, raising operating costs for restaurants and hotels

Karnataka pins hopes on raising its own tax revenue and increasing borrowing to push capital expenditure

The BJP has quietly outmanoeuvred Nitish Kumar in Bihar

FKCCI welcomes several important initiatives aimed at strengthening the industrial ecosystem and creating new opportunities for investment, innovation, and employment

It is outrageous that a country like India should appear to require approval from the U.S. for decisions such as oil imports, says Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a post on X

All India Civil Services Coaching Centre, the institute of the State government, has registered an increase in results owing to Naan Mudhalvan Scheme.

Dipali Das, who entered India in February 1988, was declared a non-citizen by the Foreigners’ Tribunal in Silchar

Jimmy Wales says AI can contribute by making translations better but warns that “even a good machine translation” can fall short of expectations if “cultural questions” are not addressed

Student and youth organisations have criticised the State Budget for 2026-27, alleging that it fails to address the pressing issues of unemployment among youth and the declining state of public education

The ₹3.32 lakh-crore budget has been approved in the Assembly, but a concerted effort is needed to spend every single rupee judiciously, says Naidu