‘No one can ban RSS’: Karnataka Minister

IANS | March 9, 2026 4:15 PM

Bengaluru, March 9 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for Public Works Department Satish Jarkiholi said on Monday that no one can ban the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).​

No major impact on India due to rise in global oil price: FM Sitharaman

IANS | March 9, 2026 3:25 PM

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The impact of the rise in global crude oil prices on the rate of inflation in India is not estimated to be substantial at this point, as the country’s inflation is near the "lower bound", Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Parliament on Monday.

CPI(M) urges ECI to conduct Bengal polls in one phase this time

IANS | March 9, 2026 1:13 PM

Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) A delegation of the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), on Monday, appealed to the full Bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year in a single-phase.