Tehran: Iran's security chief, Ali Larijani, stated Sunday that the transition process following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will commence later in the day, according to reports from state media. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, along with Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i and a member of the Guardian Council, a significant institution responsible for ensuring the...

Amaravati: The death toll in the explosion at a firecracker unit in Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada district rose to 21 as one of the injured succumbed at a hospital Sunday. A man named Darsipathi Lavaraju (40) breathed his last at Kakinada Government General Hospital (GGH) early Sunday morning. Eight injured are undergoing treatment at GGH Kakinada, while a...

New Delhi: The five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have unveiled their new jersey ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, which is likely to commence March 28. CSK set social media abuzz on Saturday with a cryptic post teasing a major announcement at 7:07 AM IST Sunday, a time and number deeply associated with...

New Delhi: The Iranian embassy in India Sunday urged governments around the world to strongly condemn the US-Israel attack on Iran and the killing of its Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a statement, the mission expressed its "profound sorrow and grief" over Khamenei's death. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has vowed revenge and said it has...

Tehran: The death toll from a joint US-Israeli strike on a girls' elementary school in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan rose to 148, local media reported Sunday. The attack also left 95 people wounded, local prosecutor Ebrahim Taheri was quoted as saying by semi-official Tasnim news agency. He said the majority of the victims of the brutal...

Islamabad: A Pakistani minister Sunday announced that the operation against Afghan Taliban was continuing, refuting social media reports about the conclusion of the blitz. Pakistan launched its operation on Thursday night in response to the Taliban operatives attacking 53 locations along the more than 2,600km long border, targeting military installations deep in the country through air strikes....

Dubai: Iran fired missiles at targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states Sunday after vowing massive retaliation for the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel, prompting US President Donald Trump to threaten Tehran against further escalation. Iran acknowledged Khamenei's death in the joint Israeli-American airstrike Saturday at his Tehran office...

New Delhi:  At least 17 persons were killed in a massive blast at an explosives factory in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district Sunday, police said. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) expressed grief over the tragedy and announced financial assistance for the victims. In a post on X, the PMO said, “The explosion at a factory in Nagpur, Maharashtra, is...

Tehran: Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israel airstrikes, confirms Iranian state media. Four relatives of Khamenei, including his daughter, grandchild and son-in-law, were also killed in the US-Israeli strikes, reported Iran's Fars News Agency Sunday, citing sources. Earlier, taking to Truth Social, Trump announced that the Iranian Supreme Leader was killed in joint...

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress protested in Hasnabad of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas over "targeted" deletion of names from the final voters' list, police said Sunday. Trinamool Congress's local leaders and activists burnt tyres on the road and raised slogans against the Election Commission of India (ECI). The protesters also burnt an effigy of Leader of the...