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Trending News: India Removes Cap On Domestic Airfares From March 23; Flight Prices Expected To Jump AgainDr Vandana Das Murder Case: Accused Sentenced To Life Imprisonment In Kerala‘God Will Punish Him’: Karnataka Officer Blames Senior, Records Shocking Video Message Before Committing SuicideRamdas Athawale’s Party To Contest Polls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam; Support BJP in BengalBJD Suspends 6 MLAs For ‘Anti-Party Activities, Cross-Voting’ In Rajya Sabha ElectionsISL 2025-26: Chennaiyin FC Aim To Build On Winning Momentum In First Home Game Against FC GoaIndia Confident Of Meeting Summer Power Demand Despite Middle East Gas ShockJapan Lift AFC Women’s Asian Cup Title, Maiko Hamano’s Earlier Strike Helps To Beat Australia 1-0Govt Raises LPG Allocation To 50% Of Pre-Crisis LevelIranian Gas To Iraq Resumes After South Pars AttackSikkim: IMD Issues Avalanche Alert In Gangtok, PakyongHimanta Biswa Sarma Does Not Have A Car! Wife Owns Rs 21 Lakh Jeep & A Net Worth 12 Times More Than Assam CMAssam Elections: BJP releases second list of two candidates from Dalgaon, SissirborgaonPM Modi Conveys Eid Greetings To Iranian President, Reiterates Freedom Of Navigation Amid WarAir India CEO Flags Flight Disruptions As Middle-East War Triggers Massive CancellationsFrom Privatisation To Rs 1.79 Lakh Cr IPO: Why Centre Changed It’s Playbook? – Sector Specific DetailsAir China To Resume Direct Flights Between New Delhi & Beijing: Chinese EmbassyIran War’s Energy Impact Forces World To Pay Up, Cut ConsumptionIs HDFC Bank A ‘Buy’ After Atanu Chakraborty’s Exit? Price Target and Expert Stock AdviceDelhi Police Urges People Not To Fall For Rumors, Heightens Security In Uttam NagarAirlines Push Back Against 60% Free Seat Order, Warn Govt Of Higher FaresWho Was ‘Farsa Wale Baba’, The Gau Rakshak Whose Death Sparked Violent Clashes And Highway Blockades?”Brighton & Hove Albion vs Liverpool Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Premier League In India?Amid ‘Khoon Ki Holi’ Threat On Eid, Delhi’s Uttam Nagar Muslims Shower Rose Petals On Cops After Peaceful Prayers | WATCHMiami Open 2026: Carlos Alcaraz Starts Off Campaign With Well-Fought Win Against Joao FonsecaKerala Blasters vs Punjab FC Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch ISL 2025-26 Match In India?Kerala Assembly Elections: BJP Releases Third List Of 11 Candidates Across South Kerala ConstituenciesRefiners In India Look To Buy Iranian Oil After US Waives SanctionsFact-Check: MEA Dismisses ‘Fake And Baseless’ Claims of US Seeking Indian Military Support In Iran ConflictIsrael-US-Iran War: S&P 500 Shreds Over $1 Trillion Market Cap Last WeekMathura Violence: 5 Detained As Police Intensify Crackdown On Stone-Pelters After Gau Rakshak’s Death; Hunt for Others OnTwo Killed And Two Injured After Car Falls Into Gorge In NainitalCaught On Cam: LPG Cylinder Stolen From Home In Bengaluru Amid Supply CrisisIran Ready To Let Japanese Vessels Transit Strait Of Hormuz‘Want FIFA World Cup 2026 To Go Ahead As Scheduled’: President Gianni Infantino Assures Amid Iran’s Participation ConcernGau Rakshak Killed In Mathura On Eid: Protesters Say Murdered By Smugglers, Cops Call It Accident; CM Yogi Orders CrackdownPremier League: Bruno Fernandes Stars Again For Manchester United, Red Devils Keep Champions League Hopes Alive With 2-2 Draw Against BournemouthMassive LPG Leak On National Highway Near Hubballi Triggers Safety Alert Amid Regional Shortage‘We Have Just One Intent to Remove BJP’: Mamata Banerjee at Eid-Al-Fitr Celebrations Gathering in KolkataRG Kar Hospital Tragedy: 40‑Year‑Old Arup Bandopadhyay Dies After Hour‑Long Elevator Trap With Wife and Son, No Operator Present Alleges FamilyTMC Releases First List of Candidates Ahead of Assam Assembly ElectionsIMD Warns of Fresh Wet Spell Across India; Thunderstorms and Strong Winds Likely to Hit Multiple States-Check Update‘Extremely Worried, Missiles Constantly Being Fired’: Seafarer Stuck Near Qatar Port Amid Strait Of Hormuz Blockade, Wife Appeals For Urgent RescueDelhi-NCR Shivers As Rare Fog Blankets Capital Day After Rain Triggers Coldest March Day In 6 Years- Check IMD ForecastAir India ‘Flight to Nowhere’: Vancouver-Bound Plane Turns Back Mid-Air After Wrong Aircraft DeployedDevotees Gather At Delhi’s Jama Masjid to Offer Eid-Ul-Fitr Prayers; Festivities BeginBJP Dubs Telangana Budget ‘Big Zero’, Calls It ‘Most Disappointing’Assam Polls: Congress Releases Fourth List Of Candidates; Raijor Dal To Contest 11 SeatsMaharashtra Women’s Panel Chief Rupali Chakankar Resigns Over Links With Ashok Kharat“The Future” Sam Patterson Eyes Top 15 Breakthrough; Welterweight Striker Ready to Unleash Himself Against Michael Page at UFC Fight NightCristiano Ronaldo Ruled Out of Portugal Friendlies Versus United States and Mexico Due to Hamstring IssueSudden March Blizzard Strands Over 1,000 Vehicles Near Atal Tunnel‘Relocating Settled Animals Would Be Cruelty’: SC Upholds Clean Chit to Vantara, Rejects PleaAirfare Set To Surge Again, Price May Reach ₹50,000 For Trunk Routes As Airlines Seek Cap Removal‘You Are Not Marrying a Maid’: Supreme Court Pulls Up Husband In Cruelty-Based Divorce PleaDGCA Bans Flights Over West Asia Airspace Amid Iran-Israel-US War, Which Routes Are Hit?Assam Polls: TMC Releases Names of 18 Star Campaigners, List Includes Shatrughan Sinha, Yusuf Pathan Among OthersWest Asia Crisis: New Mangalore Port Waives Crude, LPG Cargo-Related Charges Till March 31913 Indians Cross Into Armenia, Azerbaijan From Iran; All 284 Stranded Pilgrims Return Home: MEAIOCL Announces 25% Hike for Bulk Diesel Buyers as Crude Surges Amid Middle East WarAIDMK Spokesperson Kovai Calls CM Stalin a ‘Cry Baby’, Says His Action Stems from a ‘Fear of Failure’
Mumbai Set To Change Global Urban Business Landscape, Expert Akshat Khetan ExplainsGovt Says LPG Panic Booking Down, Adequate Stock Available Across CountryEmbassy in Saudi Arabia Confirms the Death of an Indian National in Riyadh UnrestGovt Notifies Income Tax Rules 2026; New Compliance Regime From April 1Carlos Alcaraz Embraces Aggressive Challenges Before Kicking Off Miami Open Campaign‘Want To Secure Assam’s Identity’: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Files Papers From JalukbariPremium Petrol Prices Hiked In India By Up To Rs 2.35 Per Litre Amid Israel-Iran WarZomato Hikes Platform Fee for Food Delivery by Rs 2.40 to Rs 14.90 per Order in Bid to Shore Up ProfitabilityIn Pics | Satellite Images Show Massive Cloud Cover Engulfs India as Rain HitsCraft, Heritage, and B2B Engagements to Define Kashmir Travel Mart 2026 as Officials Push for Stronger Tourism Linkages Across IndiaWork From Home, Avoid Air Travel To Deal with higher energy prices, IEA saysDelhi Weather Alert: IMD Issues Yellow Alert for March 20 as Rainfall, Gusty Winds Lash NCR, Check HereBREAKING: Flipkart’s Group Finance Chief Sriram Venkataraman To Step DownOil Companies May Have To Absorb Higher Crude Costs As Negative Sentiment Amid LPG Shortages Makes Price Hikes Difficult: ReportApril 1 Credit Card Changes: Key Updates on Utility Payments, Lounge Access, and Rent Rewards for Indian UsersIran War Threatens Fresh Food-Price Shock Across Developing World: These Countries Will Be Most ImpactedUnion Minister Jayant Chaudhary Gets Death Threat, Calls Traced To Bengal’s MurshidabadVaranasi Horror: BSC Student Shot Inside Classroom, Campus Erupts in ChaosFresh Violence Erupts Along Imphal East-Kangpokpi Border, Gunfire ReportedUttarakhand Cabinet Expansion: CM Dhami Sends Strong Message, 5 BJP MLAs Become MinistersPolitical Tug of War Over Iranian Women’s Soccer Team Prompts Criticism in AustraliaFIA Petitions Ministry to Scrap Fare Caps as Rising Operating Costs Threaten Aviation Sector GrowthInvestors Brace for Deeper Economic Pain as Middle East Conflict Crosses the RubiconIndian Railways Takes Strict Action Against Non-Performing Officers; Six Compulsorily RetiredWho is Ashok Kharat? Self-Styled ‘Godman’ and Astrologer Arrested in Nashik Rape CaseDollar Hits Weekly Low as War-Induced Oil Spike Forces ECB and BoJ to Signal Rate Hikes to Curb InflationSensex Surges 824 Points, Nifty Reclaims 23,200 as Cooling Oil Prices Trigger Relief RallyRupee Under Pressure: Hits All-Time Low of 93.24 as Brent Crude Holds Above $115Iran Strikes Ras Laffan: Qatar LNG Output Capacity Reduced By 17% For 5 Years, India Faces RiskOil Prices Drop As US And Allies Look To Boost Supply, Unchoke Strait Of HormuzLDF Faces Toughest Challenge Yet As UDF Gains Ground And NDA Threatens Kerala’s Bipolar TraditionUttar Pradesh Students Land Plum Jobs in Japan; CM Yogi’s Vision for Global Employment Bears Fruit‘No LPG Cylinder For 4 Days’: Meerut Hospital Forced To Cook On ‘Chullah’Who Are The Key Candidates Named In Congress’ 3rd List For Assam Elections 2026Real Madrid Take On Atletico Madrid In Key La Liga Derby As Los Blancos Try To Catch FC BarcelonaIndia Drawn in Tough Pool D for Men’s Hockey World Cup 2026; Coach Craig Fulton Confident of Team’s ReadinessIran’s Giant South Pars Gas Field At The Centre Of Gulf War EscalationReal Madrid Hit By Another Setback; Thibaut Courtois Sustains Muscle Injury, Likely To Miss Bayern Munich ClashIndia’s Auto Boom At Risk As Iran-Israel War Chokes Gas Supplies, Straining Supply Chains
Sat. Mar 21st, 2026

‘God Will Punish Him’: Karnataka Officer Blames Senior, Records Shocking Video Message Before Committing Suicide

Tumakuru: In an incident that has raised serious questions about the behaviour of seniors at workplace, a social welfare officer in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district committed suicide on Friday after allegedly facing harassment by a senior official.Mallikarjun, an Assistant Director

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