Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel hit five oil facilities with overnight strikes in and near the Iranian capital that killed four people, an official told state TV on Sunday (March 8, 2026). Nishant Kumar, son of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, officially joins JD(U)Nishant Kumar, son of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Sunday (March 8, 2026) officially joined the ruling Janata Dal-United at party headquarters in Patna. All top party leaders were present on the occasion, though his father, Mr. Nitish Kumar, was conspicuously absent. Her comment comes on a day when the full bench of the Election Commission is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata to review poll preparedness ahead of the State Assembly elections. The sailors were treated at Karapitiya Hospital in the southern port city of Galle since Wednesday (March 4, 2026) after the IRIS Dena was torpedoed just outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters.

Source: The Hindu March 08, 2026 13:05 UTC