14 March 2022, 22:21 PM

Kabaddi player shot dead in Punjab

Kabbadi player Sandeep Nangalwas was shot dead by unidentified people in Punjab's Mallian, said Satinder Singh, SSP Jalandhar Police

Four people arrived in a car and shot him during an ongoing match. FIR has been registered, we're investigating. Further details can be given after post mortem, Singh added.

14 March 2022, 22:03 PM

India crosses 180 crore Covid vaccines mark

Cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered India surpasses 180.36 crores: Union Health Ministry

14 March 2022, 21:36 PM

Section 144 imposed in Karanataka's Shivamogga

All schools and colleges will remain closed on Tuesday (March 15) in Shivamogga, where a Bajrang Dal activist was killed.

Section 144 has been imposed in the district till March 21. 8 companies of KSRP, 6 companies of District Armed Reserve, 1 company of RAF deployed, said Shivamogga SP, BM Laxmi Prasad.

14 March 2022, 21:35 PM

Slovakia expels three Russian embassy staff: Foreign ministry

Slovakia has decided to expel three Russian embassy staff based on information from the secret service and they must leave the country within 72 hours, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

14 March 2022, 21:34 PM

United Nations on Ukraine-Russia conflict

The United Nations will allocate a further $40 million from its central emergency response fund to ramp up humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, where millions of people face hunger and dwindling water and medicine supplies, said Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres.

14 March 2022, 21:22 PM

Ukraine PM demands Russia's expulsion from Council of Europe

Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has demanded that Russia be immediately expelled from the Council of Europe, saying Moscow had no right to remain a member of the pan-European rights body after the invasion of its neighbour, reports AFP

14 March 2022, 21:17 PM

Rs 5 lakhs ex-gratia payment for kin of Jammu LPG blast mishap victims

An ex-gratia of Rs 5 Lakh each will be given to the families of the deceased in the Jammu LPG Cylinder blast incident, announced Jammu & Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha.

Ex gratia of Rs 1 Lakh to be given to the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 to those with minor injuries.

14 March 2022, 20:42 PM

Karnataka Hijab row verdict

Ahead of the Karnataka High Court verdict on the Hijab row, Dakshina Kannada DC has ordered holidays in all schools and colleges on Tuesday.

External exams will happen as per schedule but internal exams of all schools & colleges will be postponed, said  Dr Rajendra KV, DC, Dakshina Kannada

14 March 2022, 20:28 PM

Four killed in a fire in J&K

Four people died and 14 got injured after a fire broke out in a scrap shop around 6.15 pm. Cylinders inside the shop also exploded. Rescue operation underway, said Mukesh Singh, ADGP Jammu Zone.

14 March 2022, 20:26 PM

Union Health Secretary to address a Virtual Conference with States/UTs tomorrow

Union Health Secretary will address a Virtual Conference with States/UTs on Tuesday on vaccination of children aged 12-14 years and precaution dose for all citizens above 60 years of age, ANI reported quoting sources

14 March 2022, 20:05 PM

Bengaluru prohibits public gatherings from March 15 to March 21

All types of gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations in public places are prohibited in Bengaluru for one week from March 15 to March 21 in view of Hijab row case verdict, said Kamal Pant, Commissioner of Police

14 March 2022, 19:56 PM

BJP failed to realise dream of Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Congress

BJP government has failed to realise dream of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee for socio-economic development of Northeast and removal of regional imbalances, said Congress Rajya Sabha member Ripun Bora

14 March 2022, 19:49 PM

India, Canada exchange views on regional, global issues of mutual interest

India-Canada Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) were held today. Both sides reviewed the progress of bilateral cooperation in domains such as political, security, trade and investment, education, science & technology, consular & mobility. The next FOCs will be held in Ottawa.

14 March 2022, 19:41 PM

Uttarakhand to make 'The Kashmir Files' tax-free

I have directed Chief Secretary to take necessary action to make 'The Kashmir Files' movie tax-free in the state, said Uttarakhand acting CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

14 March 2022, 19:31 PM

AIIMS Director calls for equal distribution of Covid vaccines

AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has called for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines across the globe, said "nobody is safe until everyone is safe."

14 March 2022, 19:30 PM

After the removal of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, 890 Central laws have become applicable there. What was denied to people of J&K over 70yrs will be given to them. It has enabled that which Dr Ambedkar gave for the rest of the country for SC/ST is now available for people of J&K, said Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Monday.

14 March 2022, 18:16 PM

Farmers to observe MSP guarantee week from April 11 to 17

Farmers will observe the MSP guarantee week from April 11 to 17, announced Samyukta Kisan Morcha.

A nationwide protest will be organised on March 21 over the role of the government in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, and the betrayal of the assurances given to the farmers' movement.

14 March 2022, 18:02 PM

8 people rescued from Delhi building collapse site

8 persons rescued from the site after an under-construction building collapses at Nicholson Road near Kashmiri Gate; search and rescue operation underway, say police

14 March 2022, 18:01 PM

Building collapses near Delhi's Kashmere Gate

An under-construction building has collapsed at Nicholson Road near Kashmiri Gate, few persons feared trapped, reported ANI quoting Delhi Fire Service.

14 March 2022, 17:47 PM

Re-joined politics because of Mamata Banerjee: Babul Supriyo

"I am very happy. I have re-joined politics because of Mamata Banerjee as she told me to work for the Bengal," said Former Union minister Babul Supriyo who is now TMC's candidate for the Ballygunge Assembly by-elections.

14 March 2022, 17:35 PM

CBSE constitutes expert panel to examine discrepancies in the Class 10 Odia paper

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has constituted an expert committee to examine the alleged discrepancies in the questions and the answer key of Odia paper of Class-10 Term-1 examinations.

14 March 2022, 17:32 PM

Uttarakahand BJP MPs meet PM Modi

Uttarakhand BJP MPs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President JP Nadda in Delhi on Monday.

14 March 2022, 17:09 PM

No Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha proceedings on March 17

Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha sessions will remain adjourned on March 17 on the occasion of Holika Dahan.

14 March 2022, 16:57 PM

Many farmers turned defaulters in hope of that loans up to Rs 2 lakh will be waived off (a scheme launched during Congress govt). BJP will bear the cost of interest of the loans, said MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh said in the Assembly

14 March 2022, 16:48 PM

Yellow alerts in Gujarat for heatwave

Yellow alerts have been issued for a heatwave in the Gujarat region for the next 2 days. The temperature might rise around 1-2° C & a severe heatwave is expected in Saurashtra and Gujarat regions, said Manorama Mohanty, Director, MET Ahmedabad.

The temperature in Ahmedabad is expected around 40-41° C.

14 March 2022, 16:46 PM

Court defers order on Umar Khalid's plea bail in Delhi riots case

A Delhi court on Monday deferred the pronouncement of its order on the bail application of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in a case related to the alleged larger conspiracy behind Delhi riots.
 

14 March 2022, 16:21 PM

International flights to operate from March 27

All the international flights will operate from March 17 at 100% capacity, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.

The resumptions of flights come after a two-year Covid-induced halt.

14 March 2022, 16:01 PM

'The Kashmir Files' will be declared tax-free in Goa: Pramod Sawant

The Kashmir Files' movie will be declared tax-free in Goa, said former CM and BJP leader Pramod Sawant after watching the film based on the life of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 in Jammu and Kashmir.

14 March 2022, 16:00 PM

GST reduced from 18% to 5% for domestic Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services, announced the Ministry of Civil Aviation

14 March 2022, 15:57 PM

Kashmir Files movie brings the truth about Kashmir's past: Karnataka CM Basawaraj Bommai

The Kashmir Files movie brings the truth about what happened in Kashmir during the 80s & 90s. I hope all Kashmiri Pandits will get back their land, property & settled down there. Declared movie tax-free in the state, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai told ANI.

14 March 2022, 15:47 PM

Bhagwant Mann resigns from Lok Sabha

Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann on Monday tendered his resignation from the membership of Lok Sabha to Speaker Om Birla.

14 March 2022, 15:46 PM

SC issues notice to Centre over homoeopathic immune booster guidelines

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre on a plea challenging the Ayush Ministry's Advisories and Guidelines which empowered the State Government in the prescription of Arsenic Album 30 as a homoeopathic immune booster.

14 March 2022, 15:34 PM

Aam Aadmi Party to contest Panchayat election in West Bengal

Aam Aadmi Party will contest the 2023 Panchayat elections in West Bengal.

On the instructions of the party high command, its local unit has already started its campaign.

AAP held a rally in Kolkata on March 13, said Sanjoy Basu, Incharge, AAP, West Bengal.

14 March 2022, 14:38 PM

Rajya Sabha sitting on March 17 will be cancelled, due to Holika Dahan.

14 March 2022, 14:36 PM

"Not only me, 3 crore people of Punjab will also take oath along with me. We together have to fulfil the dreams of Bhagat Singh and we will put his thinking into effect on March 16," he said in a video uploaded on his Twitter handle. "I have not become the chief minister alone. You all have become the chief minister. It will be your own government," he said.

"I urge my brothers and friends to wear 'basanti' colour turbans and sisters to wear basanti 'dupatta'. We will turn Khatkar Kalan into 'basanti' colour that day," the AAP leader appealed in the video message.

14 March 2022, 14:36 PM

Bhagwant Mann on Monday invited the people of the state for his oath-taking ceremony to be held on March 16. He also urged the men to wear 'basanti' (yellow) turbans and women yellow 'dupatta' (shawl) on that day.

14 March 2022, 14:26 PM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin writes a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging an intervention in advising the concerned authorities to drop the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project in Theni, Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin writes a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging an intervention in advising the concerned authorities to drop the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project in Theni, Tamil Nadu. pic.twitter.com/b8akRa9PFN

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 14:19 PM

COVID19 vaccination of 12-14-year-olds and 'precaution dose' for all those above 60 years to begin from March 16, says Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya. 

COVID19 vaccination of 12-14-year-olds and 'precaution dose' for all those above 60 years to begin from March 16, says Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya pic.twitter.com/LMS3CcKUrR

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 13:50 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm. pic.twitter.com/ctCCZs8XM1

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 13:49 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm. pic.twitter.com/xycow0Oksc

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 13:49 PM

Newly elected MLA Sorokhaibam Rajen Singh was sworn-in as the protem speaker of the Manipur legislative assembly at the Darbar hall of the Raj Bhavan in Imphal.

N.Biren Singh was sworn in as a Member of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly at the Assembly Hall in Imphal, earlier today.

(Photo source: N. Biren Singh pic.twitter.com/f7CpGM3DZM

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 12:56 PM

When we saw that relief needs to be provided to consumers, PM slashed rates on 5th Nov 2021. We took some steps & ready to take more...9 states didn't do it. Taxation is only one aspect,we've to provide relief to consumers at point of consumption: Union Min HS Puri on fuel prices

I have the comparative data for the USA, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Spain, Sri Lanka & India. In all those countries, the price of petrol during this representative period has gone up by 50%, 55%, 58%, 55%. In India, it has gone up only by 5%: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister pic.twitter.com/OObAe8eCk7

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 12:34 PM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Budget for Jammu & Kashmir. She also presents supplementary demands for grants, demands for grants and demands for excess grants for Jammu and Kashmir, in Lok Sabha.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Budget for Jammu & Kashmir. She also presents supplementary demands for grants, demands for grants and demands for excess grants for Jammu and Kashmir, in Lok Sabha. pic.twitter.com/pq6lXs9qcl

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 12:33 PM

BJP MLAs protest inside the State Assembly and stage a walkout against the killing of TMC and Congress Councillors in two separate incidents yesterday.

14 March 2022, 12:06 PM

The Delimitation Commission finalises the draft proposal for Jammu and Kashmir, invites objections and suggestions from the public till 5 pm on March 21.

14 March 2022, 12:05 PM

A large number of Indian students in Ukraine were required to be evacuated. It was a very challenging task.Govt of India rose to the occasion in evacuating Indian students as well as some students of other nationalities. These efforts are praiseworthy: RS Chairman

A large number of Indian students in Ukraine were required to be evacuated. It was a very challenging task.Govt of India rose to the occasion in evacuating Indian students as well as some students of other nationalities. These efforts are praiseworthy: RS Chairman#UkraineCrisis pic.twitter.com/vTfnJtR9vX

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 12:05 PM

The eight Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees (DRSCs) of Rajya Sabha have held a total of 21 meetings for a total duration of 73 hours 33 minutes & examined the Demands for Grants of 18 Ministries encompassing 32 Departments: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu

However, there has been a decline in the average attendance of meetings this year from that of last year. I understand that the recent assembly elections were a major factor that pulled down the attendance: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 12:04 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed by the BJP MPs in Lok Sabha, amid chants of "Modi, Modi", following the party's victory in assembly elections in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed by the BJP MPs in Lok Sabha, amid chants of "Modi, Modi", following the party's victory in assembly elections in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/IZuF36mDNB

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 12:04 PM

MLA-elect Ganesh Gaonkar administered oath as pro-tem speaker at Raj Bhavan by the Governor. 

Goa | MLA-elect Ganesh Gaonkar administered oath as pro-tem speaker at Raj Bhavan by the Governor

Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai has summoned the session of the state legislative Assembly on March 15 for new MLAs for the swearing-in ceremony pic.twitter.com/szrhAxc9qh

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

14 March 2022, 12:03 PM

Newly-elected MLAs in Manipur swearing-in as members of legislative assembly

Imphal | Newly-elected MLAs in Manipur swearing-in as members of legislative assembly

MLAs administered the oath of office and secrecy by senior BJP MLA Sorokhaibam Rajen Singh, who was on Sunday sworn in as the protem speaker of the assembly pic.twitter.com/1OD4sS6EB4

— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022