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Three days after announcing the stock limits on edible oils and oilseeds, due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the Centre has now decided to take action against those who are indulging in violations. The limit was imposed on all the states and Union Territories.

Amazon and Future Retail Ltd (FRL) on Monday informed the Supreme Court that they wish to appear before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre in connection with the pending adjudication of arbitration proceedings before it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with his Israeli counterpart Naftali Bennett over the phone and discussed the recent geopolitical developments, including the situation in Ukraine.

The Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday suspended Sunil Verma, the District Magistrate of Aurraiya, on charges of dereliction of duty and corruption.

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the summons and other proceedings issued by a lower court against Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy in a defamation case filed by his fellow party man and BJP spokesperson for Delhi Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga.

Even as many places across India are witnessing severe to very severe heatwave, two places in Meghalaya have been receiving excessive rainfall of over 300 mm within a span of 24 hours, for the last 3-4 days.

The Centre has appointed Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Vinay Mohan Kwatra the next Foreign Secretary, and he will take over from incumbent Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who retires from service on April 30.

Jaipur Rural MP and BJP national spokesperson Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday attacked the Rajasthan government over the increasing crime rate in the state and accused it of indulging in issuing only verbal statements instead of curbing the crime rate.

The core committee of PTI has proposed the name of former Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed as the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, ex-information and law minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Monday, Geo News reported.

The Enforcment Directorate (ED) on Monday said that they have filed a prosecution complaint (charge sheet) against Rahul Bardhan, Biswajit Das, and Nishita Kanodia, for illegal selling and black marketing of Bangladeshi-made Remdesivir injection vials during Covid-19 pandemic in 2021.

A man trying to smuggle gold by concealing it under his wig was held by the Customs department at Lucknow Airport on Monday.

The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Monday that it has seized one Pakistani fishing boat from the Harami Nala area near Bhuj in Gujarat.

A Kashmiri Pandit was shot and injured by militants in J&K's Shopian district on Monday, police said.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk who used Twitter for various reasons, from infuriating the US regulators with business-related tweets to making fun of world leaders, has acquired 9.2 percent share worth nearly $3 billion in the Parag Agrawal-run platform, Twitter. 

Uttar Pradesh's ruling BJP has expelled its Legislative Council member Yashwant Singh and his son Vikrant Singh Rishu for six years for anti-party activities.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the murder of the Congress councillor from Jhalda Municipality in Purulia district.

A woman in Telangana rubbed chilli powder in her son's eyes after tying him to a pole to punish him for his ganja (cannabis) addiction.

The Delhi High Court on Monday permitted journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad on certain conditions as it heard her plea challenging the restrictions by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from leaving the country.

At least 16 people have been killed, while 10 others were reported missing as heavy rain has lashed Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, rescue teams announced.

Intensifying its protest over paddy procurement issue, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Monday staged demonstrations across Telangana denouncing the Centre for not procuring paddy from the state.

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured in a militant attack in Srinagar city on Monday, police said.

Following the resignation of the Sri Lankan Cabinet amid anti-government protests, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited all political parties, including the opposition, to accept ministerial posts and to help to resolve the ongoing economic crisis.

The World Health Organization's (WHO) suspension of supplies of Covaxin of the Bharat Biotech supply is not related to safety or efficacy issues but only to supply for United Nations agencies, sources said. "Received some feedback... will do those modifications. WHO has said nothing related to safety or efficacy," sources in Bharat Biotech told ANI.

The combined market capitalisation of HDFC Bank and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) soared to Rs 14.22 lakh crore on Monday after the two companies announced the merger proposal. The HDFC twins' market capitalisation has surpassed the valuation of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which has a market cap of Rs 13.73 lakh crore.

Six newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs, including two from the BJP and one from the Congress, took oath in the House on Monday. Pabitra Margherita (BJP, Assam); Rwngwra Narzary (UPPL, Assam); Jebi Mather Hisham (Congress, Kerala); Sandosh Kumar (CPI, Kerala); A A Rahim (CPI-M, Kerala); and S Phangnon Konyak (BJP, Nagaland) were the members who took oath in the Upper House of Parliament.

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for nearly 50 minutes till 12 noon on Monday amid protest by opposition parties who wanted the House to discuss issues related to price rise. Several opposition members had given notice to discuss the price rise situation, but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu did not accept the demand.

The Congress' Madhya Pradesh unit has decided to celebrate upcoming Hindu festivals - Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti - publicly and the cadre has been asked to organise religious programmes with large gatherings, it was announced on Sunday. On Hanuman Jayanti on April 16, the Congress plans to recitations of the "Sundarkand" (a part of the Ram Charitra Manas) and "Hanuman Chalisa", as per directions issued by the state Congress President and former chief minister Kamal Nath.

Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district and seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition, officials said on Monday. The hideout was unearthed during a joint search operation by the army and police in Noorkote village, the officials said.

As many as four people were booked for betting in the IPL match in Pune and an amount of Rs 27 lakh cash was seized, said Pimpri Chinchwad police of Pune. According to the police, the betting racket was busted at Kalewadi on Saturday night and the FIR into the matter was registered on Sunday.

110 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force on Sunday organised a grand fair to mark the beginning of the celebrations of the Raising Day of the unit on April 8 at its headquarters in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.

Controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand was booked along with other speakers on Sunday for alleged hate speeches made at a "Hindu Mahapanchayat" that "50 per cent of Hindus will convert" in 20 years if a Muslim becomes the prime minister of the country. Police said they had denied permission for the event but the organisers still went ahead with the "Mahapanchayat Sabha" and around 700-800 people were present at the venue.

A man attacked two PAC constables with a sharp-edged weapon at the south gate of Gorakhnath temple here and tried to enter the temple premises, police said. The accused has been identified as Murtaza and has been arrested, they said. According to police, the accused tried to forcibly enter the temple premises on Sunday after raising the religious slogan of “Allahu Akbar”.