Breaking News, March 14

At least 40 acres of wheat crop is being ploughed for swearing-in ceremony of AAP's Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann, who sports a yellow turban for his reverence to legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh to whom he calls his 'only idol, only mentor and only hero', to be held in the icon's ancestral maternal village in Khatkar Kalan on March 16, it is learnt on Monday.

Three persons were killed and 12 injured on Monday in a massive blaze inside a scrap shop and surrounding 'jhuggies' (shanties) in Jammu city, police said.

With a view to address the issues related to gaps or loss of learning among students, during and after the lockdown, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has developed bridge course modules for out-of-school children including various activities which are helpful for bridging the learning gaps.

The Supreme Court on Monday said that prescribing a minimum age limit for the selection of district judges is not contrary to the Constitution, as it relaxed the upper-age limit of 32 years for the Delhi Judicial Service Examination (DJSE) and 45 years for the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examination (DHJSE) for candidates who were eligible in 2020 and 2021.

A day after Mumbai Police recorded his statement at home regarding the phone-tapping scam, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he was not afraid of jail

Retired bureaucrat Debasish Panda on Monday took charge as the Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).

Five legislators of opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Monday for the rest of the Budget session for disrupting the proceedings over the Jangareddygudem hooch tragedy.

Shares of HDFC Bank rose significantly on Monday after the Reserve Bank of India lifted the restrictions on the bank regarding its business generating activities planned under the 'Digital 2.0' programme. 

India's heavy reliance on imported Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as a fertiliser feedstock exposes the nation's balance sheet to ongoing global gas price hikes, increasing the government's fertiliser subsidy bill, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Monday.

The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the US and Japan on Monday denounced North Korea's recent missile tests and called on Pyongyang to cease acts that could escalate tensions, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said.

A fire broke out at a house in Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area on Monday afternoon due to an LPG cylinder explosion, an official said.

Union Civil Aviation Minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections with a majority and return to power in the state. The Union Minister said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda gave guidelines to the workers and the people of the country have given historic results through the double engine government."

Attacking the Aam Admi Party (AAP), Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has no existence in Himachal Pradesh and the party only talks big. "AAP did not get any seats in Uttar Pradesh. Arvind Kejriwal contested the election against Prime Minister Narendra Modi but he lost his deposit. They only talk big. They do not have anything here. We will return to power in Himachal Pradesh," Thakur told mediapersons.

Five of a family, including a six-month-old baby were killed and one person seriously injured, when the car in which they were travelling hit a culvert on a national highway in Krishna district on Sunday morning, police said. The car slammed into the culvert when the driver who was drowsy lost control of the vehicle, police said.