Breaking News on March 18

Tata Consultancy Services has launched the Business Ecosystem Integration Services (BEIS) suite to help businesses integrate with larger ecosystems and create new customer-centric, augmented offerings. 

Yes Bank says full bouquet of banking services available to customers now. 

Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) on Wednesday said it has commissioned its first petrol pump in Bhutan as it makes a foray into the Himalayan Kingdom.

Bank shares continued to face heat of heavy selling pressure in the equity market, tumbling up to 24 per cent on Wednesday led by IndusInd Bank.

Domestic air passenger traffic in February increased by 8.98 per cent to 1.236 crore as compared to the same period last year, according to data released on Wednesday by aviation regulator DGCA.

 Congress leaders Phoolo Devi Netam and KTS Tulsi on Wednesday have been elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from the state.

The national e-commerce policy is under consideration but there is no timeline as to when it will be released, the government said on Wednesday.

A tanker carrying inflammable liquid caught fire at Shil Phata in Thane district on Wednesday afternoon, an official said. The fire was brought under control within a couple of hours, said chief of Regional Disaster Management Cell Santosh Kadam.
 

Delhi court has issued a notice to Tihar jail authorities and Delhi Police regarding the petition filed by the four convicts' seeking stay on execution. The court will hear the plea seeking a stay on the execution of the death penalty of the convicts on Thursday.

 Shares of Yes Bank on Wednesday trimmed most of the sharp early gains and closed the day over 4 per cent higher, mainly due to profit-booking in a weak broader market.

Market regulator Sebi has ordered impounding of alleged gains of over Rs 2 crore made from Fourth Dimension Solutions and its managing director Amalendu Mukherjee in an insider trading case.

The price of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) has been hiked by Rs 35.55 per cylinder in the last five months, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. 

Gold prices on Wednesday rose by Rs 311 to Rs 40,241 per 10 gram in the national capital amid rupee depreciation and higher buying, according to HDFC Securities.

276 Indians infected with coronavirus abroad, number includes 225 in Iran and 12 in UAE, MEA tells Lok Sabha

Delhi HC reserves order on Nirbhaya case death-row convict Mukesh Singh's plea claiming he was not in Delhi at the time of incident

Delhi HC to hear later today Nirbhaya case convict Mukesh Singh's plea that he was not in Delhi when crime took place on Dec 16, 2012. Mukesh Singh had moved Delhi HC against the trial court order. He said was not present in Delhi at the time of the crime.

• BJP leaders reached Speaker's residence on Holi and handed over resignations of 19 rebel MLAs, this shows their complicity, Congress tells SC
• Speaker is the ultimate master, MP Governor is overriding him: Congress to Supreme Court
• Governor has no business to send messages at night asking CM or Speaker to hold floor test: Congress to SC

BEIJING (AP) — At least 13 American journalists stand to be expelled from China in retaliation for a new limit imposed by the Trump administration on visas for Chinese state-owned media operating in the U.S.

The Chinese government announced Wednesday that Americans working at three major U.S. newspapers would have to surrender their press cards within 10 days. They will all but certainly have to leave the country, as their visas are tied to their media credentials.

The number of affected journalists at the three papers — The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post — is at least 13 and could be higher depending on how broadly the group is defined, said the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China, or FCCC.

It would be by far the largest expulsion of foreign journalists from China in recent memory.

(Associated Press)

“There are no winners in the use of journalists as diplomatic pawns by the world’s two preeminent economic powers,” the FCCC said in a statement. 

Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh, DK Shivakumar and Sajjan Singh Verma have arrived at the Commissioner's office, ANI reports.

Digvijaya Singh and other Congress leaders have been taken out the Bengaluru's Amruthahalli Police Station police station where they were being held, ANI reports. I don't know where am I being taken. I should have been allowed to meet my MLAs. I am a law-abiding citizen. Sarkar bhi bachaenge aur hamare MLAs ko bhi wapas laenge,' he said.

Succeeded in changing perception about UP, taking the state on the path of development due to PM's guidance: Adityanath on completing 3 years as Chief Minister of the state.

"If the need arises I'll go there," says Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on being asked if he will go to meet the Congress MLAs who are lodged in Ramada hotel in Bengaluru:

Supreme Court refuses to hear the petition filed by the brother of Congress MLA Manoj Choudhary from Madhya Pradesh, seeking his release, as he claimed that his brother Manoj along with other MLAs were forcefully kept in the captivity by members of BJP & state police of Karnataka.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses media on completing 3 years in government

Randeep Singh Surjewala has been appointed as the the observer for Rajastahan RS elections

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh sits on dharna near Ramada hotel, allegedly after he was not allowed by police to visit it. 21 Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs are lodged at the hotel. 

"I'm a Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, voting is scheduled for 26 March. My MLAs have been kept here, they want to speak to me, their phones have been snatched, police is not letting me speak to them saying there is a security threat to MLAs," Digvijaya Singh said.

Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has arrived in Bengaluru, early morning today. He was received by Congress state president DK Shivakumar. 21 MP Congress MLAs are currently lodged at Ramada hotel in the city.

Yes Bank to resume full banking services from 6 pm, today. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had imposed moratorium on the bank & capped withdrawals at Rs 50,000, on 5th March.

Supreme Court to hear today the petition filed by former Madhya Pradesh CM & BJP leader, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and others to hold floor test in the State Assembly.

Supreme Court to hear today a plea by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for staggered payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues by Telecom companies.

European Union imposes entry ban for 30 days, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ANI reports

Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) imposed in Odisha's Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal, Bhadrak, and Mayurbhanj districts in view of COVID19

Supreme Court to hear today a plea by Sara Pilot, seeking release from detention of her brother and former Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah