Breaking News, March 22 | HIGHLIGHTS

A giant Tricolour has been put up by the Indian High Commission team atop the High Commission building in London days after pro-Khalistanis tried to vandalise the Indian flag.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets Padma awardees as he hosts a dinner for them in New Delhi.

London Metropolitan Police has increased security outside the Indian High Commission in London days after pro-Khalistanis tried to vandalise the tricolour. READ MORE

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma shares on Twitter, the resolution adopted by Assam Assembly against BBC.

"Let it be made clear in no uncertain terms that in New India there will be a democratic but proportionate response against those who profit by tarnishing Bharat’s image. Freedom of expression is not a license for deception," he tweeted.

West Bengal Government to give Civic Reception in honour of President Droupadi Murmu, on her first visit to the State as a President. Governor CV Ananda Bose and CM Mamata Banerjee will be present at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata, on March 27, during the ceremony.

Ratan Chandra Kar, a retired Government Doctor from Andamans receives Padma Shri from President Droupadi Murmu. Chandra Kar works with the Jarawa tribe who inhabit an island 48 km from North Sentinel.

Hailing from the Siddi tribe, Hirbai Ibrahim Lobi receives the Padma Shri award from President Droupadi Murmu. She works for the upliftment and development of the Siddi tribal community.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a high-level meeting today to review the Covid-related situation and public health preparedness.

The Prime Minister directed that effective monitoring of IRI/SARI cases, and testing for Influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and Adenovirus be followed up with States. Further, he stressed the need to ensure the availability of required Drugs & Logistics for Influenza & Covid-19 across Health Facilities along with the availability of sufficient beds & health human resources, PMO said.

PM Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on March 24. He will address the One World TB Summit at Rudrakash Convention Centre. Later, he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of various projects worth more than Rs 1,780 crores at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University ground.

At least 6 people have died while several others injured in an explosion at a firecracker warehouse in Kuruvimalai village of Kancheepuram district. The injured have been rushed to the hospital. A police investigation is underway, said Kancheepuram Collector M Aarthi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Area Office and Innovation Centre in New Delhi. Modi also unveiled the Bharat 6G Vision Document and launched the 6G R&D Test Bed.

SBI Foundation, the CSR arm of State Bank Group, is inviting applications for the 11th edition of the Youth for India Fellowship programme that intends to select 100 graduates or working professionals.

 A 24-year-old security guard allegedly killed himself at a hotel room in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar area, police said on Wednesday. It is suspected that he inhaled some poisonous gas to put an end to his life, they said. The deceased has been identified as Nitesh Kumar, a resident of Malikpur Village in Model Town, police said.

According to sources, the police are now probing the activities of fugitive Khalistani supporter Amritpa Singh's family members and their bank accounts as well. This also includes his wife Kirandeep Kaur. Earlier in February this year, Amritpal married to Kirandeep --a resident of the United Kingdom. The agencies are now probing his wife's record, as Khalistani activities have also been seen more in the UK in recent times

The Union government has approved a project proposal to recycle waste accumulated in dumping yards of two hill towns of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal into utility products such as bricks and flower pots. Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, in a statement on Tuesday, said the project seeks to mechanise the landfills with advanced technologies such as segregation of legacy (accumulated) waste, recycling of plastic waste, utilisation of construction and demolition waste and processing of biodegradable waste.

Indian airport operators are projected to report 26 per cent rise in revenues at USD 3.9 billion in the next financial year, aviation consultancy CAPA India said on Wednesday. 
For 2023-24, air passenger traffic, including domestic and international, is expected to be 395 million, it said while presenting the outlook for the airports.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed May 9 for a detailed hearing on a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape. Senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. She told the bench that the order of arguments and common compilation in the case is ready.

Gujarat will host the next round of G20 meetings from March 27 to April 4, during which three conclaves will be held in the state on a range of issues, where delegates from different countries will converge for participation, an official said.

The capital budget of the Indian Army should be increased to facilitate enhancing its deterrent capacity to ward off challenges from the two "hostile" neighbours, a parliamentary panel has said in an apparent reference to Pakistan and China.

A new report launched Tuesday on the eve of the first major UN conference on water in over 45 years says 26 per cent of the world's population doesn't have access to safe drinking water and 46 per cent lack access to basic sanitation. The UN World Water Development Report 2023 painted a stark picture of the huge gap that needs to be filled to meet UN goals to ensure all people have access to clean water and sanitation by 2030.

A mild intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.8 -- with its epicentre in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur -- hit the state at 12:51 am on Wednesday, but no damage was reported, officials said.  Earlier, tremors were felt in almost all parts of the state around 10:17 on Tuesday night following a 6.6 magnitude earthquake whose epicentre was in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush area at a depth of 156 km.

The Assam Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution seeking action against the BBC for its documentary on Gujarat riots -- 'India: The Modi Question'. The state Assembly witnessed an uproar over the controversial documentary, with Opposition demanding screening of the documentary inside the House.

A man has alleged that he was assaulted by the supporters of religious preacher Santosh Singh Bhadoria of Kanpur's famous Karauli Ashram. The man claimed that he did not benefit from the preacher's chanting, as promised, and had complained about the incident. Bhadoria asked his supporters to thrash him, he claimed.

The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) has terminated the services of an engineer for praising the slain international terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Ravindra Prakash Gautam, a Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), had been suspended in June 2022 after he put a picture of Laden at his Kayamganj sub-division-II office in Farrukhabad district.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde took part in "Shobha Yatra" during Shree Ambe Mata Chaitra Navratri Festival in Thane district. 

Devotees were seen offering prayers at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati on the first day of Chaitra Navratri.

As Chaitra Navratri began today, devotees were seen offering prayers at Delhi's Jhandewalan Temple.