Breaking News, March 9 | HIGHLIGHTS

A 25-year-old Indian woman has gone missing in New York City and the police are seeking information from the public to help locate her. Ferin Khoja was last seen leaving her residence in Queens on March 1 at around 11 pm.

Two men were arrested after an ice-cream vendor whose mobile phone they had allegedly stolen raised an alarm when the pair came back to return the device in exchange for cash in east Delhi's Ghazipur area, police said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayer at Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also present here.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reached the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a mega roadshow in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, ahead of the general elections. He will be contesting from Varanasi for the third time in the upcoming polls.

According to India TV-CNX Opinion Poll, 84 per cent of Brahmin vote may side with the BJP, three per cent with I.N.D.I.A bloc, two per cent with Mayawati's BSP and 11 per cent may support other leaders.

According to India TV-CNX opinion poll, 23 per cent Yadav voters may support the BJP while support for Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party may decrease.

SP may lose Badayu, Kanauj, Ghazipur, Farukhabad, Firozabad, Kushinagar and Banda Lok Sabha seats. 

Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving 10 others missing, officials said Saturday. Tons of mud, rocks and uprooted trees rolled down a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages in Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province, said Doni Yusrizal, who heads the local disaster management agency.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the memorial of veteran leader Kailashpati Mishra on the outskirts of Patna on Saturday. Mishra, a senior leader of the Jana Sangh, was a minister in the Karpoori Thakur government in the state. He was also the first president of the BJP in Bihar.

Two rusted grenades and over half a dozen pistol rounds were recovered in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.

The police have arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly operating a sex racket and rescued two women in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Saturday.

Five children suffered minor injuries, while a teacher and the driver were seriously wounded on Saturday, when the car they all were in collided head-on with a roadway bus near Beerpur post, police said.

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday that he welcomed the Centre’s announcement to reduce the LPG cylinder price by Rs 100 but said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should assure that the price will not be increased if his party comes to power again.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the AAP government in Delhi was pursuing a model of 'vikas' or development while the BJP was following a model of 'vinash' or destruction with its stamping out of opposition parties and toppling of governments.

Jhargram Kunar Hembram on Saturday said he has resigned from his party for "personal reasons".

The Centre will pull all stops to ensure prices of essential food items from onion to tomatoes to pulses do not spike particularly during the elections, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said as he cited the Modi government's track record of controlling rates within days of any temporary hike.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday said it has arrested Jaffer Sadiq, a former DMK party functionary in Tamil Nadu, in connection with an international drugs trafficking investigation case estimated to be worth more than Rs 2,000 crore.

Actor Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) today (March 9) joined DMK-led alliance. MNM allotted one seat for the 2025 Rajya Sabha polls. 

They were suspended for allegedly creating a ruckus during the Lieutenant Governor's address.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday decided to refer to the CBI the investigation into the recent death of a Veterinary University student that has rocked the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Lachit Borphukan, in Jorhat, Assam.

"We will not participate in Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)'s Baramati rally (to be held today) and Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai rally (to be held on March 17) because until we establish coordination with them or join the MVA, attending any such MVA rally serves no purpose," he said.

He was welcomed and greeted by the people.

Arunachal Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sela Tunnel today.

A massive fire breaks out at Vallabh Bhavan State Secretariat in Bhopal on Saturday (March 9). The blaze erupted on the fourth floor of the building. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot immediately. Firefighting operations are underway.

Police have registered a case against three persons and two firms for allegedly cheating a Navi Mumbai-based man of nearly Rs 45 lakh by luring him into making online share trading investments, an official said on Saturday.

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday raided multiple locations in Patna as part of an alleged illegal sand mining linked money laundering case, official sources said. The premises of a person identified as Subash Yadav are being searched as part of a case registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath holds 'janata darshan' at the premises of Gorakhnath Temple, in Gorakhpur.

Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram cafe reopened on Saturday (March 9) morning amid tight checking of the customers, eight days after the blast that injured several people, the perpetrator of which is yet to be held. The explosion rocked the cafe on March 1 during the busy lunch hour in the city’s Whitefield area which left nine people injured. The bomber was seen wearing a cap, black pants, and black shoes in the CCTV footage which also showed him keeping a bag in the cafe minutes before the blast.