Highlights: Court extends Manish Sisodia judicial custody till April 17

NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly as early as next year on what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years. Read more

"We regret to inform you that due to a 'technical glitch', some of our digital services were impacted for a few hours on April 3, 2023. However, the issue stands resolved, and the digital services are live and restored," SBI bank said in a statement. Read more

"I would urge the people not to cast their votes for this corrupt TMC. Vote for any party or candidate you like, but please don't cast your valuable votes for this party of thieves," leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday

Chennai Super Kings face Lucknow Super Giants in Match 6 of IPL 2023, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Follow here for live updates

A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood,” reports AP.

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, will visit Moscow on Wednesday, the Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported.

Direct Tax collections for the FY 2022-23 exceed the Union Budget estimates by ₹2.41 lakh crores i.e. by 16.97 per cent, says Centre, reports ANI.

The Anti-Naxalite Cell of Maharashtra police nabbed one person in Nagandoh under Keshori police station in Deori tehsil on March 31 and recovered a detonator and a gelatin rod from his possession, an official said, PTI reported.

“This is a fight to save democracy, against 'Mitrakal'. In this struggle, truth is my weapon, and truth is my support!” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi. Read more

NASA plans on Monday to introduce the four astronauts for its Artemis II lunar flyby mission, set for launch as early as next year in what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon since the end of the Apollo era more than 50 years ago. Read more

"Are governments supposed to protect or perpetrate crime?" Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu says as he met late singer Sidhu Moosewala's family in Mansa, reports ANI.

Philanthropist and art collector Kiran Nadar conferred "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain, reports PTI.

Novak Djokovic regains number one spot in ATP tennis rankings published Monday.

The "attractive brand name of PIL should not be used for suspicious products of mischief" and should be aimed at genuine public wrong," a Delhi high court bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said.

“It will be travesty of justice for the resources of the legal system to be consumed by misdirected petitions purportedly filed in the public interest which upon due scrutiny are found to promote a personal, business or political agenda.” 

The Andhra Pradesh police are on the hunt for an employee of a pawn broker shop for allegedly stealing 4.5 kg gold worth more than ₹1.1 crore, police said on Monday, reports PTI.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi files appeal in Surat court against conviction in defamation case. Follow live updates here

Rouse Avenue Court extends judicial custody of Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till April 17, 2023, in CBI's case related to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped excise policy, reports ANI.

Building a developed India is not possible without professional and efficient institutions and the CBI therefore has a huge responsibility, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

Two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli troops in an army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest in a year-long spike of violence that shows no sign of abating, AP reported.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Neeraj Nigam as executive director with immediate effect, the central bank said in a release on Monday.

Five naxals have been killed in an encounter in JJharkhand's Chatra. Two of them were carrying rewards of ₹25 lakhs each, two were carrying rewards of 5 lahks each and 2 AK 47 have also been recovered. Operation is underway, the police said.

India on Monday reported 3,641 fresh Covid cases, taking the active caseload at 20,219.

Hours after arson and communal tensions triggered in West Bengal's Hooghly on Sunday evening, the state government ordered for immediate suspension of internet services across the district.