Highlights: Indian climber went missing from a Nepal mountain camp, search ops on

A 34-year-old Indian climber went missing from Mt. Annapurna in Nepal on Monday, an official of the expedition organiser said. Read more

Delhi on Monday logged 1,017 Covid-19 cases, while the positivity rate jumped to 32.25 per cent, the highest in 15 months, according to data shared by the city government's health department. Read more

AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal meets Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree along with Senior Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat, Bhai Jagatap in the presence of Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) leader Sanjay Raut. (ANI)

Union minister V K Singh on Monday asked G20 countries to work towards promotion of crop diversification, efficient use of inputs like fertilisers and post-harvest management, and said the latest digital tools should be used in agriculture across the world, PTI reported.

Panchayat elections should not cause bitterness among people in villages, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday as she highlighted the Gujarat government’s Samras Gram Yojana that rewards villages electing panchayat representatives through consensus, PTI reported.

PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate Global Buddhist Summit which will be held in Delhi from April 20 to 21. For the first time, Buddhist monks from 30 different countries will attend this Summit. The theme of this Summit is ‘Responses to contemporary challenges philosophy to practice, say Union minister G Kishan Reddy.

CM Mamata Banerjee meets people from Dawoodi Bohara community in Kolkata

AAP National Jt Secy Gopal Italia was arrested by Surat Crime Branch for his alleged remarks on Gujarat HM Harsh Sanghavi. He was later granted bail.

Gujarat: Fire broke out on a local train at Botad Railway Station earlier today. The train was scheduled to depart for Ahmedabad today evening. No injuries reported. (ANI)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter Scale hit Kamrup, Assam at 4:52 pm today: National Center for Seismology

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Monday met with Russia's PM and minister of trade and industry Denis Manturov. Both sided discussed on a range of bilateral issues to implement strategic relationship between both countries.

Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale in an alleged misappropriation of funds case registered against him at Ahmedabad.

He was arrested on December 29 by Gujarat police and his bail was rejected by the Gujarat high court in February. He was accused of collecting money through a crowdfunding platform for social purposes during Covid pandemic and spending it on personal needs.

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday transferred Lavalesh Tiwari, Sunny Singh and Arun Maurya, the three shooters who killed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad on Saturday, have been transferred from Prayagraj’s Naini Central Jail to Pratapgarh District Jail. Read more

Supreme Court asked Varanasi district administration and all parties to hold talks tomorrow for finding a "congenial" solution to the Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea seeking proper arrangement for wuzu (ablution) during Ramzan. Matter to be heard next on Friday.

Supreme Court stayed a Calcutta HC order asking CBI and ED to also question TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in connection with the ongoing probe into the alleged school recruitment scam in West Bengal.

The Rouse Avenue court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in two different cases in connection with the alleged irregularities in national capital's now-scrapped excise policy. Read more

Manish Sisodia brought to Delhi court as judicial custody gets over in excise policy case.

Three shooters who gunned down Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad on the night of April 15, have been shifted from the barracks to the high-security cell of Naini (Prayagraj) Central Jail on Monday.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Mumbai Metro to remove 177 trees from Aarey forest for the development of car shed.

Prayagraj Commissioner of Police Ramit Sharma on Monday formed a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe the murder of Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf. The SIT will be headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Satish Chandra and has Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kotwali) Satendra Prasad Tiwari and Inspector Om Prakash of the Investigation Cell of Crime Branch of Prayagraj police.

India's annual wholesale-price based inflation (WPI) eased in March to 1.34% year-on-year as input prices continued to moderate, government data showed on Monday.

Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav slammed Atiq-Ashraf killings and said, "I have no sympathies for crime or criminals. There are laws & Constitution to eliminate crime. Even the assassins of a PM were made to undergo trial & they were punished. What happened in UP was not the funeral procession of Atiq Ahmed but that of law. UP tops in terms of custodial deaths. This has been done for cheap publicity. Everyone knows the kind of rule in UP...This seemed scripted."

Supreme Court sets aside Rajasthan High Court’s order, summoning IPS officer Ajay Pal Lamba for recording his evidence as a court witness in a case related to self-styled godman Asaram's appeal against his conviction in a minor's rape case.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announces ₹10 lakhs each to the families of the two people from the state who died in a fire in Dubai.

India on Monday saw a marginal drop in the daily Covid-19 cases with 9,111 fresh infections in the last 24 hours.