BREAKING: Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in one day for terror offences

We've decided to reopen schools for LKG and UKG classes from March 14. Schools have been directed to make proper arrangements and to ensure that Covid appropriate behaviour is followed in schools, says A Namassivayam, Puducherry Education Minister.

Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ukraine minister who forced big tech companies to pull out from Russia, is worried about his father who has been in intensive care for the past week after a missile struck the house next door.

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in one day for terror offences, reports AFP citing state media. 

Indian and Chinese commanders agreed to carry on dialogue through military and diplomatic channels to reach a mutually acceptable resolution of outstanding problems at friction points on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh sector, said a joint statement issued on Saturday, a day after the 15th round of military talks on the border standoff.

After Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party to contest Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. “We will contest elections on all 68 seats in Himachal Pradesh in upcoming Assembly elections," said delhi health minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will hold a meeting on Sunday at 4 pm at the AICC office in Delhi to discuss poll debacle in 5 states and current political situation.

“I'm saddened by fire incident in which 7 people died. Poor make their shelter after a lot of hard work. Govt will give Rs.10 lakh each to deceased adults' families, Rs.5 lakh to deceased children's families and ₹25,000 to those whose shanties were burnt,” news agency ANI quoted Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal as saying.

As there is no update on the official website as to the total marks secured in Class 10 of Term-1, CBSE in a statement says that the "Board is informing schools only about theory performance of their students of Class 10th in a collective manner."

"Being Term - I only, no mark sheet cum passing certificate is being issued now. Only one mark sheet cum passing certificate will be issued after the Term-Il examination to have parity with the previous results," the statement further read. "This will be comprising of total marks of both the Terms as per weightage decided of Term-I and Term-II examinations," CBSE added.

Retirement fund body EPFO on Saturday decided to lower the interest on provident fund deposits for 2021-22 to an over four-decade low of 8.1% for its about five crore subscribers, from 8.5% provided in 2020-21, sources told news agency PTI. Read more

The chief minister is likely to head to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Jaya Prakash Nadda to discuss the formation of the new government on Sunday. Read more

India reported 3,614 fresh Covid-19 cases & 5,185 recoveries in the last 24 hrs, number of deaths drop below 100 with 89 deaths yesterday.

Active case: 40,559 (0.09%)

Daily positivity rate: 0.44%

Total recoveries: 4,24,31,513

Death toll: 5,15,803

Total vaccination: 1,79,91,57,486

7 dead after fire breaks out in shanties of Delhi's Gokulpuri area, reports ANI citing Delhi Fire Service. Read more

Russia's airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial hub in the east, as Moscow's forces tried to regroup from recent losses and their onslaught fast reduced crowded cities to rubble, reports AFP.

One more terrorist has been neutralised, total two terrorists have been killed in the Chewaklan area of Pulwama. Search operations are underway, reports ANI quoting Kashmir Police.