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• 14 Mar 2022, 10:49:35 PM IST

  Ukraine war: At UNSC, India calls for direct talks to end hostilities

  India on Monday called for direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end hostilities, while stressing the need to respect international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of states. Read More

• 14 Mar 2022, 09:24:23 PM IST

  Covid outbreak in China: Province with 24mn people sealed off

  China on Monday sealed off the northeastern province of Jilin with over 24 million people following a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the first time an entire province has been cut off since the unprecedented lockdown of the central province of Hubei and its capital, Wuhan, in 2020, where the virus was first detected in late 2019. Read More

• 14 Mar 2022, 08:29:07 PM IST

  Bengaluru Police ban all public gatherings

  Ahead of Karnataka high court verdict in hijab row case, Bengaluru Police ban all types of gatherings in public places till March 21, reports ANI

• 14 Mar 2022, 08:11:35 PM IST

  Ukraine's Zelensky to address full US Congress

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to the US Congress as the Russian war on his country intensifies. Zelenskyy will speak Wednesday to members of the House and Senate, the Democratic leaders announced.

• 14 Mar 2022, 06:53:39 PM IST

  Karnataka HC to deliver judgment in hijab row case tomorrow

  Karnataka High Court to pronounce judgment in Hijab row case tomorrow, reports news agency ANI.

• 14 Mar 2022, 06:10:14 PM IST

  Building collapses near Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate

  Building collapses near Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate, 8 people rescued so far while 6-8 persons believed to be trapped.

• 14 Mar 2022, 05:30:54 PM IST

  Tata Sons chief N Chandrasekaran appointed chairman of Air India

  Tata Sons chief Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed as chairman of Air India on Monday. The development came days after Ilker Ayci, former chairman of Turkish Airlines, turned down the Tata Group's offer to be chief executive officer and managing director of Air India.

• 14 Mar 2022, 04:32:37 PM IST

  Former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan granted bail in Delhi riots conspiracy case

  Delhi court grants bail to former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan in the main riots conspiracy case. 

• 14 Mar 2022, 04:20:10 PM IST

  AAP's Bhagwant Mann tenders his resgination from Lok Sabha membership

  Punjab chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann has resigned from the membership of Lok Sabha. He will take oath as the chief minister of the state on March 16. 

• 14 Mar 2022, 04:02:00 PM IST

  BJP to hold parliamentary board meeting on Tuesday

  BJP to hold parliamentary board meeting tomorrow, all party MPs requested to attend.

• 14 Mar 2022, 03:39:00 PM IST

  AAP to contest 2023 Panchayat elections in West Bengal

  Aam Aadmi Party will contest the 2023 Panchayat elections in West Bengal. “On the instructions of the party high command, its local unit has already started its campaign. AAP held a rally in Kolkata on 13th March,” ANI reported quoting Sanjoy Basu, Incharge, AAP, West Bengal.

• 14 Mar 2022, 02:25:35 PM IST

  Former NSE CEO Chitra Ramkrishna in 14 days judicial custody

  Delhi Court sends former MD and CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE), Chitra Ramkrishna to 14 days judicial custody, in NSE co-location case, reports ANI.

• 14 Mar 2022, 01:57:32 PM IST

  Vaccination for all children in 12-14 age group to start from Wednesday

  Covid-19 vaccination for all children between 12-14 age group and 'precaution dose' for all those above 60 years to begin from March 16, says Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya. Read more

• 14 Mar 2022, 01:49:04 PM IST

  Kashmiri Pandit community faced outcome of Cong blunders: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

• 14 Mar 2022, 01:21:23 PM IST

  BJP MPs in LS welcomed PM Modi with chants of "Modi, Modi"

  Lok Sabha today reverberated with 'Modi Modi' slogans after Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the House. The BJP ministers and members greeted the PM with pro-Modi and Bharat Mata ki Jai slogans in the House. Watch.

• 14 Mar 2022, 12:19:04 PM IST

  India's wholesale inflation rises to 13.11% in Feb

  India's wholesale inflation rises to 13.11% in February, news agency PTI reported citing govt data.

• 14 Mar 2022, 11:40:52 AM IST

  FM Jaishankar to make statement on Ukraine war in Parl tomorrow

  Foreign minister S Jaishankar will make a statement on Tuesday on the Ukraine war in parliament. The war has entered the third week with Russia's offensive continuing for the 19th day. Thousands of Indians have returned to their homes from the conflict-hit nation since Moscow began its surprise attacks on February 24. Read more

• 14 Mar 2022, 11:19:43 AM IST

  Banks to remain shut on these 4 days

  Banks will remain closed for four days in a row in several parts of the country this week because of Holi and weekends. Here is the list of bank holidays in the third week of March.

• 14 Mar 2022, 10:33:13 AM IST

  Blast in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, ITBP official killed

• 14 Mar 2022, 09:51:31 AM IST

  Sensex climbs 309.91 points  in opening trade; Nifty up by 72.1 points

  Sensex climbs 309.91 points to 55,860.21 in opening trade; Nifty rises 72.1 points to 16,702.55. Read more

• 14 Mar 2022, 09:47:18 AM IST

  LS & RS Business Advisory Committee to meet at 10 am

  Meeting of the Business Advisory Committee for both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is scheduled for 10 am today.

• 14 Mar 2022, 09:17:07 AM IST

  PM Modi wishes quick recovery to Obama after he tested positive for Covid-19

• 14 Mar 2022, 08:51:46 AM IST

  Covid-19: 2,503 new cases , 27 deaths recorded in last 24 hours

  India recorded 2,503 new cases of Covid-19 and 27 deaths in last 24 hours.

  Active cases fell to 36,168, accounting for 0.09% of the confirmed Covid cases in India.

  With 4,377 new recoveries, recovery rate rose to 98.71 in last 24 hours. The Covid-19 death rate currently stands at 1.20%.

• 14 Mar 2022, 08:30:43 AM IST

  Congress to raise issues of inflation, unemployment, MSP in Parl

  Congress is set to raise the concerns over medical students returning from Ukraine, issues of unemployment and inflation, and a minimum support price for farmers' produce. "We held a discussion on the issues to be raised in the upcoming parliament session. We will try to raise the issues of inflation, unemployment, MSP for farmers and medical students returning from Ukraine," MP Mallikarjun Kharge was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Read more

• 14 Mar 2022, 08:23:17 AM IST

  China tightens Covid curbs in two biggest cities- Shenzhen and Shanghai as spike continues

  Amid a rapid resurgence of Covid-19 cases in China, two of the country's biggest cities, Shenzhen and Shanghai, have imposed strict virus measures.

  The recent spike in coronavirus cases has led to allowing rapid antigen tests for public use and resulted in the dismissal of senior officials for their slack response to the ongoing health crisis. The latest spike, described as the severest COVID-19 outbreaks in two years, has forced several major cities to go into lockdowns.

• 14 Mar 2022, 07:13:25 AM IST

  Earthquakes shake Indonesia, Philippines; no tsunami threat

  Strong, shallow underwater earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippine capital region Monday but no serious damage was immediately reported and no tsunami warnings were issued, news agency PTI reported.

  In Indonesia, a magnitude-6.7 quake that was 16 kilometres deep struck about 169 kilometres west of Pariaman, a town in West Sumatra province, the US Geological Survey said.