BREAKING highlights: Karnataka high court to deliver judgment in hijab row case tomorrow

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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. 

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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%.

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

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.