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• 25 Mar 2022, 10:43:50 PM IST

  Earthquake of 5.1 magnitude jolts North of Pangin in Arunachal Pradesh 

• 25 Mar 2022, 10:33:43 PM IST

  Bombay HC grants bail to Gautam Thapar in Yes Bank fraud case

  The Bombay high court on Friday granted bail to Gautam Thapar in connection with the Yes Bank fraud case. Thapar is the promoter of Avantha Group of Companies.

• 25 Mar 2022, 09:25:55 PM IST

  Maharashtra adds 275 new Covid-19 cases, 2 more deaths

  Maharashtra on Friday registered 275 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, which pushed the caseload to 78,73,231. Two more patients died due to the viral disease, and the toll has climbed to 1,47,779. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 09:06:58 PM IST

  Chhattisgarh records 18 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths

  Chhattisgarh's Covid-19 caseload climbed to 11,52,038 after 18 new infections were recorded. No fresh fatalities were seen and the toll remain unchanged at 14,034.

• 25 Mar 2022, 08:18:11 PM IST

  CBI team dispatched to investigate Birbhum violence case

• 25 Mar 2022, 07:33:52 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu adds 37 new Covid-19 cases, tally over 34.5 lakh

• 25 Mar 2022, 07:32:25 PM IST

  4 Russian officials charged in energy sector hacks between 2012-18

  As many as four Russian officials have been charged with malicious hacking of critical infrastructure around the globe including the United States energy and aviation sectors between 2012 and 2018. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 06:43:56 PM IST

  North Korea has more in store after missile test: United States

  The White House has said that North Korea has "more in store" after successfully test-firing a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile this week. 

  "We see this as part of a pattern of testing and provocation from North Korea... we think there is likely more in store,"White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 06:38:54 PM IST

  Kerala adds 543 new Covid-19 cases, 872 more recoveries

• 25 Mar 2022, 05:40:19 PM IST

  Over 29 lakh farmers benifitted from PMKSY scheme: Centra tells Rajya Sabha

  The Union government informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that more than 29 lakh farmers have benifitted from the from the Pradhan Mantra Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) since the inception of its respective component schemes.

• 25 Mar 2022, 05:20:21 PM IST

  Citizens should be worried about India's condition, says Rajasthan CM

  Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday took a veiled jibe at the Modi government by saying that it is spreading terror. “The constitution is in tatters, democracy is in danger. Somewhere lynchings are underway, somewhere encounters & ED raids;govt is spreading terror. Whenever polls come, raids come along. Every citizen should be worried about the condition of the country," Gehlot said while speaking to reporters. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 04:22:06 PM IST

  Yogi Adityanath takes oath as UP CM for second consecutive time

  Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as Uttar Pradesh's chief minister for second consecutive time, after the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) landslide victory in the recently concluded assembly elections. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 04:10:03 PM IST

  No freedom day from Covid-19 yet, says German health minister

  German health minister Karl Lauterbach said on Friday that it is too soon to declare a freedom day from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. “The pandemic isn't over by a long shot. There can be no talk of a freedom day. Quite the contrary," Lauterbach told reporters. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 03:35:50 PM IST

  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot meets Chhattisgarh counterpart in Raipur

  Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot met his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel in Raipur on Friday. The two leaders discussed the ongoing coal issue between the two states. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 03:15:33 PM IST

  Former Punjab MLAs to get pension for one term only, says CM Bhagwant Mann

  Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann said on Friday that former state MLAs will get pension for only one term, adding the money saved from this will be spent on public welfare. 

  "Ex-MLAs in Punjab, even if they have won twice, five times or ten times, they will now get pension for one term only," Mann said. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 02:28:12 PM IST

  Chennai: BJP workers hold protest against this year's budget for Tamil Nadu

  BJP workers on Friday held a protest in Chennai against this year's Tamil Nadu budget presented by chief minister MK Stalin's government. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 02:15:50 PM IST

  Will cooperate with CBI in Birbhum case probe, says TMC leader

  Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Kunal Ghosh said on Friday that his party will cooperate with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Birbhum case probe. Ghosh accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  of using the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for politics. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 12:30:35 PM IST

  MoS Home Nityanand Rai introduces Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in Lok Sabha

• 25 Mar 2022, 12:12:24 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned briefly amid uproar after BJP MP Roopa Ganguly raises Birbhum incident in West Bengal

  Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned briefly amid uproar after BJP MP Roopa Ganguly raises Birbhum incident in West Bengal, reported news agency PTI. 

• 25 Mar 2022, 12:03:16 PM IST

  Birbhum violence case: Central Bureau of Investigation's forensic team reaches Rampurhat

• 25 Mar 2022, 11:51:41 AM IST

  Exiled Tibetans exhort India to press China to resume dialogue with Dalai Lama 

  With Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in New Delhi for an official visit, exiled Tibetans have called upon India to press Beijing to resume dialogue with the Dalai Lama, reports news agency ANI.

• 25 Mar 2022, 10:43:36 AM IST

  Calcutta high court orders CBI probe into Birbhum violence

  Calcutta high court has ordered a CBI probe into the Birbhum violence case. Eight people, including two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen huts were set ablaze in West Bengal's Birbhum district early Tuesday in a suspected fallout of the murder of a ruling TMC panchayat official.

• 25 Mar 2022, 10:02:51 AM IST

  Chinese foreign minister reaches NSA Ajit Doval's office

  Chinese foreign minister Wangi Yi has arrived at national security adviser Ajit Doval's office in New Delhi.

• 25 Mar 2022, 09:49:14 AM IST

  Congress MP moves adjournment motion to discuss fuel price hike

  Congress MP Manickam Tagore moved an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss the increase in the prices of diesel, petrol, and LPG cylinders.

• 25 Mar 2022, 09:34:13 AM IST

  Confusion over second black Box as China's state-run Xinhua says flight recorders not found yet

  China's official Xinhua News Agency said on Friday that the second black box of crashed China Eastern jet has yet to be found, reported Reuters. Earlier, CAAC News, a publication managed by the aviation regulator, said China had found the second black box, but it later deleted the news post from its official social media platforms.

• 25 Mar 2022, 09:02:38 AM IST

  1,685 new Covid cases in India, slightly lower than yesterday; 83 deaths

  India recorded 1,685 new Covid cases and 83 related deaths on Thursday, according to health ministry data.

• 25 Mar 2022, 08:07:56 AM IST

  China finds a 2nd black box days after a plane crashed with 132 aboard

  China has found the second black box days after the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed earlier this week with 132 people on board, Reuters reported citing state media.

• 25 Mar 2022, 07:37:31 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha Business Advisory Committee meeting at 10.15 am

  Rajya Sabha Business Advisory Committee meeting will be held today in Parliament at 10.15am.

• 25 Mar 2022, 06:56:22 AM IST

  Petrol, diesel see another hike, third increase in four days

  The petrol and diesel are being sold at ₹97.81 per litre and ₹89.07 per litre, respectively, in Delhi.