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• 9 Mar 2023, 10:37:29 PM IST

  Gauhati HC orders compensation of ₹20 lakh each to kin of 1994 Army killings

  The Gauhati High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to pay compensation of ₹20 lakh each to the families of five youths killed by the Army in Assam's Tinsukia district in 1994 during an anti-insurgency operation, PTI reported.

• 9 Mar 2023, 10:08:44 PM IST

  6 killed as train rams into public bus in Nigeria's Lagos

  A train rammed into a public bus in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos on Thursday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, as the bus driver tried to beat the train signal, emergency services and the state governor said, reports Reuters.

• 9 Mar 2023, 09:35:11 PM IST

  CAQM rolls back measures under GRAP Stage I amid ‘improvement’ in Delhi's air quality

  The Commission for Air Quality Management on Thursday rolled back preventive and restrictive actions under Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan, which have been in force since October 5 last year, amid a forecast of continuous improvement in Delhi's air quality in the coming days. Read more

• 9 Mar 2023, 09:20:52 PM IST

  Australian PM Anthony Albanese arrives in Delhi after his Mumbai visit

  Australian PM Anthony Albanese arrives in New Delhi after concluding his visit to Ahmedabad & Mumbai. He will receive a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan tomorrow, to be followed by a bilateral meeting with PM Modi. He will also visit Rajghat during his visit. (ANI)

• 9 Mar 2023, 09:01:08 PM IST

  Russian strikes near Zaporizhzhia plant 'serious breach' of nuclear safety: EU

  The European Union's top diplomat said Thursday that the Russian strikes in Ukraine, which caused the disconnection of the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant from the grid, was a "serious breach" of nuclear safety, reported AFP.

• 9 Mar 2023, 08:31:45 PM IST

  Temple priest killed in UP

  A temple priest was allegedly bludgeoned to death in the Dehat Kotwali area in Banda, police said on Thursday, reported PTI.

  Shatrughan Tiwari (60), who was a priest in the Ramjanaki temple of Mahokhar village, was sleeping in his house in Mahokhar village when unidentified persons attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon Wednesday night, Station House Officer of Dehat Kotwali police station Mithlesh Kumar said.

• 9 Mar 2023, 07:39:27 PM IST

  Ukrainian nuclear power plant reconnected to grid: Officials

  Ukraine's power grid operator says Europe's largest nuclear power plant has been reconnected to the grid, reported Reuters.

  The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was forced to rely on diesel-powered generators for much of Thursday after Ukrainian authorities said Russian missile attacks damaged power lines.

• 9 Mar 2023, 07:09:15 PM IST

  Arvind Kejriwal on Manish Sisodia's arrest

• 9 Mar 2023, 07:08:35 PM IST

  Former JD (U) leader Upendra Kushwaha gets Y plus security

  The Central government has decided to provide ‘Y+’ category security to Rashtriya Lok Janta Dal (RLJD) chief Upendra Kushwaha, who parted ways with Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and formed his new party recently.

• 9 Mar 2023, 06:52:33 PM IST

  ED arrests ex-Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia in excise policy case

  ED arrests former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia in excise policy case.

• 9 Mar 2023, 06:42:11 PM IST

  Radar systems for joint NASA-ISRO mission arrive in Bengaluru

  Two radar systems for the first collaboration between the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on an earth-observing mission have arrived in Bengaluru ahead of the 2024 launch of the mission. Read more

• 9 Mar 2023, 06:19:53 PM IST

  North Korea missile launch does not pose immediate threat to US, allies: Military

  North Korea's launch of a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea, located between China and the Korean Peninsula, does not pose an immediate threat to the United States or its allies, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Thursday, reported Reuters.

• 9 Mar 2023, 06:16:20 PM IST

  Over 8,500 challans issued during Shab-e-Barat, Holi in Delhi: Official data

  The Delhi traffic police issued more than 8,550 challans for violation of traffic rules during Shab-e-Barat and Holi this year, according to the official data. Read more

• 9 Mar 2023, 05:58:44 PM IST

  Campa Cola is back: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance rolls out iconic beverage brand

  Reliance Consumer Products (RCPL), the fast-moving consumer goods arm and subsidiary of Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), on Thursday announced the launch of the iconic brand, Campa, made for a new-age India. Read more

• 9 Mar 2023, 05:57:54 PM IST

  "Tripura's future under PM's vision is bright": CM Manik Saha

  Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Bharatiya Janata Party's big win in the recent assembly polls in Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday said “Tripura's future under PM's vision is bright”, reports ANI.

  In the 60-member Tripura assembly, the BJP won 32 seats. Tipra Motha Party came second by winning 13 seats while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) got 11 seats, Congress three and the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) bagged one seat.

• 9 Mar 2023, 05:07:46 PM IST

  Nepal elects Ram Chandra Poudel of Nepali Congress as new President

  Ram Chandra Poudel of Nepali Congress was on Thursday elected as the third president of Nepal, reported PTI.

  Poudel, a common candidate of eight-party alliance that included Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center), received the vote of 214 lawmakers of parliament and 352 provincial assembly members.

• 9 Mar 2023, 04:53:02 PM IST

  Arvind Kejriwal congratulates Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj

  CM Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the two ministers and said: "Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi have been sworn in as ministers by LG. The way Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain were doing good work for Delhi, I hope they (Bharadwaj and Atishi) will also walk the footmarks left by them and do good work for the capital."

• 9 Mar 2023, 04:46:39 PM IST

  North Korea fires short-range missile toward Yellow Sea: South Korea military

  North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, reports Reuters.

  The missile was fired at about 6:20 p.m. (0920 GMT) from around Nampo, North Korea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

• 9 Mar 2023, 04:31:52 PM IST

  Atishi to get edu, PWD; Bharadwaj get health, urban development: Govt official

  A Delhi government official said Atishi will be given education, PWD, power, and tourism departments, while Saurabh will get health, urban development, water, and industries.

• 9 Mar 2023, 04:12:38 PM IST

  AAP’s Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj sworn in as Delhi ministers

  AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj take oath as Delhi ministers

• 9 Mar 2023, 03:31:48 PM IST

  EX-Malaysia PM Muhyiddin Yassin arrested over multiple corruption charges

  Malaysia on Thursday arrested former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin over multiple corruption allegations, the country's anti-graft agency said.

• 9 Mar 2023, 03:06:48 PM IST

  Noida: Over 1,100 challans for violation of traffic norms on Holi

  Owners of more than 1,100 vehicles, including cars and two-wheelers, landed in the police net over violation of various road safety norms across Noida and Greater Noida on Holi, police officials said on Thursday, reports PTI.

• 9 Mar 2023, 02:44:45 PM IST

  Russian shelling kills three in Kherson: Ukraine

  Kyiv said Russian shelling killed three people on Thursday in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, as Moscow unleashed a massive missile strike on the war-torn country, reported AFP.

• 9 Mar 2023, 02:21:30 PM IST

  At least 36 killed in suspected ADF attack in DR Congo: Local officials

  Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 36 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official, the head of a civil society group and a survivor said on Thursday, reported Reuters.

• 9 Mar 2023, 02:17:38 PM IST

  Indonesia jails two football match officials over stadium stampede

  An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed two football match officials for negligence over one of the worst stadium disasters in the sport's history, reported AFP.

  The crush in October at a venue in the East Java city of Malang killed 135 people after police fired tear gas into packed stands when supporters invaded the pitch.

• 9 Mar 2023, 01:26:48 PM IST

  Taliban governor of Afghan province killed in blast

  The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province was killed in a blast at his office on Thursday, police said, reported AFP. 

• 9 Mar 2023, 12:14:49 PM IST

  PM Modi condoles death of Actor Satish Kaushik

  “Pained by the untimely demise of noted film personality Shri Satish Kaushik Ji. He was a creative genius who won hearts thanks to his wonderful acting and direction. His works will continue to entertain audiences. Condolences to his family and admirers. Om Shanti,” tweeted PM Modi.

• 9 Mar 2023, 10:44:09 AM IST

  Reliance Jio's Radisys to buy Mimosa Networks for $60 million

  Radisys Corp, a unit of Reliance Industries Ltd owned Jio Platforms, will buy Mimosa Networks from U.S.-based IT services company Airspan Networks Holdings Inc for $60 million.

• 9 Mar 2023, 09:25:15 AM IST

  Markets opening bell

  Markets open in green; Sensex trades at 60,382, Nifty at 17,762 

• 9 Mar 2023, 08:38:01 AM IST

  PM Modi arrives at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad where he will watch the fourth and final Test of the ongoing series between India and Australia along with his counterpart Anthony Albanese. Governor Acharya Devvrat, CM Bhupendra Patel, state's Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, BCCI president Roger Binny and BCCI secretary Jay Shah received PM Modi.

• 9 Mar 2023, 07:43:43 AM IST

  Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 hit Afghanistan

  An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter Scale hit 285km ENE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan today at 07:06 am IST.

• 9 Mar 2023, 06:48:52 AM IST

  PM Modi and Australian counterpart to watch final Test of the ongoing series between India and Australia tofay

  PM Narendra Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese to watch the fourth and final Test of the ongoing series between India and Australia, in Gujarat's Ahmedabad today.

• 9 Mar 2023, 06:24:33 AM IST

  Actor Satish Kaushik passes away

  Actor and director Satish Kaushik passed away at the age of 67, tweeted Anupam Kher. In a tweet in Hindi, Kher wrote, "I know "death is the ultimate truth of this world!" But I never thought in my dreams that I would write this thing about my best friend #SatishKaushik while alive. Such a sudden full stop on a friendship of 45 years!! Life will NEVER be the same without you SATISH! Om Shanti!"

• 9 Mar 2023, 06:05:37 AM IST

  Nepal set to hold Presidential election today

  Nepal is set to vote for its new president today. The Election Commission on Wednesday announced preparations for the election to be complete and results expected at 7 PM (Local Time).

• 9 Mar 2023, 05:51:19 AM IST

  Mumbai crime branch arrests 5 in 12th board exam paper leak case

  Mumbai Crime Branch arrested 5 people including the principal of a college, two teachers from Ahmednagar district in connection with the 12th board exam paper leak case.