Breaking news highlights: Telangana adds 91 new Covid cases, 241 more recoveries

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday granted bail to Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan in a land grab case. However, Khan will continue to be in jail as judgement in two cases against him is reserved, according to news agency ANI. 

Telangana on Tuesday added 91 new Covid-19 cases and 241 more recoveries, which pushed the total number of cases and recoveries to 7,89,951 and 7,84,465 respectively. 

Samajwadi Party workers staged a protest outside an EVM strong room in Varanasi's Pahariya Mandi area following party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleging earlier in the day that Varanasi DM is transporting EVMs without informing local candidates.

Ahead of March 10 counting of assembly election votes day, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Varanasi DM is “transporting EVMs without giving any information to local candidates”. "[The] EC should look into it,” he added at a press conference. Read more.

At least four security personnel were killed and more than 20 injured in a blast near Thandi Sarak in district Sibi of Balochistan in Pakistan, ANI reported citing Pakistan media.

India on Tuesday announced that it will resume international commercial flight operations from March 27 onwards in wake of increased vaccination coverage against Covid-19 worldwide and also after consultations with stakeholders. Read more

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday that the party has lodged an FIR with Mumbai Police against Jitendra Navlani and four ED officials for extortion. “Mumbai police is beginning the probe from today. Mark my words some Enforcement Directorate officials will be behind bars,” he added.

Raut said that Navlani works for the federal agency and there are records on crores of rupees getting transferred to seven of his companies from real estate firms soon after the ED began probing them. “This is extortion money of ED officers. Besides digital transfers, there are cash transactions,” the Shiv Sena leader added.

Delhi high court has refused to stay the Union territory (UT) government's decision to withdraw discounts on price of liquor. Several pleas had been filed by liquor license holders against the move, saying that their sales have dropped owing to the discount removal. The court has kept the matter for March 25.

Newly inducted TMC leader Jay Prakash Majumdar has been appointed as one of the vice-presidents of the party. He joined the party today after being suspended from the BJP in January.

India and China to hold 15th round of military talks on March 11.

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday presented the state’s budget of   ₹1.77 lakh crore for the financial year 2022-2023, reports ANI.

The Kerala high court on Tuesday turned down Malayalam star Dileep's plea to quash fresh investigation against him in the 2017 sexual assault case of an actor.

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has filed an FIR with the Jammu and Kashmir police cyber department against fake websites for duping devotees in the garb of providing tickets for chopper bookings, reports ANI. 

The government of Telangana has declared a special holiday for all women employees on Tuesday on the occasion of International Women's Day, reports news agency IANS.

India reports 3,993 new cases of Covid-19, and 108 deaths in the last 24 hours. The active cases now stand at 49948, according to Union health ministry. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held an interaction with leading entrepreneurs of IT/BT, Startups and Semiconductor sectors on Monday, reports news agency ANI.