Highlights: IMD's Twitter account, hacked this evening, now restored

India Meteorological Department's Twitter account, which was briefly hacked, has now been restored, the weather agency tweeted.

Congress appoints Amrinder Singh Brar as its Punjab president, while Pratap Singh Bajwa has become the legislature party's new leader.

As many as 24 people have tested positive for Covid-19 at NIT, Srinagar, ANI reported quoting the block medical officer.

India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Twitter account has been hacked. The tweets present in the account are irrelevant and the original username has also disappeared. Read more.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 hit Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Saturday evening at 4.52 pm, informed the National Centre for Seismology. With a depth of 10km, the earthquake struck 30km northwest of Uttarkashi, NCS tweeted.

As many as four people died on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway after a Skoda car allegedly rammed into a truck parked for repair on the stretch, ANI reported quoting the Pune Rural Police.

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan calls for a cabinet meeting at 9 pm PST, say sources. 

AAP lost deposits in UP and will lose here in Himachal Pradesh also: Union Minister Anurag Thakur in Shimla

PM Narendra Modi will address the 14th Foundation Day celebration at Umiya Mata Temple at Gathila, Junagadh in Gujarat on 10th April at 1 PM via video conferencing: PMO

Covaxin prices have been slashed to ₹225 from ₹1200 at private hospitals, announced Bharat Biotech's co-founder Suchitra Ella

SII revises the price of Covishield booster shot for private hospitals from Rs.600 to ₹225 per dose.

Voting on no-confidence motion against Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan expected after 8pm: Pakistan media

Subhash Phal Dessai, Ramkrishna Dhavalikar and Nilkanth Halarnkar take oath as Goa ministers.

Bharatiya Janata Party JP Nadda along with Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur holds a roadshow in Shimla.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey meets Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence, in connection with ST workers' protest outside NCP leader Sharad Pawar's residence on Friday.

"Mayawatiji didn't fight elections, we sent her the message to form an alliance but she didn't respond. Kanshi Ram Ji raised voice of Dalits in UP, though it affected Congress. This time she didn't fight for Dalit voices because there are CBI, ED and Pegasus," said Rahul Gandhi.

Kirit Somaiya and his son Neil Somaiya on Saturday skipped the summons issued to them by the Trombay police in connection with the cheating case registered against them recently.

Private vaccination centres can charge only up to a maximum of ₹150 as a service charge for vaccination over and above the cost of the vaccine, the government said.

BJP MLA from Sanguem, Subhash Phal Dessai, resigned as Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly ahead of cabinet expansion.

A total of 103 people including lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte, arrested in connection with yesterday's ST workers' protest outside the Mumbai residence of NCP leader Sharad Pawar, will be presented before a local court in Mumbai today, reported ANI.

India has designated Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed's son Talha Saeed as an individual terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). According to a notification issued by the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Friday night, Talha has been actively involved in the recruitment, fund collection, planning and executing attacks by LeT in India and Indian interests in Afghanistan.

India recorded 1,150 fresh Covid cases on Friday, 41 more than the previous day, according to the health ministry data.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath cast his vote in the legislative council elections on Saturday morning. Polling for 36 UP Legislative Council seats is underway.

Jammu and Kashmir Police said that one local terrorist of the proscribed terror outfit LeT has been neutralised in the Anantnag encounter that broke early morning.