Breaking News highlights: RBI imposes a monetary penalty on 14 banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty on 14 banks for non-compliance regarding certain provisions of its directions.

India's external affairs minister S Jaishankar met with Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif in Tehran. Bilateral relations and regional developments were discussed in the meeting, Iran's embassy in New Delhi tweeted.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to to appear at 11 am on Thursday, reports ANI.

Uttarakhand health secretary Amit Negi said that first case of the Delta Plus Covid-19 variant has been found in Udham Singh Nagar district, reports ANI.

Haitian President Jovonel Moise was assassinated at his home on Wednesday by a commando, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced. Joseph added that he was now in charge of the nation, reports AFP.

Addressing the allocation of funds to the West Bengal government by the Centre, Mamata Banerjee said that PM Modi allocates more money to BJP-led states and less to the ones ruled by opposition parties.

The health ministry said that despite reporting less cases some cases have reported a high positivity rate.

As many as 43 leaders will take oath as Union Ministers in the Union Cabinet expansion, to be held later today.

Ahead of the planned expansion, education minister Ramesh stepped down from the Union cabinet, citing health reasons.

Hours before cabinet reshuffle, labour minister Santosh Gangwar says he has quit his post, news agency PTI reported.

Calcutta HC imposes a penalty of ₹5 lakh on Mamata Banerjee for seeking recusal of justice Kausik Chanda from her election petition due to judge's links with BJP as a lawyer. Mamata's application is rejected by justice Chanda.

Justice Chanda, however, decides not to hear the case any further in his personal discretion and releases the case from his bench.

Dilip Kumar's funeral to take place today at 5:00 PM at Juhu Qabrastan Santacruz, Mumbai, announcement shared via his official Twitter account, states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reshuffle his Cabinet today but it is business as usual for the government with External Affairs Minister (EAS Jaishankar leaving for a bilateral visit to Moscow via Tehran with developments in Afghanistan top of the agenda. Read More

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Goalpara, Assam at 8.45 am today, says National Centre for Seismology.

PM Narendra Modi condoles the passing away of veteran actor Dilip Kumar, saying, "he will be remembered as a cinematic legend."

Petrol price in Delhi crossed ₹100-mark on Tuesday. Currently it is selling at ₹100.21 per litre and price of diesel is at ₹89.53 per litre.

Kitty Kumaramangalam, wife of late former Union Minister P Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, was murdered at her residence in Vasant Vihar last night. The police have arrested a person, and searching for other two accused, DCP South-West said.

Days after the twin explosion at Jammu air base, district authorities in Samba, Ramban and Baramulla have ban storage, sale or possession of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.

The elevation of union Minister for social Justice and empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot to a gubernatorial position on Tuesday lent credence to the speculation that an expansion of the union council of ministers is on the cards.

The Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declined to meet the Delimitation Commission on Tuesday, even as leaders of other mainstream political parties in Kashmir met the members of the Centre’s panel hours after they arrived in Srinagar for a four-day tour.