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• 11 Mar 2022, 10:09:14 PM IST

  Encounter breaks out in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama

  An encounter has broken out at the Chewaklan area of Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir. “Police and security forces are on the job,” ANI reported citing the police. Further details are awaited.

• 11 Mar 2022, 09:41:54 PM IST

  Modi meets his mother day after BJP's thumping victory in 4 states

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The visit comes a day after BJP's thumping victory in four states - Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur. Read more.

• 11 Mar 2022, 08:59:11 PM IST

  Delhi reports 174 fresh Covid cases in last 24 hours

  Delhi logs 174 fresh Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in the last 24 hours. A total of 251 fresh recoveries were reported, taking the active case count of the national capital to 860.

• 11 Mar 2022, 07:49:52 PM IST

  Bhagwant Mann elected leader of AAP's Punjab legislature party

  AAP's Punjav chief minsister-designate Bhagwant Mann has been elected as the leader of the party's legislature party

• 11 Mar 2022, 07:45:18 PM IST

  Goa TMC leader resigns from party citing ‘lack of support, negligence’

  TMC leader Mahesh S Amonkar, who contested Goa assembly polls from Margao constituency, resigns from the party alleging “lack of support and negligence” from the designated AITC and I-PAC team during the elections.

• 11 Mar 2022, 07:44:01 PM IST

  Cong's Manish Tewari, Kapil Sibal arrive at Ghulam Azad's residence

  Senior Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Kapil Sibal arrive at the residence of party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. They are part of G-23 leaders, and their meeting comes after the party's poor show in 2022 assembly election results.

• 11 Mar 2022, 06:38:48 PM IST

  Centre orders inquiry into accidental firing of missile in Pakistan

  India on Thursday ordered a high-level court of inquiry into the accidental firing of missile that took place on March 9 at area in Pakistan. Read more.

• 11 Mar 2022, 06:31:36 PM IST

  Delhi's Dy CM Manish Sisodia to hold press briefing shortly

  Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia will address an important digital press conference shortly.

• 11 Mar 2022, 06:00:34 PM IST

  UP CM Yogi Adiyanath reaches Raj Bhawan in Lucknow

  Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath reaches Raj Bhawan in Lucknow to meet governor Anandiben Patel. His party BJP registered a thumping victory yesterday in the assembly elections, with Adityanath winning by a margin of over 1 lakh from Gorakhpur (Urban) in what was his first contest.

• 11 Mar 2022, 05:38:36 PM IST

  RBI stops Paytm Payments Bank from onboarding new customers

  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday announced that it is stopping Paytm Payments Bank from onboarding new customers, ANI reported.

• 11 Mar 2022, 05:37:53 PM IST

  ‘Whoever has people’s mandate is the king': SP's Swami Prasad Maurya's daughter on her father's loss in UP polls

  SP leader and BJP turncoat Swami Prasad Maurya's daughter Sanghamitra Maurya, who remains in the saffron camp, said on Thursday that whoever has “people's mandate is the king”. “Possible that my father, other leaders didn't live up to people's expectations...I never campaigned for my father, show me proof if I did,” she told ANI on her father's defeat in UP assembly elections 2022.

• 11 Mar 2022, 04:07:14 PM IST

  Bhagwant Mann to be sworn in as Punjab CM on March 16

  AAP's chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann to take oath on March 16, ANI reported. He has invited party supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for the swearing-in ceremony. Mann will also hold a roadshow in Amritsar on March 13 with Kejriwal.

• 11 Mar 2022, 04:03:00 PM IST

  1 pilot dead in Army chopper crash in Kashmir

  One pilot has died and another injured in Army chopper crash that happened in Kashmir earlier in the day, ANI reports citing an official. The incident occurred in the Baraum area of Gurez sector of J&K.

• 11 Mar 2022, 04:00:01 PM IST

  If Cong wants, we all can fight 2024 LS polls together: Mamata

  TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that if Congress wants, all opposition parties can fight fight the 202 Lok Sabha elections together against the BJP. “Don't be aggressive for now, be positive. This winning (assembly polls in four states) will be a big loss for BJP. This (2022 election results will decide fate of 2024 polls) is impractical,” she was quoted as saying by ANI.

• 11 Mar 2022, 03:37:17 PM IST

  CBSE Term-II exams for classes 10, 12 to start from April 26

  Term-II examinations for CBSE for classes 10 and 12 will take place starting April 26.

• 11 Mar 2022, 03:08:25 PM IST

  Hugs, smiles and pictures: Bhagwant Mann meets Kejriwal, Sisodia in Delhi after AAP wins in Punjab

  Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Punjab chief minister-designation Bhagwant Mann meets party supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the latter's residence in the national capital. Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is also present. Kejriwal and Sisodia are all smiles as they hug Mann following AAP's sweeping victory in Punjab.

• 11 Mar 2022, 02:49:53 PM IST

  Accept people's verdict, we'll support AAP: SAD chief Sukhbir Badal

  Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said that his party accepts the “people's verdict” after Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made a clean sweep in the Punjab assembly polls. “We'll hold a meeting to introspect the results. We'll support Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

  SAD, one of the former regimes in the border state, produced its worst-ever show on Thursday after winning only three seats in the Punjab assembly.

• 11 Mar 2022, 02:32:35 PM IST

  Lata Mangeshkar Music Institute to be set up in Mumbai

  Maharashtra deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance post, announced in the state budget on Friday that Lata Mangeshkar Music Institute will be set up in memory of the late singer at Kalina in Mumbai. An amount of ₹100 crore has been earmarked for the same.

• 11 Mar 2022, 01:45:20 PM IST

  Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashes, details awaited

  An Indian Army Cheetah helicopter has crashed in the Baraum area of Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The search parties of the security forces are reaching the snow-bound area for the rescue of the chopper crew, news agency ANI reported quoting defence officials.

• 11 Mar 2022, 12:28:55 PM IST

  Can't put pressure on EC: Kejriwal slams BJP

  On delay in Delhi civic body polls, Arvind Kejriwal lashes out at BJP - 'Can't put pressure on Election commission'

• 11 Mar 2022, 11:37:32 AM IST

  PM Modi in Gujarat, holds grand roadshow day after BJP wins 4 states

• 11 Mar 2022, 11:24:46 AM IST

  Delhi HC Chief Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel retires

  The Centre has appointed Justice Vipin Sanghi, senior-most Judge of Delhi HC, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court from March 13 after the retirement of Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel.

• 11 Mar 2022, 11:20:49 AM IST

  Lakhimpur Kheri: SC to hair plea seeking bail cancellation of key accused

  SC agrees to hear plea seeking cancellation of bail to Union minister's son Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri case

• 11 Mar 2022, 10:58:43 AM IST

  SC seeks govt response on law to make pharma firms liable for giving freebies to doctors

  Supreme Court seeks government response on law to make pharma firms liable for giving freebies to doctors

• 11 Mar 2022, 10:11:58 AM IST

  BSP is not BJP's team B : Mayawati

  Mayawati, whose party won 1 seat in UP , says election results are a lesson and BSP not BJP's team B. “UP election results are opposed to BSP's expectations. We should not be discouraged by it. Instead we should learn form it, introspect and carry forward our party movement, and come back to power,” BSP chief Mayawati was quoted as saying by ANI.

• 11 Mar 2022, 10:06:58 AM IST

  Sensex, Nifty tank a day after election results

  Day after election results, markets open in red; Sensex, Nifty down 151 and 48 points.

• 11 Mar 2022, 09:20:30 AM IST

  India logs 4,194 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

  India reports 4,194 new Covid-19 cases, 255 deaths in last 24 hours.

• 11 Mar 2022, 08:36:24 AM IST

  Struggle for public welfare will continue: SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav

  Akhilesh Yadav on Friday morning tweeted that his party has “shown that the BJP's seat share can be reduced", a day after his party failed to stop the BJP from returning to power in Uttar Pradesh. Read more

• 11 Mar 2022, 08:14:51 AM IST

  First 'drone school' inaugurated in Gwalior

  Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday inaugurated the first drone school in Gwalior, news agency ANI reported.

  The chief minister said that drone technology opens huge technology opportunities for youngsters.

  "First drone school in the state has been inaugurated in Gwalior. There's huge employment potential in this industry as drones can be used for various purposes," Chouhan told media.

• 11 Mar 2022, 07:23:13 AM IST

  Twitter, Facebook remove Russian embassy tweet on Mariupol hospital bombing

  Twitter Inc and Meta Platform's Facebook have removed posts from the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom about the bombing of a children's hospital in Mariupol for breaking its rules against denying violent events, the companies said on Thursday as per news agency Reuters.

  Three people including a child were killed in Wednesday's air strike on the maternity and children's hospital in the Ukrainian city, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.