Highlights: Shiv Sena activists protest in Jammu, seek restoration of statehood to J&K

Breaking news updates March 19, 2022: Read latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.

Get latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.

Get all the latest news, breaking news, live updates and top headlines top news of the hour from the fields of politics, international, business and sports here.

Follow all the updates here:

• 19 Mar 2022, 11:30:31 PM IST

  Jayashree Jadhav is Cong's choice of Maha's Kolhapur by-poll

  Jayashree Chandrakant Jadhav has been named by the Congress party as its candidate for the ensuing by-election to Maharashtra Assembly from Kolhapur North constituency, ANI reported.

• 19 Mar 2022, 09:37:29 PM IST

  Shiv Sena activists protest in Jammu, seek restoration of statehood to J-K

  A group of Shiv Sena activists held a protest here on Saturday in support of their demand for restoration of statehood and special status to Jammu and Kashmir, reports PTI.

• 19 Mar 2022, 08:19:20 PM IST

  Mumbai sees 29 Covid-19 cases, no death; 31 recover

  Mumbai on Saturday reported 29 Covid-19 cases, which took its tally to 10,57,534, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,693, according to data shared by the city health department.

• 19 Mar 2022, 08:03:40 PM IST

  Japan to raise its investment target in India to 5 trillion Yen over the next five years: GoI sources

  Japan will raise its investment target in India to 5 trillion Yen or ₹3.2 lakh crores over the next five years, reports news agency ANI.

• 19 Mar 2022, 07:41:29 PM IST

  Watch: PM Narendra Modi speaks at the India-Japan Economic Forum, in Delhi

• 19 Mar 2022, 07:04:57 PM IST

  Delhi reports 61 new cases and one death

• 19 Mar 2022, 06:45:04 PM IST

  CBSE Class 12 Term 1 results out. Check updates

  The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the Class 12 term 1 examination result today.

• 19 Mar 2022, 06:21:18 PM IST

  SP to hold meeting of newly elected MLAs, legislative council members on Mar 26

  The Samajwadi Party has convened a meeting on March 26 and it is expected to review its performance in the recently-concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and plan for the upcoming legislative council elections, reports news agency PTI.

• 19 Mar 2022, 06:08:34 PM IST

  Indo-Japan economic ties discussed in PM Modi-Kishida meet

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Saturday. Read more

• 19 Mar 2022, 05:52:33 PM IST

  PM Modi and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida hold talks at Hyderabad House in Delhi.

• 19 Mar 2022, 04:59:07 PM IST

  Punjab govt appoints Dr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, as the new Advocate General of the state, with immediate effect

• 19 Mar 2022, 04:47:37 PM IST

  25,000 government jobs - Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, cabinet's first announcement

  The Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab on Saturday passed a proposal of providing a total of 25,000 government jobs in its first cabinet meeting, the chief minister's office said. Read more

• 19 Mar 2022, 04:07:08 PM IST

  Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Delhi on a two-day visit

  Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in India on Saturday, he will take part in the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit, besides holding bilateral talks with PM Narendra Modi, reports news agency ANI.

• 19 Mar 2022, 03:51:54 PM IST

  Kerala: MoS V Muraleedharan meets people protesting against K-Rail Silver line project in Kottayam

• 19 Mar 2022, 02:56:36 PM IST

  Bhagwant Mann's first Cabinet meeting begins in Chandigarh

• 19 Mar 2022, 02:42:20 PM IST

  Zoji La pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway reopens for traffic movement of defence vehicle

• 19 Mar 2022, 02:36:38 PM IST

  BJP releases list of candidates for biennial elections to legislative councils of Uttar Pradesh

• 19 Mar 2022, 11:13:02 AM IST

  8 dead, more than 20 injured in bus accident in Karnataka's Tumkur district

  Eight died and more than 20 were critically injured, including students, after a bus overturned near Pavagada in Tumkur district, reported ANI quoting Tumkur Police. Further details awaited.

• 19 Mar 2022, 10:34:28 AM IST

  Amit Shah participates in CRPF Raising Day parade

• 19 Mar 2022, 09:10:54 AM IST

  India sees nearly 18% decline in daily Covid cases with 2,075 new infections

  India reported 2,075 new Covid cases and 71 related deaths on Friday, according to health ministry data. This marks an almost 18% decline in infections from the previous day.

• 19 Mar 2022, 08:27:05 AM IST

  China reports first Covid deaths in more than one year

  China reported two Covid-19 deaths on Friday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021. The Covid deaths, both in northeastern Jilin province, bring China's coronavirus death toll to 4,638.

• 19 Mar 2022, 07:36:14 AM IST

  Amit Shah to participate in 83rd Raising Day program of CRPF in Jammu

  Union home minister Amit Shah will participate in the 83rd Raising Day program of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jammu at 9.30am.

• 19 Mar 2022, 06:53:56 AM IST

  Bolsonaro says Brazil ban on Telegram app 'inadmissible'

  Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has deemed the country's Supreme Court ban on popular messaging service Telegram as “inadmissible”, reported AFP. Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered internet providers and digital stores to block the app.