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• 20 Mar 2022, 10:56:02 PM IST

  Several Congress MLAs are going to join BJP: Assam CM

  Congress does not know that many of their MLAs are going to join BJP. We've nominated Pabitra Gogoi Margherita from our party for first seat & will support the candidate of UPPL for second seat. BJP will manage to get both the seats: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

• 20 Mar 2022, 10:33:29 PM IST

  Bengal: BJP's Asansol candidate Agnimitra Paul offers prayers at temple

  BJP candidate from Asansol Lok Sabha by-election Agnimitra Paul offers prayers at a temple and begins the election campaign.

• 20 Mar 2022, 10:18:18 PM IST

  S Jaishankar meets Austrian counterpart  Alexander Schallenberg

  An interesting evening with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. Appreciated his insights on India’s progress in the last decade. Held wide-ranging & fruitful discussions, reviewed our bilateral cooperation & identified new economic possibilities: MEA S Jaishankar

• 20 Mar 2022, 10:10:24 PM IST

  Mamata a historic leader: TMC candidate from Asansol Shatrughan Sinha

  Mamata Ji is a true historic leader, a tigress. I'm here on her invitation. I have faith in the public of Asansol & WB, we'll win, justice will win... ask them (BJP) how can I be an outsider if PM, contesting from Kashi, isn't: Shatrughan Sinha, TMC Asansol candidate

• 20 Mar 2022, 09:34:52 PM IST

  Karnataka CM thanks PM Modi for efforts in bringing back mortal remains of Indian student killed in Ukraine

  Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai thanks PM Narendra Modi for efforts on bringing back the mortal remains of Naveen Shekharappa Gyangoudar, who was killed in a shelling attack in Ukraine️.

• 20 Mar 2022, 08:45:29 PM IST

  Delhi daily cases dip further with 97 infections

  Delhi reports 97 new cases, 83 recoveries, and one death; Active cases stand at 495

• 20 Mar 2022, 08:04:53 PM IST

  Imran Khan says Indian foreign policy is independent, stands for its people

  Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday heaped praises on India and its foreign policy, this at a time when it faces threat of being unseated amid no-confidence motion moved against him. Addressing a rally in Malakand, Khan said,"Main aaj Hindustan ko daad deta hun (I salute India today). It has always maintained an independent foreign policy." Full report

• 20 Mar 2022, 06:12:53 PM IST

  Mamata's nephew to appear before ED in Delhi tomorrow in coal scam case

  Mamata's nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee to appear at ED office in Delhi tomorrow in coal scam case. "BJP govt is taking on TMC by using Central agencies. We've defeated them & they cannot digest this. I'm ready to bow down before the power of people but not before the people in power," he said

• 20 Mar 2022, 05:53:37 PM IST

  CJI N V Ramana felicitated by Telgu Association in Dubai

  Chief Justice of India Justice N V Ramana felicitated by the Telugu Association in Dubai today. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 05:09:04 PM IST

  Goa BJP to stake claim to form the government tomorrow, says sources 

  Goa BJP to stake claim to form the government tomorrow after meeting of legislature party. The meeting of the legislature party has been fixed for 4 pm tomorrow, says sources. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 04:45:26 PM IST

  BJP central observers felicitate N Biren Singh

  BJP central observers Nirmala Sitharaman, Kiren Rijiju and other BJP MLAs felicitate the unanimously elected Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh in Imphal.

• 20 Mar 2022, 04:44:08 PM IST

  Prahlad Joshi to visit Australia soon, reports ANI

  Union Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi will visit Australia soon, reports ANI. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 04:30:11 PM IST

  N Biren Singh elected Manipur chief minister, says BJP

  After legislative meeting,  BJP MLAs have cleared N Biren Singh’s name for chief ministerial post in Manipur, says BJP. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 04:03:26 PM IST

  115 children killed in Russia-Ukraine war, reports Kyiv Independent

  115 children killed in Ukraine since the start of Russian invasion. 140 more have been injured, said the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, reports The Kyiv Independent. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 03:14:02 PM IST

  Gopal Rai inaugurates new party office in Raipur

  Aam Aadmi Party leader & Delhi Cabinet Minister Gopal Rai inaugurated new party office in Raipur. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 02:18:52 PM IST

  Pramod Sawant swearing-in likely on March 23rd or 24th: BJP sources

  BJP sources have informed that the meeting of the BJP Legislative party has been scheduled for tomorrow. Pramod Sawant's swearing in could be held either on Wednesday or Thursday, informed sources. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 01:59:18 PM IST

  U'khand BJP legislative party to meet tomorrow evening: Dhami

  Uttarakhand caretaker CM Pushkar Singh Dhami told media that the Uttarakhand BJP Legislative Party will meet tomorrow evening in Dehradun. “I am leaving for Dehradun now,” he said. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 01:26:22 PM IST

  Russian military bombs a school in Mariupol, reports AP 

  Russia's military bombed a school in Ukraine's Mariupol where about 400 people had sought refuge, reports AP quoting local officials. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 01:13:58 PM IST

  Arvind Kejriwal addresses newly-elected AAP MLAs of Punjab

  AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal addresses all the newly-elected AAP MLAs of Punjab via video conferencing. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 12:53:32 PM IST

  LJD-RJD merge parties at Sharad Yadav's residence

  Former Union minister Sharad Yadav merges his Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) party with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led by Lalu Prasad Yadav at former's residence in Delhi, reports ANI. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 12:04:55 PM IST

  Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann addresses AAP MLAs meeting in Mohali

  Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann addresses a meeting of AAP MLAs in Mohali. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is also present in the meeting via video-conferencing. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 11:55:52 AM IST

  K'taka HC judges who gave Hijab verdict to get Y-category security

  Amid arrests over death threats, three Karnataka high court judges who gave the Hijab verdict to get Y-category security cover. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 11:26:29 AM IST

  BJP Manipur legislative party meeting likely to be held today

  BJP central observers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju leave for Imphal, Manipur from Delhi airport. The legislative party meeting of BJP Manipur is likely to be held later today, reports ANI. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 11:22:34 AM IST

  Massive explosion in Pak military base in Sialkot: Local media

  A massive explosion has been reported in Pakistan military base in Sialkot, said the Pakistani local media. 

• 20 Mar 2022, 10:35:18 AM IST

  Arvind Kejriwal to hold virtual meeting with Punjab AAP MLAs today

  Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be holding a virtual meeting with Punjab AAP MLAs today.

• 20 Mar 2022, 09:28:43 AM IST

  Israeli PM to visit India on April 2

  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to pat his first official visit to India on April 2 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Office of the Prime Minister of Israel.

• 20 Mar 2022, 08:50:18 AM IST

  India records 1,761 new Covid cases, 127 deaths in last 24 hours

  India registered 1,761 new Covid cases on Saturday, the lowest single-day rise since April 2020, taking the overall infection tally to 43,007,841.

• 20 Mar 2022, 08:31:32 AM IST

  Japanese PM departs as two-day India visit concludes

  Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida departed from Delhi on Sunday morning following the conclusion of his two-day visit to India.