Highlights: Haryana CM Khattar says AAP moved Chandigarh resolution on someone else's command

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• 3 Apr 2022, 10:17:36 PM IST

  Bike-borne men loot 2 in Delhi at gunpoint, case filed

  CCTV footage captured from Delhi's Vivek Vihar area near Yamuna Sports Complex show two men looted at gunpoint. The accused are also men and following the incident, got on a bike. Police said that the incident happened earlier today morning, and a case has been lodged. “Accused [is] being searched,” police told ANI.

• 3 Apr 2022, 09:07:55 PM IST

  Khattar says AAP has ‘double standards’, moved Chandigarh resolution on someone else's ‘commands’

  BJP leader and Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday that Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, which recently came into power in Punjab, has double standards. “Despite being in rule for a few days (in Punjab), they have raised the controversial issue of Chandigarh. I feel they are doing so on someone else's commands...They can't dare to even look at Haryana,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

• 3 Apr 2022, 07:48:56 PM IST

  Gunmen open fire on 2 non-locals in Pulwama, rushed to hospital

  Two non-locals, reportedly a driver and a helper of a poultry vehicle, rushed to a nearby district hospital in Kashmir's Pulwama, after gunmen open fire on them.

• 3 Apr 2022, 06:49:08 PM IST

  ‘Can’t think beyond Congress": Chhattisgarh minister TS Singh Deo

  Chhattisgarh health minister and Congress leader TS Singh Deo has said that he will remain in the party. He also admitted that AAP representatives did contact him for a switch. “…I told them that five generations of my family had been associated with [the] Congress and I could not think beyond it,” Deo added.

• 3 Apr 2022, 05:48:02 PM IST

  Sri Lanka restores social media platforms after 15 hours

  The Sri Lankan government on Sunday lifted the ban it had imposed on social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after declaring a nationwide public emergency and effecting a 36-hour curfew ahead of a planned anti-government rally over the worst economic crisis in the island nation.

• 3 Apr 2022, 04:55:18 PM IST

  LTT-Jaynagar Pawan Express derail near railway station in Nashik

• 3 Apr 2022, 04:30:19 PM IST

  Congress Parliamentary Party to meet on Tuesday in Delhi

  The general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary party is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 5 at 9:30am in the Central Hall of Parliament, New Delhi. 

• 3 Apr 2022, 03:54:49 PM IST

  Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, Arzu Rana Deuba, departs from Varanasi

• 3 Apr 2022, 03:13:46 PM IST

  Fire breaks out in Kanpur's Rave Moti mall, no casualties reported

  A fire broke out at Rave Moti mall in Kanpur on Sunday. According to reports, six fire tenders are currently at the spot working on dousing the flames which is reported on the second floor. Hundreds of people were inside the mall when thick smoke started billowing out.  The fire department said the operation is going on and the mall has been evacuated.

• 3 Apr 2022, 02:07:43 PM IST

  Akhilesh Yadav sends best wishes to DMK for their new office in Delhi

• 3 Apr 2022, 12:08:04 PM IST

  On Karauli clashes, Rajasthan CM says those involved in rioting won't be spared

  Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said those involved in inciting riots will not be spared and stringent action will be taken against them, reported news agency ANI. Speaking on the clashes in Karauli, Gehlot said rule of law will be followed in the state.

• 3 Apr 2022, 10:29:54 AM IST

  Will never condone the blocking of social media: Sri Lankan minister

  “I will never condone the blocking of social media. The availability of VPN, just like I’m using now, makes such bans completely useless. I urge the authorities to think more progressively and reconsider this decision,” Namal Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's minister of youth and sports, tweeted.

• 3 Apr 2022, 10:11:08 AM IST

  India’s prompt assistance appreciated by Sri Lankan society: Indian envoy

  India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, said New Delhi has responded to urgent requests from Sri Lanka with promptness.

  “The first consignment of rice from India is expected to arrive in SL shortly under this credit facility. These facilities, negotiated and concluded within a matter of weeks, have proved to be the lifeline for the people of Sri Lanka,” ANI quoted Baglay as saying.

• 3 Apr 2022, 09:37:37 AM IST

  No impact on efficacy and safety of Covaxin: Bharat Biotech

  HydeBharat Biotech on Sunday issued a clarification that there is "no impact on efficacy and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine COVAXIN" after the World Health Organisation suspended it from its Covax facility.

• 3 Apr 2022, 08:40:51 AM IST

  India sees 1,096 fresh Covid cases, 81 deaths

  India reported 1,096 fresh Covid cases, a 13% drop from the previous day, and 81 related deaths.

• 3 Apr 2022, 08:19:18 AM IST

  China reports 13,146 locally transmitted Covid cases

  China reported 13,146 Covid cases, the highest since the peak of the first wave more than two years ago, according to the National Health Commission. The cases continue to increase amid the rapid spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

• 3 Apr 2022, 07:48:22 AM IST

  Fatalities feared after explosion in Baku nightclub; rescue operation on

  An explosion at a nightclub in Azerbaijan's capital early Sunday caused an unknown number of casualties, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

  "According to preliminary reports, some people were killed and injured in the incident," the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

• 3 Apr 2022, 06:49:49 AM IST

  Petrol, diesel prices hiked by 80 paise again

  State-owned fuel retailers hiked the price of petrol by 80 paise again, taking the petrol and diesel rate in Delhi to ₹103.41 per litre and ₹94.67 per litre respectively. In Mumbai, the petrol and diesel prices per litre are ₹118.41 and ₹102.64.