Tremors were felt in parts of Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti after a magnitude 3.2 earthquake hit the district on Monday afternoon, officials said. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km. No reports of loss of life or property have been received so far, they said. The tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti falls in seismic zone IV, which is a high damage risk zone.
Isro chairman S Somanath has revealed that he learnt about being diagnosed with cancer on the day of the launch of India's Aditya L1 mission. In an interview with Tarmak Media House, Somanath said he underwent an operation to remove the growth in his stomach, followed it up with chemotherapy and was now completely cured of the disease. "Undoubtedly, they would have been shocked. But now, I perceive cancer and its treatment as a solution. There is a message that it is not incurable," he said when asked about the reaction of his family members to the diagnosis.
RBI directs IIFL Finance to cease and desist from sanctioning or disbursing gold loans, reports PTI.
The SC said today Aam Aadmi Party will have to vacate their headquarters which stand on a plot of land meant for the High Court. The party has has time till June 15 to do so. AAP has been allowed to apply to the Centre's Land and Development Office for alternate land.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects related to power, rail and road sectors in Telangana worth more than Rs 56,000 crore. PM Modi among other projects, dedicated NTPC's 800 MW (Unit-2) of Telangana Super Thermal Power Project in Peddapalli.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that MPs, MLAs enjoy no immunity from prosecution for taking bribes. The top court overruled a 1998 verdict granting immunity to lawmakers from prosecution for taking bribes to make speeches, and cast votes in the legislature.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wrote to the Enforcement Directorate today morning saying that he is ready to respond to summons after March 12. The ED has summoned him for questioning on a case related to the Delhi liquor policy.
Two people have been caught in Goa in connection with the murder of Haryana INLD leader Nafe Singh Rathee, police said on Monday. Cops said they were apprehended from Goa in a joint operation by the Haryana Police and the Delhi Police. On February 25, Rathee, the president of the Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) Haryana unit, was shot dead in Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district. Earlier, Jhajjar Superintendent of Police (SP) Arpit Jain had said all four shooters involved in the case have been identified and efforts are on nab them.
Bagging her first victory of the 2024 campaign, Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia. Despite her early setbacks Haley has said she would remain in the race at least through those contests, although she has refused to name any primary she felt confident she would win, news agency AP reported. After last week's loss in her home state of South Carolina, Haley remained insistent that voters in the places that followed deserved an alternative to Trump despite his dominance thus far in the campaign.
During his visit to Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar on March 4-6, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil and lay the foundation stone of projects worth more than Rs 1.10 trillion. "Over the next two days, I will be attending various programmes in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and West Bengal. The development works which will be inaugurated cover a wide range of sectors and will transform several lives," PM Modi said in a post on X.
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