LIVE: Will defeat Mamata, lotus to bloom in Nandigram, says BJP's Suvendu

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: There'll be only public and PM Modi, who is the biggest celebrity. We'll welcome those coming in public, including Mithun, says BJP. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

3:03 PM

West Bengal BJP releases election campaign song 'Gorbo Sonar Bangla'

3:03 PM

Sonali Guha, TMC MLA from South 24 Pgs to join BJP

West Bengal: Sonali Guha, Trinamool Congress MLA from Satgachia in South 24 Parganas, to join BJP, according to ANI

2:26 PM

Classes from KG to class 5 to resume in Kashmir: Directorate of School Education

Classes to resume for students of KG to std 5th from 15th March, in Kashmir division. For students of std 6th to 8th in the division, classes to resume from 8th March: Directorate of School Education, Kashmir, according to ANI

2:06 PM

Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins trust vote in National Assembly

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a trust vote in the National Assembly amid a boycott call by the Opposition parties, strengthening his government's legitimacy after an embarrassing defeat of the finance minister in the hotly-contested Senate elections, according to PTI. Prime Minister Khan secured 178 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament during a special session convened on the directives of President Arif Alvi, PTI reported. A total of 172 votes was needed for a simple majority.

The floor test took place without the Opposition as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) an alliance of 11 parties boycotted the voting. The 68-year-old cricketer-turned politician had decided to take a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament after his finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was defeated in the closely-fought Senate election on Wednesday. The Opposition demanded the Prime Minister's resignation after the debacle, as per PTI. 

11:57 AM

BJP fields Pon Radhakrishnan as its candidate for by-polls to Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency

BJP fields Pon Radhakrishnan as its candidate for by-polls to Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency

11:32 AM

Haryana: Farmers block Western Peripheral Expressway in Kundli, Sonipat

11:03 AM

LIVE: Modi biggest celebrity, says BJP on Mithun sharing stage with the PM

There'll be only public and PM, who is the biggest celebrity. We'll welcome those coming in public, incl Mithun Chakraborty: BJP National General Secy Kailash Vijayvargiya on reports of Mithun Chakraborty to be seen on stage and join BJP on March 7 at a rally of PM Modi in West Bengal

10:30 AM

Twitter's Jack Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia

"just setting up my twttr" - the first ever tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his famous post as a unique digital signature on a website for selling tweets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

 

The post, sent from Dorsey's account in March of 2006, received offers on Friday that went as high as $88,888.88 within minutes of the Twitter co-founder tweeting a link to the listing on 'Valuables by Cent' - a tweets marketplace.

 

Old offers for the tweet suggest that it was put for sale in December, but the listing gained more attention after Dorsey's tweet on Friday. Read on...

10:26 AM

Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur arrives at the state Assembly to present Budget 2021-22

Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur, who also holds the portfolio of Finance, arrives at the state Assembly to present Budget 2021-22.

10:21 AM

West Bengal election 2021: Six BJP workers injured in a crude bomb blast

West Bengal election 2021: Six BJP workers injured in a crude bomb blast, in Rampur village of South 24 Parganas district late last night. The injured workers, who are under treatment at a hospital, allege that the bomb was hurled at them by TMC workers when they were returning from a wedding.

9:57 AM

Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Ahmedabad. Governor Acharya Devvrat, CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel receive him. 

 

PM Modi will address the valedictory session of Combined Commanders' Conference at Kevadia today.

9:04 AM

Farmers to block KMP expressway for 5 hours today

Agitated farmers are slated to block the 135-km-long Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway, from 11 a.m. to till 4 p.m. on Saturday to mark 100 days of protest against the Centre's farm laws.

 

The farmer agitation against Centre's farm laws, had begun on November 26. The step to block the expressway is a part of the strategy to intensify the ongoing protest.

 

Those protesting at Singhu border will reach Kundli and block the toll plazas falling on the way. Besides this, farmers from Ghazipur and Tikri borders will block Dasna and Bahadurgarh toll plaza, respectively. Those sitting on the Shahjahanpur border will block the KMP Expressway touching Gurugram-Manesar.

 

Their plan of action includes freeing up the toll plazas from collecting fees. Farmers have also said that the toll plaza nearest to the border area will be blocked.