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9:50 PM

World Trade Center to open branch office in Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the World Trade Center' in the US is likely to open a branch office in the metropolis, and an MoU in this regard will be signed, the PTI reported.

8:56 PM

Delhi's Ashram flyover functional; to cut traffic, save time for commuters

7:34 PM

Bengal CM urges people to wear masks as six children lose lives to adenovirus

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said six children have so far died in the state due to adenovirus, and urged people to start using face masks again to combat the menace.

 

"So far, 19 people have died due to Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), and out of them, 13 had comorbidities and six (deaths of children) were due to adenovirus. I urge people to start wearing face masks for the time being," she said in the state assembly, the PTI reported.

6:55 PM

Jaishankar co-chairs India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on virtual meet

6:26 PM

BSF personnel celebrate festival of Holi with villagers in J&K's Samba district

6:22 PM

Delhi Metro services to begin at 2:30 pm on March 8 due to festival of Holi: Official

Delhi Metro services will begin from 2:30 pm on the day of Holi, officials said on Monday. The festival of colours will be celebrated on March 8.

 

"On the day of the 'Holi' festival, i.e., March 8, 2023 (Wednesday), metro services will not be available till 14.30 hrs (2:30 PM) on all lines of Delhi Metro including Rapid Metro/Airport Express Line," the DMRC said in a statement, the PTI reported.

5:56 PM

India can become third largest world economy by skilling youth, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said skilling the youth holds the key to India becoming the third-largest economy in the world from the fifth now. Virtually addressing a "Rozgar Mela", or employment fair, organised by the Gujarat government at the Mahatma Mandir convention centre in Gandhinagar, Modi said nearly 150,000 youth were given government jobs in the state during the last five years, the PTI reported.

5:32 PM

Former Deputy CM, AAP leader Manish Sisodia sent to Tihar jail

5:06 PM

Will ensure MVA fights Maha assembly, Lok Sabha polls together: Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said the people in Maharashtra are looking for a change and he will ensure that constituents of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) contest the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections together, the PTI reported.

 

4:41 PM

Duhai Depot of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor now functional

The Duhai Depot of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor is now functional with state-of-the-art facilities, National Capital Region Transport Corporation officials said on Monday. Earlier, the officials had said that the 17-km Duhai-Sahibabad priority stretch of India's first RRTS was set to be operational by the last week of March and the focus would be on making it the most environment-friendly and commuter-centric transport system, the PTI reported.

 

4:13 PM

Islamabad court rejects Imran Khan's plea seeking suspension of arrest warrant

A Pakistani court on Monday rejected former prime minister Imran Khan's plea seeking the suspension of the non-bailable warrant issued against him in the Toshakhana case. Additional Session judge Zafar Iqbal, who had earlier in the day reserved the verdict, announced it later in the day after a brief hearing of the case, the PTI reported.

4:02 PM

Bandicoot robots to replace human scavengers in UP's Prayagraj after Holi

In a first for the region, smart robots will soon begin cleaning clogged sewers and the project will begin from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. The state government has made available three Bandicoot robotic scavengers to Prayagraj Nagar Nigam (PNN) and Jalkal department -- the two main bodies entrusted with the task of upkeep of drains and sewers -- for the task, IANS reported.

 

3:29 PM

Sikkim to get 5G services before Independence Day, says Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said Sikkim will get 5G services before Independence Day this year. Addressing a function here after releasing a postal cover titled 'Go Green, Go Organic', the Electronics and Information Technology Minister said the Centre has proposed to cover all villages in the country with 4G and 5G services over the next 18-24 months and work was already in progress. "Sikkim will get 5G services before August 15 this year," he said.

2:58 PM

Indo-American woman Tejal Mehta named first justice of a district court in US

Tejal Mehta, an Indian-American woman judge who promised to make a real impact to the community and treat people with compassion, has taken oath as the first justice of a district court in the US state of Massachusetts.

Mehta will serve as the first justice of the Ayer District Court. Her swearing-in took place on Thursday.

She has served as an associate justice with the same court and was unanimously selected and sworn in by Judge Stacey Fortes, chief justice of the District Court, on March 2, the Lowell Sun newspaper reported.

2:46 PM

Don't betray India, says Anurag Thakur to Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday hit out at Rahul Gandhi for his remarks seeking intervention from the US and European nations over "disappearing" democracy in India and asked the Congress leader not to betray the nation.

"Don't betray India, Rahul Gandhi ji. The objections to India's foreign policy is an evidence of your scant understanding of the issue. No one will believe the lies you spread about India from foreign soil," Thakur told reporters here.

Speaking at a function in London, Gandhi alleged that the structures of Indian democracy were under "brutal attack" and regretted that democratic parts of the world, including the US and Europe, have failed to notice it.