LIVE News Updates: Odisha reports 91 new COVID-19 cases, tally at 3,37,620

A fire broke out at a signal cable store of East Central Railway's Dhanbad Division here on Friday, an official said.

It took five hours for as many fire tenders to bring the blaze under control.

There was no casualty in the incident, the official said.

A short circuit may have caused the blaze, he said.

GRP deputy superintendent of police Shajid Khan told reporters that it was spotted around noon and started spreading before fire tenders reached the spot.

Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3,37,620 on Friday as 91 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said.

Of the fresh cases, 53 were reported from quarantine centres and 38 detected during contact tracing.

Sambalpur district recorded the maximum number of new cases at 14, followed by Sundargarh (13) and Balasore (12).

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh takes his first dose of the COVID vaccine, at Civil Hospital in Mohali.

Inflation is unbearable for 3 reasons -

1. The falling prices of crude oil in the international market.

2. Robbery in the name of tax by the Central Government.

3. 2-3 industrialists profit from this robbery.

The whole country is united against this - the government will have to listen!, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

Mamata Banerjee says Will fight from Nandigram, will vacate Bhowanipore, NDTV reported

Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit should not be arrested, says Supreme Court in case against web series 'Tandav', reported NDTV

Special court in UP's Hamirpur sentences former village head's son to seven years in jail, slaps fine of Rs 11,000 on him in connection with rape and forced abortion of 17-year-old Dalit girl in 2007

Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists lobbed a grenade towards J&K Police vehicle near Kupwara bus stand today. However, the grenade didn't explode. Security forces have cordoned off the area

Haryana Government tells SC that the medical report of a 14-year-old girl, who wants to terminate her unwanted 26 week-pregnancy, is ready and will be submitted in the Court. SC asks the Haryana govt to submit the report in sealed cover, & posts the matter for hearing on Mar 8

Mumbai: Narcotics Control Bureau files charge sheet in Sushant Singh Rajput related drug case in Special NDPS court. Chargesheet names 33 accused & statements of 200 witnesses. More than 12,000 pages in hard copy &about 50,000 pages in digital format submitted in court today: NCB

An Indian national was killed in police firing along the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district.

Karnataka: Congress leader and former CM Siddaramaiah writes to PM Modi to ensure "Every Indian is vaccinated for COVID19 at zero cost"

Mumbai: Narcotics Control Bureau to file charge sheet in Sushant Singh Rajput related drug case in Special NDPS court today. Actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother and others are accused in the case

Bharat Ratna should be conferred upon Savitribai Phule and Shahuji Maharaj. Shiv Sena's stand is not our stand: Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole on Shiv Sena's demand for Bharat Ratna to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Action will be taken against those who do not follow government guidelines, keep hotels and pubs operation till late hours. BMC is regularly conducting raids at various locations: Maharashtra Minister Aslam Shaikh

A woman killed her two children, died by suicide in the Shakurpur area of northwest Delhi last night; further investigation underway: Delhi Police

A powerloom factory was gutted in a devastating fire in the wee hours of Friday in Bhiwandi town in Thane district of Maharashtra, an official said

10 staff of Radha Krishna restaurant, SV Road, Andheri (West) test positive for COVID19. All 10 shifted to BKC Jumbo COVID Centre: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Nine migrants in an SUV packed with 25 people that drove through an opening in a border wall suffered major injuries after their vehicle slammed into a tractor-trailer and killed 13 others inside, the California Highway Patrol said

Oil prices gained considerably after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies (OPEC+) agreed to extend most oil output cuts into April.

The West Texas Intermediate for April delivery added $2.55 to settle at $63.83 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for May delivery increased $2.67 to close at $66.74 a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

OPEC+ approved the continuation of current production levels for April, except that Russia and Kazakhstan will be allowed to increase production by 130,000 and 20,000 barrels per day, respectively, the group said in a statement on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, said it would extend its voluntary oil output cut of 1 million barrels per day, and would decide in coming months when to gradually phase it out.