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Farmer bodies, trade unions to protest privatisation and fuel price hike on March 15: Sanyukt Kisan Morcha

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Farmer bodies, trade unions to protest privatisation and fuel price hike on March 15, says SKM

Farmer bodies, trade unions to protest privatisation and fuel price hike on March 15: Sanyukt Kisan Morcha

WB CM Mamata Banerjee suffers injury after being pushed by some people in Nandigram

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee injured in leg during election campaign in Nandigram, says she was pushed by some people.

Chennai based lawyers' body moves Supreme Court to continue option of virtual appearance

Chennai based lawyers' body moves Supreme Court to continue option of virtual appearance as "a matter of right", Bar and Bench reported.


No confidence motion against Haryana government defeated in the Assembly

No confidence motion against Haryana government defeated in the Assembly.

Tried to raise issue of rising fuel prices in Parliament but Govt did not allow a discussion on it

The price of petroleum products is rising day by day. Petrol prices have never been this high before. We tried to raise the issue of rising fuel prices in the Parliament but the Govt did not allow a discussion on it: Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress


Both houses of Parliament adjourned till March 15

Lok Sabha adjourned till March 15, news agency ANI has reported.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till March 15

Rajya Sabha adjourned till March 15, news agency ANI has reported


TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee files nomination from Nandigram

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee files nomination from Nandigram assembly seat

Second meeting of Nepal’s reinstated lower House of Parliament adjourned till March 16 after a brief sitting today.


Lok Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm, news agency ANI reported

Lok Sabha passes the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Lok Sabha passes the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021


Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla holds an all-party meeting in his chamber

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla holds an all-party meeting in his chamber as the uproar over farmers' protest continues in the House.

Scotland announces further easing of lockdown

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that four people from two households will be able to meet outdoors in the region from Friday, as part of the measures to further ease the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scotland had previously aimed to relax the rules on outdoor mixing on March 15, but Sturgeon has now sped up that timetable, reports Xinhua news agency.

"Strong grounds for hope" had been provided by a "significant" fall in new cases in recent weeks, along with falling numbers of deaths and hospital admissions, Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.


6 killed in Himachal bus accident

At least six persons were killed when a private bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and rolled down in a gorge in remote Tissa in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Wednesday, police said.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid uproar by Opposition over fuel prices

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid uproar by the Opposition in the House, over the three farm laws.

Opposition MPs continue sloganeering, demanding the withdrawal of the three fam laws as Rajya Sabha proceedings resume.


Kerala: CPI(M) releases list of 83 candidates for the Assembly elections

Kerala: CPI(M) releases list of 83 candidates for the Assembly elections; CM Pinarayi Vijayan to contest from Dharmadam, KK Shailaja from Mattannur, and KT Jaleel to contest from Thavanoor.

Sachin Vaze will be removed from the Crime Branch and posted in some other department: Anil Deshmukh

Sachin Vaze will be removed from the Crime Branch and posted in some other department. It is being done so that an impartial investigation can be conducted in this case (Mansukh Hiren death case): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the Legislative Council


There will be no sitting of Rajya Sabha on March 12, says Rajya Sabha Secretariat

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm today, amid sloganeering by Opposition over rising fuel prices

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm today, amid sloganeering by the Opposition over rising fuel prices. Lok Sabha adjourned till 12.30 pm today amid uproar by the Opposition over rising fuel prices.


Tirath Singh Rawat to be new Uttarakhand Chief Minister

Haryana Leader of Opposition BS Hooda moves no-confidence motion in the Assembly

Haryana Leader of Opposition BS Hooda moves no-confidence motion in the Assembly; says, "more than 250 farmers died on the border. I presented their names but I didn't find it in the newspaper."


BJP parliament party meeting concludes at the Parliament.

Two new cases push Mizoram's COVID-19 tally to 4,434

Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,434 on Wednesday as two more persons tested positive for the infection, a health department official said.


Congress & TMC give adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha, demanding repeal of three farm laws

Congress & TMC give adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha, demanding repeal of three farm laws. DMK, CPI (M), Shiv Sena & BSP give adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha for discussion on rising fuel prices

Rupee inches 4 paise higher to 72.89 against US dollar in early trade.


Delhites wake up to pleasant morning

It was a pleasant morning in the national capital on Wednesday and the minimum temperature settled at 18.2 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological (MeT) Office said.

CM Mamata Banerjee to file nomination from Nandigram today

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will file her nomination papers from the Nandigram seat on Wednesday.


BSP MP Ashok Siddharth gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha

BSP MP Ashok Siddharth gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over increase in petrol and diesel prices

Congress, RJD and DMK give suspension of business notices in Rajya sabha

Congress, RJD and DMK give suspension of business notices in Rajya sabha over 'situation arising due to farmers' protest against the farm laws across the country'


BJP Parliamentary party meeting begins at the Parliament.

BJP leaders arrive at the party office in Dehradun for party's legislature meeting

Uttarakhand: BJP leaders arrive at the party office in Dehradun for party's legislature meeting "We are looking for someone who can be made the chief minister, says MLA Suresh Rathore


We are confident that no-confidence motion against govt will be defeated: Khattar

We are confident that the no-confidence motion against the government will be defeated in the Assembly: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

Chinese government should have no role in the succession process of the Dalai Lama: US State Department Spokesperson

We believe that the Chinese government should have no role in the succession process of the Dalai Lama: US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price


Single-day rise of 17,921 new cases pushes India's COVID-19 infection tally to 1,12,62,707

Single-day rise of 17,921 new cases, 133 deaths pushes India's COVID-19 infection tally to 1,12,62,707, toll to 1,58,063: Govt.

Maharashtra: 707 new COVID-19 cases in Thane, 6 more deaths

Thane has reported707 new cases of coronavirus, raising the tally in the Maharashtra district to 2,71,161,an official said on Wednesday.


UP: 4 get life imprisonment for killing man in 2009

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district has sentenced four people to life imprisonment for killing a man over 11 years ago.

Gujarat: Minor girl killed in leopard attack in Amreli

A three-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard at a village in Gujarat's Amreli district, a forest official said on Wednesday.


Two new COVID-19 cases in Andamans; tally at 5,028

Two more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the tally in the Union Territory to 5,028, a health department official said on Wednesday.

Sensex surges 329.15 pts to 51,354.63 in opening session

Sensex surges 329.15 pts to 51,354.63 in opening session; Nifty jumps 95.75 pts to 15,194.15


Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dr S Jaishankar, reach Parliament to participate in BJP parliamentary party meeting

Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dr S Jaishankar, and Prahlad Patel reach Parliament to participate in BJP parliamentary party meeting.

Amid unrest over farm laws, BJP faces No-Confidence Motion in Haryana

The opposition in Haryana will move a no-confidence motion against the Manohar Lal Khattar government on Wednesday. Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that his party also plans to bring many "Adjournment" and "Calling Attention" motions.


Maha: School headmaster held for taking bribe from teacher

The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the headmaster of a school in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly taking bribe from a teacher for clearing his salary dues, the ACB said on Wednesday.

UP boy dies after 3 men pump air into his body

In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old boy died after three men allegedly pumped air through his rectum with a high-power air compressor.


Man stabs niece to death for 'cheating' on him

In a shocking incident, a man stabbed his niece to death, accusing her of 'cheating' on him.

BJP legislature party meet to begin at 10 am to decide new Uttarakhand CM

A meeting of Uttarakhand BJP's legislature party will begin in a few hours from now at the state party headquarters here to decide the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned as chief minister on Tuesday.


Global Covid-19 caseload tops 117.5 mn

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 117.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.60 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

RJD MP Manoj Jha gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha

RJD MP Manoj Jha gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the ongoing farmers' protest against the fam laws.


Ramesh Pokhriyal to participate in Uttarakhand BJP legislative party meeting in Dehradun today

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' to participate in Uttarakhand BJP legislative party meeting in Dehradun later today

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