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Saina Nehwal beat France's Marie Batomene 18-21, 21-15, 21-10 to reach the women's singles quarterfinals of the Orleans Masters Super 1000 tournament on Thursday, IANS reported

Model-actor Milind Soman has announced that he tested positive on his official Twitter handle.

Delhi reports 1,515 new COVID-19 cases, 903 recoveries, and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours

Total cases: 6,52,742

Total recoveries: 6,36,267

Active cases: 5,497

Death toll: 10,978

Paramilitary personnel dies in attack by terrorists outside Srinagar, NDTV reported

Whoever speaks up, ED and NIA are used against them. The nation is not running according to the Constitution of India but according to the agenda of a particular party: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti after appearing before ED in Srinagar

With the nationwide surge in cases, District Disaster Management Authority, Shahdara sets up random testing kiosks for COVID-19 at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in Delhi.

The Election Commission has ordered the transfer of five officers, including an additional director general of police, in West Bengal saying they will not be given any poll-related assignment.

Those transferred in the poll-bound state are ADG West Zone Sanjay Singh, DCP (South Kolkata) Sudhir Neelkantha, SP (Cooch Behar) K Kannan, SP (Diamond Harbour) Avijit Banerjee and district election officer of Jhargram Ayesha Rani, official sources said on Thursday.

The sources said there had been complaints regarding these officers and reports of violence in areas under their watch.

The state will go for polls in eight phases beginning March 27.

India’s current COVID wave could peak in the second half of April: SBI report

Bihar Police has become JDU's & Nitish Kumar's Police. Officers & CM should realise that we aren't BJP that we'll be scared of batons. Nitish Kumar will have to take back the black law or amend it: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav on Bihar Special Armed Police Bill 2021 & ruckus in Assembly

Sensex drops 795 points, currently at 48,485, Nifty at 14,307

Meghalaya Government has released SOPs for Holi celebrations- public celebrations and gatherings are not permitted in public places, grounds, parks and religious places

Deepak Kochhar, husband of former MD & CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar, gets bail from Bombay High Court in ICICI bank-Videocon loan case

Lok Sabha adjourned sine die, news agency ANI reported.

New political party backed by BJP to eat into vote share in assembly polls: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

BJP gave money to founder of new political party backed by it: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at rally

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe into a money laundering case.

Madurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigns in Melur, ahead of Tamil Nadu Elections 2021

Maintaining banking sector health with strong capital base, ethics-driven governance remains policy priority: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.

We processed 274 crore digital transactions last year to provide direct benefit transfer to people: RBI chief Das

Effective regulation priority for RBI, regulation should not constrain innovation in fintech space: Guv Das

RTGS has multi-currency capabilities, there is scope to explore if its footprint can be expanded beyond India: RBI Governor

SC begins to pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions filed by women officers for permanent commission in Indian Army & Navy, seeking a direction that contempt proceedings be initiated against those who had allegedly failed in their duty to comply with SC's earlier judgement

Permanent commission for women officers in Indian Army & Navy: Justice Chandrachud says the ceiling of 250 has not been crossed till 2010. The statistics which have been placed on record completely demolish the case of benchmarking.

Permanent commission for women officers in Indian Army & Navy: There can be no judicial review of standards adopted by the Army," says Supreme Court

A career in the army comes with many trials. It becomes more difficult when the society puts responsibility of childcare & domestic work on women," says SC while pronouncing its verdict on a batch of petitions filed by women officers for permanent commission in Indian Army & Navy

"Arbitrary, irrational" medical fitness criteria for women to get Permanent Commission in army, says Supreme Court

Tamil Nadu: DMK President MK Stalin campaigns in Tiruvannamalai, ahead of assembly elections on April 6

The Indian rupee furthered its loss by another 7 paise to 72.62 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid growing concerns over surging coronavirus cases in India and some other parts of the world.

Madhya Pradesh: Three brothers died after consuming sanitizer on 21st March, Sunday, says ASP Bhopal Rajesh Singh Bhadouria

Rajasthan: Three security personnel killed, five injured after their vehicle turned turtle in Suratgarh, Sri Ganganagar district last night

India reports 53,476 new COVID-19 cases, 26,490 recoveries, and 251 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry

Maharashtra | Till now, 2,03,000 people fined for not wearing masks, Rs 4.06 crores collected in fine: PRO, Mumbai Police

The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 5,041 on Thursday as two more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Total number of samples tested up to 24th March is 23,75,03,882 including 10,65,021 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau is conducting raids in Dongri and Nagpada areas; details awaited

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surpassed 124.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.74 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.