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- Jat quota agitation: Protesters hold demonstration at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, threaten to stop supply of milk to the capital
- Bengaluru steel flyover project shelved, says Development Minister KJ George
- Kansas shooting: House speaker Paul Ryan meets S Jaishankar, says Srinivas Kuchibhotla was 'senselessly murdered'
- Mahesh Bhatt gets extortion calls; caller threatens to kill Alia Bhatt and her mother Soni Razdan
Here are all the live updates:
4:51 pm IST: Jawaharlal Nehru University wins Visitor's Awards 2017 for Best University. President Pranab Mukherjee will present the award at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 6
4:25 pm IST: "UP police will get rape accused Gayatri Prajapati and passports of six others cancelled soon," ADG (Law and Order) Daljeet Chaudhary
4:13 pm IST: Crime Branch apprehends a lady member of a gang of human traffickers from Manali. A reward of Rs.50,000 was declared by Delhi Police on her
4 pm IST: BTech graduate arrested from Ghaziabad for duping 15 businessmen of goods worth Rs 80 lakhs
3:54 pm IST: SYL Canal issue: Haryana govt told SC that despite the decree order, it was unconstitutional for Punjab government to seek redressal. Supreme Court division bench posted the matter for further hearing till March 28
3:53 pm IST: Dance Bar issue: Supreme Court bench issues notice to the Maharashtra state government; seeks reply by April 20.
3:46 pm IST: All-time record number of over 4,000 PG medical seats approved by GoI in various medical colleges and hospitals for academic session 2017-18
3:43 pm IST: Delhi High Court adjourns the matter in PIL to stop candidates defeated in LS elections from contesting RS polls for April 10.
3:39 pm IST: Man attempts to hurl shoe at Pradipsinh Jadeja, Gujarat minister of state for home in Gandhinagar, detained by police.
2:37 pm IST: BJP writes to EC demanding deployment of women Police officials at booths in VI and VII phase of polling to check voter ID of burqa-clad women. BJP says that large number of burqa-clad women cast their votes, hence proper checking of IDs is imp to avoid bogus voting. BJP also asked for deployment of Paramilitary forces at polling booths in sensitive areas for phases VI and VII of UP election
2:24 pm IST: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) got a total of 24 complaints of overcharging on stents. Nine hospitals issued show cause notice. NPPA to upload on its website names of hospitals accused of overcharging patients on cardiac stents.
1:57 pm IST: Three people sentenced to four years imprisonment in connection with murder of a journalist Pankaj Khanna in Narayangarh, Haryana
1:54 pm IST: Chhattisgarh: One woman naxal killed in encounter with security forces in Bastar's Jagdalpur. Arms and ammunition also recovered in search operation.
1:31 pm IST: Indian Navy successfully conducts maiden firing of an AntiShip missile from first of Kalvari class submarines,during testfiring in Arabian Sea. The missile successfully hit a surface target at extended ranges during the trial firing, held on Thursday morning.
1:02 pm IST: PM Modi to address International Yoga festival in Rishikesh via video conferencing
12:33 pm IST: NGT lifts ban conditionally imposed on camping on Ganga beaches. Out of 33 beach sites recommended by the Uttarakhand government, camping is allowed on 25 of them
12:30 pm IST: ABVP holds protest march outside North Campus' Art Faculty in Delhi
12:07 pm IST: Uproar in Haryana Assembly over minister Anil Vij's those supporting Gurmehar Kaur are pro-Pakistan statement
11:55 am IST: Bengaluru steel flyover project shelved, says Development Minister KJ George
11:34 am IST: Local administration removes flags and campaign posters of BJP in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
11:23 am IST: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah requests Centre to consider waiving 50 percent of agricultural loans of commercial, private and RRBs
11:22 am IST: SC refuses to hear on an urgent basis the plea challenging constitutional validity of a law prohibiting abortion of foetus above 20 weeks.
11:19 am IST: "Modernisation of the Armed Forces especially of the Army is the need of the hour," says Army Chief General Bipin Rawat
11:01 am IST: "I support freedom of expression within legal restrictions," Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Ramjas row. "Conducting internal enquiry, Ministry of Defence has recommended CBI enqury as it has interstate implications," Parrikar said on Indian Army paper leak.
10:57 am IST: Madras High Court's Madurai branch dismisses two PILs against supply of Thamirabarani water to co-packers of Pepsi and Coca Cola.
10:45 am IST: Karnataka University postpones its convocation which was to be held on March 4 in which JNU Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar was the chief guest
10:29 am IST: Allahabad High court orders CBI to take over investigation in Jawahar Bagh (Mathura) violence case
10:22 am IST: Rameshwaram: Sri Lankan Navy apprehends 13 Indian fishermen and two boats
10:07 am IST: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar presents best Armed Forces Hospital award to Indian Navy Hospital Station Asvini
9:55 am IST: BJP leader Nitin Naveen lodges FIR in Patna against Bihar minister Jaleel Mastan for using abusive language against PM Modi
9:19 am IST: Earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale strikes Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district
8:52 am IST: A seven-year-old boy dies after falling into a drain in Ullal, Karnataka, on Wednesday.
8:24 am IST: Complaint filed at Juhu Police Station after Mahesh Bhatt receives extortion call. The caller also threatened to kill his wife Soni Razdan and daughter and Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt.
7:30 am IST: US House Speaker Paul Ryan met Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Wednesday (March 1). Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna was also present. "I expressed House's condolences on the death of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was senselessly murdered last week in Kansas," Ryan said.
