Read all live updates, breaking news from across India right here on International Business Times India:
- "No plans to introduce Rs 1000 notes. Focus on production and supply of Rs 500 and lower denomination notes," tweets Shaktikanta Das
- Naga People's Front President Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland
- DMK begins its hunger strike protest in Tiruchirappalliover ruckus that took place in Tamil Nadu Assembly. MK Stalin is also present
Here are all the live updates:
5:44 pm IST: CBI arrests Syed Burhanuddin from Hyderabad in Chhatisgarh bribery case. Principal Secretary BL Agarwal was arrested yesterday in same matter.
5:23 pm IST: Bihar sex racket case: Congress leader Brajesh Pandey is non-FIR accused in the case. Case filed against retired IAS officer's son Nikhil Priyadarshi. Probe underway.
5:19 pm IST: Three seriously injured in a blast at a construction site in Kalna area of Bardhaman in West Bengal.
5:01 pm IST: CBI registers a case against President, Dental Council of India and three others and conducts searches at six places.
4:59 pm IST: ED issues showcause notice to M/s Angelique International Limited in a FEMA Case involving misuse of Line of Credit scheme.
4:56 pm IST: At least 12 students fall ill after taking deworming tablets at a Government primary school in Roorkee's Dharampur in Uttarakhand. They have been hospitalised.
4:31 pm IST: Bhojpur (Ghaziabad) 1996 fake encounter case: CBI Court sentences four police officials to life imprisonment.
4:28 pm IST: ED unwilling to accept proposal of Zakir Naik seeking to record statement and respond to summons via video conferencing or e-mail
4:19 pm IST: "Raebareli and Amethi have become an integral part of our lives, ours is a special relationship, biggest asset of my life," says Sonia Gandhi
4:15 pm IST: SYL canal issue: Supreme Court asks both states - Punjab and Haryana - to maintain law and order in the matter; Next hearing on March 2. SC also refused the demand of Punjab Government seeking to postpone the matter after March 11. The SC said that we have already passed the decree and also ordered to maintain a status quo in the matter.
4:07 pm IST: Delhi HC reserves order on EC's plea seeking cancellation of Mukhtar Ansari's parole granted by a trial court for UP Polls campaigning.
4 pm IST: DRI intercepted a car near toll gate on Ramanathapuram-Trichy road in Tamil Nadu and recovered 11.9 kg of gold biscuits. Two persons arrested
3:57 pm IST: Congress stages protest against State Govt outside Vidhan Sabha in Bhopal over many issues including ISI espionage case. Protesters have been detained.
3:41 pm IST: Hearing on bail cancellation plea of CBI against SP Tyagi and two others in the VVIP chopper scam adjourned to March 15.
3:40 pm IST: Indian Naval Ship Viraat scheduled to get decommissioned on March 6. At least 15 officers and sailors to attend from Royal Navy from Hermes Association
3:06 pm IST: Delhi bound SpiceJet flight delayed for over six hours at Pune airport due to problem in windshield. SpiceJet says maintenance underway.
3:01 pm IST: Two accused, B Subramanian and RK Nanda move bail application in Special CBI Court in the AgustaWestland case. ED seeks more time to respond. The next hearing is scheduled to take place on March 4.
2:30 pm IST: Three women created ruckus, vandalised a mobile phone store in Rajouri Garden, Delhi
2:12 pm IST: Clash between AISA and ABVP students in Delhi over cancellation of JNU student Umar Khalid's talk at Ramjas College
1:39 pm IST: SC asks local bodies and state governments to set up effluent treatment plants for industrial areas in six months. Power supply will be halted if they fail
1:34 pm IST: During assembly proceedings CM Vijay Rupani informs that state govt has agreed for judicial enquiry in Kutch sex racket case
1:15 pm IST: Cabinet approves capacity hike from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW of Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects
12:46 pm IST: Fire breaks out at SM street (Mittai Theruvu) in Kozhikode, Kerala. Over 15 shops have been gutted. Around 10 fire tenders are currently at the spot trying to douse the flames.
12:21 pm IST: "TN government forms committee to study 7th pay commission issued by the Centre and to take necessary measures to draft a plan for the state. Five-member committee to submit its report on 7th pay commission by 30th of June," says AIADMK
12:17 pm IST: Naga People's Front President Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland.
12:15 pm IST: Kullu district police arrests a person with 11 kgs of cannabis (Charas) from Manikaran.
11:39 am IST: "Have proof that AIADMK MLAs were kept at Golden Bay resort for 11 days and also that many filed complaint about being caged," Advocate K. Balu
11:22 am IST: Madras HC adjourns case related to DMK's petition challenging Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's trust vote win till Monday. The HC has asked petitioners to submit video of ruckus in TN Assembly
11:19 am IST: SC directed Union of India to frame a policy or guideline within eight weeks on the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients or inmates.
10:36 am IST: "No plans to introduce ₹1000 notes. Focus is on production and supply of ₹500 and lower denomination notes. Complaints of cash out in ATMs being addressed. Request everyone to draw the cash they actually require. Overdrawal by some deprives others," tweets Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.
9:42 am IST: DRI held two people with foreign exchange worth Rs 60 lakh, concealed in shoes and false bottom of mobile boxes, at Chennai airport.
9:20 am IST: Police seized 72 bottles of alcohol and 330 pouches of country made liquor in Gaya, Bihar. However, people carrying it managed to flee.
9:08 am IST: DMK begins its hunger strike protest in Tiruchirappalli over ruckus that took place in Tamil Nadu Assembly. MK Stalin is also present.
9:07 am IST: "Filed an FIR. My aim is to stop sale in India and the US if possible," Naresh Kadyan, complainant against US online store selling shoes and beer with Hindu symbols, told ANI.
8:58 am IST: Fire broke out in a cooler godown in Hyderabad. It was later controlled by four fire tenders. At least six bodies have been recovered from the spot.
8:50 am IST: Cold wave grips Doda and surrounding areas in Jammu and Kashmir following fresh snowfall in higher reaches and heavy rains
8:14 am IST: Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visits Myanmar. He said that the country has huge unexplored hydrocarbon potential, but needs to have more engagement in oil and gas sector.
7:14 am IST: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar begins visit to China; Masood Azhar, NSG and CPEC likely to be discussed
