01 Mar, 23:49 (IST)

The 1st Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) commemorated its 58th Raising Day with a week-long celebration, showcasing its rich history and exemplary contributions in Meghalaya's Garo Hills.

01 Mar, 22:52 (IST)

The Nagaland Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to reconsider its decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between the two countries. Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton introduced the resolution, which requested the Union Government to work out regulations for movement of people across the borders in close consultation with the people inhabiting the border areas, and for suitably bringing in the village council authorities concerned in the entire system of regulations.

01 Mar, 21:56 (IST)

The Congress is all set to launch its campaign for the Lok Sabha polls next week, aiming to cater to different age groups, said party sources on Friday. According to the sources, the party has hired two large companies for publicity materials and hoardings.

01 Mar, 21:22 (IST)

ar collided with a crowd of people on Friday afternoon in the Polish city of Szczecin, resulting in 12 serious injuries, while the driver fled the scene, local media reported citing an emergency official. 

01 Mar, 21:08 (IST)

"Abki bar 400 par (this time we will win over 400 seats) in the Lok Sabha polls as the country is relying on Modi's guarantee... Wherever I go I hear this chant. Where all hopes from others end, Modi's guarantee begins," the prime minister Narendra Modi said addressing a public meeting 'Vijay Sankalp Maharally' here in Dhanbad district.

01 Mar, 21:08 (IST)

"Abki bar 400 par (this time we will win over 400 seats) in the Lok Sabha polls as the country is relying on Modi's guarantee... Wherever I go I hear this chant. Where all hopes from others end, Modi's guarantee begins," the prime minister Narendra Modi said addressing a public meeting 'Vijay Sankalp Maharally' here in Dhanbad district.

01 Mar, 20:27 (IST)

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) has imposed a penalty of Rs 5.49 crore on Paytm Payments Bank Ltd for violations of money laundering prevention rules, the Union Finance Ministry said on Friday. "FIU-IND initiated a review of the Paytm Payments Bank Ltd on receipt of specific information from law enforcement agencies in respect of few entities and their network of businesses engaged in a number of illegal acts, including organising and facilitating online gambling. Further, the money generated from these illegal operations, that is, proceeds of crime were routed and channelled through bank accounts maintained by these entities with the Paytm Payments Bank Ltd," the Finance Ministry said.

01 Mar, 19:02 (IST)

Amid the finishing touches being given to the seat-sharing talks by MVA constituents, VBA President, Prakash Ambedkar, claimed on Friday that his party can bag at least six seats independently in the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections and it was also prepared to field candidates in all 48 constituencies if need be.

01 Mar, 18:30 (IST)

Sources said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will visit the explosion site at a cafe in Bengaluru’s Whitefield area on Thursday, as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

01 Mar, 18:04 (IST)

Globally-acclaimed Mumbai scientist Pradeep V. Mahajan’s pioneering work in regenerative medicine and stem-cells has earned him this year’s coveted ‘Maharashtra Bhushan Award’, officials said. The Founder-Chairman of StemRX Bioscience Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Chairman-cum-Managing Director of StemRX Hospital & Research Centre in Navi Mumbai, Mahajan is credited with several ground-breaking clinical successes and intellectual contributions that have earned him national and international accolades.

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Mumbai, March 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day tour of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar on March 1 and 2, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects including those related to rail, road and power. The BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is set to select candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Delhi from a list of 17 to 18 names finalised after discussions with the party's state unit.

Six Congress MLAs from Himachal Pradesh who cross-voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha election have been disqualified from the assembly, the Speaker announced today. After successfully containing a crisis in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress on Thursday asserted that Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will continue as Chief Minister of the hill state, adding that the observers had spoken to all the MLAs and 'sorted out differences'.

Veteran politician Sharad Pawar has invited the state leadership, including his nephew Ajit Pawar, for dinner at his home when they visit Baramati on March 2 to inaugurate developmental projects. The invite comes amid reports that Ajit Pawar, who engineered the split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), is likely to field his wife from Baramati against Sharad Pawar's daughter and sitting MP Supriya Sule.

Health authorities in Gaza said on Thursday Israeli fire on people waiting for aid near Gaza City had killed 104 Palestinians and wounded 280, with one hospital saying it had received 10 bodies and dozens of injured patients. A spokesperson for Israel's military said there was no knowledge of shelling at that location. The military later said dozens of people were hurt as a result of pushing and trampling when aid trucks arrived in northern Gaza.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow's relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Putin has previously spoken of the dangers of a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia, but his nuclear warning on Thursday was one of his most explicit.

Thailand will ban recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year but continue to allow its use for medical purposes, the health minister told news agency Reuters in an interview. After Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to free up medicinal use in 2018 and then recreational use in 2022, tens of thousands of cannabis shops have sprung up in an industry projected to be worth up to USD 1.2 billion by next year.