News Highlights: Anurag Thakur forecasts India as 3rd largest economy in three years under PM Modi's leadership

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 updates Live: Congress unveils star campaigners for Uttar Pradesh

Congress releases list of star campaigners including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, DK Shivakumar, Digvijaya Singh, Sachin Pilot and others for Uttar Pradesh

News updates: PM Modi to speak at a ceremony in Mumbai on April 1 commemorating 90 years of RBI

India news updates Live: Anurag Thakur forecasts India as 3rd largest economy in three years under PM Modi's leadership

Union Minister Anurag Thakur addressing the Viksit Bharat Ambassador Programme, says, "... Within the next three years, after PM Narendra Modi wins his third term, India will become the third largest economy in the world. PM Narendra Modi has always called for 'Reform, Perform, and Transform'... We reached the last person standing in the line. A lot of people questioned digital India but PM Narendra Modi always pushed for digitisation. We brought about economic reforms and progressed with Make in India, but our biggest achievement has been the promotion of 'Yuva Shakti'."

India news updates Live: Delhi Police investigates firing incident in Moti Nagar, Delhi; assailants remain at large

An incident of firing was reported in the afternoon in PS Moti Nagar. SHO/Moti Nagar and the local police team reached the spot. On the inspection of the place, some empty cartridges were found on the spot. It appears that the assailants fired shots in the air and left. It was found that one Vikas Sharma had received threats last year. Based on threat assessment, security was provided to him, which is still continuing. A case under relevant provisions of IPC and Arms Act has been registered. Multiple teams have been formed to identify and trace the assailants. Further details awaited: Delhi Police

India news updates Live: TS Singh Deo counters PM Modi's remarks, criticizes approach to Article 370

Former Chhattisgarh Deputy CM and Congress leader TS Singh Deo on PM Modi's remarks at the Meerut rally today, says "PM Modi should speak about Amit Shah, Vasundhara Raje, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sushma Swaraj and their families then only it'll be right for him to speak about Congress... I don't think that anyone had opposed abrogation of Article 370, what was opposed is the way it was done. Changing Jammu & Kashmir into a UT which was a state earlier is what that has been opposed... The government hasn't built the Ram Temple, they are just getting the credit of those who have initiated this. If the govt has built the Ram Temple, they should tell how much money they have allocated..."

India news updates Live: BJP leader CR Kesavan condemns Congress over Katchatheevu Island controversy

BJP leader CR Kesavan on the Katchatheevu island controversy come to light through PM Modi's tweet on it earlier today, said, "New shocking facts and revelations have come out which clearly expose how the Congress party has betrayed the interest of Tamil people by surrendering the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. PM Modi has also expressed serious concern.”

Sports news updates Live: Trent Boult hopes for quick end to booing of Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya is one of my favourite Indian cricketers, hopefully the booing won’t hold on for long: Trent Boult

News updates Live: CUET-UG application deadline extended for 2nd time, candidates can now apply till April 5: National Testing Agency

India news updates Live: Govt trims price of gas produced from difficult fields like KG-D6 of Reliance Industries to $9.87/MMBtu from $9.96: Official order

India news updates Live: Corrupt person, howsoever big, will face action, syas PM Modi at poll rally in UP's Meerut

India news updates Live: BJP unveils shocking RTI findings on Kachchatheevu Island controversy

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on the Kachchatheevu island controversy, says, "The reply of RTI that was filed by Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai...Some notings have come to light that will stagger the nation today...In 1974, under the incumbency of Indira Gandhi and then Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi; an order was sent from the end of Indira Gandhi to Karunanidhi to hand over Kachchatheevu island to Sri Lanka with an immediate effect. Without any discussion or consent, a big step was taken against the solidarity of India. It (Kachchatheevu) was not just a piece of land, but a significant part of Bharat Mata."

India news updates Live: Saurabh Bharadwaj asserts Opposition unity at INDIA Alliance Rally, criticizes BJP over Arvind Kejriwal's arrest

Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on the INDIA alliance rally, in Ramlila Maidan, says, "...All the big leaders of Indian politics who are not with the BJP were present at the stage. In one voice they have said to the BJP that the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal is wrong. All those who have knowledge about politics are saying that since the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal which happened on March 21, the graph of BJP is going down. People have their sympathy towards the CM and AAP and this will harm the BJP... Arvind Kejriwal has given the guarantees which Sunita Kejriwal has read, and it's the record that whatever guarantees Arvind Kejriwal makes, he completes it. Today, he has given 6 guarantees and people love it."

India news updates Live: UP CM Yogi Adityanath thanks PM Modi for transforming India

"I am thankful to PM Modi for changing the face and future of the country after 2014 and showing the a new India. We are also thankful for conferring former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh with Bharat Ratna and thereby respecting the farmers," says UP CM Yogi Adityanath at a public rally in Meerut.

India news updates Live: RLD MP Jayant Singh pays tribute to Chaudhary Charan Singh with Bharat Ratna dedication to farmers and armed forces

"Yesterday, I received the Bharat Ratna (conferred to Chaudhary Charan Singh) from the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It belongs to the farmers of the country, it belongs to those who are serving in the armed forces and it belongs to those who are working for the welfare of the poor," says RLD MP Jayant Singh at a public rally in UP's Meerut.

India news updates Live: BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla accuses INDIA Alliance of self-interest

BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Maha rally by INDIA alliance at Ramlila Maidan, says, "In Ramlila Maidan, those who put dots in between the name of this country and speak about saving the nation. They are actually there to save their family. India's 'tukde tukde' is in the DNA of Congress. Yuvraj is not even ready to accept India as a nation and he also demands interference of foreign soil."

India news updates Live: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra presents INDIA Alliance's 5 demands, urges EC for fair play

INDIA alliance demands fair elections, calls for Election Commission to ensure level playing field in Lok Sabha polls.

Priyanka Gandhi urges EC to halt aggressive actions by Income Tax, CBI, and ED targeting opposition to manipulate elections.

She asks for immediate release of Hemant Soren and Arvind Kejriwal.

She demands cessation of efforts to financially cripple opposition parties.

Priyanka Gandhi requests Supreme Court-monitored SIT to probe BJP's alleged extortion and money laundering charges against opposition.

India news updates Live: Power comes and goes, ego will be shattered," Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reminds PM Modi of Lord Ram's message

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra warns PM Modi, says power does not last forever, ego will be shattered one day.

"I want to tell those sitting in power, I want to remind PM Modi the message of Lord Ram: power does not last forever, power comes and goes; ego is shattered one day. This was the message of Lord Ram and his life."

India news updates Live: Priyanka Gandhi calls for SC-monitored SIT probe into BJP's alleged extortion of funds through Electoral Bonds

SC-monitored SIT should probe BJP's 'extortion' of funds through electoral bonds: Priyanka Gandhi reads out INDIA bloc demands at rally

India news updates Live: AAP leader Dilip Pandey questions BJP over accepting Rs 60 cr from liquor merchant

BJP has to answer why they took Rs 60 crore from liquor merchant: AAP leader Dilip Pandey

Sports news updates Live: Hardik Singh named Hockey India Men's Player of the Year

Captain Harmanpreet Singh wins Hockey India Defender of the Year award.

PR Sreejesh wins Hockey India Goalkeeper of the Year award

Salima Tete wins Hockey India Player of the Year award for women

Pakistan News Live Updates: 7 people killed as houses collapse due to torrential rains in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least seven people, including five children, were killed as their houses collapsed due to torrential rains and hailstorms in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the past 24 hours, authorities said.

Heavy rain and hailstorms battered large parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the second consecutive day on Saturday.

Vistara Live News Updates: Vistara to commence two daily services in Bengaluru-Thiruvananthapuram sector

Full service carrier Vistara will start two new daily services in Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru sector from April 1. IndiGo and Air India Express airlines currently operate eight services daily on this route.IndiGo and Air India Express airlines currently operate eight services daily on this route.

West Bengal News Live Updates: We would allow neither CAA nor NRC in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has once again said that she will neither allow CAA nor NRC in the state.

Bharat Ratna News Live Blog: President Droupadi Murmu confers Bharat Ratna upon veteran BJP leader LK Advani

President Droupadi Murmu confers Bharat Ratna upon veteran BJP leader LK Advani at the latter's residence in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu are also present on this occasion.

Uttar Pradesh News Live Updates: Cars pelted with stones during election meeting of BJP candidate Sanjeev Balyan

Some people pelted stones and damaged several cars during an election rally in support of the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate and Union minister Sanjeev Balyan in Khatauli area of Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Sunday. Balyan was addressing an election meeting when the cars parked in the vicinity were damaged

Cricket News Live Updates: Pakistan Cricket Board reappoints Babar Azam as the captain of white ball formats

PCB reappoints Babar Azam as Pakistan's skipper, and will lead the white-ball team

Congress News Live Updates: This is a plan to weaken the Congress and finish the party, says UP Congress President Ajay Rai

On Rs 1,800 crore Income Tax notice to Congress, UP Congress President Ajay Rai says, " This is a plan to weaken the Congress and finish the party. Because Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi keep raising key issues...Each and every Congress worker is standing with the party...no matter what they (BJP) do, Congress will fight and in 2024, they (BJP) will be thrown out and INDIA alliance will form the govt"

BJP News Live Updates: Sudhanshu Trivedi attacks Congress and DMK over Katchatheevu issue

BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said, "On the issue of Katchatheevu, I would like to remind the entire nation that it belonged to India till 1975 and it is just 25 km from the Indian coast in Tamil Nadu. Earlier Indian fishermen used to go there but during the reign of Indira Gandhi, the then government handed it over to Sri Lanka… In that agreement, it was also said that no Indian fisherman could go there. Because of this, many fishermen have been caught and lodged in jail and faced atrocities. Neither DMK raises this issue nor Congress raises this issue."

Gujarat News Live Updates: Four die after a fire broke in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district

Four members of a family, including an infant, died of asphyxiation after a fire broke out at their house in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district on Sunday, police said. The blaze erupted on the first floor of the house located on Aditya Road in Dwarka city at around 3.30 am when five members of the family were sleeping, police inspector TC Patel said.

Supreme Court News Live Updates: Governor post 'serious', must act under Constitution, says Justice B V Nagarathna

Supreme Court Judge BV Nagarathna has cautioned against instances of governors sitting indefinitely on bills passed by elected legislatures, referring to the case involving the Punjab Governor.

In her keynote address at the inaugural session of the fifth edition of Courts and the Constitution Conference, held at the NALSAR University of Law here on Saturday, Justice Nagarathna spoke about the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly case as another instance of gubernatorial overreach, where the governor lacked sufficient material to declare the floor test.

Jammu Kashmir News Live Updates:National Highway 44 blocked

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 44 is blocked due to mud sliding & shooting stones at Mehad Dalwas and Kishtwar Pather

Chhattisgarh News Live Updates: Naxalites torch 4 trucks engaged in iron ore transportation

Naxalites have set ablaze four trucks engaged in the transportation of iron ore from a mine in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Sunday.

Piyush Goyal News Live Updates: I have promised to make a world-class Sports Complex (in Mumbai), says Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal said, " The way sports facilities are increasing in India, the way India is increasing its medal tally in different sports competitions.I have promised to make a world-class Sports Complex (in Mumbai), it will only be possible when everybody stands by us."

Donald Trump News Live Updates: Trump camp assails Biden for declaring March 31, Easter Sunday, as Transgender Day of Visibility

US President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump's campaign and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year as Transgender Day of Visibility

Delhi News Live Update: One dead, 1 injured in fire accident in Burari Pradeep Vihar area

A fire broke out in the Burari Pradeep Vihar area of the national capital. One person was dead and another was reported injured in the incident.

Maharashtra News Live Updates: Fire breaks out at scrap godown in Bhiwandi, none injured

A massive fire broke out at a scrap godown in the Bhiwandi area of Maharashtra. The incident took place on Saturday night. Fire officer Shailesh Shinde, Bhiwandi said, "At 11:30 pm in the night, we got a fire call. We reached the spot immediately. Efforts are being made to douse the fire.No casualty has been reported."

Delhi News Live Updates: Delhi Police issues traffic advisory for today

-Traffic movement will be regulated and may be restricted on Ranjeet Singh Flyover from Barakhamba Road to Guru Nanak Chowk, Vivekanand Marg from Minto Road to roundabout Kamla Market, Hamdard Chowk, JLN Marg from Delhi Gate to Guru Nanak Chowk and Ajmeri Gate, round about Kamla Market to Guru Nanak Chowk and Chaman Lal Marg near VIP Gate, Guru Nanak Chowk to Turkman Gate from 9 am to 3 pm.

-Traffic diversion may be imposed on Rajghat Chowk, Minto Road, DDU Marg, Mirdard Chowk, Paharganj Chowk, A-Point, and Delhi Gate from 9 am onwards, it stated, adding that traffic regulations and diversion will be reviewed according to the requirement and update will be issued accordingly. Traffic diversion may be imposed on Rajghat Chowk, Minto Road, DDU Marg, Mirdard Chowk, Paharganj Chowk, A-Point, and Delhi Gate from 9 am onwards

Baltimore Bridge Collapse LIVE Updates: Crews start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed bridge

- Teams of engineers worked Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which crumpled into the Patapsco River this week after a massive cargo ship crashed into one of its supports.

- Crews were carefully measuring and cutting the steel from the broken bridge before attaching straps so it can be lifted onto a barge and floated away, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said.

- Seven floating cranes — including a massive one capable of lifting 1,000 tons — 10 tugboats, nine barges, eight salvage vessels and five Coast Guard boats were on site in the water southeast of Baltimore.