News Highlights: ED summons K Kavitha again on March 16 in Delhi excise policy case

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ED summons K Kavitha again on March 16 in Delhi excise policy case

Delhi Capitals demolish Gujarat Giants by 10 wickets, Shafali Verma registers historic knock

Gujarat Giants end their innings at 105/9

Delhi's Marizanne Kapp has pickedup five wickets in the match.

K Kavitha reaches home after ED interrogation in Delhi liquor policy case

NCP leader Hasan Mushrif summoned by ED

The central agency hasissued a summon to Mushrif in a sugar mill corruption case. He has been accused of money laundering. (ANI)

K Kavitha leaves ED office after interrogation of over 8 hours in Delhi excise policy row

Iron pole in an under-construction building fell on a moving auto in Mumbai's Jogeshwari area, woman dies

Forest fire breaks out at Bagwan near Maletha in Tehri district on the Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway

Assam govt has imposed temporary ban on entry of poultry from outside of state to Assam

Assam govt has imposed temporary ban on entry of poultry from outside of state to Assam as a precautionary measure through western border of the state in interest of preventing spread of the disease to Assam and other North Eastern states: Atul Bora, Assam Animal Husbandry Min

PM Modi pays courtesy visit to President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Delhi LG VK Saxena today visited Wazirabad Water Treatment Plant

Delhi LG VK Saxena today visited Wazirabad Water Treatment Plant. He has also written a letter to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal related to "hygiene & sanitary conditions" at Wazirabad Water Treatment Plant

Rs 1 cr of unaccounted cash seized, Rs 600 cr in proceeds of crime detected in raids against Lalu, says ED

Delhi Police to examine 7 hrs of CCTV footage in Satish Kaushik death

Fire breaks out at a banquet hall in Sector-10 in Faridabad

Indian firm in talks with Australian Navy to supply made in India drones

Mysuru-Bengaluru highway is successfully completed now. I thank PM Modi, we can travel in 1.5 hrs b/w Mysuru & Bengaluru: CM Bommai

There are three H3N2 cases in the state and 77 cases of H1N1 till 10th March

Was sexually assaulted by my father when I was a child, says DCW chief Swati Maliwal

"I was sexually assaulted by my father when I was a child. He used to beat me up, I used to hide under the bed," DCW chief Swati Maliwal expresses her ordeal alleging her father sexually assaulted her during childhood.

RBI should pause, think about decoupling from Fed: Soumya Kanti Ghosh

The RBI should "pause and think" if it can continue mirroring the US Federal Reserve "stroke by stroke" in terms of rate hikes or decouple from the American central bank, SBI group chief economic adviser Soumya Kanti Ghosh said.

Ghosh said he does not see an end to the rate hike cycle of the Fed in the short-term, which makes a case for the RBI to contemplate about decoupling.

"My point is can we match the Fed stroke by stroke? At some point of time we need to pause and think whether the impact of the earlier rate hikes (by the RBI) has percolated down into the system... I don't see any end to the Fed's cycle soon, it could be three or more rate hikes going ahead," Ghosh said.

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DCW chief demands strict action against men seen in the viral video harassing Japanese woman on Holi

A video went viral on the internet where some men were applying Holi colours to a Japanese woman, she was feeling harassed, molested and screaming for help. Those men didn't stop. We are issuing notice to Delhi police. Those men should be identified & put behind jail: DCW chief Swati Maliwal

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw meets Japan's Digital Minister Kono Taro

CPIM Rajya Sabha MP Dr V Sivadasan in a letter addressing the Chairman of the upper house Jagdeep Dhankhar requested to investigate the attack on the delegation led by MP Elamaram Kareem in Tripura

Meghalaya CM writes to Union Education Minister seeking exemption from CUET exam

Tripura CM Manik Saha and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma & Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi today

Blinken to visit Ethiopia, Niger as US boosts Africa push

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger next week as the Biden administration accelerates a push to engage with Africa to counter China's growing influence on the continent, the State Department said Friday.

Blinken will visit Addis Ababa and Niamey starting Tuesday to discuss the peace deal that ended hostilities in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and counter-terrorism efforts aimed at Islamic extremists in Niger and the Sahel more broadly.

G20 Flower Festival inaugurated in Delhi's Connaught Place

A two-day flower festival, which will see the participation of several G20 nations, was inaugurated at Central Park, Connaught Place, in the national capital on Saturday.

The flower festival was inaugurated by Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav.

The objective of the festival is to showcase the vibrancy and colourful display of G20 members and guest countries, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation said in a statement.

Lucknow-bound flight makes emergency landing minutes after takeoff from Bengaluru

A Lucknow-bound AIX Connect flight from Bengaluru made an emergency landing at the Kempegowda International Airport here 10 minutes after its takeoff due to a technical issue on Saturday, Air Asia authorities said.

According to information received, the flight i5-2472 took off at about 6.45 AM on Saturday and was supposed to land by 9 AM in Lucknow.

2 held for selling MDMA in east Delhi

Delhi Police on Saturday said they have apprehended two men allegedly selling party drug MDMA (ecstasy) in east Delhi.

They said they have seized 22 grams of MDMA, a synthetic drug that alters mood and perception, and 320 grams of smack from Sagar Nanda (28), a resident of Geeta Colony, and Raman (23), a resident of Laxmi Nagar.

A bike and a scooter being used to sell drugs in the area have also been seized, police said.

Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot cloud

Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing hot cloud up to seven kilometres, the country's disaster management agency said in a statement.

The volcano located in Indonesia's Yogyakarta special region erupted around 12 p.m local time (0500 GMT) and a lava flow of 1.5 km was observed, the local authority said.

Residents in the nearby community have been warned to stop any activities in the danger zones, range between three to seven kilometres radius from the crater, the statement said.

The 2,963 metre-high (9,721 feet) Merapi is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes and was already on the country's second-highest alert level.

BJP holds protest in Jaipur over protest by widows of Pulwama attack victims

BRS leader K Kavitha reaches ED headquarters ahead of questioning Delhi excise policy money-laundering

We have trained crores of people under Skill India Mission, says PM

Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Yojana aimed at hand holding artisans and people associated with small businesses, says Modi

Maharashtra: Man killed as car rams into tree

A 28-year-old man died after the car he was travelling in rammed into a tree in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said on Saturday. The accident took place around 3 am on Friday, they said.

Delhi Police recovers 'medicines' from farmhouse where Satish Kaushik stayed

Lalu's daughter Rohini slams ED over raids at Tejashwi's Delhi house

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya on Friday slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for conducting raids on her brother Tejashwi Yadav's residence in Delhi.

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted raids on more than 15 places including RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's residence in the national capital, in connection with the land for job scam issue.

In a series of tweets, she also criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the ED raids.

Main accused behind 'fake' videos of attacks on Bihar migrants in Tamil Nadu arrested

Bihar Police have arrested the main accused who made 'fake' videos of attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu.

According to a Bihar police spokesperson, two accused namely Manish Kasyap and Youraj Singh are absconding and the state police are conducting raids on their possible hideouts. The police have already arrested one of the accused Aman Kumar, a native of Jamui district.