Maharashtra COVID News Live: Maharashtra reports 803 new COVID 19 cases and three death reported in the last 24 hours

08:17 PM

Maharashtra COVID updates

Maharashtra reports 803 new COVID19 cases and three death reported in the last 24 hours. Active cases 3,987.

08:14 PM

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti has been issued a passport for a limited period of two years to allow her to study abroad despite an adverse report by the CID: Ministry of External Affairs

08:07 PM

Centre extends ceasefire agreements with three Naga groups for one year

08:03 PM

Congress leader and former MP Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, says he can be jailed or intimidated but will not back out from his commitment towards Punjab or his leaders

08:00 PM

“I don’t think there will be any impact on elections. So many film stars come and go, politics is different, films are different…..”: Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on actor Kichcha Sudeep extending support to CM Basavaraj Bommai ahead of Assembly polls

07:56 PM

In Udaipur, for the next 2 months, there will be a ban on putting religious flags and symbols in public places in the entire district

Religious flags will not be allowed to be hoisted in any public place including public building or electric pole, for this permission will have to be taken from the District Collector.

07:48 PM

AAP national party status: Karnataka HC directs CEC to pass order before April 13

07:45 PM

ED has provisionally attached movable/immovable properties worth ₹ 118.27 Cr belonging to Prasenjit Das, Shailesh Pandey, Tushar Patel and their companies, under the PMLA in case of illegal Forex Trading by TP Global FX

Total attachment in the case till now is ₹ 239.29 Crore: Enforcement Directorate.

07:37 PM

“Foundation doesn’t maintain any specific policy about content related to India or election but we do have a disinformation wing,” says Maggie Dennis, VP of Community Resilience, Wikimedia Foundation on preparation to curb targeted misinformation ahead of elections in India.

07:22 PM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attends the meeting of women entrepreneurs, professionals, chartered accountants, and bankers in Bengaluru

07:11 PM

Ceasefire Agreements are in operation between Government of India and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK (NSCN/NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland/ Reformation (NSCN/R) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango (NSCN/K-Khango)

It was decided to extend the Ceasefire Agreements for a further period of one year with effect from 28th April, 2023 to 27th April, 2024 with NSCN/NK and NSCN/R and from 18th April, 2023 to 17th April, 2024 with NSCN/K-Khango. These Agreements were signed on 6th April, 2023.

07:08 PM

“Very wrong decision, I’m pained…” Congress veteran AK Antony on son Anil Antony joining BJP

06:56 PM

Message to policymakers on monetary policy is to ‘be vigilant and be more agile than ever’: Georgieva

06:48 PM

Global GDP growth to remain around 3% for the next five years: Kristalina Georgieva

That’s the IMF’s lowest medium-term growth forecast since 1990, and well below the average growth of 3.8% seen in the past two decades.

06:44 PM

90% of advanced economies will experience a decrease in growth in 2023, with India and China contributing half of global growth: Kristalina Georgieva

06:40 PM

IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva says global growth is expected to be less than 3 percent in 2023

06:37 PM

Ministry of I&B issued a fresh advisory warning against advertisements of betting and gambling and advised the media entities, media platforms, and online advertisement intermediaries to refrain from carrying it

06:37 PM

AAP names Sushil Rinku as its candidate for Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll

06:37 PM

Indian embassy in Doha remains in touch with families of detained naval officers in Qatar: MEA

06:36 PM

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

06:19 PM

Orleans Masters 2023

Priyanshu Rajawat storms into QFs, upsets top seed Kenta Nishimoto in round of 16

06:13 PM

I will be a Congress worker till I breathe my last: Antony

06:07 PM

My loyalty will always be with ‘Nehru family’, says A K Antony

05:54 PM

CBSE board exams 2024: More multiple-choice questions to be asked, weightage for short and long answer questions reduced, say officials

05:48 PM

Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad arrests 30 persons for allegedly buying leaked question paper of state’s junior clerk recruitment exam, which was cancelled hours before it was to take place on Jan 29: Official

05:46 PM

Fire breaks out in plastic bottle manufacturing unit in Siliguri city of Bengal’s Darjeeling district. No casualties reported: Fire brigade official

05:32 PM

Oxfam India continued to transfer Foreign Contribution to various entities even after coming into force of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020 which prohibits such transfers

The amendment came into force on September 29, 2020. Oxfam India transferred funds to other NGOs, violating provisions of the FCRA, 2010. From emails, found during IT survey by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, it is revealed that the Oxfam India was planning to circumvent provision of the FCRA, 2010 by routing funds to other FCRA -registered associations or through the for-profit consultancy route: Sources.

05:26 PM

Union Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended a CBI probe against Oxfam India for alleged violation of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010: Sources

Oxfam India was registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 (FCRA, 2010) for undertaking “Social” activities and its registration certificate was valid upto December 31, 2021.

05:26 PM

85 trains cancelled, hundreds of vehicles stranded as different organisations of Kurmi community continue rail and road blockade in Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district to demand ST status: Officials

05:16 PM

Delhi govt moves SC against LG on teachers training in Finland, hearing on April 14

05:14 PM

Mansukh Mandaviya to hold review meet with Health Ministers of States, UTs on COVID situation

05:06 PM

Union home ministry recommends CBI probe against Oxfam India for alleged violation of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act: Sources

05:05 PM

Today is the day of betrayal; Anil Antony betrays his father on Maundy Thursday, says Congress on A K Antony’s son joining BJP

05:05 PM

Online games involved in wagering or betting will fall foul of new online gaming rules, says MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

04:59 PM

Excise case: ED files 2nd supplementary chargesheet naming Raghav Magunta, Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra

04:53 PM

LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge writes to Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar on the suspension of Party MP Rajni Ashokrao Patil

Distressed with your observation today. Floor leaders of 13 opposition parties in RS met your good self today morning and made a request that the suspension of Smt. Rajani Ashokrao Patil may be revoked. You, however, chose to ignore this collective request made by floor leaders of opposition parties: Mallikarjun Kharge.

04:47 PM

Budget Session: 34 pc productivity of Lok Sabha, 24.4 pc of Rajya Sabha

Due to decreasing thunderstorm activities, there is a slight rise in the temperature in the last 2 to 3 days. Yesterday Jharsuguda has recorded the highest temperature of 38.5 °C

– Dr HR Biswas, Director, IMD Bhubaneswar

04:36 PM

Founder of TikTok parent company lost $17 billion in 2022: ranking

Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, saw his personal fortune fall by $17 billion last year, according to a new Chinese ranking published Thursday. The reasons for the losses are unknown, but Zhang is still the second-richest entrepreneur in the world under the age of 40, with wealth valued at $37 billion, according to statistics published by the Chinese firm Hurun.

04:34 PM

Tata Motors says JLR sales rise in fourth quarter as chip supply continues to recover

04:30 PM

Govt to allow self-regulation in online gaming: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrashekhar

04:21 PM

Iraq’s northern oil exports to Turkey yet to resume, Kurdish output shut in

Iraq’s northern oil exports to Turkey have not yet resumed, sources told Reuters on Thursday, leaving several fields shut in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Turkey halted flows of about 450,000 barrels per day, or 0.5% of global oil supply, via a pipeline from Iraq’s Kirkuk fields to Turkey’s Ceyhan port on March 25 after Iraq won an arbitration case. In the case, Iraq accused Turkey of violating their 1973 pipeline agreement by allowing the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to export oil without Baghdad’s consent between 2014 and 2018.

Many of the Congress leaders believe that their duty is to work for a particular family but I believe that my duty is to work for the people. PM Modi has a clear vision to make India a developed country in the next 25 years

– Anil Antony, soon after joining BJP

04:00 PM

A massive fire breaks out in a chemical factory at Siliguri Bholanath para. Six fire tenders present at the spot. Further details awaited.

03:58 PM

Saudi Arabia commits to IMF on financial support to Pakistan – minister

Saudi Arabia has conveyed to International Monetary Fund its commitment on financial support to Pakistan, the country’s junior finance minister, Aisha Ghaus Pasha, said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia’s $2 billion pledged in financing support to Pakistan is one of the final conditions for a crucial IMF deal Islamabad needs to avert a default.

03:47 PM

Japan’s coast guard says it is searching for a missing military helicopter carrying 10 crew members.

03:45 PM

AAP files petition in the Karnataka HC regarding alleged ‘delay’ in getting national status for the party

In the petition, AAP said that, “Aam Aadmi Party fulfills all the conditions of becoming a national party, but despite this, there is a delay in getting the status”.

03:43 PM

Odisha students form human chain to create awareness on G20 event

Ahead of the third G20 Education Working Group Meeting at Bhubaneswar from April 27 to 29, students of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) here formed a human-chain in the form of the acronym of the Group of Twenty. Wearing blue and saffron uniforms, 1,500 students, including 400 girls, on Wednesday sat in the playground of the institute as part of the Jan Bhagidari event for the ensuing G20 Education Working Group Meeting in the state capital.

03:39 PM

Number of militants on all-time low in J-K: DGP

Militancy has not ended in Jammu and Kashmir yet, but it is on the wane as the number of ultras has declined to an all-time low, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Thursday. Singh made the statement while speaking to reporters in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The militancy in J-K is not over, but it is ending. The number of militants whether locals or Pakistani terrorists, is at an all-time low,” he said.

03:28 PM

Veteran Congress leader AK Antony’s son Anil Antony joins BJP

Congress leader and former Defence minister AK Anthony’ s son, Anil Anthony joined BJP, in the presence of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan.

03:19 PM

Mahindra and Mahindra – Global tractor program, codenamed K2, will be launched under brand name “Oja”

03:14 PM

Moscow court to hear appeal from jailed American reporter on April 18

A Moscow court will consider an appeal by lawyers of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to lift his pre-trial detention on April 18, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the court’s press service. Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was arrested last week in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges decried as bogus by the Wall Street Journal, Western leaders and the reporter’s colleagues.

03:13 PM

Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Uttar Pradesh on Friday

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a day-long visit to Uttar Pradesh on Friday during which he will inaugurate the ‘Kaushambi Festival-2023’ and launch and lay foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 4,567 crore in Azamgarh, officials said. Shah will first travel to Kaushambi district where he will inaugurate the Kaushambi Festival-2023 and launch or lay foundation stone of various development projects at gram sabha Fasaiya.

02:58 PM

34% productivity of Lok Sabha and 24.4% productivity of Rajya Sabha was noted during the second leg of the Budget Session which started on Jan 31 and concluded today: MoS Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal.

If any crony capitalism is happening, it is happening in Congress-led governments, and Rahul Gandhi will not speak a word about it

– Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as she hits out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

02:47 PM

Supplementary Prosecution Complaint filed by Enforcement Directorate against Raghav Magunta, Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra and related firms in Delhi excise policy case. The Court fixed 14th April for consideration of the complaint.

02:46 PM

Japan military loses track of helicopter with multiple crew -NHK

Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has lost track of a helicopter carrying multiple crew near Miyakojima island in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday.

02:38 PM

Pakistan gets Saudi’s approval for USD 2 billion funding to secure IMF bailout

Cash-strapped Pakistan has received the nod for funding of up to USD 2 billion from Saudi Arabia, a move that will help the country secure the much-required bailout from the IMF, according to a media report on Thursday. The International Monetary Fund has imposed the condition on Pakistan that it should secure USD 3 billion from other countries for the revival of its USD 6.5 billion bailout package.

02:37 PM

Enforcement Directorate files supplementary chargesheet against jail officials Mahender Sundriyal, Dharam Singh Bora, and Dharam Singh in the matter related to Sukesh Chandrasekar in Rs 200 crore money laundering case.

02:35 PM

ICICI Securities appoints Pratik Loonker as the Head of Institutional syndication

ICICI Securities appoints Pratik Loonker as the Head of Institutional syndication of the organisation. Loonker joins ISec from Investec India, where he served as the Director of Equity Capital Markets (ECM). In the past, he has worked with Deutsche Bank, JM Morgan Stanley, and has also donned the entrepreneurial hat as the founder of Traansport.com, a SaaS and fintech platform aimed at solving the unsecured loan demand of the Indian road-freight sector.