Vimla Devi, Elder Sister of Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot Passes Away in Jodhpur: Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, March 05, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 19,600 crore at Chandikhole in Odisha today amid swirling rumours of a possible electoral alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

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05 Mar, 23:31 (IST)

Vimla Devi, the elder sister of former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, passed away in Jodhpur today, March 5. As per news agency IANS, Ashok Gehlot will reach Jodhpur on Wednesday, March 6, to perform the last rites of his sister.

05 Mar, 23:21 (IST)

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in a post on X apologies to users across the globe for Facebook and Instagram outages. "Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience," he said.

05 Mar, 22:23 (IST)

Elon Musk took a veiled dig at Meta over the global outages across its two popular platforms Facebook and Instagram. The Tesla CEO said the server of the 'X' platform was 'working'. "If you're reading this post, it's because our servers are working," his tweet read.

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05 Mar, 21:15 (IST)

Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are down. Several users took to X, formerly Twitter, to confirm the news. One user said, "Facebook and Instagram users flocking to X to check if these websites are down," while a second user wrote, "Me making my annual return to X because instagram and Facebook are down".

Are Facebook and Instagram Down?

05 Mar, 20:27 (IST)

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, March 5, said that Sonia Gandhi's aim is to make son Rahul Gandhi prime minister while Sharad Pawar wants to make daughter Supriya Sule CM. He also said that the people of Maharashtra will give more than 45 of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

05 Mar, 19:40 (IST)

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various development works in the Kachchh district. He also addressed the gathering on this occasion.

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05 Mar, 19:00 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, March 5, attacked the opposition and elaborated on what a family means to him. He said that leaders of INDI Alliance are interested to live only for their families where as he prefers to live for every family of India. PM Modi further said that he has been following the ideology of Nation First, 'Mera Bharat-Mera Parivaar'.

05 Mar, 18:13 (IST)

National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma met President Droupadi Murmu today, March 5. In the meeting, NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma presented a report on the Sandeshkhali incident, to President Droupadi Murmu and recommended President's Rule in West Bengal.

05 Mar, 17:42 (IST)

BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao, on Tuesday, March 5, said that Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest Lok Sabha polls together in Telangana.

05 Mar, 17:01 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, March 5, attacked the opposition and said that the people of the INDI alliance have increased their attacks on Modi. "They are saying that Modi doesn't have a family...Your (INDI alliance) ideology is 'family first' but Modi's ideology is that of 'nation first'", he added.

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05 Mar, 16:17 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated, and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 19,600 crore in Chandikhole, Odisha. The projects relate to sectors including Oil and Gas, Railways, roads, transport and highways, and Atomic Energy.

05 Mar, 15:49 (IST)

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the felicitation program for the beneficiaries of various government policies on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The event was organised in the Badkot village of Uttarkashi district.

Pushkar Singh Dhami Attends Felicitation Program in Uttarkashi

05 Mar, 15:12 (IST)

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah along with many other cabinet ministers received threatening mail on Tuesday. The threats, was specifically sent to prominent figures including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, and the state Home Minister G Parameshwara.  

05 Mar, 14:49 (IST)

A man has been arrested by Mumbai Police for allegedly making an objectionable remark against Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. According to Mumbai Police Crime Branch, he has been sent to 5-day custody by the Court.

Man Arrested for Making Objectionable Remark Against Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar

05 Mar, 14:22 (IST)

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on Tuesday acquitted former professor of Delhi University G.N. Saibaba and five others who were awarded life sentences in 2014 Maoists link case. A division bench of Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Valmiki S.A. Menezes quashed the 2017 verdict of a Gadchiroli Sessions Court which had earlier convicted the six accused.

05 Mar, 12:54 (IST)

Former Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia, Ambrish Der, and other senior leaders of the state who resigned from Congress yesterday, joined the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in presence of State BJP chief CR Paatil in Gandhinagar on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Ex-Gujarat Congress Chief Arjun Modhwadia, Ambrish Der and Others Join BJP

05 Mar, 12:10 (IST)

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar filed his nomination for the MLC elections in Patna on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Nitish Kumar Files His Nomination for MLC Elections

05 Mar, 11:41 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of several development projects in Sangareddy and dedicated Hyderabad’s Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) Centre to the nation on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone of Development Projects in Sangareddy

05 Mar, 11:04 (IST)

According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, a small plane crashed on the side of I-40 in West Nashville, Tennessee in United States, resulting in several fatalities. The Metro Nashville Airport Authority states that the jet took off from neighbouring John Tune Airport on Tuesday, March 5, and then at roughly 7:44 pm, it crashed behind the Nashville West Shopping Centre.

Small Plane Crashes in Tennessee


 

05 Mar, 10:11 (IST)

Shehbaz Sharif was congratulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday on taking over as the head of Pakistan's government. President Arif Alvi swore in Shehbaz as Pakistan's 24th prime minister on Monday, March 4, 2024. Shehbaz is the leader of a coalition of six parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Shehbaz Sharif 

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Mumbai, March 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 19,600 crore at Chandikhole in Odisha today amid swirling rumours of a possible electoral alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The Congress and BJP entered a slugfest on Monday, March 4, over Lalu Yadav's controversial remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the ruling party launching the 'Modi Ka Parivar' campaign on social media. As several ministers added the suffix on their social media handles to support PM Modi, the Congress claimed the campaign displays a shift in the BJP leaders' loyalty towards 'Modi Parivar' from 'Sangh Parivar'.

Senior Congress leader and Porbandar MLA Arjun Modhwadia resigned from the party after 40 years. He submitted his resignation as the MLA to the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha speaker on Monday. Modhwadia sent a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge informing him of his resignation from the party. Disgruntled Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh was told by the Congress high command that there won't be a change in guard anytime soon and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will continue to lead the government.

ISRO chairman S Somanath has revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer on the day of the launch of India's Aditya L1 solar mission but he said he was "completely health now". In an interview with Tarmak Media House, S Somanath said he underwent an operation to remove the growth in his stomach, followed it up with chemotherapy and was now completely cured of the disease.

Shehbaz Sharif on March 4 took the oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan, taking over the country’s reins for a second time since 2022, amidst staggering economic and security challenges. Three Red Sea underwater cables providing internet and telecommunications around the world have been cut as the waterway remains a target of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, a Houthi missile attack set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden but caused no injuries.

The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday as he campaigns to regain the presidency, overturning a judicial decision that had excluded him from Colorado's ballot under a constitutional provision involving insurrection for inciting and supporting the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Presidential contender Nikki Haley won the Washington DC Republican primary on Sunday, her first victory in the nominating process and a symbolic win for the former US ambassador to the United Nations, Edison Research said.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 05, 2024 07:00 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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