09 Mar, 23:38 (IST)

The 71st Miss World is the Czech Republic's Krystyna Pyszková. In a lavish event today in Mumbai, the 24-year-old took home the Miss World title. She faced competitors from 115 different nations. Krystyna was named Miss World 2022 by last year's winner, Polish Karolina Bielawska.Krystyna Pyszková of Czech Republic Wins the 71st Miss World Crown

09 Mar, 22:55 (IST)

Indian Minorities Foundation is organised special prayers for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hazrat Itr Shah Daata peer Baba, Gulwara, in Katni, Madhya Pradesh.Indian Minorities Foundation Organises Special Prayers for PM Modi

09 Mar, 22:08 (IST)

Weeks before the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, on Saturday, March 9, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a massive roadshow and offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. PM Modi was accompanied by Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, throughout the roadshow and his visit to the Kashi temple.PM Narendra Modi Offers Prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple

09 Mar, 21:25 (IST)

Arun Goel, the Election Commissioner, abruptly resigned a few weeks before the Lok Sabha elections, and the President accepted his resignation. There was a vacancy in the Election Commission of India, and Rajiv Kumar will be the only remaining member.Election Commissioner Arun Goel Resigns

09 Mar, 20:11 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. This comes after the latter visits Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in the early morning and several public events in West Bengal.PM Narendra Modi Holds Roadshow in Varanasi

09 Mar, 19:30 (IST)

Two of the three Councillors from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Poonam Devi and Neha Musawat, who joined the Bharatiya Janta Party last month returned to the AAP on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The two councilors, along with Gurcharan Kala, joined the BJP in the presence of party National General Secretary Vinod Tawde in Delhi on February 18.Poonam Devi and Neha Musawat Return to AAP

09 Mar, 17:58 (IST)

In a recent public rally in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the ruling TMC government of corruption. He claimed that funds sent from Delhi for MNREGA wages are being misappropriated by the TMC government. He further alleged that to benefit the TMC’s ‘tolabaz’, 25 lakh fake job cards were distributed. The Prime Minister also stated that when funds are sent to the poor, the TMC government redirects them to individuals chosen by ‘tolabaz’.

09 Mar, 16:44 (IST)

Uttarakhand Congress leader Manish Khanduri has switched allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The formal induction took place at the BJP Mahanagar office in Dehradun, in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Also present at the event were Election in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam and state party chief Mahendra Bhatt. 

09 Mar, 16:27 (IST)
On Saturday, March 9, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its candidate list for the 2024 MLC elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. From Bihar, the party has chosen Mangal Pandey, Lal Mohan Gupta, and Anamika Singh as its representatives. In Uttar Pradesh, Ashok Katariya and Mohit Beniwal are among the seven candidates fielded by the party.
09 Mar, 15:11 (IST)

In a significant development, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested Jaffer Sadiq, the alleged kingpin of an international drug trafficking network. The announcement was made by Deputy Director General of NCB, Gyaneshwar Singh, in Delhi. Sadiq’s illicit operations reportedly spanned from New Delhi and Tamil Nadu in India to overseas locations including New Zealand, Australia, and Malaysia. He is accused of amassing substantial wealth through drug trafficking, which he allegedly invested in various sectors such as film, construction, and hospitality, using these as fronts for his illegal activities.

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Mumbai, March 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh today. The Rs 825-crore tunnel, which connects Tezpur to Tawang, bordering China, will cut the journey distance by more than eight kilometres and the travel time by an hour. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been fielded from the Wayanad seat in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party released its first list of 39 candidates for the elections on Friday. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal announced the first list of candidates on Friday, a day after the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) held a meeting.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar exuded confidence that India will have a stable government for 15 years, even longer, on Friday, as he highlighted how long-term political stability helps a government make "bold" decisions. Jaishankar, speaking at the Nikkei Forum on India-Japan Special Strategic Partnership here, said a reformist and visionary leadership backed by a strong political mandate, which in a democracy means having a majority in Parliament, results in "bold decision making".

A 22-year-old student was sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan while a 17-year-old was sent to jail for life on charges of blasphemy over WhatsApp messages, reported BBC. The judges of the court in Pakistan's Punjab Province said the 22-year-old was sentenced to death for preparing photos and videos which contained allegedly derogatory words about Prophet Muhammad and his wives. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Asif Ali Zardari is set to be the next president of the country, adding that there will be "strong coordination" between them.

In his final State of the Union address before the November presidential election, US President Joe Biden declared that the United States is taking a stand against China's unfair economic practices and working to strengthen partnerships with allies such as India. Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is not giving up on love—even at age 92. Murdoch announced on Thursday that he plans to wed his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, in June, The New York Times reported. Murdoch has been married four times before.