17 Mar, 23:34 (IST)

The general secretary of Congress' Rajasthan unit, Amin Pathan, was on Sunday arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a Forest Department team that had come to take action after it was learnt that he owns a farmhouse built on forest land.

17 Mar, 21:44 (IST)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduates (CUET-UG) between May 15 and 31, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman, Mamidala K Jagadesh, said on Sunday, adding that the datesheet for the examination will be announced after March 26.

17 Mar, 21:44 (IST)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduates (CUET-UG) between May 15 and 31, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman, Mamidala K Jagadesh, said on Sunday, adding that the datesheet for the examination will be announced after March 26.

17 Mar, 19:57 (IST)

The third meeting of the India-Maldives High-Level Core Group was held in Male on Sunday, where the two sides reviewed the ongoing deputation of Indian technical personnel to enable continued operation of Indian aviation platforms that provide humanitarian services to people of Maldives, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

17 Mar, 19:57 (IST)

The third meeting of the India-Maldives High-Level Core Group was held in Male on Sunday, where the two sides reviewed the ongoing deputation of Indian technical personnel to enable continued operation of Indian aviation platforms that provide humanitarian services to people of Maldives, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

17 Mar, 18:50 (IST)

A day after the Election Commission announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a Cabinet meeting during which he directed his Ministers to prepare an action plan for the next 100 days of the new government as well as a roadmap for the next five years.

17 Mar, 17:33 (IST)

Bigg Boss OTT winner and YouTuber Elvish Yadav has been slapped with the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act in a snake venom case.

17 Mar, 16:55 (IST)

A constable, Amritpal Singh, was shot dead by a gangster on Sunday when the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) team was raiding his house in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. Acting on a tip-off, the CIA team of the Punjab Police raided the house in Mukerian’s Mansoorpur village where the gangster stored a huge cache of illegal firearms.

17 Mar, 15:03 (IST)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) between May 15 and May 31, according to UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar. However, two of these dates, May 20 and May 25, coincide with election dates, raising potential scheduling concerns.

17 Mar, 13:23 (IST)

In a recent development in Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken down banners that were erected to welcome Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to Mumbai.Watch Video

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Mumbai, March 17: The Lok Sabha polls 2024 will be held from April 19 in seven phases across the country, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar announced here in the national capital on Saturday, March 16. The last phase of voting will be held on June 1, the CEC said. Kumar said the results of Lok Sabha Polls 2024 will be declared on June 4, the day of counting votes.

In his first reaction to the announcement of the schedule of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence in the preparations of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Nausena Bhawan, the newly constructed headquarters of the Indian Navy, located at Delhi Cantonment on Friday. This is the Navy's first independent headquarters in Delhi.

The 6,700-kilometer Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, ended in Mumbai's Dadar on Saturday. His sister, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, joined the yatra as it made its way to Dharavi. The yatra, which commenced on January 14, covered 16 states and 110 districts along its course.

The Indian Navy, after a painstaking 40-hour-long operation, successfully rescued the 17 crew members of a Maltese-flagged merchant vessel on Saturday. A Marshall Islands-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker reported two explosions near the ship as it travelled off the coast of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, the third merchant vessel attack of the past 48 hours.

Israel approved a potential assault on the Gaza city of Rafah while also keeping ceasefire hopes alive with plans to send another delegation to Qatar for talks on a possible hostage deal with the Islamist militant group Hamas.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly rode in a car given to him by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, state media reported. This was "clear proof" of the strengthening friendship between the two countries. Since Kim met Putin in Russia in September, Pyongyang and Moscow have forged closer ties and vowed to deepen military relations.