Fresh Violence in Manipur Kills 1, Injured 40 Others; Kukis Call for Shutdown

SLBC Tunnel rescue operation | Rescue teams trace Gurupreet Singh's body in the SLBC tunnel. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy expressed condolences over the death of the worker engaged in the SLBC Tunnel works. The Chief Minister announced an ex-gratia of Rs  25 lakhs: Telangana CMO

On the second leg of the upcoming Parliament Budget Session, BJP MP Dinesh Sharma says, "In the Budget Session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, there will be discussion on the Income Tax Bill 2025, Waqf Bill...This is a transparent government and the House runs for so many days so that every issue can be discussed very seriously and the government can find a solution to it..."

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulates team India as they win 

"What a fantastic victory and superb performance by the Indian cricket team!" he wrote.

On the second leg of the upcoming Parliament Budget Session, BJP MP Anurag Thakur says, "...The parliament session will be very productive, and there will be a discussion on a lot of issues. The MPs get a chance to raise the issues of their respective constituencies and nation..."

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says, "Delhi government is going among the public to take suggestions for the Delhi budget. Today, I met the people living in slums in the RK Puram assembly constituency and took suggestions from them. I came to know about many issues and the government will immediately work on them"

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath says "After the successful completion of Maha Kumbh Prayagraj, before the Maha Kumbh, we implemented many programs for infrastructure in Prayagraj. The program of widening the roads, building new flyovers, building underpasses were completed...We have implemented a new scheme for young entrepreneurs as well. Today, we have taken forward a big program of loan distribution to 1,070 young entrepreneurs. This scheme has been very popular so far. We had to select 1 lakh people by 31st March in this session and till now, more than 2 lakh 67 thousand applications have come to us..."

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the foundation laying ceremony of Para High-Performance Center

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami attends sandhya Ganga aarti of Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh.

Four contract workers died of suffocation while cleaning a water tank at an under-construction building near Good Luck Motor Training School, Mint Road, Nagpada: BMC

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath distributed loans to 1261 youth of Meerut and Saharanpur divisions under the Chief Minister Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan Yojana.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "The result of the work done by the double-engine government in the last eight years in the state is that due to a better security situation and a better law and order situation, investments are coming to the state from all over. So far, we have implemented investment proposals worth more than 15 lakh crores."
 

Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal says, "The language of the opposition without culture has lost all its dignity. He (Tejashwi Yadav) has probably forgotten that reservation in Bihar was not given during his father's rule, but Nitish Kumar got the caste census done and has also talked about giving reservation..."

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav attends the Bhagoriya Tribal Festival in Jhabua, which is celebrated by Madhya Pradesh's indigenous communities a week before the Holi festival.

Five people were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on the outskirts of the district headquarter town of Chitradurga on Sunday.

According to police, the tragedy occurred at Sibar village in Chitradurga Taluk.

The Delhi Police has busted an illegal betting racket in Govindpuri and arrested 11 people, including its kingpin, a police official said on Sunday.

He said Ashok Kumar alias Kale (55) was identified as the head of the gang.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena honoured seven women, including social workers and paralympians, at an event here on Sunday.Speaking at an all-women bike rally organised by Navbharat Times, the Chief Minister said the women bikers were a symbol of empowerment. "You have proved wrong those who say women cannot do certain things," she said.

The Supreme Court has granted bail to a former excise officer from Chhattisgarh in a cheating and corruption case linked to the high-profile liquor scam in the state.

A 27-year-old man was killed and his brother injured after being stabbed by neighbours during an altercation here, police said on Sunday.

They said the incident happened at Chunnipura village in Basauoni area of Agra late on Saturday night.

Four persons were killed after two motorcycles collided near Gujarat-Rajasthan border in Sabarkantha district on Sunday morning, police said.

The accident occurred on a road at a tribal-dominated area in Poshina taluka of the district at around 5.30 am, an official from Kheroj police station said.

A bird flu outbreak has been reported in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, roughly a month after the disease led to the culling of 5,500 birds in Ranchi, an official said on Sunday.

The outbreak, caused by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, was officially confirmed on March 7, when the Centre issued a letter to the chief secretary of Jharkhand, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the development of India adding the 58th tiger reserve to its tally with Madhya Pradesh's Madhav Tiger Reserve, and said it was "amazing news for wildlife lovers".

Polling was underway on Sunday to elect the Mayor and 26 councillors of the municipal corporation in Panipat, with nearly 16 percent of the over four lakh eligible voters casting their votes by 12 noon.

Polling began at 8 am at 365 polling booths and voters can exercise their franchise till 6 pm.

Senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar on Sunday charged the BJP-led NDA in Bihar with making "political use" of religious leaders like Acharya Dhirendra Shastri alias Bageshwar Baba ahead of the assembly polls later this year.

 Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday pointed to the involvement of terrorists in the killing of three civilians in a remote area in Billawar tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

The killings have sparked protest and a shutodwn in the area.

The prime accused in smuggling synthetic drug MDMA from Bengaluru to Kochi has been arrested from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, police said on Sunday.

Christo T John, a resident of Madikeri in Karnataka’s Kodagu district, was taken into custody in connection with the seizure of 20.01 grams of MDMA in Thoppumpady last November, they added.

India on Sunday strongly condemned an incident of vandalism at a Hindu temple in California's Chino Hills and demanded "stringent action" against those involved.

New Delhi also called for adequate security to the places of worship in view of the incident.

Rescue operation was underway Sunday to see if anyone was still trapped under the debris, a day after a factory building collapsed here.

A worker was killed after a building of a textile factory collapsed in the Focal Point area here late Saturday evening, officials said.

Police have registered a case against unidentified persons who allegedly broke into the office of a godown complex and stole Rs 42.15 lakh cash from there in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday.

The situation in violence-hit Kangpokpi district in Manipur remained tense but calm on Sunday morning as the indefinite shutdown called by Kuki-Zo groups against "crackdown by security forces" affected normal life in all areas inhabited by the community in the ethnic strife-torn state.

A protester was killed while over 40 others, including women and policemen, were injured in clashes between Kuki demonstrators and security forces in different parts of Kangpokpi district on Saturday, officials said.

Two workers died due to electrocution at a house here, police said on Sunday.

Mohammad Ahmed (35) and Afzal (40), both residents of Gonda district, had been working for several days at the house of a man named Sajjan in Harchanda village.

Dhankhar was admitted to the Critical Care Unit (CCU) under Dr Rajiv Narang, Head of Department of Cardiology at AIIMS.

He is stable and under observation, a source said, adding a group of doctors is monitoring his condition.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has been admitted to the AIIMS here after complaining of uneasiness and chest pain, sources said on Sunday.

The 73-year-old was taken to the hospital around 2 am.

Six persons, including a toddler, were injured in an accident involving three vehicles in Thane city of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Sunday, officials said.

The incident took place at 1.26 am at Cadbury junction bridge on the Eastern Express Highway, which is also the Mumbai-Nashik route, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

A wanted criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh was killed in an encounter with Uttar Pradesh Police here early Sunday, police said.

In an operation led by Senior Superintendent of Police, Mathura, Shailesh Pandey, the accused, identified as Fati alias Asad, sustained bullet injuries, UP Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar said.

The mother of the RG Kar hospital medic who was raped and murdered said she and her husband would like to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek justice for their daughter.

Three persons were injured after a leaking gas pipeline caught fire on a road in Mumbai's Andheri area in the wee hours of Sunday.

A DMRC-built 'Udaan Children's Home' designed to provide a safe and nurturing environment for destitute girls was on Saturday formally transferred to an NGO dedicated to the welfare of street children.

Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu inaugurated the home in a virtual ceremony.

Union Minister for Railways, Electronics, IT and Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday laid the foundation stone for four manufacturing units at the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Divitipally, Mahabubnagar District in Telangana. 
 

According to Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, as part of the ceremony, foundation stone was laid for upcoming Giga Factory-1 of Amara Raja company, ground-breaking ceremony was held for critical minerals refining and battery recycling of Lohum company, ground-breaking ceremony was held by Scell Energy for its cell casing manufacturing, and Altmin laid the foundation stone for its first LFP-CAM Giga Factory.

The famous Lathmar Holi celebrations in Mathura's Barsana began with great enthusiasm on Saturday as devotees and tourists gathered to witness the traditional festivities. 
 

Ludhiana factory collapse: Jaskiranjit Singh Teja, DCP  Ludhiana, says, "Four injured have been rescued and admitted to hospital for treatment. The rescue team is doing their work..."

Anand Yadav, Additional DCP Zone 4, said, "This is an incident of Dwarkapuri police station area where a boy named Mayur Rajput, who was a BSc third-year student jumped from the third floor of the college and committed suicide.

Clashes broke out between Kuki demonstrators and security forces in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Saturday after police fired tear gas shells to disperse protesters opposing Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s directive allowing free movement across the state.