Mamata Banerjee releases TMC manifesto for upcoming polls

Ahmedabad: Due to a rise in the COVID-19 cases in the city, decision has been taken to close all gymnasium, sports clubs, gaming zones etc, both public and private from March 18 morning till further notice. Due to the COVID-19 spread, the decision has been taken that from Monday morning, till further notice, whole AMTS and BRTS buses operation on road will be suspended.

Mumbai: Hemant Nagrale replaces Parambir Singh as the new police commissioner. He was earlier Maharashtra's DGP. Singh has now been given the charge of Home Guard.

Mamata Banerjee releases Trinamool Congress' election manifesto for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls

Dr Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State of Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait, to arrive in India for a two-day visit today. He will meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday.

Supreme Court will hear the bail application filed by 74-year-old former Congress leader, Sajjan Kumar, convicted to life imprisonment, in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Thursday.

POCSO court in Rajasthan announced the death penalty to a man who raped a minor girl.

Andhra Pradesh CID issued notice to former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu and former state minister Ponguru Narayana, to join the probe in connection with the inclusion of assigned lands in land pooling without cabinet approval.

PM Modi: On one hand, the pandemic has shown us how impacts can quickly spread across the world. And on the other hand, it has shown how the world can come together to fight a common threat. 
Many infrastructure systems- digital infrastructure, shipping lines, aviation networks-cover the entire world! Effect of disaster in one part of the world can quickly spread across the world. Cooperation is a must for ensuring the resilience of the global system.

Addressing the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. https://t.co/S5RVIl2jqn

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 17, 2021

PM Narendra Modi at International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure: COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that in an inter-dependent and inter-connected world, no country- rich or poor, in the east or west, north or south- is immune to the effect of global disasters.

Today in India more than 96 per cent of COVID-19 patients have recovered. The fatality rate in the country is also one of the lowest in the world: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the meeting with all Chief Ministers

Need to scale-up RT-PCR tests, need more vaccination centres, says PM

We have witnessed that the COVID-19 vaccines were wasted in Telangana, says PM

Travellers arriving in India need to follow Centre's SoPs for prevention of COVID-19, says PM
 

Testing, surveillance and strict adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols is required, says PM

We need to expedite Rapid Antigen Tests for detection of COVID-19 cases in smaller states: PM

We need to become pro-active and more micro-containment zones need to come up, says PM

We should not become complacent, no need to create panic among people, says PM

India has taken COVID-19 mass vaccination drive seriously: PM

Several nations across the world are facing second wave of COVID-19, says PM Modi in meeting with all Chief Ministers

There is no provision of detention centres under Citizenship Act 1955 and the National Register of Indian Citizens: Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai

Lok Sabha adjourned till 1 pm after paying tribute to BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma and ex-MP Dilip Gandhi, who died today.

Former Union minister and BJP leader Dilip Gandhi died of COVID-19 in New Delhi today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief and offered condolences to his family.

Saddened by the demise of former MP and Minister Shri Dilip Gandhi Ji. He will be remembered for his rich contributions to community service and helping the poor. He made numerous efforts to strengthen the BJP in Maharashtra. Condolences to his family and supporters. Om Shanti.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 17, 2021

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Chief Vaiko released party's poll manifesto at party headquarters in Chennai.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered prayers at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam.

Assam: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visits and offers prayers at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. pic.twitter.com/HnqKoWXaDh

— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2021

My heartfelt homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a champion of human rights and freedom, on his birth anniversary. He is a hero for all Indians too. It will be my honour to visit Bangladesh later this month for the historic #MujibBorsho celebrations: PM Narendra Modi

My heartfelt homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a champion of human rights and freedom, on his birth anniversary. He is a hero for all Indians too. It will be my honour to visit Bangladesh later this month for the historic #MujibBorsho celebrations.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 17, 2021

BJP Parliamentary Party meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled after the demise of BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma. Sharma was elected from Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh.

Block president of Congress party, Indra Pratap Singh Parmar was shot at by unidentified people in Malhara, Chhattarpur in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday (March 16). He later died at a hospital.

Besides coal smuggling, West Bengal is also known to be a notorious place for cow smuggling. Our mother, daughter and sisters are also smuggled into Bengal. The ruling party and bureaucracy do this together, hence no one gets caught: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury