While Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Bihar (where BJP rules with JD-U) and Andhra Pradesh have all passed resolutions against NPR, states such as Odisha and Telangana have reservations on the questions relating to details of parents in the NPR form.

Returned from Saudi Arabia on February 29, Govt says attendants didn’t follow advice.

IndiGo, India’s largest airline which handles nearly half of the country’s domestic passengers, said on Wednesday it expects its quarterly earnings to be “materially impacted” because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Over a month of investigations, first by a team of doctors from PGIMER-Chandigarh and later by drug control regulators, revealed on March 2 that the syrup was, in fact, the culprit.

"I am confident that the Congress will win the floor test in the Assembly after it convenes as scheduled on March 15," said Kamal Nath.

"When Delhi was burning, Nero was in Ahmedabad playing flute with President Donald Trump,” Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.

The move is also expected to add to the woes of India’s tourism sector, which last year witnessed the slowest growth in foreign tourist arrivals in a decade.

Along with Scindia, 22 MLAs from Madhya Pradesh Assembly, where Nath enjoys a slender majority, resigned and reduced the Congress government to a minority.

“Some judges, I will not take their names, think police shouldn’t act until protests turn violent...Under the circumstances, it is difficult to gauge when a peaceful protest will turn violent. Who will decide when will a dharna turn violent?” Lekhi said while participating in the debate.

As many as 63 foreign players from countries like Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and the Caribbean are drafted to compete in the IPL.

"I am of the firm belief that it can spread so fast only after advance planning,” Shah said during his reply to a debate on the Delhi riots in the Lok Sabha.

The Centre also advised all states and Union territories to invoke provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, which will enable them to enforce advisories as and when needed.

The Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, took the decision to convene the special session on Wednesday.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said temple and church festivals which witnesses mass gatherings should be avoided, but rituals can be held in a low key manner.

The Indian Express had reported last week that KIIT and VIT, which were declared IoEs on August 2, 2019, do not meet the eligibility criterion on the net worth of the sponsoring organisation members.

On Tuesday, Scindia quit the Congress, setting the ball rolling for the BJP’s efforts to topple the Kamal Nath-led Congress government, which was voted to power in Madhya Pradesh in December 2018.

Ever since the Congress was defeated in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, over half-a-dozen former Union ministers, three former chief ministers, at least four present and past state presidents are among those who have left.

Dharamasala is going all out to ensure that the coronavirus shadow does not fall on the HPCA Stadium for the first ODI between India and South Africa on Thursday.

The debenture trustee sought relief from the High Court against the RBI proposal under the scheme of reconstruction of Yes Bank, which was put under a moratorium last Thursday.

While the Union Health Ministry said a total of 50 cases had been detected so far (including three who were discharged in Kerala last month), the state reports put the figure at 61.

BJP sources said he is expected to join the party in Bhopal soon and become its official candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh — and later, a Union minister.

The rupee also dropped below the 74-level against the US dollar to settle at 74.17, down 30 paise, amid rising concerns over the sell-off in stock markets, capital outflows and economic slowdown.

In the biggest slump since the 1991 Gulf War, crude oil prices fell as much as 33 per cent between Friday and Monday and hit a level of $33 per barrel — as Saudi Arabia and Russia signalled they would hike output despite sliding demand globally.

Sources close to Scindia said his fight is for “justice” with “no intention to rock the boat”. They say he has been “ignored” and is “upset” with the “one-man show” in the state in a reference to Nath. His supporters suspect there could be “foul play” if he is not the first choice.