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The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reported a borrowal fraud of Rs 2060.14 crore in the NPA account of IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power at the Extra Large Corporate Branch in Delhi zonal office.

An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Court in Kota on Tuesday sentenced a head constable of Railway Protection Force to five years of imprisonment for taking a bribe of Rs 2,000 a decade back, a court official said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against six accused alleged Khalistani terrorists including one Pakistani in connection with Punjab's Jalalabad bomb blast case before the NIA Special Court in SAS Nagar, Punjab.

An idol of Lord Shiva was allegedly vandalised at a cremation ground in a village here, police said on Tuesday.

Even though India's wheat exports were robust in FY22, riding on a possible supply disruption of foodgrains -- especially wheat -- as the tensions between Russia and Ukraine turned into a full-blown war, export demand has got a fresh push.

Two men have been arrested for allegedly killing the security guard of a gas godown in northeast Delhi's Shastri Park area, police said on Tuesday.

A judicial magistrate court in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, remanded ten Bangladeshi nationals for illegal stay in India. The Bangladesh nationals who were working in a knitwear unit in Tiruppur were arrested on Monday during a routine vehicle check-up by the Veerapandi police sub-inspector R. Prasad.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday sprang a surprise when he offered one Rajya Sabha seat to the CPI - the second-biggest constituent of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) - while his CPI-M keeps the other that they are sure to win.

The Telangana government will bear the educational expenses of over 700 students brought back from war-torn Ukraine to enable them to complete their medical education in India, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Centre's ban on Malayalam TV news channel Media One. The Central government had cited national security grounds to justify the ban.

The Jangareddygudem hooch tragedy rocked Andhra Pradesh Assembly for second day in a row on Tuesday as 11 members of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were suspended from House for one day for disrupting proceedings.

The bulldozer, on Tuesday, demolished the illegal factory and market of absconding gangster Badan Singh Baddo and freed the illegally occupied land.

Chinese banks have written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the delays in the implementation of the Resolution Plan for Reliance Infratel Limited.

Thirty nine newly-elected members of the Goa Assembly took oath on Tuesday during the session convened by Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai. Earlier, the governor had administered the oath to another MLA Ganesh Gaonkar as pro-tem Speaker on Monday.

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday called the Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold the hijab ban as "deeply disappointing", saying it was not only about religion but the freedom to choose.

“Karnataka HC's decision to uphold the Hijab ban is deeply disappointing. On one hand we talk about empowering women yet we are denying them the right to a simple choice. Its isn't just about religion but the freedom to choose,” PDP president Mehbooba Mufti wrote on Twitter.

The Himachal Pradesh Assembly Monday notified the schedule for election to one Rajya Sabha seat as from the state as the term of sitting MP Anand Sharma is ending on April 2.
 
Himachal Assembly secretary cum returning officer Yash Paul Sharma said the state MLAs would vote for electing new the Rajya Sabha member on March 31.

China's new COVID-19 cases Tuesday more than doubled from the previous day as it faces by far its biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The National Health Commission said 3,507 new locally spread cases had been identified in the latest 24-hour period, up from 1,337 a day earlier.

Apple has released a software update that enables iPhone users to unlock their devices while having face masks on. The new update, iOS 15.4, released on Monday also includes a host of other features for existing iPhones. In a statement, Apple said the new feature allowing users to unlock their iPhones using Face ID while having masks on is exclusive to iOS 15.4 ‌‌and only available on iPhone 12‌‌, 12 Mini, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, and iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max.

Telangana police on Sunday seized 120 kilograms of ganja and 2 liters of hashish oil from four drug peddlers who were illegally transporting the drugs from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to Hyderabad. Mahesh Bhagwat, Rachakonda Commissioner of Police (CP) said, "On Sunday, after a tip, the Special Operations Team (SOT) intercepted a car at the Nalgonda flyover bridge under Bhongir Town police station and apprehended four persons for illegally transporting Ganja and Hash oil."

A fire broke out at a waste warehouse in Usmanpur, late on Monday night. About 10 fire tenders reached the spot to douse the blaze. BS Chauhan, fire station officer said, "Fire has been brought under control and no casualties have been reported in the incident that happened late at night."