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Lok Sabha revokes suspension of 8 Opposition members
The Lok Sabha passed a unanimous resolution to revoke the suspension of 8 Opposition members, with Speaker Om Birla reminding the House that members should not bring fake and AI-generated posters and banners wrong Parliament. “Yesterday, determination were extended discussions with leaders of each the parties, and everyone said they are committed to guarantee that the dignity and glorious contented of the House remains intact,” Mr. Birla said.
Union Govt writes to States, UTs for speedily approving pending, caller state pipeline projects
The Union Government has written to State governments and Union Territories urging them that pending applications for laying of metropolis state organisation pipelines (CGD) be given deemed approval and caller applications beryllium accorded support wrong twenty-four hours, Sujata Sharma, Joint-Secretary astatine the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) told reporters present successful an inter-ministerial briefing. Additionally, Ms. Sharma informed that the Union Govt has besides urged that the respective governments waive disconnected roadworthy restoration and support charges and unbend moving conditions, among different things.
Top U.S. counterterrorism authoritative resigns implicit Iran war, says Iran posed nary imminent threat
Joe Kent, the manager of the National Counterterrorism Centre, announced his resignation, saying helium “cannot successful bully conscience” backmost the Trump administration’s warfare successful Iran. Mr. Kent said connected societal media, Iran “posed nary imminent menace to our nation, and it is wide that we started this warfare owed to unit from Israel and its almighty American lobby.” There was nary contiguous remark from the White House.
ECI deploys implicit 1,000 Central observers for upcoming Assembly polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed a full of 1,111 observers for the upcoming Assembly elections successful Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, arsenic good arsenic the bye-elections successful six States, with West Bengal receiving the maximum number. West Bengal has been assigned 1 wide perceiver for each of its 294 constituencies, on with 84 constabulary observers and 100 expenditure observers. Tamil Nadu has been allocated 136 wide observers, 40 constabulary observers and 151 expenditure observers. The commensurate figures for Assam are 51, 35 and 50 and for Kerala are 51, 17 and 40. For Puducherry, the numbers are 17, 4 and 17.
Cuttack infirmary fire: Death toll touches 12; governmental enactment erupts
The decease toll successful the occurrence astatine SCB Medical College Hospital successful Cuttack roseate to 12 aft 2 much victims succumbed to their injuries. The incidental has sparked a governmental uproar with erstwhile Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanding the resignation of Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling. The occurrence broke retired connected the archetypal level of the trauma ICU successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (March 16, 2026). According to infirmary sources, the debased unit beingness astatine that hr delayed the archetypal response. Intimation to the occurrence services was besides delayed, and the hydrant fastener strategy could not beryllium opened successful time.
FIR against ‘Mohammad’ Deepak: Uttarakhand High Court seeks presumption report
The Uttarakhand High Court directed the Kotdwar constabulary to taxable a presumption update connected the probe related to a First Information Report (FIR) registered against ‘Mohammad’ Deepak, a gym proprietor who came into nationalist attraction aft confronting a radical of right-wing activists accused of harassing a 71-year-old Muslim store proprietor and pressuring him to rename his store.
Adoptive mothers entitled to maternity permission careless of child’s age, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, successful a judgment, declared the extortion of maternity permission for moving women arsenic a basal quality close portion urging the Union authorities to legally recognise paternity permission arsenic a societal information benefit, noting that parenthood is not a solitary relation performed by 1 genitor alone. The judgement came successful a situation to provisions successful the Maternity Benefit Act, which was replaced by the Code of Social Security successful November 2025, which dictated that lone mothers who legally follow a kid beneath the property of 3 months were entitled to question maternity payment of 12 weeks.
Rajya Sabha polls: Odisha Congress suspends 3 MLAs for cross-voting
The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) suspended 3 MLAs for cross-voting successful the Rajya Sabha elections held connected Monday (March 16). Ramesh Jena, Dasarathi Gamango and Sofia Firdous were suspended from the party. It was a cleanable expanse for the BJP, which won each the 3 Rajya Sabha seats.
Food proviso jitters could trigger WFH, interaction hostel occupancy, warns IT corridor hostel association
Amid increasing concerns implicit nutrient availability successful Hyderabad’s IT corridor, the IT Corridor Hostels Association has appealed to hostel operators not to unopen down their kitchens, informing that specified a determination could propulsion companies to see work-from-home (WFH) options for employees. In a connection issued to its members, the relation said it had received accusation that immoderate IT firms are weighing distant enactment owing to uncertainties astir nutrient supply. It cautioned that immoderate disruption successful hostel nutrient services could straight interaction occupancy and operations, arsenic galore employees beryllium connected these facilities for regular meals.
14 arrested successful Varanasi connected BJP Yuva Morcha’s ailment aft hosting Iftar connected Ganga
Fourteen radical person been arrested connected charges of defiling a spot of worship and hurting spiritual feelings aft a video purportedly showing them eating chickenhearted biryani during an Iftar enactment hosted connected a vessel successful the Ganga stream was wide shared connected societal media, officials said. The enactment was taken connected a written ailment filed connected Monday by the BJP Yuva Morcha’s metropolis portion main Rajat Jaiswal. The lawsuit was registered astatine the Kotwali constabulary station.
ECI orders transportation of officials successful Kerala up of Assembly polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered the transportation and posting of respective officials, including IAS and IPS officers successful Kerala arsenic portion of the canvass preparedness for the April 9 Assembly elections. In a connection addressed to the Chief Secretary of the State, the ECI said it had reviewed the predetermination preparedness and directed contiguous implementation of the reshuffle
EC continues with transportation spree successful West Bengal, Mamata says canvass assemblage should commencement ‘campaigning for BJP’
The Election Commission (EC) continued with its spate of transfers of apical constabulary officers successful West Bengal, 2 days aft the dates of the State’s Assembly polls were announced. Upset with the electoral body’s decisions, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the officers transferred retired volition instrumentality to their earlier postings erstwhile the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is lifted aft the polls successful May.
LPG depletion slumps 17% successful March connected war-related shortages
Cooking state LPG depletion successful India fell by a steep 17.7% successful the archetypal fractional of March connected the backmost of proviso disruptions owed to war successful West Asia, preliminary manufacture information showed. LPG depletion fell to 1.147 cardinal tonne during the archetypal fortnight of March, 17.3% little than 1.387 cardinal tonne consumed successful the aforesaid play past twelvemonth and 26.3% little than 1.557 cardinal tonne request successful the archetypal fractional of February.
Parliamentary sheet rebukes Ministry of Planning, Niti Aayog for mediocre fiscal management
The Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Finance pulled up the Ministry of Planning for not “planning” its finances better. The committee recovered that contempt spending little than fractional of the fund allocated to it, the Ministry was allocated ever-higher amounts implicit the past 3 fiscal years. In its latest study tabled successful the Lok Sabha, the committee called for “more realistic” readying and fiscal absorption by the Ministry. The government’s nodal think-tank, the Niti Aayog, operates done the Ministry.
Trump medication cannot instrumentality ‘sweeping’ backing freeze, U.S. tribunal rules
A national appeals tribunal mostly upheld a ruling that blocked a “sweeping and unprecedented” frost connected trillions of dollars in authorities fiscal assistance that President Donald Trump’s medication instituted aboriginal past year. A three-judge sheet of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Democratic officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia successful uncovering that the White House’s fund bureau had directed national agencies to instrumentality a categorical freeze connected backing that was apt improper.
Will supply humanitarian assistance to Iran, West Asia nations: China
China said it volition supply humanitarian assistance to West Asia countries, including Iran and Lebanon, targeted in U.S. and Israeli strikes in the struggle present successful its 3rd week. Beijing is simply a adjacent spouse of Iran and has urged the United States and Israel to cease their attacks connected the country, portion besides criticising Tehran’s strikes against Gulf states lodging U.S. subject bases.
U.S. does ‘not need’ assistance from allies connected Iran, says Donald Trump
President Donald Trump, whose telephone for assistance from allies to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to lipid postulation has mostly been rebuffed, said that U.S. forces “no longer need” subject assistance successful the Iran war. “Because of the information that we person had specified Military Success, we nary longer ‘need,’ oregon desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, oregon South Korea,” Mr. Trump posted connected his Truth Social network, adding: “WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!”
