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Border Security Force personnel on Wednesday celebrated Holi at BSF headquarters in Khasa, Punjab. The Khasa campus was drenched in colours and the BSF personnel were seen singing and dancing with their acquaintances. «Today, all units of Amrtisar are here and we are joyfully celebrating Holi. All of us jawans have gathered here to celebrate the festival today,» said one of the officials.

Singapore is focusing on increasing its hospitality infrastructure such as hotel rooms, according to a senior tourism official here. Before the pandemic-induced lockdown, Singapore had received 1.4 million tourists from India in 2019. It then recovered to 1.1 million in 2023. With two offices in Mumbai and Delhi, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) promotes Singapore attractions as a holiday destination aggressively in India, Poh Chi Chuan, Executive Director of Exhibitions & Conferences at the STB told PTI. Singapore is building infrastructure for tourists and business travellers such as 9,000 new hotel rooms that are being added to about 72,000 existing rooms.

massive fire broke out in a factory in Delhi's Alipur on Monday morning, officials said. According to the Delhi Fire Service department, a total of 34 fire engines were rushed to the spot to douse the leaping flames. «A fire broke out at a factory in Alipur. 34 fire tenders at the spot,» the Fire Services Department informed. Efforts to bring the fire under control were underway, officials said, adding that no casualties or injuries were reported in the incident.

Congress leaders from Goa have been summoned to Delhi by the party's central leadership to decide on candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in the state, a functionary said on Monday. Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar and South Goa election coordinator Altone D'Costa have been called, the functionary told PTI. The ruling BJP has already announced candidates for North Goa (Shripad Naik) and South Goa (Pallavi Dempo) seats. «The party is considering the names of leaders like Viriato Fernandes, Francisco Sardinha (sitting MP from South Goa seat), Girish Chodankar and Amit Patkar for South Goa seat.

PTI. However, the agency will investigate to ascertain if these directions were in line with the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court's order during Kejriwal's custody period. Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.

Top Events on March 25: Amid Holi festivities today, India is all set to witness significant political events on Monday. These events include the BJP-IPFT meet in Tripura, Delhi metro services to begin after 2.30 pm and more. Stay tuned as we bring you comprehensive coverage of these unfolding events.

Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the electoral bonds scam is the biggest corruption ever witnessed in India and added the BJP government at the Centre arrested his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to divert attention from the same. Addressing the third consecutive rally organised here by the CPI(M) against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Vijayan alleged the BJP-led Central government and the Sangh Parivar give scant regard to the rule of the law in the country. He alleged that the Sangh Parivar was trying to take control of the Constitutional institutions and even threatening the country's judiciary. «The Union government, BJP, Sangh Parivar, they all very well know that the Supreme Court order on the electoral bond scam was harmful to them. They wanted to divert the attention from this topic and for that they have arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal,» Vijayan said.

self-regulatory body for online gaming, it may be looking at incorporating an independent regulator that will allow only registered entities to offer e-gaming services in India. The National Law University (NLU) Delhi, along with industry body E-Gaming Federation (EGF), is consulting with industry stakeholders to determine the direction that gaming regulations should take henceforth, people aware of the development told ET.

BOWL-ERR RCB’s ’24 campaign is just a match old but their bowling was exposed during the 6-wicket defeat to CSK in the IPL opener. The spinners did not have enough resources to exploit a gradually slowingdown pitch as Mayank Dagar, Karn Sharma and Glenn Maxwell bowled five overs between them and managed 37 for 1, without troubling the batters after RCB scored 173 for 6 The RCB pacers blindly followed a shortpitch ball strategy. Mohammed Siraj, Alzarri Joseph, in particular, and Yash Dayal zealously used the quota of two bouncers per over but sacrificed their control over line and length. It reflected in their run-giving rate too — Siraj (9.5), Joseph (10.3), Dayal (9.3)

There might be some people who think like this: India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) is an independent investigative body that has gone after some key people in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) purely to rid the nation of corruption. But I personally do not know a single person who thinks this.

Ranjit Singh Chautala on Sunday joined the ruling BJP, a senior party leader said. Chautala joined the BJP at an event in Haryana's Sirsa, party leaders said. According to sources, the BJP is likely to field him from the Hisar Lok Sabha seat. Senior BJP leader Vinod Tawde welcomed Chautala into the party fold.

₹50,000 crore investment across businesses to add at least $2.5 billion to annual EBITDA. The RBI is also set to conduct a special audit of IIFL Finance, JM Financial for regulatory breaches. Kejriwal has issued his first direction from ED custody, asking Water Minister Atishi to solve water- and sewer-related problems in some areas of the city.

Harish Rawat on Sunday threw his weight behind Congress candidate from Haridwar Lok Sabha seat Virender Rawat saying he got the ticket not because he is his son but in recognition of his track record as a dedicated party worker. The party high command gathered a lot of information about Virender Rawat as a party worker before finalising his candidature, the Congress veteran who had himself won the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat in 2009 said. «Virender Rawat has worked continuously as a Congress worker in Uttarakhand since 1998 and has been active in Haridwar since 2009, standing with people in every village of the area through thick and thin,» Harish Rawat said in a post on X. He has been the president of Dayal Singh Degree College students' union in 1996, general secretary of Delhi NSUI, vice president of Youth Congress in Uttarakhand, and is now vice president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Harish Rawat said about his son in the post.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday accused the BJP government at the Centre of «misusing» federal probe agencies and said the public will give a befitting reply to it in the Lok Sabha polls. After holding a meeting with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs here, he said everyone in the party's Punjab unit has been standing like a rock with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate last Thursday in connection with an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. At the meeting with the legislators, Mann, who is also the AAP's Punjab unit chief, discussed a host of issues including Kejriwal's arrest, strategy for the Lok Sabha polls and the INDIA bloc's 'maha' rally on March 31. The meeting was also attended by the AAP's state unit working president Budh Ram, Punjab Assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and deputy speaker Jai Kishan Singh.

IIT Guwahati who was arrested after in social media post claimed that he joined terror organization ISIS was on Sunday sent to 10 days police custody. He is a student of Biotechnology at IIT Guwahati. A senior police who do not want to be named told ET, «Accused Touseef Ali Farooqui — a BTech student of IITG has been arrested u/s 120(B)/121(S)/123 IPC R/w Sec 10/13 UA(P) Act. He was produced before the Court which granted 10 days police custody.» He said that further investigation is underway as of date and further round of questioning of suspects going on. " A flag of ISIS and some documents was found with him. "

attacked Ayush, 12, Ahaan alias Honey, 8, and Yuvraj, 10, with a knife. Ayush and Ahaan died on the spot, while Yuvraj was admitted to the hospital with serious wounds. Vinod Kumar, the father of the deceased, set his bike on fire and later tried to immolate himself.

Indian Metereological Department has predicted spells of light rainfall with gusty winds over Delhi and NCR regions in the next two-three hours. The weather forecasting agency has also predicted that adjoining areas like Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, etc are likely to witness cloudy weather during the rest of the day on Sunday. Also Read: Weather update today: IMD predicts rain in Punjab, Haryana, THESE states; heat wave conditions in Saurashtra, Kutch “Clouds are entering Delhi from the West and are likely to move across Delhi towards Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and adjoining areas of NCR during the next 2-3 hours.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has initiated an investigation into a viral video showing two women celebrating Holi inside a metro coach. The video depicts the women applying colors to each other's cheeks while a Hindi film song plays in the background. The DMRC has expressed doubts about the video's authenticity, suggesting the possible use of deepfake technology. In a statement, DMRC said that it is investigating the authenticity of the video. «On first impression, the authenticity of the video shot inside the metro also appears doubtful,» the DMRC said in a statement, raising the possibility of deepfake technology being used.

Arvind Kejriwal, suggesting that he has «lost all morality» and should «learn» from ex Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who had resigned from his post before being arrested by the Enorcement Directorate. «Morality is also a thing. Kejriwal has lost all morality. Under the garb of morality, he had agitated with Anna Hazare. And he is saying that the law does not prohibit him from running a government behind bars,» the BJP leader told on Sunday. «What had our Baba Saheb Ambedkar thought that such immoral people would become the Chief Minister? Those who will be behind bars,» the BJP leader said while expressing concern at Arvind Kejriwal, who is still running the government after being arrested on charges of corruption in a Delhi excise policy case.

'maha rally' in the national capital's Ramlila Maidan on March 31, Gopal Rai announced on Sunday at a press conference. The minister urged all spiritual, business and political groups to join the public meeting as a protest against oppression by the ruling BJP and to safeguard the country. “By adopting dictatorship and ending the democracy in the country, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested. There is anger in every person who loves and respects the Constitution and democracy. One by one, PM Modi is misusing the agencies to file fake cases against every opposition leader," Rai said.

Rajnath Singh, who was to celebrate Holi with the armed forces personnel in Siachen, the world's highest battleground, on Sunday, will mark the festival of colours in Leh instead, his office informed on Sunday. Raksha Mantri Karyalaye informed through a post on its official X handle that owing to the prevailing weather conditions in the world's highest battleground, Singh will celebrate Holi with the armed forces in Leh. «Due to inclement weather conditions in Siachen, there is a change in Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh's tour programme. He will now celebrate Holi with Armed Forces Personnel in Leh,» the statement read.