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Bharat Ratna upon Shri LK Advani Ji. This honour is a recognition of his enduring contributions to our nation's progress.

BJP leader LK Advani. President Murmu paid a visit to senior BJP leader LK Advani's residence and conferred him with the prestigious award. This was decided in view of the ailing health of the veteran BJP leader Advani.

Patna High Court in a case. Also Read: Attention all cosmic fans! Don't miss these 4 must-sees celestials in April, other than solar eclipse A single-judge bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri observed that the use of filthy language doesn't amount to ‘cruelty’ under Section 498A (cruelty towards wife by husband or his relatives) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The bench was hearing a petition filed by Shahdeo Gupta and his son Naresh Kumar Gupta, residents of Jharkhand's Bokaro.

Arvind Kejriwal's ED summon challenge was listed for April 24. Meanwhile the Income Tax Department has issued a demand notice of ₹1,823 crore to the Congress. A hostage drama in the Netherlands ended peacefully after several hours on Saturday afternoon.

Enforcement Directorate filed about-8,000-page-long prosecution complaint in the case which is linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). It was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi on March 28, the sources said.

lauded PV Narasimha Rao Garu in a post on X. He said, “Every Indian cherishes what PV Narasimha Rao Garu has done for our nation and feels proud that he has been conferred the Bharat Ratna." ALSO READ: Bharat Ratna 2024: India's top civilian award conferred on 5 eminent personalities: Check details “He worked extensively to further our country's progress and modernization. He is also known as a respected scholar and thinker.

President Droupadi Murmu to present Bharat Ratna Award today According to media reports, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart LK Advani will be given the Bharat Ratna award on Sunday. President Murmu will pay a visit to senior BJP leader LK Advani's residence and confer him with the prestigious award due to his ailing health condition. President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna upon agronomist MS Swaminathan.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed its first chargesheet in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), official sources said on Saturday. The prosecution complaint was filed by the federal agency before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi on March 28, the sources told PTI. Four individuals and a company have been named as the accused in the chargesheet — former DJB chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora, contractor Anil Kumar Agarwal, former NBCC general manager D K Mittal, one Tejinder Singh and NKG Infrastructure Limited. The ED has alleged that bribe money generated from corruption in a contract issued by the DJB was «passed on» as election funds to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi. The agency had also summoned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the case, but he did not depose before it.

Bharat Ratna 2024: India's top civilian award conferred on 5 eminent persons President Murmu will pay a visit to senior BJP leader LK Advani's residence and confer him with the prestigious award. This was decided keeping in view the ailing health of LK Advani, according to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sources. Advani is a founding BJP member credited with charting the course of its rise through the 1990s.

Who won yesterday IPL Match? Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clashed on March 29 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This was RCB’s third match in IPL 2024 while KKR played their second match. KKR won the toss and decided to field first.

RCB skipper is also currently at the top of the Orange cap holder contendars in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). He surpassed Hyderabad’s hard-hitting wicket-keeper Heinrich Klaasen, becoming the leading run-scorer in IPL 2024.

Top Events of the Day: Several important events including Congress' nationwide protest against IT department notices, PM Modi's Lok Sabha campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Class 10 board exam results, IPL 2024 match, and Bharat Ratna award ceremony will take place today, March 30. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the BJP's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2024 which is scheduled to take place in seven phases, in Uttar Pradesh from Meerut with a mega rally this weekend. - Banks, LIC, and other insurers will keep their offices open today, March 30.

MUMBAI : Actor and entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty Kundra may have spent over three decades in the film industry but has made most of her money in the past six years through strategic investments, including in startups, she said at the Mint India Investment Summit & Awards, 2024 on Friday. “Back in the day, we didn’t have different investment avenues. Today, the options are so many more.

Jamia Millia Islamia and also the post of Chancellor at the university. ALSO READ: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies: A look at the life and times of the 'Bahubali’ of eastern UP "He (Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari) had a long association with the Congress, as its president (1927), its secretary for several years, and as a member of the Congress Working Committee throughout his life," his profile on Jamia's website read. ALSO READ: Judicial inquiry ordered in Mukhtar Ansari's death amid ‘slow poison’ claims Meanwhile, Mukhtar Ansari's maternal grandfather Mohammad Usman was a brigadier in the Indian Army.

Rishi Sunak that also included Conservative politicians and tech industry leaders. According to The Royal Family website, kinghthoods or the damehoods are among the highest honours in the United Kingdom.

A young Alberta distillery just took home a huge title at the World Whiskies Awards in London, England, beating out submissions from Scotland, Ireland, Japan and the U.S.

The Jinx — Part Two is on the verge of being aired very soon. The trailer of this epic docuseries that has a rich legacy owing to the first part that was named 'The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst', which was a massive hit, released back in 2015. The first part was an epic gripping series based on a convicted murderer by the name Robert Durst, a New York-based estate heir. Directed by Jarecki, The Jinx gained widespread attention as a gripping docuseries. In the first season of this epic docuseries, Robert Durst ends up getting arrested due to the death of his friend named Susan Berman. After a rigorous trial proceeding, Durst was convicted for the first-degree murder of Berman in 2021, and was later sentenced to life imprisonment. Ultimately, Durst died of natural causes in a California hospital at the age of 78.

Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna has been known as a disruptor for nearly a decade now, and this time, his decision to accept an award from the Madras Music Academy has both his supporters and detractors in a huff. His detractors remain firm in their view that Krishna is destroying their carefully walled-in world of cultural superiority; his supporters are unsure about why he is returning to the fold when he has travelled so far.

Electric vehicle charging ports are a key part of President Joe Biden’s effort to encourage drivers to move away from gasoline-powered cars and trucks that contribute to global warming, but only four states have them

NEW DELHI : Former SpiceJet promoter Kalanithi Maran and KAL Airways moved the Delhi high court seeking fresh contempt proceedings against the low-cost carrier and its chairman, Ajay Singh, due to their failure to adhere to previous court rulings related to the enforcement of an arbitral award. The case pertains to the execution of an arbitral award of ₹579 crore, plus interest, that Maran won in 2018. The court on Thursday issued a notice to SpiceJet in the plea and adjourned hearing in the case to 25 April.

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday its senior employees, whose compensation includes more stock-related awards than cash, may not receive a cash pay raise this year. «For this year's compensation cycle, we are prioritizing cash base pay increases for employees whose compensation is weighted more heavily in base pay as opposed to stock,» an Amazon spokesperson said in an emailed statement.