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Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Hello and welcome to the ABP News LIVE Blog. Follow this space to get the latest developments and Breaking News from India and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which entered its 30th day on Friday.Yogi Adityanath on Thursday staked the claim to form government in Uttar Pradesh for the second time, a day ahead of his swearing-in as Chief Minister on Friday at a mega event which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a slew of dignitaries.After being elected as the leader of BJP's legislature party in UP, Adityanath met Governor Anandiben Patel at the Raj Bhavan to stake his party's claim.PM Modi, senior BJP leaders including CMs from other states, and dignitaries from across different fields will attend the swearing-in ceremony at a Lucknow stadium on Friday.Outgoing deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, and former Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya are seen as the frontrunners for the two posts.Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and 60 other business tycoons have also been invited. Roads leading to Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, the venue for the event, have been decorated with lights. Cut-outs of Modi, Shah and Adityanath are in place.Vishwa Hindu Parishad's state-level functionary Dinesh Shankar said prominent seers, along with members of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, have been invited.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Delhi on Thursday evening in the first highest-level visit between India and China after their ties came under severe strain following the border standoff in eastern Ladakh.According to reports, Yi is set to hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday morning.At the Friday talks, the Indian side is unlikely to shift focus from the military standoff in eastern Ladakh as it is expected to press for complete disengagement of troops from all the remaining friction points in the region.The Calcutta High court on Thursday reserved its order in a suo motu petition, along with a bunch of PILs seeking a probe by CBI or NIA, in the death of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district. The verdict is likely to be announced on Friday.Eight people, including two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen huts were set ablaze in Bogtui village early Tuesday in a suspected fallout of the murder of a ruling Trinamool Congress leader and 'upa-pradhan' (deputy chief) of the local panchayat.The political controversial Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2022 will be introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha tomorrow, 25th March 2022. According to reports, the number of seats in the merged municipal corporation of Delhi will not exceed 250, and a special officer may be appointed to oversee its function till the first meeting of the body is held under the reunification law.

25/03/2022 22:05:26

CM Yogi Holds First Meeting Of Council Of Ministers In Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held the first meeting of the council of ministers in Lucknow after taking oath for the second consecutive time. 

The meeting was held at Lok Bhavan after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries left the city post the swearing-in ceremony. According to reports, the distribution of portfolios will happen late at night today or tomorrow morning.

25/03/2022 18:40:47

Oct 5 To Be Celebrated As National Dolphin Day From This Year: Environment Minister

25/03/2022 18:29:26

Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2022, Marks Completion Of Budget Exercise

The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Finance Bill 2022, marking the completion of the budgetary exercise for the financial year 2022-23. Replying to the debate on the Bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government has not put any extra burden on common people in 2022-23 Union Budget.

"We as a government strongly believe in lowering taxes, bringing burden on a common man lower and we are continuously and successfully doing it," the Finance Minister said.

25/03/2022 16:28:51

KP Maurya, Brajesh Pathak Sworn-In As Deputy CMs Of Uttar Pradesh

Meanwhile, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak have taken the oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh.

25/03/2022 16:24:05

BJP Leader Yogi Adityanath Takes Oath As UP CM For Second Consecutive Term

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath takes oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive term.

25/03/2022 16:16:04

Tamil Nadu: Back-To-Back Mild Earthquake Tremors Felt In Dindigul Region

In a span of less than two hours, as many as three slight earthquakes were experienced early on Friday in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul region, according to the National Center for Seismology.

The magnitude of the three micro earthquakes ranged between 1.2 and 1.5 on the Richter's scale and these were felt off Oddanchatram in Dindigul District, about 464 km from here.

The first tremor was felt at 4.33 AM (Magnitude 1.2), followed by one at 6.04 AM and another at 6.07 AM and the magnitude of both these subsequent tremors were 1.5 and the depth of all the three were 10 km, according to the NCFS website. (PTI)

25/03/2022 15:43:58

300 Feared Dead In Russian Strike On Mariupol Theatre In Ukraine Last Week: Report

Ukrainian officials in the strategic port city of Mariupol said Friday some 300 people could have died in last week's Russian strike on a theatre where hundreds were sheltering.

"From eyewitnesses, information is emerging that about 300 people died in the Drama Theatre of Mariupol following strikes by a Russian aircraft," Mariupol city hall wrote on Telegram.

25/03/2022 15:11:32

Breaking News LIVE: Talks With Foreign Minister Wang Yi Was Open & Candid, Says EAM Jaishankar

Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has concluded. The meeting between both the ministers lasted for about 3 hours.

Talking to the media after the meeting, Jaishankar said that both the leaders "addressed a substantive agenda in an open & candid manner".

"We discussed our bilateral relations that have been disturbed as a result of Chinese actions in April 2020", he further said, as reported by news agency ANI.

25/03/2022 13:03:47

Breaking News LIVE: Pakistan Parliament Adjourned, No-trust motion against Imran Khan on March 28

A no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will now be moved on March 28 after the speaker adjourned the Parliament.

Opposition parties on March 8 had submitted a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly to oust the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief.

Imran Khan's party would need at least 172 votes in the 342-member National Assembly to survive the no-confidence motion against his government.

25/03/2022 12:16:33

Breaking News LIVE: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, S Jaishankar Meet For Delegation-Level Talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met today at Hyderabad House in New Delhi for delegation-level talks.

Before meeting Jaishankar, the Chinese Foreign Minister visited National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's office in South Block, reported news agency ANI.

This is the first visit of a senior Chinese leader in two years after the border stand-off ensued between the two countries in May 2020.

25/03/2022 11:14:48

Breaking News LIVE: Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Birbhum Violence

Calcutta High court Friday ordered CBI investigation into Birbhum arson, and directed the investigating agency to file progress report by April 7. 

The SIT formed by the West Bengal government has been asked by the court to submit over the case papers and arrested people to CBI.

Eight people including two children were charred to death on Tuesday after a mob set houses on fire in the Bogtui village in Birbhum district, following the killing of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader.

25/03/2022 09:03:29

Murder reported in Delhi's Narela area

A person murdered around 2 am last night in the Narela area of Delhi. Prima facie it's a case of a family dispute. Case is under investigation: Delhi Police

25/03/2022 08:47:16

Second black box of the crashed China Eastern jet has yet to be found, news agency Xinhua

Xinhua said that the second black box of the crashed China Eastern jet has yet to be found. As per Reuters, CAAC News, a publication managed by the aviation regulator, reported that China had found the second black box, but it later deleted the social media post.

25/03/2022 08:44:43

Madhya Pradesh government issues show-cause notice to IAS officer for tweet on 'The Kashmir Files'

Madhya Pradesh government issued a show-cause notice to IAS officer Niyaz Khan, for his alleged tweet on 'The Kashmir Files' that said, "A film should be made on the suffering of Muslims as well". He has been asked to submit his reply within 7 days, ANI reported.

25/03/2022 08:23:43

Face recognition tech joins military operations in Ukraine

Ukraine is employing face recognition technology to identify invading Russian troops killed on its soil, a complex and unprecedented avenue for software already seen as problematic, AFP reported experts as saying.

25/03/2022 08:12:36

China Finds The Second Black Box From Crashed China Eastern Airlines Plane, Reports State Media

China finds the second black box from the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed earlier this week with 132 people on board, Reuters cited state media as reporting.

25/03/2022 07:41:05

Chinese FM Wang Yi to hold talks with Jaishankar, NSA Doval today

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in New Delhi from Kabul on Thursday, is set to hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday. He is also likely to meet National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.

Wang Yi was in Afghanistan's Kabul on Thursday after his three-day visit to Pakistan. This is the first visit of a senior Chinese leader in two years since the border stand-off between the two countries since May 2020. There has been disengagement from areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh and India and China have been holding military and diplomatic talks for further disengagement from the remaining friction points.

The visit by the Chinese minister comes at a time when India had rejected his remarks on Kashmir at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Islamabad. India had also said that other countries, including China, have no locus standi to comment on India's internal affairs.

After the Galwan Valley clash, both countries have held several rounds of border talks to resolve the standoff. India has called for complete disengagement in eastern Ladakh at all friction points.

On March 11, the 15th round of Corps Commander level talks were held between the two countries on the Indian side of the Chushul-Moldo border point in which both sides agreed to maintain the security and stability along the Line of Actual Control in the Western Sector. (ANI)

25/03/2022 07:22:19

Bill To Merge Delhi's Three Civic Bodies To Be Introduced By Amit Shah In Lok Sabha

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 will be introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha today. Earlier on Tuesday, the Union Cabinet gave its nod to present a bill for the unification of three municipal corporations in Delhi, "The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022".

Erstwhile, Delhi Municipal Corporation was trifurcated into three municipal corporations including South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) in the year 2011, as per Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act, 1911 (Delhi Act, 12 Of 2011).

Earlier, State Election Commissioner SK Srivastava informed that the Centre has deferred the announcement of polling dates for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election after the central government raised a few issues that are yet to be legally examined by the Election Commission. He also informed that the Centre is planning to "unify" the three civic bodies and hence did not announce the poll schedule.

The trifurcation of the corporation was uneven in terms of the territorial divisions and revenue-generating potential of each corporation. As a result, there was a huge gap in the resources available to the three corporations, vis-a-vis their obligations.

The gap has widened over a period of time, increasing the financial difficulties of the three Municipal Corporations, leaving them incapacitated to make timely payment of salaries and retirement benefits to their employees and thereby creating serious impediments in maintaining civic services in Delhi.

The second half of the Budget session of Parliament began on March 14 and will conclude on April 8. The first half of the Budget session began on January 31 and concluded on February 11. (ANI)

25/03/2022 07:19:51

Breaking News LIVE: Adityanath To Take Oath As UP CM In Mega Event

Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time on Friday in a grand ceremony at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and senior BJP leaders are expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony.

According to sources, around 85 thousand people will be attending the grand ceremony in Lucknow. A grand stage has been set up and posters have been put with slogans that read 'New UP of New India (Naye Bharat ka Naya UP)'.

Adityanath will script history as he takes oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for a second term in office after completing a full five-year term, a feat none of his predecessors has been able to achieve. A monk-politician Yogi Adiyanath was a surprise choice when BJP won the 2017 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

A five-time Lok Sabha MP, he was picked for the key role in the electorally crucial state by the BJP leadership and has strived to live up to expectations from him.

Yogi Adityanath chose to contest the assembly polls and won the Gorakhpur Sadar seat by a huge margin. The chief minister is expected to carry the momentum of the party's electoral victory to fulfill the poll promises and give a further push for the development of the state in his second term. (ANI)