The big news: Priyanka Gandhi debuts in massive roadshow in Lucknow, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: A parliamentary panel summoned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and the Centre passed Budget 2019 amid criticism from the Opposition.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Priyanka Gandhi attends her first roadshow in Uttar Pradesh after getting Congress post: Party chief Rahul Gandhi, who accompanied her, said the Congress would not rest until it forms government in Uttar Pradesh.
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey summoned by parliamentary panel on February 25: The committee on Monday declined to meet Twitter India’s representatives.
- Budget 2019 passed in Lok Sabha after Congress, NCP and CPI(M) walk out: The Narendra Modi government’s Budget was severely criticised for announcing several welfare schemes despite being presented in an election year.
- BJP ally Shiv Sena among parties supporting Chandrababu Naidu’s fast in Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister on Monday fasted at the Andhra Bhavan to demand special status for his state.
- Cows are an important part of India’s tradition and culture, says Narendra Modi: He was speaking at an event organised in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, to mark the serving of the third billionth mid-day meal to underprivileged children.
- Academic Anand Teltumbde gets interim protection from arrest in Bhima Koregaon case: Centre trying to implicate us in case against Anand Teltumbde, a study group at IIT-Madras alleged.
- Shutdown called by separatists hinders normal life in Kashmir Valley: Separatists had called for the strike to mark the 35th death anniversary of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat.
- Parliamentary panel highlights low Bru refugee repatriation numbers: The refugees have asked the home ministry to release subsistence allowances that have been held back since November.
- Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urges Gujjar protestors to talk to his government: State minister Bhanwar Lal requested demonstrators to refrain from violence.
- Russian archipelago declares emergency after mass ‘invasion’ of polar bears: At least 52 bears were found near Belushya Guba, the main settlement in the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago.