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The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a plea seeking stay on the construction of a flyover on Dwarka Expressway. A bench of chief justice DN Patel and justice Jyoti Singh directed them to file their response and posted the matter for hearing on March 15. The application seeking to halt the construction citing adverse environmental impact was filed in a pending appeal.

The appeal was filed in September last year after a single judge dismissed the petition on the ground that no Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) clearance was needed for the project. The order was challenged before the Supreme Court which said that the relief against the order lies before a division bench of the high court. The court had earlier issued notice in the appeal.

The second phase of the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022 will be held on Monday. In this phase, polling would be held between 7 am to 6 pm in 55 assembly constituencies across nine districts. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), over two crore voters - 1.07 crore male, 93.79 lakh female and 1,261 third gender people - will decide the fate of 586 candidates in this phase.

This phase is also crucial for several BJP leaders and Uttar Pradesh ministers, including Suresh Kumar Khanna, Gulab Devi, Baldev Singh Aulakh, Mahesh Chandra Gupta, Chhatrapal Gangwar, and Dharmpal Singh. The fates of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and Apna Dal's Haider Ali Khan will also be decided in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said bank frauds of Rs 5.35 lakh crore had taken place during PM Narendra Modi's tenure so far - the largest swindle of people's money in the last 75 years.

Congress accused the government of complicity, collusion and connivance in allegedly duping banks of Rs 22,842 crore by the Gujarat-based ABG Shipyard, dubbing it "India's biggest bank fraud".

"Bank frauds of Rs 5,35,000 cr took place so far during the Modi era - in 75 years there has never been such a fraud...," Gandhi said on Twitter, adding that the days of "loot" have only proven beneficial for PMs' friends. The opposition party has been accusing the Modi dispensation of helping a select few big businesses.

The stage is set for Goa to go to polls today for its 40-member legislative assembly. A total of 301 candidates representing 12 political parties and independents are in the fray for the polls – nearly 21% higher than in 2014 and nearly 50% higher than the 213 candidates who were contesting back in 2012. Over 11 lakh people are eligible to cast their votes today. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

In the earlier elections in 2017, the Congress had won 17 seats, while the BJP bagged 13. The BJP had then quickly sort an alliance with some regional outfits and independents to form government in the state. The state is currently ruled by the BJP which has 17 MLAs in the state and has alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Vijay Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), and three independents. The main opposition in the party remained Congress, which has 15 MLAs in the house.

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for flouting the court's guidelines while initiating the process of recovery of damages to public property by anti-CAA agitators, saying that the state donned the hats of both complainant and adjudicator in the proceedings against the protesters.

Claiming that the steps taken by the state government to recover damages were not in compliance with the guidelines framed by the SC in 2009, UP resident Parwaiz Arif Titu had moved the court through advocate Nolofar Khan for quashing of the proceedings.