NATIONAL SCHEDULE

National news schedule for Monday, March 17: NATIONAL

*Parliament proceedings and related stories First day of Raisina Dialogue Engagements of visiting New Zealand Prime Minister First day of Global Heat and Cooling Forum Protest against Waqf bill Political developments and party briefings

* NCR

CM Rekha Gupta at Delhi govt event Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati to visit offices of political parties over cow slaughter issue MCD House meeting

LEGAL

In Supreme Court: CJI Sanjiv Khanna to administer oath of office to Justice Joymalya Bagchi as a Supreme Court judge.

PIL of an NGO against prevailing appointment procedure of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Suo motu case related to rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

Pleas related to delimitation of states like Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

Pleas related to air pollution in Delhi-NCR.

Plea related to anti-Sikh riots cases.

Plea for remission of convict Sukhdev Pehalwan in the Nitish Katara murder case.

In Delhi High Court: Plea by the Enforcement Directorate against the bail granted to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.

Pleas concerning violence in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University in December 2019 following students protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

NORTH

*UP: CM Yogi Adityanath's Saharanpur visit UP Governor Anandiben Patel's Maharajganj visit CM orders survey of crop damage due to untimely rains Government to begin wheat purchase from today Haryana: Budget to be presented Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal to meet industrialists in Ludhiana Rajasthan: Newly appointed state president of Mahila Congress Sarika Singh to take charge in presence of national president Alka Lamba.

Himachal Pradesh: Budget to be presented

SOUTH

Assemblies of Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in session Tamil Nadu: ISRO chief Narayanan to inaugurate Centre of Excellence at IIT, Madras BJP protest over irregularities in state-run liquor retailer TASMAC

EAST

*Assembly sessions in Bihar, Odisha and Bengal.

Odisha: IMD issues Red Warning of heat wave situation in three districts and Orange warning for five other districts Bengal: Disciplinary Committee of TMC legislative party to decide Humayun Kabir's fate regarding his response to party showcause notice Jharkhand: Press conference by Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha over implementation of Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act

WEST

Assembly sessions in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh; Legislature session in Maharashtra.

Goa CM Pramod Sawant to pay homage at Manohar Parrikar memorial in Panaji on the former Defence Minister's death anniversary.

Youth Congress workers to protest outside Agassaim police station against alleged examination paper leak in Goa University.

Maharashtra: Vishwa Hindu Parishad protest in Nagpur against removal of Aurangzeb's tomb near Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

CM Devendra Fadnavis at opening of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj temple in Thane district.

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Source: PTI