Fifty-six of the 112 “inspiring” personalities, who were selected for this year’s Padma awards, will be conferred the prestigious honour on Monday by President Ram Nath Kovind at a special function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Among those receiving the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are late actor Kader Khan, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist late Kuldip Nayar.

Lahore High Court on Monday, is set to hear the plea seeking disqualification of Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan for not being "honest and righteous" ("sadiq and ameen")  and concealing the alleged parentage of a daughter with a former partner in his nomination papers for the 2018 election.

DMK President MK Stalin would hold discussions with his party's MPs and MLAs on March 11, on the coming Lok Sabha elections.The meeting is scheduled days after the DMK finalised its seat-sharing agreements with eight of its allies, including the Congress, for the Lok Sabha polls, leaving itself 20 segments to contest from.

Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir on March 11, is scheduled to hold a meeting with the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi. The meeting will follow-up on announcements made during last month's visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address thousands of party polling booth in-charges in Delhi at a convention on Monday. The convention 'Mera Booth, Mera Gaurav' (my booth, my pride)  will be held at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi.