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Feb 27, 2022 07:49 PM IST
Girls should marry after getting proper education, but marriage age might not help, says RSS women wing
Women wing of RSS says girls should marry after getting proper education, but suggests ‘imposing’ marriage age might not produce desired results, PTI reported.
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Feb 27, 2022 05:45 PM IST
High-level probe ordered in Mumbai power grid failure: Minister
Maharashtra energy minister Nitin Rawat said on Sunday that a high-level inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident of power grid failure in south Mumbai, according to ANI. “Appropriate action will be taken against those found guilty in the inquiry,” he added.
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Feb 27, 2022 04:08 PM IST
Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nephew joins BJP in Jammu
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nephew Mubashir Azad joined BJP in Jammu on Sunday. He said he was “influenced” by PM Narendra Modi’s “developmental works at the ground level,” according to PTI.
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Feb 27, 2022 03:49 PM IST
Odisha adds 251 new Covid cases, lowest single-day surge this year
Odisha on Sunday added 251 new cases, which pushed the caseload to 12,84,867, according to the state health department’s bulletin. Sunday’s case count has been the lowest since the beginning of this year.
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Feb 27, 2022 03:25 PM IST
12,000 displaced due to floods in northern Malaysia
As many as 12,000 people have been displaced because of floods in Malaysia’s northern states. The government has said that authorities are being mobilised to evacuate victims.
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Feb 27, 2022 02:55 PM IST
Ukraine crisis: Jharkhand CM writes to PM Modi, lists state residents who are stranded
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren writes to PM Modi and informs him about the list of people from the state – along with their details- who are stuck in Ukraine; requests him to instruct concerned officials of Govt of India to take steps for their safe return. #RussiaUkraineConflict pic.twitter.com/Sdiic6D7ct
— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2022
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mentioning details about the state’s resident who are stranded in Ukraine.
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Feb 27, 2022 02:36 PM IST
Uttarakhand polls: Police summon 4 army personnel for tampering postal ballots
The Pithoragarh police on Sunday summoned four army personnel for allegedly tampering with the postal ballots in an army centre in Jammu. This comes after former senior congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief Harish Rawat shared the video online.
I am making a small video viral for everyone’s information, in this how one person is ticking all votes in one centre of the army and even doing the same signature of all the people, See a sample of that, will the election commission want to take cognizance of it?” Rawat said on Tuesday.
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Feb 27, 2022 02:15 PM IST
Sanjay Raut renews attack on Centre over I-T raids on Sena corporator
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday renewed his attack on the Union government over the income tax raids carried out at party corporator Yashwant Jadhav’s premises.
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Feb 27, 2022 02:14 PM IST
Finland to close airspace to Russian airplanes
The Finnish government announced on Sunday that it is closing its airspace to Russian airplanes after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine.
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Feb 27, 2022 11:54 AM IST
Fourth ‘Operation Ganga’ flight leaves for Delhi from Bucharest”
“Fourth ‘Operation Ganga’ flight is wheels up from Bucharest. 198 Indian nationals are coming back to Delhi,” tweeted external affairs minister S Jaishankar
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Feb 27, 2022 10:34 AM IST
Trains services hit in Mumbai due to power cuts, 1st major outage since Oct 2020
Local train services in Mumbai has been severely impacted due to a major power outage since October 2020. Railways officials said that the entire Churchgate to Andheri corridor was disrupted as no train was operating since 9.42am. An electricity grid failure has put much of Mumbai without power. Read more…
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Feb 27, 2022 10:32 AM IST
BJP chief’s Twitter account hacked, crypto donations sought for Russia, Ukraine
The Twitter account of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Jagat Prakash Nadda was hacked on Sunday morning, with several tweets asking for donations in cryptocurrency to help Russia and Ukraine. Read more…
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Feb 27, 2022 09:56 AM IST
Seoul identifies projectile fired by North Korea as ballistic missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday, Seoul said, resuming a weapons-testing blitz while the world focuses on Ukraine, reported news agency AFP.
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Feb 27, 2022 09:08 AM IST
India adds 10,273 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
India on Sunday continued a downward trend in its daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after 10,273 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 4,29,16,117, according to the Union health ministry’s dashboard. The active cases in the country dropped below the 1,20,000 and stand at 1,11,472.
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Feb 27, 2022 08:27 AM IST
PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast today
The 86th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ will be broadcast at 11am. It will be aired on the entire network of AIR and Doordarshan and also on AIR News and mobile app.
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Feb 27, 2022 06:47 AM IST
Australia arrive in Pakistan for first cricket tour in 24 years
The Australian cricket team arrived in Pakistan for the first tour in 24 years. Australia have had not visited Pakistan since 1998 because of security concerns.
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Protests against Kerala govt’s high-speed rail corridor to intensify soon
The collective said the proposed project will displace more than 20,000 families in the densely- populated state and it will also trigger severe environmental damage as it passes through wetlands, paddy fields and hills.

Published on Feb 27, 2022 07:35 PM IST
Pinarayi Vijayan requests PM to expedite evacuation of Indians from Ukraine
Nearly 49 students from the state arrived through various airports on Sunday. They said the situation in Ukraine was really dreadful and dangerous and requested the government for early evacuation of their stranded friends.

Updated on Feb 27, 2022 07:17 PM IST
Ukraine: Embassy asks Indians to stay put as intense fighting underway in Kyiv
- Russia-Ukraine conflict: Indian embassy asked the diaspora to reach nearby railway stations as the Ukrainian authorities are operating special trains for evacuation on a first-come-first-serve basis and for which tickets are not required.

Updated on Feb 27, 2022 06:35 PM IST
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nephew joins BJP in Jammu
Mubashir Azad also said his uncle was “disrespected” by the Congress leadership which hurt him and led to him parting ways with the grand old party.

Published on Feb 27, 2022 05:04 PM IST
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Sporadic violence marks Bengal civic polls; police attacked in 2 districts
There were clashes between supporters of different parties at Jangipur. In Murshidabad’s Berhampore town, Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the local Lok Sabha member, faced obstruction from TMC workers when he was going to cast his vote.

Published on Feb 27, 2022 04:25 PM IST
This Indian student in war-hit Ukraine is refusing to return home sans his dog
- Rishabh Kaushik said he had been trying and failing to get a clearance from the Indian government and the embassy in Ukraine to bring home with him his pet dog ‘Malibu’.
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Published on Feb 27, 2022 04:09 PM IST
Written by Sharmita Kar | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
PM Modi’s role in Russia-Ukraine crisis admirable, says Rajnath Singh
He said earlier the world did not care what India had to say on international matters. However, things changed under Modi’s leadership and now, the world is always waiting to listen to what India has to say.

Published on Feb 27, 2022 04:07 PM IST
Romania says it will send fuel, ammunition to Ukraine
Provisions including fuel, ammunition, bullet-proof vests, helmets, military equipment, food and water will be sent, the Romanian government stated.

Published on Feb 27, 2022 03:33 PM IST
Move from conflict zones to west: Indian embassy in Ukraine’s latest message
- In a statement on Twitter, the Indian embassy in Ukraine informed that the Ukraine Railways is organising emergency trains at no cost on a first-come-first-serve basis from Kyiv.

Updated on Feb 27, 2022 03:35 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, New Delhi
Paradigm shift needed in evacuation of Indians stranded in Ukraine: CPI(M) MP
Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas wrote to the minister of external affairs, S. Jaishankar, on Sunday, seeking a change in policy for safe evacuation of Indians stranded in Ukraine.

Published on Feb 27, 2022 03:21 PM IST
Ukraine crisis: Manipur opens cell to assist stranded students
Around 50 Manipuri students are studying in Ukraine. Chief minister Nongthombam Biren Singh has been monitoring the situation by directly communicating with the stranded students.

Updated on Feb 27, 2022 02:22 PM IST
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