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Feb 25, 2022 09:05 PM IST
Former chief minister of Odisha Hemananda Biswal passes away
Former chief minister of Odisha Hemananda Biswal passed away in Bhubaneswar today. He was the first tribal CM of the eastern state, and last Congress leader to hold the position.
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Feb 25, 2022 08:42 PM IST
Delhi reports 460 fresh Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Friday
Delhi reports 460 fresh Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Friday. The active caseload of the capital stands at 2,085, according to health bulletin data.
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Feb 25, 2022 07:01 PM IST
SAD leader Majithia’s regular bail cancelled by Mohali court
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia’s regular bail has been cancelled by Mohali court.
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Feb 25, 2022 05:32 PM IST
Indian medical students walk towards Ukraine-Poland border for evacuation
Ukraine | A group of around 40 Indian medical students of Daynlo Halytsky Medical University, Lviv walk towards the Ukraine-Poland border for evacuation. They were dropped around 8 kms from the border point by a college bus.
(Source: An Indian medical student from the group) pic.twitter.com/L3JttzjVDY
— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2022
Indian medical students forming a group of nearly 40 seen walking towards Ukraine-Poland border for evacuation after India earlier in the day announced arranging special flights for their repatriation from neighbouring nations of the east European country.
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Feb 25, 2022 05:06 PM IST
SC rejects BJP’s plea to deploy central forces in WB for municipal polls
Supreme Court dismisses the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) plea to deploy central forces in West Bengal ahead of the municipal polls this month, ANI reported on Friday.
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Feb 25, 2022 03:29 PM IST
CM Baghel asks authorities to prepare action plan for replacing pesticides with cow urine
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel asks authorities to prepare action plan for scientific and systematic use of cow urine instead of chemicals and pesticides in agriculture
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Feb 25, 2022 02:04 PM IST
Delhi withdraws all Covid curbs as situation improves
District Disaster Management Authority has withdrawn all Covid curbs as situation improves, announces Delhi CM Kejriwal
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Feb 25, 2022 01:48 PM IST
Covid-19: Delhi schools to run only physical classes from April 1
Delhi schools to run only physical classes from April 1, all Covid curbs to be lifted if test positivity rate remains below 1%, say officials
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Feb 25, 2022 12:31 PM IST
SC scraps BJP leader’s plea to deploy central forces for Bengal municipal polls
Supreme Court has dismissed BJP leader’s plea to deploy central forces for Bengal municipal polls amid claims against Trinamool.
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Feb 25, 2022 08:57 AM IST
13,166 new Covid cases, 302 deaths in last 24 hours in India
India reports 13,166 new Covid cases, 302 deaths in last 24 hours as active infections’ decline continue
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Feb 25, 2022 08:51 AM IST
Income Tax officers search Yashwant Jadhav’s premises
Income Tax department searches premises of Shiv Sena corporator and Standing Committee chairperson of BMC, Yashwant Jadhav.
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Feb 25, 2022 08:22 AM IST
CBI arrests former NSE top official Anand Subramanian in 2018 case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested former top official of National Stock Exchange (NSE) Anand Subramanian, days after questioning in 2018 case.
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Feb 25, 2022 07:31 AM IST
India’s total FDI inflow of USD 60.3 bn in April-Dec ’21 down 10.6%
India received total foreign direct investment of USD 60.3 billion during April to December 2021 which is 10.6% lower compared to the USD 67.5 billion of FDI received in the same period of 2020-21, according to a government’s data.
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‘Murdered’ student leader’s father fails to identify 2 accused in custody
Anish Khan was allegedly murdered at his residence at Amta, in Howrah district, in the early hours of February 19. His father alleged that four men had visited his house around 12.30 am on the night of the incident and killed his son by throwing him off the roof of the two-storey building.
Published on Feb 25, 2022 09:06 PM IST
Daily brief: ECI seizes over ₹1,000 crore during ongoing assembly polls
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Published on Feb 25, 2022 09:03 PM IST
ECI seizes over ₹1,000 cr in poll states, Punjab tops list with ₹511 cr
- In Uttar Pradesh, where polls are underway, seizures spiked by ₹114.63 crore from 193.29 crore at the end of 2017 elections to ₹307.92 so far this time. Seizures in Punjab rose by ₹421.27 crore to reach ₹510.91 in this year’s elections as opposed to ₹89.64 in the previous one.
Updated on Feb 25, 2022 08:49 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, New Delhi
After a delay of over 3 years, Odisha civic polls to be held in March
The polls are overdue in most of the municipalities since December 2018 and in some others from July 2019. The five-year term of 65 civic bodies including the Berhampur Municipal Corporation, expired on September 29, 2018, while the tenure of 48 civic bodies including Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, and Sambalpur municipal corporations expired on February 2019.
Updated on Feb 25, 2022 07:57 PM IST
Stranded Indians, Russian invasion feature in Jaishankar-Ukrainian FM talks
Russia attacks Ukraine: External affairs minister S Jaishankar during his telephonic conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart reiterated India’s commitment towards diplomacy and dialogue to defuse the crisis
Published on Feb 25, 2022 07:39 PM IST
Indians reaching Ukraine-Poland border point on public vehicle to use this route
- In an advisory, the Embassy of India in Poland asked stranded Indians to fill out a Google form, providing their passport number, email and location in Ukraine, among others, for their request to get a seat on an evacuation flight to be processed.
Published on Feb 25, 2022 06:48 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, New Delhi
Indigenous weapons must to surprise adversaries: PM Modi
The PM said India would soon notify a new list of weapons and systems that cannot be imported to promote self-reliance in the defence sector. This will be the third positive indigenisation list — the government has already notified two lists of 209 weapons and equipment that cannot be imported.
Published on Feb 25, 2022 06:48 PM IST
1st batch of Indian students leave Ukraine, to be evacuated from Romania
These students will be taken to Romanian capital Bucharest, which is at a distance of 500 kilometres from the Ukranian-Romanian border. It takes anywhere between seven to nine hours to cover the distance by road.
Published on Feb 25, 2022 06:24 PM IST
‘Helpdesk for…’: Doctors’ body urges PM Modi over medical students in Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine crisis: The Indian Medical Association in its letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said most of the medical students cannot afford the escalated costs of air travel. Even those affording cannot travel due to adverse conditions there.
Published on Feb 25, 2022 04:42 PM IST
Karnataka hijab row hearing concludes on 11th day, verdict reserved
The Karnataka government’s order banning religious clothes from the campuses of the education institutes created confusion in minority institutions as well.
Published on Feb 25, 2022 04:27 PM IST
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