Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: OPS' Mother Palaniammal Nachiyar Passes Away At 95
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Deposed AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam's mother Palaniammal Nachiyar passed away in Periyakulam in Theni, according to a Daily Thanthi report. She was 95 years old.
MCD Standing Committee election will be held on February 27, says Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi amid sloganeering at the Civic Centre House. Proceedings have been adjourned till then.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has suspended the membership of Russia over its "counteractions to core FATF principles aiming to promote security, safety and integrity of global financial system".
The Bombay High Court will hear NCP leader and Maharashtra's former minister Nawab Malik's bail plea on February 28. The court accepted that Malik is unwell, due to which he had applied for bail on medical grounds.
A councillor has collapsed at the Delhi Civic Centre as a clash broke out between AAP and BJP councillors. A huge ruckus erupted in the municipal House in Delhi during counting of votes to elect six members of the MCD's standing committee, with AAP and BJP councillors throwing punches and manhandling each other. The scuffle broke out after BJP objected to one vote being made invalid.
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth over Rs 305 crore of the owner of Joyalukkas jewellery chain in FEMA case linked to hawala money transfer. (PTI)
BJP councillors have alleged that new Delhi mayor Shelly Oberoi was enforcing a dictatorship in MCD. BJP corporators are staging protest on the MCD floor displaying posters of 'non-serious mayor' and 'tanashahi naahi chalegi (dictatorship won't work)'.
The counting of votes in the MCD Standing Committee election has begun under camera surveillance.
Mehrauli murder case: Court fixes March 7 for hearing arguments on charges against Aaftab Amin Poonawala, reported PTI.
President of India, Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the Ambassadors of South Sudan, Oman, Peru and Cambodia and High Commissioner of Seychelles at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today: MEA
Delhi's Saket court has assigned the Shraddha Walkar murder case to an Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) for further hearing. The case was listed before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Manisha Khurana Kakkar.
Punjab School Education Board has postponed the 12th standard English (compulsory) exam which was scheduled to be held today.
Amritsar | Court has given the release order for Lovepreet Toofan. After his release we will take him to Shri Harmandir Sahib to pay obeisance: Amritpal Singh, chief, 'Waris Punjab De'
Air India Express flight IX 385 on Calicut-Dammam with 168 passengers was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram due to a suspected tail strike during take off. The aircraft made normal safe landing at Thiruvananthapuram at 1215 hours and passengers deplaned: Air India Express, reported ANI.
Arrangements being made to send the passengers to Dammam by an alternate flight which is scheduled to take off from Thiruvananthapuram at 1530 hours today, the airline added in the statement.
Former Karnataka CM and BJP top leader BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced his retirement from active politics.
He delivered his last speech in Vidhansabha.
BSY said, "I have decided to retire from active politics but will work till my last breath to make BJP win. My only aim is to bring BJP back to power and I am sure it will happen."
Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai, the senior-most Judge of Gujarat High Court appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court with effect from February 26, reported ANI.
France stands by Ukraine, Macron says on one-year war anniversary, reported AFP.
Gujarat government to provide two cooking gas cylinders free of cost every year to each of 39 lakh families under Ujjwala Yojana, reported PTI citing State Finance Minister
Plenary session being held at a time when democracy, Constitution are under threat, says Mallikarjun Kharge at Cong steering committee meet, quoted PTI.
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking menstrual pain leave for female students and working women, as reported by the news agency PTI.
Atishi slams BJP and says AAP will win the MCD standing committee elections as it won the mayoral polls and deputy mayor election.
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio felicitates PM Narendra Modi ahead of his public address, in Dimapur.
85th Plenary Session of the Congress party led by party president Mallikarjun Kharge gets underway in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Punjab | Lovepreet Toofan is being released as the evidence they produced established that he was not present on the spot. We are submitting that to the court. The force has been deployed as a precautionary measure and the situation is under control: SSP Amritsar, quoted ANI.
"The accused (Congress leader Pawan Khera) has tendered an unconditional apology. We hope that keeping the sanctity of public spaces, no one will use uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter," tweets Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Aam Aadmi Party's Bawana councillor, Pawan Sehrawat, joins BJP in Delhi.
Police force deployed outside Ajnala police station in Amritsar.
'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh along with his supporters staged a massive protest here on Thursday demanding the release of his close aid Lovepreet Toofan, reported ANI.
According to AFP, the death toll from floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Brazil's southeast has risen to at least 50.
Two youths were run over by a train in Shahdara while shooting videos on the railway track on Feb 22. The deceased have been identified as Vansh Sharma (23) & Monu (20). Their mobiles were also found on the track. Further investigation into the matter is underway: Delhi Police
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in service of Secretary, Department of Defence Aramane Giridhar, beyond the age of superannuation, for a period up to 31.10.2024 or until further orders, whichever is earlier: Government of India
The Karnataka government on Thursday transferred 7 IPS officers.
N Shashi Kumar, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) and commissioner of police, Mangaluru city transferred and posted as DIGP, Railways, reported PTI.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in India on March 1. He will participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which will focus on strengthening multilateralism and deepening cooperation on food, energy security, sustainable development: US Department of State
He will also meet with Indian government officials and civil society to reaffirm our strong partnership: US Department of State
Permanent Mission of India to UN Pratik Mathur slammed Pakistan at the UN during India’s Right of Reply. He said, "I am taking the floor to say that India chooses this time not to respond to Pakistan’s mischievous provocations. Our advice to the delegate of Pakistan is to refer to the numerous RoRs that we have exercised in the past."
"Pakistan has only to look at itself and its track record as a State that harbours and provides safe havens to terrorists and does so with impunity," he added.
He further said, "Such uncalled-for provocation is particularly regrettable & certainly misplaced at a time when after two days of intense discussions, we've all agreed that path of peace can be the only path forward to resolve conflict and discord,"
11 people were killed and several others injured after a pickup vehicle collided with a truck in the Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday night, said SDOP Bhatapara, Siddhartha Baghel, as per ANI.
The United States has said that its World Bank President nominee Ajay Banga has a unique perspective on challenges that can deliver on its agenda for prosperity and reducing poverty.
China said that nuclear weapons 'must not be used' in the Russia- Ukraine conflict and urged both sides to resume talks, reach 'peaceful settlement, reported AFP.
India has abstained from voting on a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the need to reach comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
141 voted in favour of the resolution, 32 abstained, including China and India and seven voted against it.
North Korea says it test-fired long-range cruise missiles, reported AP.
Two workers died while one was injured after they were stuck in debris as soil caved in during construction work in the Thane district of Maharashtra. The injured has been taken to hospital. Probe underway: Police
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PM Modi To Hold Two Rallies In Poll Bound-Meghalaya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a roadshow in this area and give a speech at an election rally on Friday in Tura, western Meghalaya, to support BJP candidates for the state assembly elections on February 27, a senior party leader.
Ernest Mawrie, president of the BJP in Meghalaya, stated that the prime minister will address the public at 11 a.m. following the presentation of floral tributes to the state's three freedom fighters, U Tirot Sing, U Kiang Nangbah, and Pa Togan Sangma.
The Prime Minister will fly to Tura in the West Garo Hills district in the afternoon after the roadshow, where he will address a rally at the Alotgre stadium, which is funded by the BCCI.
The Sports Department had denied permission due to safety concerns for the Prime Minister, who was scheduled to address a rally at the PA Sangma Sports Complex, which was funded by the Centre at a cost of more than 120 crore rupees.
Mehrauli Murder: Aaftab Poonawala To Be Produced Before Sessions Court
The Mehrauli murder case was transferred to a higher court on Tuesday by a magisterial court for the start of the trial.
On February 24, the accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala will be brought before the principal district and sessions judge of Saket. He is accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar by strangling her and cutting up her body.
The chargesheet was filed under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing the disappearance of evidence of an offense or providing false information to a screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code, according to Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla.
"Scrutiny of documents is complete... Section 302 of the IPC is exclusively triable by a sessions court. Accordingly, the accused be produced before the principal district and sessions judge on February 24 at 2 pm," the magistrate said.
"The case is now committed to the sessions court," he added.
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