LIVE highlights: Entire GST compensation cess of ₹16,982 crore to be cleared, announces FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said, as Western leaders met in Munich to assess the year-long war shaking Europe, reports Reuters.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday blessed 125 couples at a mass marriage function organised by religious leader Dhirendra Shastri at Bageshwar Dham, reports PTI.

The private network Iran International TV said Saturday that it had been forced on UK police advice to shut down its London studios, blaming a surge in threats from the protest-hit regime in Iran, reports AFP.

"This act is in blatant violation of UN Security Council Resolutions, and threatens regional and international peace and security," said a G7 statement issued by Japan's Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa after talks in Munich, reports AFP.

Irregularities in the education system is the biggest crime of the TMC government, says Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

"Cancer has increased a lot. The cases of this disease have gone up after the COVID-19 pandemic. People have lost their eyesight, their sense of hearing….," says Baba Ramdev, reports PTI.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Pune meets the children of Kashmir Police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty, reports ANI.

The death toll from earthquakes that struck last Monday has risen to 40,642 in Turkey, the head of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) Yunus Sezer said on Saturday, reports Reuters.

On Saturday, 296 hours after the earthquake, three people, including a child, were rescued alive from the rubble of a building in Antakya, southern Turkey, state news agency Anadolu said.

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has formed a panel to conduct a “parallel” probe into the death of a first-year B.Tech student amid allegations of caste bias and has urged its students to come forward if they have “relevant” information, reports PTI.

SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was scheduled to operate flight SG-2903 (Mumbai – Kandla). After take-off, cabin pressurisation alert came. The Pilot In Command (PIC) decided to return to Mumbai. ATC was apprised and aircraft landed safely at Mumbai. No passenger or crew discomfort was reported, SpiceJet spokesperson said.

Fake Bank account opened in the name of Sisir Adhikari, father of BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari. The turncoat TMC MP has written to the Union finance minister saying it could be a ploy to malign him.

AAP stages protest outside LG V K Saxena's house, demanding his resignation for allegedly supporting "BJP's hooliganism" and delaying mayoral polls, reports PTI.

The troopers of border security force (BSF) have seized 20 packets of heroin, two foreign-made pistols and their ammunition after firing towards the suspicious movement of smugglers spotted across the barbed wire fence near Khasawali village of Gurdaspur district.

Addressing his followers, who have gathered near his residence at Bandra East, Uddhav Thackeray slammed Election Commission for its decision to recognise CM Shinde led faction as the real Shiv Sena.

“We will defeat the thieves and the owners of their 'chor bazaar',” Thackeray said.

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into sea. Read more

Canter bus which was going to Shiv Khodi from Bindi area of Rajouri met with an accident at Taryath in Rajouri in which 14 years old boy and a woman died on spot and 12 other persons injured.

CM Arvind Kejriwal has sent a proposal to LG VK Saxena to hold Delhi's Mayor elections on February 22. The Supreme Court had asked the MCD yesterday to issue notice for the election within 24 hours. (ANI)

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday raided seven locations in Rajasthan in connection with the activities of banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), people familiar with the development said. Read more

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has seized three vehicles as proceeds of terror in the case regarding recovery and seizure of arms and ammunition from former deputy SP of J&K Police, Devender Singh, said officials on Saturday.

Singh was terminated from services in May last year.

"NIA seized three vehicles under sections 25 (1) of the UAPA in the case under investigation. These vehicles were used by accused persons for the furtherance of terror activities in Kashmir Valley," said an official spokesperson.

Ramesh Bais took oath as the Governor of Maharashtra, in the presence of CM Eknath Shinde. 

49th meeting of the GST Council begins at Vigyan Bhawan.