Breaking News: Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin end hour-long call on Ukraine

US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have begun their closely watched call on Ukraine as the US warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine may be imminent, reports AP.

Delhi reported 920 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours as the total caseload there reached 18,50,516 and the death toll climbed to 26,060. Daily positivity rate was at 1.68% and the city also has 4,331 active cases.

Maharashtra saw 4,359 new Covid-19 cases and 32 fatalities in the last 24 hours pushing the state's caseload to 78,39,447 and the death toll to 1,43,387.

All Covid-19 curbs will be revoked from February 14 in the state of Bihar, CM Nitish Kumar announced. 

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The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has constituted a national working committee with 19 members including party leaders Abhishek Banerjee, Amit Mitra, Partha Chatterjee, Yashwant Sinha, and Firhad Hakim, reports ANI citing senior leader Partha Chatterjee.

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With 349 new Covid-19 cases and three more deaths, Mumbai's total caseload so far reached 10,53,762 cases and the death toll climbed to 16,682, data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) showed. The city has 2,925 active cases. 

The Election Commission of India allowed foot marches in the five poll-bound states  with limited number of persons as mandated by the SDMAs in the respective states.

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Industrialist Rahul Bajaj will be cremated with full state honours, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said.

Industrialist and Padma Bhushan awardee Rahul Bajaj passed away on Saturday at the age of 83 at a private hospital in Pune.

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Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu denied any infighting within the party's state unit, reports ANI. 

“Where is the internal infighting in Congress? Rahul Gandhi has given a decision and we all have welcomed it. No one has any issue with the high command's decision,” he said. 

Tamil Nadu extended Covid-19 related restrictions till March 2 while allowing kindergarten and play schools to reopen. The ban on gatherings would continue and maximum attendance has been capped at 200 for marriages and related events and at 100 for deaths and funerals. 

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The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies in Punjab – Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) – release their manifesto for the Punjab Assembly polls in Jalandhar, reports ANI.

Russia said that it would cut back on its diplomatic staff in Ukraine, reports AFP.

Karnataka government suspends classes for pre-university students in the state from 12th to 15th February 2022, the state primary and secondary education department announced.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar prorogues the State Legislative Assembly with effect from 12th February 2022.

Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate for Punjab Bhagwant Singh Mann holds a roadshow in Dhuri.

“A matter regarding dress code in some educational institutions in Karnataka is under judicial examination by Karnataka High Court...Motivated comments our internal issues aren't welcome,” MEA issues a statement on comments by some countries on dress code in some educational institutions in Karnataka.

The United States has asked its citizens to leave Ukraine in the next 48 hours and is all set to evacuate the US embassy in the country ahead of possible invasion by Russia, reported news agency AP citing officials.

Three active Al-Badr terrorists were arrested in Dangiwacha area of Sopore District by police; arms and ammunition recovered.

India reported a slight dip in coronavirus infections with 50,407 new Covid-19 cases and 804 deaths in the last 24 hours.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter Scale occurred around 05:03:34 IST, today at 39km east of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, stated the National Centre of Seismology.