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• 18 Feb 2022, 10:03:12 PM IST

  Punjab polls: Chandigarh declares ‘dry days’

  Chandigarh administration announces ‘dry days’ from 6pm of February 18 till the conclusion of assembly polls in Punjab on February 20 and on March 10 which is the counting day.

• 18 Feb 2022, 09:12:31 PM IST

  PM Modi to inaugurate Bio-CNG plant in Indore on Feb 19

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) plant in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on February 19 through video conferencing.

• 18 Feb 2022, 08:23:54 PM IST

  Delhi logs 607 new Covid-19 cases and 4 deaths

  Delhi records 607 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths; active caseload at 2775.

• 18 Feb 2022, 07:47:07 PM IST

  Mumbai's daily Covid cases fall to 202

  Mumbai’s single-day Covid count further falls to 202; city logs first death after three days.

• 18 Feb 2022, 07:22:36 PM IST

  Truckers protest: Police begin evicting protesters

  Police in Canada's Ottawa launch operation to evict agitators protesting against Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

• 18 Feb 2022, 06:31:32 PM IST

  Abhishek Banerjee remains TMC's national general secretary

  Abhishek Banerjee retains position as TMC’s national general secretary amid alleged power tussle within the Mamata Banerjee-helmed party.

• 18 Feb 2022, 06:23:59 PM IST

  80% adult Indians fully jabbed against Covid: Mandaviya

  80% of India's adult population fully vaccinated against Covid, tweets Mansukh Mandaviya.

• 18 Feb 2022, 05:59:45 PM IST

  Air India to operate 3 flights to Ukraine

  Air India announces flights for Kyiv on February 22, 24 and 26.

• 18 Feb 2022, 05:12:54 PM IST

  Rakesh Gangwal resigns from IndiGo's board

  IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal resigns from board. Gangwal was the company's non-executive and non-independent director.

• 18 Feb 2022, 05:06:13 PM IST

  Hijab ban: Hearing to resume on Feb 21

  Karnataka HC adjourns hearing against for February 21 the hearing on petitions challenging the ban on hijab in educational institutes in the state.

• 18 Feb 2022, 04:08:59 PM IST

  Money laundering case: ED arrests Iqbal Kaskar

  Enforcement Directorate arrests Iqbal Kaskar, the brother of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, in a money laundering case.

• 18 Feb 2022, 03:23:36 PM IST

  Over 2 crore youngsters vaccinated against Covid: Mansukh Mandaviya

  Over 2 crore youngsters in 15-18 age group now fully vaccinated against, tweets Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

• 18 Feb 2022, 03:12:31 PM IST

  Hijab ban: Hearing resumes in Karnataka HC

  Karnataka high court begins hearing pleas challenging ban on wearing hijab in educational campuses in the state,

• 18 Feb 2022, 02:27:00 PM IST

  Will go to court over ‘flag’ remark: DK Shivakumar

  Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa must resign over his saffron flag remark. We'll continue overnight protests at the assembly till he gets sacked from the Cabinet, otherwise, we'll go to the court and not allow the Assembly to function: DK Shivakumar, Karnataka Congress chief

• 18 Feb 2022, 12:33:48 PM IST

  Historians restrained from publishing defamatory content against Vikram Sampath

  Delhi high court on Friday restrained historians from publishing defamatory content against Vikram Sampath, the author of a two-volume biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

• 18 Feb 2022, 11:41:54 AM IST

  38 of 49 convicts sentenced to death in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

  Thirty eight convicts have been sentenced to death in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, reports news agency ANI. Read more

• 18 Feb 2022, 11:24:24 AM IST

  Former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas's security to be reviewed

  Former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas's security will be reviewed, news agency ANI reported on Friday, citing government sources. 

  This came days after the AAP leader alleged Arvind Kejriwal had once told him that he would either become the chief minister of Punjab or the first Prime Minister of an independent nation, an apparent reference to Khalistan. Read more

• 18 Feb 2022, 10:31:56 AM IST

  PM Modi, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to hold virtual summit today

  PM Modi and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan will hold a virtual summit today. “The two leaders will also discuss bilateral cooperation and exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual interest,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement. 

• 18 Feb 2022, 09:03:27 AM IST

  India reports 25,920 new Covid cases, 492 deaths in last 24 hour

  India on Friday reported 25,920 fresh cases of coronavirus disease and 492 related deaths in the past 24 hours. Read more

• 18 Feb 2022, 08:31:17 AM IST

  Mild earthquake felt in Rajasthan's Jaipur

  An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 occurred 92km northwest of Jaipur, Rajasthan at around 8.01am on Friday, according to the National Center for Seismology.

• 18 Feb 2022, 08:28:51 AM IST

  Blinken accepts invitation to meet Lavrov if Russia does not invade Ukraine

  Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has proposed dates for holding a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, late next week, who accepted it if Russia does not invade Ukraine, reported news agency ANI, citing local media.

• 18 Feb 2022, 07:04:08 AM IST

  British army on standby amid 'red weather' warning due to Storm Eunice

  Britain put the army on standby Thursday and schools prepared to close as forecasters issued a rare "red weather" warning of "danger to life" from fearsome winds and flooding due to an approaching storm. Also read

• 18 Feb 2022, 06:25:12 AM IST

  PM Modi to virtually open two railway lines connecting Thane and Diva today

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday inaugurate two additional railway lines (fifth and sixth) connecting Thane and Diva in Maharashtra. The inauguration will take place via video conferencing at 4:30pm. Read more