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• 26 Feb 2022, 08:43:55 PM IST

  Amid the raging Hijab controversy in Karnataka, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said unnecessary controversies should not be encouraged and students should be guided by the school uniform, reports PTI.

• 26 Feb 2022, 08:06:54 PM IST

  Maharashtra adds 893 Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths

  Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 893 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths, taking the state's infection tally to 78,64,516, the state health department said.

   

• 26 Feb 2022, 07:53:03 PM IST

  BMC to provide free Covid testing, vaccines, food to students returning from Ukraine today, says Mumbai mayor

• 26 Feb 2022, 06:38:41 PM IST

  Delhi reports  440 new Covid-19 cases & 2  deaths; Active cases stand at 2063

  Delhi on Thursday recorded 440 new Covid-19 cases and 2 fatalities; Active cases stand at 2063, the state health department said.

• 26 Feb 2022, 06:23:13 PM IST

  From Monday, not mandatory for people in Delhi to wear masks while travelling in private four-wheelers, says DDMA

  Wearing masks will not be mandatory for people in Delhi travelling in private four wheelers, the Delhi government notified on Saturday.

• 26 Feb 2022, 06:07:22 PM IST

  National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai reopens for public

• 26 Feb 2022, 05:59:11 PM IST

  Afghan universities reopen, but few women return

  Afghanistan's universities reopened on Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a few women returned to now-segregated classes, reports news agency AFP.

• 26 Feb 2022, 03:51:26 PM IST

  West Bengal: Special Task Force arrests another member of banned Kamtapur Liberation Organisation from Siliguri

• 26 Feb 2022, 03:27:26 PM IST

  Union Cabinet approves nationwide roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

  The Union Cabinet approved the nationwide roll-out of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with a budget of ₹1,600 crore for five years, reports ANI.

• 26 Feb 2022, 03:18:51 PM IST

  BJP leader Locket Chatterjee urges Om Birla to organise two-day special session every year for women on International Women’s Day in the Parliament

  MP and BJP leader Locket Chatterjee writes to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and requests to organise a two-day special session every year for women and girls on International Women’s Day in the Parliament, reports news agency ANI.

• 26 Feb 2022, 02:30:49 PM IST

  ED files a prosecution complaint against Wasim Rahaman, Wajid Ali & Md Gulam Gausfor for money laundering

• 26 Feb 2022, 12:03:46 PM IST

  Two pilots killed in chopper crash in Telangana

  Two pilots killed have been killed in chopper crash in the state of Telangana. The incident happened at Tungaturthi village of Peddavura block, closer to Nagarjunsagar dam on Krishna river. Medical teams are rushing to the site of the incident.

• 26 Feb 2022, 09:31:48 AM IST

  11,499 new Covid cases in India, positivity rate drops to 1.01%

  India reports 11,499 new Covid cases, 255 deaths in last 24 hours; positivity rate drops to 1.01%

• 26 Feb 2022, 07:19:02 AM IST

  Pak terror bid foiled in J&K, explosives dropped by Pak drone recovered