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27 Feb 2022 2:36 PM IST
Uttarakhand polls: Police summon 4 army members for tampering with mail-in ballots
Pithoragarh police on Sunday summoned four members of the army for allegedly tampering with postal ballots at an army center in Jammu. It comes after former congress leader and former Uttarakhand leader Harish Rawat shared the video online.
I’m doing a little viral video for everyone’s information where one person ticks off all the votes at an army center and even does everyone’s signature the same see a sample of this the election commission will she want to know about it?” Rawat said on Tuesday.
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27 Feb 2022 2:15 p.m. IST
Sanjay Raut renews attack on Center following computer raids on Sena Corporal
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut On Sunday, he renewed his attack on the Union government over tax raids on the premises of party corporal Yashwant Jadhav.
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27 Feb 2022 2:14 PM IST
Finland closes its airspace to Russian planes
The Finnish government announced on Sunday that it was closing its airspace to Russian aircraft after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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February 27, 2022 11:54 a.m. IST
The fourth flight of “Operation Ganga” leaves for Delhi from Bucharest”
“The fourth Operation Ganga flight takes off from Bucharest. 198 Indian nationals are returning to Delhi,” Foreign Minister S Jaishankar tweeted.
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February 27, 2022 10:34 am IST
Rail services hit in Mumbai due to power cuts, 1st major outage since October 2020
Local rail services in Mumbai have been badly affected due to a major power outage since October 2020. Railway officials said the entire Churchgate-Andheri corridor had been disrupted as no trains had been running since 9:42 a.m. . A power grid outage left much of Mumbai without power. Read more…
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February 27, 2022 10:32 am IST
BJP Chief’s Twitter Account Hacked, Crypto Donations Wanted for Russia and Ukraine
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagat Prakash Nadda’s Twitter account was hacked on Sunday morning, with several tweets asking for cryptocurrency donations to help Russia and Ukraine. Read more…
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Feb 27, 2022 9:56 a.m. IST
Seoul identifies projectile fired by North Korea as ballistic missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul said, resuming a weapons test bombardment as the world focuses on Ukraine, AFP news agency reported.
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Feb 27, 2022 9:08 a.m. IST
India adds 10,273 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours
India continued a downward trend in its daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Sunday after 10,273 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of cases to 4, 29 , 16,117, according to the Union Health Department’s dashboard. Active cases in the country have fallen below 120,000 and stand at 111,472.
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Feb 27, 2022 8:27 a.m. IST
PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ airing today
The 86th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio program “Mann Ki Baat” will air at 11am. It will be broadcast across AIR and Doordarshan’s entire network as well as AIR News and the mobile app.
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Feb 27, 2022 6:47 a.m. IST
Australia arrive in Pakistan for their first cricket tour in 24 years
The Australian cricket team have arrived in Pakistan for the first tour in 24 years. Australia has not visited Pakistan since 1998 for security reasons.
Ukrainian crisis: Manipur opens a cell to help stranded students
About 50 students from Manipuri are studying in Ukraine. Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh is monitoring the situation by communicating directly with stranded students.
Updated Feb 27, 2022 2:22 PM IST
These US visa applicants in India are exempt from in-person interview
The U.S. Department of State, through December 31, is authorized to waive in-person interview requirements for certain applicants and their eligible derivatives in various nonimmigrant visa classifications.
Posted Feb 27, 2022 2:10 PM IST
HT this day: February 28, 1979 — Two years RI for Sanjay, Shukla
Mr. Sanjay Gandhi and Mr. VC Shukla were today sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years each by Judge ON Vohra for criminal conspiracy to destroy the film “Kissa Kursi Kaa”.
Posted Feb 27, 2022 1:20 PM IST
New Delhi
HV correspondentIndian students returning from Ukraine remember their struggle
470 stranded passengers have been brought from Ukraine to India, while thousands of them are waiting to be evacuated.
Posted Feb 27, 2022 12:55 IST
BJP leader JP Nadda’s Twitter account hacked; crypto donations sought for russia
Several tweets were posted from JP Nadda’s hacked Twitter account supporting the Russian invasion of Ukrainian cities and seeking cryptocurrency donations for Russia.
Posted Feb 27, 2022 12:12 IST
Article 144 imposed in Tripura CM constituency after BJP-Congress clash
A local BJP party office was moderately damaged in the clash. Former BJP minister and lawmaker Sudip Roy Barman, who recently joined Congress, was lightly injured.
Posted Feb 27, 2022 11:04 a.m. IST
Civic polls in Bengal: Voting amid fears of violence, tight security
Civic polls in Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ruling Trinamool Congress is locked in a multifaceted competition with the BJP, the CPMI-led Left Front and the Congress.
Posted Feb 27, 2022 10:34 am IST