Breaking News: Mumbai's daily Covid tally dips further to 202

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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. 

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

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.

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.

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

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