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Feb 19, 2022 01:49 PM IST

UP govt lifts night curfew amid decline in Covid cases
Feb 19, 2022 01:39 PM IST

Watch: BJP poll worker hassles hijab-clad woman in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai, asked to leave booth

A Muslim woman in hijab was hassled by a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while entering a polling booth during the local body elections in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. She later managed to exercise her franchise after police and members of other political parties intervened. Read more
Feb 19, 2022 01:08 PM IST

Man jumps off perimeter, heads towards runway at Mumbai airport; caught

An intruder has been caught by airport police at Mumbai. He jumped off the perimeter wall and started to run towards the runway when the CISF personnel on duty caught him. Mumbai officials say that he was caught within seconds after he jumped from the Kurla side of the runway. The man has been handed over to the airport police for investigation.
Feb 19, 2022 11:40 AM IST

Delhi Police recovers bike, suspects link with IED recovered from Ghazipur flower market in Jan

The Special Cell of Delhi Police has recovered a bike, which was stolen in 2020, parked in the parking lot of Dilshad Garden metro station, which, they suspect, was used to take the IED recovered at Ghazipur flower market last month, reported ANI.
Feb 19, 2022 10:46 AM IST

Hijab row: 10 girls booked for violating Section 144, staging protest in Karnataka’s Tumkur

Police have registered an FIR against at least 10 girls for violating prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of CrPC by staging a protest against the hijab rule outside Girls Empress Govt PU College in Tumkur, Karnataka, on February 17, under Sections 143, 145, 188 and 149 of IPC.
Feb 19, 2022 10:16 AM IST

Fire at Bihar’s Madhubani railway station doused; no casualties

The fire in the empty carriages of Swatantra Senani Superfast Express train at Madhubani railway station was doused at 9:50am, news agency ANI reported quoting East Central Railway CPRO. There were no casualties in the incident, the railways said.
Feb 19, 2022 10:12 AM IST

Fire breaks out at Bihar’s Madhubani railway station
Feb 19, 2022 08:51 AM IST

India reports decline in daily infections with 22,270 new cases, 325 deaths in last 24 hours

India registered a further decline in daily infections with 22,270 new cases and 325 deaths in last 24 hours. Active cases stood at 2,53,739, accounting for 0.59 per cent of the total infections.
Feb 19, 2022 07:43 AM IST

Jharkhand govt rolls back Bhojpuri, Magahi as regional languages

Jharkhand government rolled back Bhojpuri and Magahi as regional languages from Bokaro and Dhanbad districts; issues new notification of district-wise regional languages pic.twitter.com/SvkcJcSnLt

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Feb 19, 2022 06:28 AM IST

President Kovind to visit Odisha today

President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from February 19 to February 22. He is expected to be in Puri, Odisha today.

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TN local body election: BJP poll worker hassles hijab-clad woman in Madurai

The BJP polling booth committee member was later asked to leave by the police so as to allow the woman to cast her vote.

The district election officer Varinder Sharma apprising political parties of new modification at polling stations ahead of Punjab assembly elections in Ludhiana (HT File)

Published on Feb 19, 2022 01:36 PM IST

PM Modi inaugurates Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant ‘Gobar-Dhan’ in Indore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the construction of the Bio-CNG plant is a commendable effort to ensure “cleaner urban spaces under the principle of Waste to Wealth.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Gobar-Dhan plant in Indore via video conferencing.(ANI)

Published on Feb 19, 2022 01:25 PM IST

Violating SC order, illegal structures continue on Kaziranga animal corridors

The field director of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) in a report to Assam’s principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) and chief wildlife warden revealed that except the boundary wall of a resort, all other illegal structures were still ‘not removed’ or ‘continuing’.

In April 2019, the Supreme Court banned all new constructions on the animal corridors in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) and ordered removal of the existing structures. (PTI)

Published on Feb 19, 2022 01:12 PM IST

BSF rescues Bangladeshi girl who crossed border to escape father’s thrashing

The girl travelled around 3 kms on foot and crossed the India-Bangladesh border to enter West Bengal through an unfenced patch. She has said that she doesn’t want to return home as her father would beat her again.

The girl, a resident of Bangladesh’s Jhenaidah district, had no luggage and was not carrying any money when she entered West Bengal crossing the Indo-Bangla international border, BSF officials said. (File/Representational Image)

Updated on Feb 19, 2022 01:05 PM IST

Hijab row: FIR filed against 10 girls over protest violating prohibitory orders

Karnataka hijab controversy: The FIR was reportedly filed under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for the protest held outside Girls Empress Govt PU College in Tumkuru.

School staff places a banner with high court's interim order over hijab issue, on the entrance of Desheeya Vidhyashala Samithi PU College, in Shivamogga, on Friday. (PTI) — School staff places a banner with high court’s interim order over hijab issue, on the entrance of Desheeya Vidhyashala Samithi PU College, in Shivamogga, on Friday. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 19, 2022 11:22 AM IST

Chhattisgarh govt to start kindergarten classes from 2022-23 academic session

The Chhattisgarh cabinet has decided that the pre-schools will be opened in 6536 locations of the state where anganvadi centers are located in the school premises.

The Chhattisgarh government’s kindergarten (‘Balwadi’) initiative would benefit 68,054 out of 3,23,624 students in the age group of 5-6 years in the state. (Representational Image)

Published on Feb 19, 2022 09:06 AM IST

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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath flashes the victory sign during an election campaign meeting in support of party candidate Rajeshwar Singh at Sarojni Nagar, in Lucknow.(PTI)

Published on Feb 19, 2022 09:05 AM IST