Breaking news on February 27

One person was killed and four others injured during a landslide in western Nepal on Thursday, police said. The incident happened in Dadeldhura district when rocks with heaps of soil came rolling down from a mountain and hit a group of workers at a bridge construction site.

Centenarian freedom fighter and Vedic scholar Sudhakar Krishna Rao, widely known as Sudhakar Chaturvedi died on Thursday in Bengaluru due to old age-related ailments, one of his disciples said.

Rao, an eye-witness to the Jalianwala Bagh massacre on April 13, 1919, breathed his last at his resident in Jayanagar in Bengaluru, disciple Sudhakar Sharma said.

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Thursday disqualified Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan from the membership of the House and declared his Suar seat in Rampur district as vacant.

A 'chadar' will be offered on behalf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer on the occasion of the 808th Urs ceremony of the Sufi saint.

The police claimed to have busted a coal theft racket in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on Thursday by arresting four persons including an official of the government-run South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).

The government will register 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in order to promote cooperative farming, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Thursday.

The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday signed an MoU with Dorabji Tata Trust to provide better healthcare services in the state.

Primary health services will be improved through Arogyam Health and Wellness Centres in the state under the MoU.

Social and cultural activists from far and wide converged in Patna on Thursday to lend their support to a massive rally that marked the conclusion of Kanhaiya Kumar's 'Jan Gan Man Yatra' across Bihar to galvanise public opinion against CAA-NPR-NRC.

A forest fire triggered several mine blasts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday, officials said.

Before preaching others on human rights, Pakistan must remember terrorism is worst form of rights abuse: India at UNHRC.

Two people were arrested for allegedly cheating 27 people of Rs 16 lakh by promising them jobs abroad, police said on Thursday.

A Madhya Pradesh court today ordered the state government to impose an immediate ban on single-use plastic and polythene in the state.

Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in Baran district to maintain communal harmony, peace and law & order situation. It will be in place till April 30.

The 119 evacuees, including 114 Indian nationals and five foreign nationals, who were brought back from the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship off the Japanese coast in Yokohama by an Air India special flight from Japan, have been quarantined at the Indian Army Facility at Manesar.

The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the state government to consider allowing 29 students of an unauthorised CBSE school here to appear for the Class X examination being conducted by the state board.

Two members of a family, including a three-year-old girl, were killed and three others injured as a wall of their house in Timanpur village near Mainpuri collapsed on them on Thursday morning, said police.

I started a project under the National Highway Authority of India dug ponds and farm lakes for water conservation in Maharashtra's Buldhana. The project solved the drinking water problem in 287 villages and provides water for irrigation to 25,000-acre land, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday levied a total fine of Rs 65 lakh on Helios and Matheson Information Technology Ltd for disclosure lapses and violation of listing agreement.

Over 600 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat are in Iran and want to return home following coronavirus outbreak in the country, activists and family members said.

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) is likely to meet on Friday to discuss relief measures for AGR-hit telecom companies, according to a source.

Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday amended the guidelines for intermediaries operating at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), wherein such entities will be permitted to carry out operations without forming a separate company.

Rupee settles 6 paise higher at 71.59 (provisional) against US dollar

Indian Army today paid tribute to Sepoy Karnail Singh at Badami Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar. He had fallen into a deep gorge following an avalanche on 26th February and later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital.

Maharashtra Government withdraws 348 cases out of the total 649 cases registered in Bhima Koregaon violence and 460 of the 548 cases registered in connection with Maratha agitation.

State Election Commissioner Sourav Das on Thursday met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar who asked him to ensure peaceful and fair civic polls in the state, and take action to prevent a repeat of the violence that marred the panchayat elections in 2018.

Thousands of farmers will begin an indefinite strike in Jalore district of Rajasthan on Friday demanding the government revises compensation against land acquisition for two highway projects.

A bus carrying family and friends of a groom collided with a truck on National Highway 34 in West Bengal's Malda district, killing one person and
injuring 10 other passengers, police said.

A BJP MLA was robbed of his mobile phone while waiting for a cab near Civil Lines in the city, an official said on Thursday.

Gold prices on Thursday rose by Rs 78 to Rs 43,513 per 10 gram in the national capital on positive global trend as worries over spread of coronavirus raised yellow metal's safe haven appeal, according to HDFC Securities.

Sensex drops 143.30 points to end at 39,745.66; Nifty slips 45.20 points to 11,633.30

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on President of Myanmar, U Win Myint earlier today.

Delhi High Court disposed of stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's plea challenging his suspension from flying with IndiGo airlines for a period of 6 months. The court said Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) should decide on his representation dated Feb 20, within 8 weeks.

Delhi High Court disposed of stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's plea challenging his suspension from flying with IndiGo airlines for a period of 6 months. The court said Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) should decide on his representation dated Feb 20, within 8 weeks.

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said: "Delhi HC Judge S Muralidhar transferred by govt to save BJP leaders in Delhi violence case."

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "Transfer of Justice Muralidhar done on recommendation of SC collegium; well-settled process was followed."

BJP leader & lawyer, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay today filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Supreme Court seeking its immediate direction to implement the Law Commission's report on alleged hate and inflammatory speech.

In 2017, the Law Commission defined hate and inflammatory speech & suggested the addition of section 153-C & 505-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) & Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), on the direction of Supreme Court.

Market benchmark Sensex dropped over 200 points in opening session on Thursday as incessant foreign fund outflow and coronavirus overhang weighed on global investor sentiment. The 30-share index dropped 202.44 points, or 0.51 per cent, to 39,686.52, while the NSE Nifty fell 62.75 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 11,615.75.

Rupee rises 5 paise to 71.60 against US dollar in early trade.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA): All the evacuees will undergo a 14-day quarantine at the quarantine facility set up by the Indian Army in Manesar, Haryana. 

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General on Delhi Violence said: "Secretary-General is very saddened by the reports of casualties following the protests in Delhi. As he has done in similar circumstances, he calls for maximum restraint and for violence to be avoided."

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP): Globemaster landed at 6:45 am today from China with 112 evacuees, including 36 foreign nationals. All evacuees will be taken to the ITBP quarantine facility in Chhawla, Delhi after their thermal screening. 

Kozhikode Police: Koodathayi serial murders accused Jolly attempts suicide in jail, admitted to Kozhikode Medical College with a slit wrist. More details awaited

China reports 29 more Coronavirus deaths, lowest in almost a month.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia: Entry to the country for the purpose of Umrah (pilgrimage) and/or visiting the Prophet's mosque in Medina is temporarily suspended.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said: "Air India flight landed in Delhi from Tokyo (Japan),carrying 119 Indians and 5 nationals from Sri Lanka,Nepal,South Africa and Peru who were quarantined on board Diamond Princess ship due to COVID-19. Appreciate facilitation of Japanese authorities."

US Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mark R Warner (D-VA), co-chairs of the Senate India Caucus, issued statement following President Donald Trump’s visit to India saying, 'We welcome the commitments made by United States and India during President Trump’s recent visit'.

The statement further says, '2 countries(India-US) agreed to continue working together to ensure free&open Indo-Pacific region, secure 5G & open internet, increase our defence trade, strengthen our energy partnership, expand counterterrorism, maritime, cyber,& space cooperation'.