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#11:43 PM

We've all gathered to support charity that works for children who suffer from cancer: Amitabh Bachchan at Caring With Style 2017:ANI

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Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan walks the ramp for fashion designers Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla at Caring With Style 2017 event in Mumbai:ANI

#11:42 PM

Have full faith in Mamata Banerjee. Will continue my fight. Don't want money; punishment should be given to doctors:Ruby Roy, Complainant: ANI

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Kolkata: Police registered case against Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals fr medical negligence & extortion on complaint of deceased patient's wife: ANI

#10:56 PM

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami arrives in Delhi, will meet PM Narendra Modi on Monday

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Tamil Nadu: 9 tourists dead, 11 rescued after a boat carrying 20 capsized in sea near Manapad area of Tuticorin: ANI

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Iran's Rouhani chides critics as aide says he will seek re-election: Reuters India

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Family representative says Bill Paxton, who played an astronaut in "Apollo13," has died from surgery complications: AP

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Two German archaeologists kidnapped in Nigeria freed: German govt AFP

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US urges Russia to 'immediately' observe Ukraine ceasefire: State Dept - AFP

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Gujarat: Security beefed up at Somnath temple after Gujarat ATS arrested two persons for alleged links with ISIS: ANI

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Hyderabad: Baby crocodile rescued from Azampura drainage line by locals, handed over to zoo officials: ANI

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Okram Chuthek (Imphal) bomb blast: One live bomb recovered, bomb disposal squad at the spot. No casualties reported: ANI

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62-year-old dies due to cardiac arrest during police interrogation in connection with alleged involvement in molestation case: ANI

#9:10 PM

TN CM EK Palaniswami leaves for Delhi on maiden visit after assuming office; will meet PM Narendra Modi & raise NEET issue: PTI

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Odisha franchise Kalinga Lancers win their maiden Hockey India League HIL title in Chandigarh: PTI

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Okram Chuthek (Imphal): Bomb blast at the residence gate of Hueiyen Lanpao (local vernacular) editor H Ningomba & ISTV editor B Ningomba:ANI

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No IAS to hold post of Controller of Exam(BSIC),Chairman Tech Services Recruitment Board & BSSC-Bihar IAS association in protest of IAS S Kumar arrest: ANI

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Political conspiracy not just by state BJP but by national BJP & govt also, to tarnish image of our govt: Karnataka CM on Bribegate Diary:ANI

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Tamil Nadu: 9 tourists dead after a boat carrying 20 capsized in sea near Manapad area of Tuticorin. Rescue ops underway.

#8:11 PM

I am sure in elections people will answer SP's gundaraj & BJP's demonetisation decision that has been painful for public: Mayawati

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Whatever Akhilesh Yadav says, only adds strength to BJP & other communal powers: BSP Chief Mayawati

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SP and BJP are together hand in gloves: BSP supremo Mayawati

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Elderly man, accused of molesting woman, dies during police interrogation in Kolkata: PTI

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UP minister Vijay Mishra, who joined BSP after being denied ticket for Assembly polls, sacked from Akhilesh Yadav govt: PTI

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17 killed, 62 injured as truck ferrying them to church service suffers mishap in Meghalaya West Khasi Hills: Police

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Digvijaya Singh says diary reportedly showing payoffs to Cong leaders is fake, issue raked up to malign party's image: PTI

#7:30 PM

Mulayam has punctured the 'cycle', Shivpal broke its chain, says Rajnath Singh: PTI

#7:29 PM

Impasse continues after fractured verdict in BMC polls: PTI

#7:22 PM

Budget session of Chhattisgarh Assembly to begin from Monday, scheduled to have 21 sittings before concluding on March 30: PTI

#7:21 PM

31 fire engines operating. Fire fighting operations on; no causalities reported: Chief fire officer (West) Vipin Kental on TOI building fire

#7:07 PM

Pulkit, a 10th standard student committed suicide after jumping from Janakpuri's district center's 8th floor. Police didn't receive any suicide note

#7:02 PM

PM Modi said in Gonda that UP students pass by cheating in exams, I request honest students not to vote BJP: UP CM

#6:52 PM

Boris Nemtsov, fierce critic of Putin, remembered as thousands march to mark anniversary of his killing: AP

#6:51 PM

I made sure land for setting up of AIIMS was given in Gorakhpur. I want to ask when will that AIIMS be ready?:UP CM

#6:50 PM

5 accused arrested, 1 absconding; incident took place in Faridabad: Joint CP Dependra Pathak on Lajpat Nagar (Delhi) student gangrapecase:ANI

#6:49 PM

Nation's farmers are thinking that their loans will be waived in the name of UP elections, I hope PM is not just deceiving farmers: UP CM

#6:48 PM

Although you have done Mann KI Baat, but people in UP are waiting when will you talk about some work: Akhilesh Yadav

#6:46 PM

NCP to join hands with Congress in municipal corporations, Zilla Parishads in Maharashtra: SharadPawar: PTI

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Centre formulates policy to promote living close to mass public transport corridors like metros, monorail and bus rapid transit systems:PTI

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Driver of a private ambulance held for taking money to provide blood & plasma to a patient's family at Jaipur's SMS Hospital: Police: PTI

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Woman, whose body was found with mother's skeleton in Agra on Saturday, said to be suffering from depression: PTI

#6:27 PM

Jats observe 'Black Day' across Haryana, protests remain peaceful Jat Agitation: PTI

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Kolkata: Fire broke out at 2 small factories in Beliaghata; 8 fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the flames: ANI

#6:12 PM

'I'm a clean athlete' insists UK Olympic hero Mo Farah: AFP

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Panel to prepare guidelines for desilting Ganga suggests dredging shoals formed in front of Farakka Barrage to address siltation issue: PTI

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20 fire tenders have reached Times of India building at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in Delhi

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During his Washington DC visit Foreign Secy S Jaishankar will also be meeting with chairpersons of key Congressional Committees: ANI

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On his US visit Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will meet Speaker of House of Representatives Paul Ryan & Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: ANI

#5:59 PM

SP's Dimple Yadav redefines 'Kasab' - abbreviation coined by Amit Shah, says 'Sa' stands for smartphone, 'B' for 'bachche' (children): PTI

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to address 2 rallies in Delhi before municipal polls. JD(U) to contest all 272 seats, taking on AAP on home turf:PTI

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7-year-old girl allegedly sedated, molested by 2 senior girls, repeatedly over last few months, at her west Delhi school: Police: PTI

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Chhattisgarh: Two Maoists surrender before police in #Dantewada: ANI

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Rasool Pati, associates planning to attack PM's cavalcade with rocket launcher/vans with explosives, security enhanced: Mau ASP RK Singh:ANI

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Information of threat to life to PM during his Mau visit from Rasool Pati (Haren Pandya murder accused): Mau ASP, RK Singh: ANI

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Navy has conducted mega exercise with strategic assets like nuclear-powered submarine, carrier INS Vikramaditya, IAF's Su-30 & #Jaguar jets: PTI

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Indiscriminate desiltation cn cause "more harm" to a river's ecology: High-level panel to prepare guidelines for Ganga desiltation work:PTI

#5:30 PM

Pak Rangers kill 4 terrorists, detain 600 suspects during over 200 search operations in Punjab province under Radd-ul-Fasaad operation:PTI

#5:26 PM

Naxals set a bus on fire in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Police officials have rushed to the spot: ANI

#5:25 PM

Governor of Goa Mridula Sinha summons the Legislative Assembly of Goa to meet at Assembly Hall on Feb 28, 2017 at 11:30 am

#5:16 PM

Delhi: Fire at the Times of India building in Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. Four fire tenders rushed to the spot. More details awaited

#5:15 PM

ForestDept catches #lioness which mauled to death a 3-year-old girl in Gujarat's Junagadh district after 20-hour operation: Official: PTI

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16 killed, many injured as truck taking them to Nonglang Synod of Presbyterian church meets accident in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills: Police: PTI

#5:07 PM

A total of 16,960 cases of crime against women & children, including 2,568 rapes, have been reported in last 1 yr in Kerala: Police report: PTI

#5:06 PM

18 accused & 350 candidates nabbed in raids at Nagpur, Goa & Pune.They took Rs.4-5 lakh from candidates: A Dumbare,Jt CP Thane on Army Paper leak: 

#4:57 PM

BJP #MPNishikantDubey writes to PM, says then HM S K Shinde had asked Delhi HC CJ to name judge as early as possible for Snoopgate probe:PTI

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UPA govt tried to "influence" judiciary in #Snoopgate probe, allegedly involving Amit Shah, ahead of 2014 poll results: BJP MP: PTI

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Sahibabad: Police seized demonetised currency notes worth Rs 48.97 Lakhs from near Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Park(Gate 2). 4 persons arrested: ANI

#4:56 PM

The PM is cheating us, I have governed UP 4 times; I have never made any discrimination between Hindus and Muslims' festivals: Mayawati

#4:53 PM

I want to ask PM tht as per Hindu tradition, Hindus graveyards are not in villages, they are 3 km away from villages: Mayawati

#4:52 PM

PM says that if Muslims' cemeteries r present in villages, so graveyards of Hindus' will also be built: Mayawati 

#4:22 PM

Parag M Dhakate, Director, Corbett Tiger Park, removed from his post due to controversy over shoot-at-sight orders to deal with poachers: PTI

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly to develop its own data centre under digitisation project at a cost of Rs 30 crore in next one year: Official - PTI

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Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu questions Congress' silence over recent comments of P Chidambaram on J&K, Army chief Bipin Rawat: PTI

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Cong says PM Narendra Modi has "pulled down" stature of high office: PTI

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Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad arrests two suspected ISIS terrorists from Rajkot and Bhavnagar: PTI

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BombayHC asks Maha govt to make State Complaints Authority functional in a month over alleged lack of redressal of complaints against cops: PTI

#4:18 PM

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu condemns killing of Indian in Kansas, says US should respond to such incidents & take "strongest action":PTI

#4:06 PM

BSP has received the highest number of votes till now, says Mayawati

#3:45 PM

Telangana CM KC Rao sanctions Rs.21.75 cr undr special development fund for providing infrastructure facilities in Dornakal constituency: ANI

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Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar will embark on a visit to US on 28 February: ANI

#3:39 PM

Not in race for chief ministership in Uttar Pradesh: Union Minister Manoj Sinha. UP polls: PTI

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Railways to announce on Monday new policy for catering services which shall separate functioning of cooking, food distribution on board:PTI

#3:37 PM

All eyes on the Nehru-Gandhi pocket borough #Amethi in phase V of UP Polls: PTI

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Central Forces conduct flag march in sensitive areas close to Terai region in Nepal's foothills that go to polls in UP in phase V on Monday: PTI

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Uttarakhand: 8 dead and 6 injured after car fell into a gorge in Pauri district: ANI

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1 personnel injured in firing b/w & 207 CoBRA Bn & Naxals at Jharkhand-West Bengal border; personnel airlifted to Ranchi; firing still on

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FS S Jaishankar to visit US from Feb 28, expected to take up India's concerns over possible clamp down on H1B visas & safety of Indians

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We have constituted an 11-member team & moving towards solution step by step, no need to hurry: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh on liquor ban

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Meghalaya: 16 killed & over 50 injured as a truck taking 70 people to a nearby church, overturned in West Khasi Hills district, this morning

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AIIMS to conduct counselling sessions for its security personnel in its efforts to make them people-friendly

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BJP has not been able to project a face for Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh: BSP Chief Mayawati in Ballia

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#Gujarat ATS arrests two alleged #ISIS operatives from Rajkot and Bhavnagar.

# 11:05 AM

ISRO has made us proud: #PMModi in Mann ki Baat

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#PMModi addresses nation on #MannKiBaat

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Sonipat (Haryana): Jats, carrying out agitation for reservation, to hold 'Black Day' today; security arrangements in place- ANI

# 08:06 AM

Maj Amardeep Singh(critically injured in Shopian terror attack)brought to Delhi from Srinagar,J&K by helicopter;He's better but unconscious- ANI

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Army recruitment exam paper leak: Thane Crime Branch conducts raids in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Pune, Nashik & Goa- ANI

# 07:58 AM

ECI issues notices to all political parties' Presidents/Secretaries/General Secretaries over Model Code of Conduct- ANI

# 07:33 AM

ISIS ppl forced us to watch videos of what they did to Iraq, Syria, Nigeria & other places;It was bit difficult to watch them: Dr Ramamurthy- ANI

# 07:29 AM

In jail, we met another 2 Indians, who were captured from outskirts of Sirte (Libya)&had already finished 2months of jailterm: Dr Ramamurthy- ANI

# 07:26 AM

Malayalam actress molestation case: Accused Sunil Kumar & Vijesh brought to Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu early in the morning for evidence collection- ANI