Top news of Feb 27 | Fire breaks out at Kolkata's wholesale market Burrabazar, 20 fire engines the spot

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#11:18 PM

Karnataka: Fire broke out at State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), Station road branch in Gulbarga; now under control - ANI

#11:08 PM

Fire breaks out at Kolkata's wholesale market Burrabazar, 20 fire engines at the spot - ANI

#10:10 PM

She will be felicitated for this initiative. Sanna and other places in Jashpur will set an example soon: Jashpur Collector Priyanka Shukla - ANI

#10:09 PM

Jashpur collector Priyanka Shukla's speech last year moved me,I decided there & then to take up this noble initiative: Kajal Roy - ANI

#10:05 PM

There were some fund issues, so I mortgaged my jewellery. Also,we made the bricks on our own, along with other women: Kajal Roy - ANI

#9:55 PM

Hoax caller apprehended by Delhi Police, he had called Delhi Police control room threatening of a bomb blast at PM Modi's Mau rally today - ANI

#9:15 PM

I am heartbroken, these are the people you yell for in matches & they troll you at the expense of your father's death: Gurmehar Kaur on Sehwag - ANI

#9:10 PM

I have my own mind, no body is polluting my mind. I am not anti-national: DU student Gurmehar Kaur on MoS Home Kiren Rijiju - ANI

#8:40PM

BCCI Annual Awards 2016-17: Rajinder Goel and  Padmakar Shivalkar nominated for the Col. C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016 - ANI

#8:40PM

Vaman Viswanath Kumar & late Ramakant Desai nominated for the BCCI Special Award in recognition of their services to Indian Cricket - ANI

#8:36PM

Former captain Shanta Rangaswamy nominated for BCCI Lifetime Achievement for Women award. She led India in 12 Test matches and in 16 ODIs - ANI

#8:30PM

Hyderabad police registers FIR against Digvijaya Singh for hurting religious sentiments of Muslims with remark against Madarsas on Twitter - ANI

#8:24 PM

TN CM Palanisamy presented memorandum containing 23 issues including NEET & constitution of Cauvery Management Board to PM Modi in Delhi - ANI

#8:22 PM

ISSF World Cup: Heena Sidhu and Jeetu Rai win gold medal in mixed 10m Air Pistol event - ANI

#8:10 PM

Shanta Rangaswamy becomes first woman cricketer to be conferred BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award - ANI

#8:05 PM

Domestic legends Padmakar Shivalkar and Rajinder Goel to be conferred BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award - ANI

#7:52 PM

ED arrests Kritika Dahal, owner of International Rising for laundering more than 1478 crore using her company in Hong Kong - ANI

#7:23 PM

Bhopal (MP): Police registers FIR against a play school director under POCSO Act for allegedly molesting a 3-yr-old girl. Accused absconding - ANI

#7:17 PM

PMO gives responsibility of implementation of digital payment initiative, handled by NITI Aayog CEO headed committee, to Electronics/IT Min - ANI

#7:18 PM

4.21 crore of cash, 2.20 lakh litres of liquor worth 6.43 crore, drug worth 47.7 lakh, jewellery worth 53.36 lakh seized in 5th phase: ECI - ANI

#6:47 PM

We are compelled to call the strike. It's against govt's monetary policy and reforms in banking industry & labour law: Sanjoy Das, VP (FBIOA) - ANI

#6:40 PM

Under United Forum of Bank Unions' banner we have called for all India bank strike tomorrow: VP, Fed of Bank of India Officer’s Associations

6:49 PM

Army paper leak case: 21 accused produced before court, sent to police custody till March 4, 2017-ANI

#6:13 PM

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palanisamy meets PM Modi, discusses NEET, Hydrocarbon & other issues: AIADMK

#5:42 PM

Does anyone want to know speciality of donkeys, says Akhilesh in Gorakhpur Read More 

#5:18 PM

How can anybody advocate aazadi for J&K. You want to make universities as labs for separatist experiments?: Union Min Venkaiah Naidu - ANI

#5:10 PM

Having a different opinion apart from majority opinion is agreeable but not disintegration. Nobody can advocate disintegration: V Naidu - ANI

#5:06 PM

Certain misguided sections are trying to mislead young population & create social tensions & hurt sentiments of people of India: Venkaiah Naidu - ANI

#5:03 PM

Dissent agreeable not disintegration: M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister - ANI

#5:03 PM

Reserve Bank of India says response given by Finance Ministry on RBI report on introduction of Sharia banking in India cannot be disclosed - PTI

#4:48 PM

Estimated 52 per cent of voter turnout till 4 PM during fifth phase of UP polls where all eyes are set on Amethi and Faizabad - PTI

#4:45 PM

Sebi has worked hard on cleansing of markets; potential instruments of manipulation have been closed down: Outgoing chief UK Sinha - PTI

#4:40 PM

It would have been better if BJP gave tickets to Muslims for ongoing UP polls, says Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - PTI

#4:40 PM

Delhi's Patiala House Court fixes March 8 date for scrutiny of documents in connection with a PMLA case against LIC agent Anand Chauhan - ANI

#4:30 PM

This is not about politics, this is about students & campuses. Nobody can threaten a women with rape: Gurmehar Kaur, DU student - ANI

#4:25PM

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav takes jibe at Narendra Modi over Bullet Train promise, asks him to hurry up as he will not get another chance - PTI

#3:24 PM

Abu Sayyaf extremists in the Philippines release video of beheading of German hostage - AP

#3:19 PM

Pakistan's International Airlines issues show-cause notices to pilot, 2 others for allowing 7 extra passengers on flight to Saudi Arabia - PTI

#3:14 PM

ISSF World Cup: Indian shooter Ankur Mittal wins silver in Men's double trap event - ANI

#4:08 PM

BJP's friend Shiv Sena shows discrimination towards people from Purvanchal, they will take revenge for it, says Mayawati in Kushinagar - ANI

#3:50 PM

SC granted bail to Chhattisgarh journalist Santosh Yadav, arrested in September 2015 on charges of rioting, conspiracy and others - ANI

#3:46 PM

49.19% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 3 pm - ANI

#3:45 PM

Hearing in Madras HC on trust vote: Notices also issued to Tamil Nadu CM, Home secretary to file counter affidavit by March 10th - ANI

#3:44 PM

Hearing in Madras HC on trust vote: Bench of acting chief justice Huluvadi Ramesh & Justice R Mahadevan issue notice to Speaker, Assembly Secretary - ANI

#3:35 PM

Police custody of Syed Burhanuddin, arrested by CBI in connection with Chhattisgarh bribery case, extended further for five days - ANI

#3:20 PM 

Police must take action against those boys giving rape threats to Gurmehar Kaur and set an example: DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal - ANI

#3:10 PM

Does freedom of expression mean raising slogans like Azadi for Kashmir, Azadi for Bastar: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad - ANI

#2:57 PM

Due to a technical glitch there was no electricity for 5 minutes at the ISSF World Cup(shooting) in Delhi - ANI

#2:13 PM

Punjab: Three students of a college killed after a truck ran over them in Kapurthala - ANI

# 2: 09 PM

DU student Gurmehar Kaur files complaint with Delhi Commission for Women after alleging threats over social media posts - ANI

#1:59 PM

Seven people killed in an attack on a prison bus in southern Sri Lanka: Local media- ANI 

#1:53 PM

Essence of campus politics is flowering of different ideas. Any attempt to curb them is an effort to dominate universities: Sitaram Yechury- ANI 

#1:43 PM

CRPF played a major role in smooth conduct of Amarnath Yatra last year: K Durga Prasad, DG, CRPF- ANI 

#1:39 PM

Police seized huge amount of explosives from a vehicle in Amara area. One person arrested, investigation on.- ANI 

#1:36 PM

Media and social media has a huge role to play in preventing youth from getting directed towards terrorism: K Durga Prasad, DG, CRPF- ANI

#1: 27 PM

NEET age limit case: Supreme Court adjourned the matter till March 20, 2017 - ANI

#1: 25 PM

Bulandshahr gangrape case: Supreme Court adjourns matter till March 29, 2017 - ANI

#1:20 PM

Heena Sidhu and Jeetu Rai win gold medal in mixed 10m Air Pistol event - ANI 

#1:10 PM

Delhi University Students Union’s Tiranga March led by ABVP underway at Morth Campus - ANI

#1:00 PM

United States: Prayer meeting held for #SrinivasKuchibhotla in #Kansas, survivor of the shootout & his friend Alok Madasani also attended - ANI

#12:40 PM

The situation in J&K remains sensitive but not as bad as last year. There are incidents of stone pelting though: K Durga Prasad, DG, CRPF - ANI

#12:13 PM

SIMI mastermind Safdar Nagori & 11 accused, awarded lifetime imprisonment by Indore District Court- ANI 

#12:08 PM

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav addressing public rally in Deoria- ANI 

#11:59 AM

Delhi HC dismisses Delhi Govt's appeal against stay order of its new nursery admission norms- ANI 

#11:50 AM

Peace is the only mantra for development, says, Kiren Rijiju speaking at an election rally in Chandel, Manipur- ANI 

#11:48 AM

Confront ideas and not people. My heart bleeds when Ramjas College bleeds: Dr.Rajendra Prasad, Principal

#11:40 AM

All problems in Manipur and the north-east region are created by the Congress party; We are here to solve those problems: Kiren Rijiju- ANI 

#11:29 AM 

27% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 11 am - ANI 

#11:15 AM 

Vijay Mallya loan default case: Supreme Court adjourns the matter to 3 March

#11:05 AM

Uttar Pradesh: 12 injured after a truck and mini bus collide in Mukandpur, Aligarh- ANI 

#10:58 AM

Supreme Court directs the Central Government to fill up the two member posts in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) by April 30- ANI 

#10:51 AM

Biggest goof up as presenters read it wrong. "Moonlight" wins Oscar for Best Film, not "La La Land"- ANI 

#10:43 AM

Delhi HC rejects parole plea of don politician Mukhtar Ansari, he will remain in jail- ANI 

#10:39 AM

Gang of eight robbers arrested in Delhi. 705 smartphones approximately worth Rs 1,30,00,000 and 3 cars recovered- ANI 

#10:32 AM

BJP has allied in J&K with the same PDP which called Afzal Guru a martyr and freedom fighter: Sanjay Raut,Shiv Sena- ANI 

#10:11 AM

Earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale strikes Nepal - ANI

#10:01 AM

Appeal to the students to not indulge in any activity which spoils the name of Ramjas College: Dr.Rajendra Prasad, Principal

#9:56 AM

Host Jimmy Kimmel lifts up young actor Sunny Pawar, as they try to enact "The Lion King" at Oscars - ANI 

#9:27 AM

"City Of Stars" from La La Land wins Best Original Song at Oscars 2017- ANI 

#9:06 AM

"The Jungle Book" wins the Academy Award in the Best Visual Effects category- ANI 

#8:57 AM

Rajasthan: Leopard, that strayed into residential area 3 days back, rescued by Forest Officials in Jodhpur- ANI 

#8:52 AM

Zootopia' wins best-animated feature film at Oscars 2017 - PTI 

#8:47 AM

Academy Awards 2017: "Piper" wins Oscar for Best Short Film- Animated- ANI 

#8:32 AM

Academy Awards 2017: "The Salesman" by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi wins Best Foreign Language Film- ANI 

#8:19 AM

Academy Awards 2017: Viola Davis wins Oscar for her film Fences in Best Supporting Actress category- ANI 

#8:09 AM

Academy Awards 2017: The winner for Best Sound Mixing is Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge- ANI 

#8:01 AM

I am winning with a huge margin and Samajwadi Party Govt under Akhilesh ji will be in power again: Gayatri Prajapati, SP Amethi candidate- ANI 

#7:56 AM 

"O.J.: Made in America" is the winner of the Academy Award for best documentary feature film- AP 

#7:30 AM

Mahershala Ali takes home the Oscar for his film Moonlight, in the Best Supporting Actor category.- ANI 

# 7: 19 AM

Mumbai: 3 waggons and brake van of goods train derailed between Ravli and Kurla on Down Harbour Line earlier today - ANI

# 6:51 AM

Security deployed at polling booth number 127 & 128 in Ayodhya for voting to begin at 7 am - ANI

# 6:46 AM

Mumbai: 3 waggons and brake van of goods train derailed between Ravli and Kurla on Down Harbour Line, in early morning hours today- ANI