LIVE: Ukraine officials come under shelling attack on front

Top Ukrainian military officials came under a shelling attack during a tour of the front of the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.

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PM Modi meets members of the Sikh-Hindu Delegation from Afghanistan

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Russia's thinking 'may cost it a prosperous future': EU's von der Leyen

Moscow's threats towards Ukraine could reshape the entire international system, the chief of the European Union's executive said on Saturday, warning Moscow that its thinking from "a dark past" could cost Russia a prosperous future.

 

"The world has been watching in disbelief as we face the largest build-up of troops on European soil since the darkest days of the Cold War, because the events of these days could reshape the entire international order," Ursula von der Leyen told the Munich Security Conference.

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NATO chief invites Russia's Lavrov to engage in dialogue

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday that he had sent a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to engage in dialogue within the NATO-Russia Council to avert a conflict in Ukraine.

 

Stoltenberg told the Munich Security Conference that there were no signs of a Russian withdrawal from the borders of Ukraine and that the risk of a conflict was real.

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We are your 'baap': Raut to Rane

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Multiple explosions heard in north of rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine

Multiple explosions could be heard on Saturday morning in the north of the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters witness said.

 

The origin of the explosions was not clear. There was no immediate comment from separatist authorities or from Kyiv.

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UP govt to end night curfew from tonight as Covid cases fall

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Reports of massive Covid fatalities in 2021 are speculative, says govt

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Will give befitting reply to corrupt people targeting AAP, says Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that he will give a befitting reply to the "corrupt people targeting AAP" by inaugurating 12,430 modern classrooms in Delhi schools today.

 

"All the corrupt people of the country have gathered against us. Today, by inaugurating 12,430 modern classrooms in the Delhi schools, we will give them a befitting reply," read Kejriwal's tweet roughly translated from Hindi.

 

The Delhi CM said that the country has decided to move forward and not bow down to the "corrupt people".

 

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Seeking votes for work done by Modi-Yogi govts, says UP BJP chief

A day before the third phase of voting in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Saturday said that the party is seeking votes on the basis of the work done by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath headed state administration.

 

Singh said that the BJP led governments at the Centre and the state fulfilled the basic needs of the people which weren't addressed for 70 years.

 

Addressing a press conference here, Singh said, "The Modi-Yogi governments have fulfilled the basic needs of the people that were not addressed for 70 years. We are going to the people to seek votes on the basis of the works done."

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Imran Khan govt surrendered country's economic control to IMF: Pak Opposition

Pakistani leader and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has lashed out at Imran Khan government for destroying every institution over the last three-and-a-half years, and said that the surrender of the country's economic control to the IMF and the world money lenders is a disastrous tsunami for the country.

 

The PTI government is the worst in the country's history, which devalued the national currency by over 58 per cent without the country fighting any war or undergoing any emergency," reported the News International quoting Sirajul Haq.

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Local body polls: TN CM Stalin casts votes; exudes confidence of winning 21 corporations

Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday cast his vote at a polling booth at SIET College in Teynampet, and urged people to cast their votes and exercise their democratic rights while voting for the local body elections in 38 districts of Tamil Nadu was underway.

Speaking to reporters, CM Stalin said, "Mahatma Gandhi had mentioned the importance of civic bodies in the Indian polity. The civic bodies help the government schemes to reach out to the people. People should compulsorily vote."

He further said, "A couple of days, AIADMK MLA SO Velumani staged a protest, demanding the deployment of Paramilitary forces in the city. This is nothing other than just a drama."

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2 Army men, terrorist killed in encounter in J-K's Shopian

Two Army men and a terrorist were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir's highly volatile Shopian district, officials here said on Saturday.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation after receiving specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists in Zainpora area of Shopian, they said.

During the operation, the hiding terrorists opened fire at the security forces and in the ensuing encounter, two Army men were killed, the officials said.

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Ready to help state govts to improve their education, health infrastructure: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his dispensation was ready to help state governments in improving their education and health infrastructure without the consideration of political ideologies for the welfare of the country.

He was speaking at the launch of 12,430 classrooms in Delhi government schools.

"I am making an offer today. If any state government, irrespective whether it is led by BJP or Congress, wants to improve its education infrastructure, we are ready to loan Education Minister Manish Sisodia to it, Kejriwal said.

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CPI inflation likely peaked out; expected to moderate in February

India's consumer price indexed inflation is expected to moderate in February 2022 from the levels in January, said Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

Notably, high commodities cost especially of transport fuel prices triggered a wider inflationary trend in January 2022.

As a result, India's main inflation gauge -- Consumer Price Index (CPI) -- which denotes retail inflation surged on a sequential as well as year-on-year basis.

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Ukraine rebels order troop mobilisation amid invasion fears

A separatist leader in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilisation amid growing invasion fears.

Denis Pushilin, the head of the pro-Russian separatist government in the Donetsk region, released a statement Saturday announcing a full troop mobilisation and urging reservists to show up at military enlistment offices.

The move comes amid a spike in violence along the line of contact between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in the region in recent days that fueled Western fears that Moscow could use it as a pretext for an invasion.