LIVE: Moscow claims it killed five Ukrainian troops who crossed into Russia

Ukraine rejected the report, calling it fake news, and said no Ukrainian forces were present in the Rostov region where the incident was alleged to have taken place

2:16 PM

UP Polls: Farmers neither paid nor received fertilisers, says Sonia Gandhi

2:05 PM

Unlike BJP, I come to Manipur with humility, says Rahul in Imphal

2:04 PM

CBI court in Ranchi sentences Lalu to 5 years' imprisonment

1:27 PM

Reliance Jio Infocomm to lay undersea cable in Maldives

Reliance Jio Infocomm, India's largest mobile operator, will lay the multi-terabit India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) undersea cable system in Hulhumale, Maldives, according to a statement on Monday. The high capacity and high-speed IAX system will connect Hulhumale directly with world's major internet hubs in India and Singapore.

12:48 PM

Two ITBP soldiers injured in Manipur bomb blast

Two soldiers of paramilitary ITBP were injured when a bomb exploded in Manipur's Kakching district Sunday evening. The soldiers, who were on security for elections in the state, were attacked during night patrol, PTI reported.

12:10 PM

Budget seeks sustainable growth, predictable tax regime: Sitharaman

The Union Budget’s proposals for infrastructure will create a multiplier effect for India’s economy, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. “A sustained recovery is what we would want. The budget has growth revival as a priority along with messages for sustainability as a priority and on predictable tax regimen,” she said in Mumbai.

11:20 AM

Modi explains why Budget was moved to Feb 1

Annual budget was moved forward to February 1 from February 28 so that is debated properly and then implemented from April 1, says PM Narendra Modi.

11:12 AM

Budget proposals on education will empower youth: PM Modi

Our young generation is the future leader of the country. So empowering today's young generation means empowering India's future: PM Narendra Modi on the positive impact of Union Budget 2022 on the education sector pic.twitter.com/aleAp4oTM5

— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2022

10:52 AM

Andhra's Industries minister dies of heart attack

Mekapati Goutham Reddy, Andhra Pradesh’s minister for industries and information technology, died of heart attack in Hyderabad Monday morning, PTI reported. Reddy, 50 is survived by wife, a daughter and a son.

10:48 AM

Russia's Binnopharm to acquire 2 anti-bacterial brands from Dr Reddy's

Binnopharm Group firm will acquire Dr Reddy's Laboratories' anti-bacterial medicines under the Ciprolet and Levolet brands in Russia, Uzbekistan and Belarus, the two sides said in a joint statement on Monday. Binnopharm is a leading pharmaceutical production company in Russia, PTI reported.

10:32 AM

Kejriwal begins UP tour from Monday, will also visit Gorakhpur

Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal begins his four-day Uttar Pradesh tour from Monday to drum up support for party candidates in the ongoing assembly polls, AAP office-bearers said.

Kejriwal, the Delhi chief minister, will begin the tour with an address at a public meeting in the state capital's Qaisarbagh area, party spokesperson Vaibhav Maheshwari said.

Kejriwal will also be visiting Barabanki and Prayagraj and Gorakhpur during the four-day visit and join various election-related programmes of the AAP," Maheshwari said. 

10:24 AM

Heavy fog disrupts flight operations at Kolkata airport

Hundreds of passengers were stranded and several fights diverted as heavy fog disrupted operations at the Kolkata airport on Monday morning, officials said.

No flight could take off or land at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport as a thick blanket of fog engulfed the area, they said.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded with all the early morning flights departing from Kolkata being rescheduled as visibility was down to 50 metres, officials said.

10:17 AM

No perfect solution to protection from COVID-19 amid growing fatigue: Fauci

Top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said there is no perfect solution to the need of protecting U.S. citizens from COVID-19 infection amid growing fatigue with the pandemic.

In a report carried recently by Singapore's Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao, Fauci said that U.S. states are facing tough choices in their efforts to balance the need to protect their citizens from contagion and the growing fatigue with the pandemic that has entered its third year.

"There is no perfect solution to this," said Fauci, a member of the White House COVID-19 Response Team, in an interview with Reuters.

10:16 AM

FATF Plenary to begin from today, Pakistan will look to exit 'grey list'

As the FATF Plenary and Working Group Meetings is set to begin in Paris from Monday, all eyes will be on Pakistan as it would look to exit the "grey list" of the global anti-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering watchdog.

Pakistan has been on the Paris-based FATF's grey list for deficiencies in its counter-terror financing and anti-money laundering regimes since June 2018. This greylisting has adversely impacted its imports, exports, remittances, and limited access to international lending.

10:06 AM

Has been nice to see younger guys come through in Windies series: Dravid

Team India head coach Rahul Dravid has said that it was pleasing to see the younger guys perform in the white-ball series against West Indies.

With the 17-run win in the third T20I, India won the three-match T20I series 3-0. Earlier, the Men in Blue had defeated West Indies 3-0 in the ODI series as well. India will next lock horns against Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series, beginning Thursday.

"It's been a learning experience. I've learnt a lot. I am not stressed too much about the results. I want to team to get better, I want to move them in the right direction. South Africa was a reality check for us in the one-day format. Test format - few things could have gone our way if we had a bit of luck," said Dravid during a virtual press conference.