Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 21 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to approve 6 proposals worth Rs 6,673 crores under modernisation of canals project.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Azam Khan Swati said Pakistan Railways had suffered Rs1.2 trillion losses during the past 50 years and the government plans to revive the collapsing organisation but did not elaborate how.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 21 (ANI): Pradipta Kumar Naik, Leader of the Opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly, has written a letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy regarding "conduct of elections by Andhra Pradesh in Odisha."
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 21 (ANI): The Assam Cabinet has given nod for the creation of Bodoland Administrative Staff College and decided to extend the services of contractual employees who rendered at least 10 years of service in the P&RD department to up to 60 years of age.
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], February 21 (ANI): Trinamool Congress workers allegedly hurled bombs and attacked the BJP's Poribartan Yatra in Basirhat, North 24 Parganas on Saturday.
London [UK], February 21 (ANI): After the Myanmar police opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the city of Mandalay, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Sunday condemned the shooting and said the UK will consider further action against those crushing democracy.
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Delhi reported 152 new COVID-19 cases, and one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi Health Department's data on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the next census will be the first and most remarkable digitalised census of the country, said NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Saturday.
Chamoli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): Five more bodies have been recovered from the debris of the dam at Tapovan here following the glacial burst in Chamoli, Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar informed on Sunday.
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): The United States continues to remain the worst affected due to COVID-19 as cumulative cases in the country surpassed 28 million on Sunday.
Baghdad [Iraq], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Katyusha rockets on Saturday landed on an Iraqi military airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province, a provincial security source said.
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): President Biden will take part in a virtual meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday which would be his first bilateral meeting with a foreign leader after assuming office.