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42 people including students abducted from school in Nigeria released
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu said on Saturday.
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US says over 300 people charged in Capitol riot
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): More than 300 people now face federal charges in connection with the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill and at least 280 people have been arrested, The Hill reported citing the Justice Department's statement on Friday (local time).
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Would have been better if G-23 leaders helped Congress in upcoming Assembl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Soon after the senior Congress leaders claimed that the party "getting weaker", Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday expressed displeasure saying it would have been better if the leaders helped the party in the upcoming Assembly elections in
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New clusters have emerged in Bengaluru, surrounded by states with rising c
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 27 (ANI): Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials on Saturday identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases in Sambhram College of Management Sciences in Attur where 15 cases were reported on Friday and three infections were recorded today.
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Putin critic Navalny transferred to penal colony
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 27 (ANI): Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been transferred from a Moscow detention centre to a penal colony, according to state media.
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Centre reviews fresh surge in COVID-19 cases in states, UTs; emphasises on
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): In view of a surge in active cases of COVID-19 in some of the states and Union Territories, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Saturday chaired a high-level review meeting with Chief Secretaries of states and UTs and stressed on the need for effective t
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Six states records surge in active COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): As six states - Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat have shown a surge in new cases in the last 24 hours, India's total active cases count has reached 1,59,590 on Saturday.
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Congress 'getting weaker', G-23 leaders meet in Jammu to 'strengthen party
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 27 (ANI): Senior Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Anand Sharma on Saturday stated that the G-23 or the group of 23 dissenting leaders are seeing the Congress party "getting weaker" and are raising their voice for the betterment of the party.
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TMC sets up drop boxes for candidature, donation at party office for commo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 27 (ANI): Keeping in view the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, Trinamool Congress (TMC) has set up four boxes for commoners at its party office in Kolkata's Topsia so that individuals can walk-in with their bio-data and drop their candidatu
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Punjab's 38 IAS, 16 IPS officers appointed as Election Observers for poll-
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 27 (ANI): Election Commission of India on Saturday appointed 38 IAS as general Observers and 16 IPS officers of Punjab as Police observers for poll-bound five states Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory Puducherry.
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COVID-19: Odisha limits precautionary measures for travelers from five hig
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 27 (ANI): Odisha Government has made a partial modification to its earlier precautionary measures issued for the passengers travelling from other States to Odisha. It has limited the measures to passengers from five high-risk states instead of twelve.
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Dharmendra Pradhan reviews projects in Varanasi; says city 'statement of I
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 27 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that Kashi represents India and Hindu culture and has the potential to grow as a religious tourism spot.
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