24 Feb, 23:50 (IST)

gitating farmers on Saturday evening took out candlelight marches on the interstate borders of Punjab and Haryana to support their demands, comprising legal guarantee of the minimum support price of their crops. At the same time, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said they would not end their agitation till their demands are met.

24 Feb, 22:50 (IST)

Despite the passage of seven days, the services of social media giant X, formerly Twitter, remained suspended across Pakistan even though the authorities are yet to offer any explanation for the outage, a media report said. Thousands of Pakistanis turn towards the Elon Musk-owned platform for quick dissemination of information, but they are unable to access it since last Saturday, Geo News reported.

24 Feb, 20:55 (IST)

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday underscored the government's commitment to the principle of "innovate from India to innovate for India," highlighting that it has been the guiding philosophy in their approach.

24 Feb, 19:55 (IST)

Keen on a clean sweep in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a meeting at the party headquarters to discuss the party's strategy and preparations in the state which sends the highest number of MPs in Lok Sabha.

24 Feb, 19:03 (IST)

US Secretary of state department Antony Blinken has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's war not only threatens Ukraine but also Washington, NATO allies and free open international trade.

24 Feb, 17:50 (IST)

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday declared support to Congress for both of the Lok Sabha seats in Goa, after a seat-sharing agreement reached between them. The AAP, which had recently declared Benaulim MLA Venzy Viegas as its candidate for South Goa Lok Sabha seat, has now withdrawn his candidature.

24 Feb, 16:51 (IST)

Abdul Malik, the mastermind of the violence that took place on February 8 in Banbhoolpura, Haldwani, was arrested on Saturday. The Uttarakhand Police arrested him from Delhi, PHQ spokesperson Inspector-General (IG) Nilesh Bharne was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.

24 Feb, 15:32 (IST)

Three new criminal laws, replacing the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Indian Evidence Act from the British era, and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), will come into force from July 1, the government said in a notification on Saturday.

24 Feb, 14:35 (IST)

A fire broke out in a private firecracker factory near Sattur in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu. Tragically, one death has been reported in the incident. The cause of the fire and further details are currently awaited. Authorities are on the scene managing the situation.

24 Feb, 14:13 (IST)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the cancellation of the UP Police Constable civil police exams 2023. Orders have been issued to re-conduct the exams within the next six months. He assured that those disrupting the hard work of the youth would not be spared.Cancellation of UP Police Constable Civil Police Exams 2023

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Mumbai, February 24: Former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi passed away on Friday, February 23. The former Lok Sabha Speaker passes away around 3 am due to age-related health complications. He was 86. On the other hand, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Rajendra Patni also passed away today. Patni was an MLA from Maharashtra's Karanja. In a shocking incident, PV Sathyanathan, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was brutally murdered while he was attending a temple festival in Kozhikode, Kerala.

In Telangana, G Lasya Nanditha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) politician and Telangana Legislative Assembly member, lost her life in a car crash in Sangareddy. The accident occurred on the Sultanpur Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Aminpur mandal of Sangareddy district. Miles away in Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore and a government job to the sister of farmer Shubh Karan Singh who died at the Khanauri border point during farmers' protest.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the premises of Partha Pratim Sengupta in Central Howrah. Sengupta is said to be a close aide of the absconding TMC leader, Sheikh Shahjahan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked the blessings of Lord Mahadev in Kashi while affirming that the place witnessed the "damru" of development in the last 10 years. "People from all over the country and even from every corner of the world come to Kashi in search of knowledge, research and peace," PM Modi said.

Miles away from India in the United States, the Odysseus spacecraft successfully landed on the moon on Thursday (local time), thereby becoming the first American spacecraft to achieve the feat in more than 50 years. In Singapore, a 57-year-old Indian-origin retired prison officer was awarded jail term for trying to obtain a bribe of 133,000 Singaporean dollars from an inmate. Margus Tsahkna, Estonia's Foreign Minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to bring back lost colonies of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). He also said that Putin wants to occupy Poland and then Finland.

In the world of Sports, the England cricket team ended the first day of the 3rd test match at 302/7 against India led by Joe Root's century. Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Kartik Aaryan, Sidharth Malhotra, Tiger Shroff, etc performed at the opening ceremony of Women's Premier League 2024. In an unfortunate incident in Karnataka, a cricketer named K Hoysala passed away due to a heart attack during the Aegis South Zone tournament in Bengaluru.