News in Brief (Feb 27): National, international news updates

New Delhi, Feb 27: Get the latest national and international updates here:

10.25 pm: Delhi: Kejriwal's AAP govt forms 9-member panel to deliver on 70 poll promises

9.30 pm: Politicians are destroying the idea of equality in this country: Raghav Chadha, AAP

9.12 pm: It's very imp that Arun Jaitely come up with specific budget, that has real reforms, has a clear vision: Shashi Tharoor,Cong on Union Budget

8.25 pm: Rathsuna Tral (J&K) : Encounter underway between security forces and militants; more details awaited.

7.44 pm: 9 people killed in shooting rampage in south-central Missouri: local US media

7:00 pm: Vice President Hamid Ansari releases Hindi translation of books by late Dr Narendra Dabholkar in Delhi.

6:33 pm: IED recovered from railway track at Goalpara, Assam.

6:22 pm: Traders protest against slow rehabilitation in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

5:45 pm: Ashish Khetan will be the Vice Chairman of Delhi Dialogue Commission, said Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

5:11 pm: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gives final touches to Union Budget 2015.

4:20 pm: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari claimed that he and his family members never travelled on Essar's money.

2:30 pm: My political sense says never end MNREGA, because MNREGA is a reminder of your (Congress) failure: PM Modi

2:20 pm: This nation has progressed and moved ahead with the contribution of all the Govts and PMs that have governed the nation: PM Modi

2.00 pm: PM Narendra Modi speaking on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Lok Sabha

1.45 pm: ATM looted in Lucknow, two people shot dead by the culprits.

1.40 pm: Youth Congress protest against Railway Budget in Bengaluru.

1.30 pm: "Don't want to give reaction, India is committed to safeguarding the borders", says HOme Minister Rajnath Singh on Pak army chief's warning.

12:54 pm: Indian forces don't violate ceasefires, our forces conduct themselves in a responsible way: Kiren Rijiju on Pakistan army chief's warning to India

12:23: Economic Survey: A growth rate of over 8 per cent expected for the coming year.Inflation shows a declining trend during the year 2014-15 (April-December). Growth rate of over 8% expected for 2015-2016. Decline in inflation by over 6 percentage points since late 2013. Double digit growth trajectory is possible now.

12:00 noon: A special trial court in Himmatnagar in north Gujarat acquitted 6 people accused of killing four persons including 3 British nationals, during 2002 riots in aftermath of the Godhra train burning

11:40 am:

11:25 am: Top court takes up viral rape video; wants probe in all such videos

10:51 am: This delay in arriving at a power sharing arrangement is a cruel joke on the verdict of people: Mustafa Kamal, NC on J&K Govt formation

10:15 am: Mukul Roy meets Arun Jaitley

9:30 am: TMC MP Mukul Roy has been removed from the post of TMC Parliamentary Party Chairman

9:00 am: TMC Parliamentary meeting scheduled to take place in Kolkata at 3pm tomorrow

8:39 am: Resident Doctors of 14 Govt hospitals in Delhi, go on a day-long strike today

8:30 am: 43 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

8:19 am: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed likely to meet PM Narendra Modi in Delhi today

8:15 am: Chief Election Commissioner of India, Harishankar Brahma to address a press conference in Delhi today

8:00 am: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to give final touch to General Budget 2015-16, today

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