News Headlines : 27th December 2021

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates and lays foundation stone of development projects worth 11,581 crore rupees in Himachal Pradesh; Says pace of development accelerated in every sphere.
  • Security forces arrest two overground workers of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha says there is no need to set up panel to review Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Completed section of Kanpur Metro and other  development projects in Kanpur to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister tomorrow; To also attend 54th Convocation Ceremony of IIT, Kanpur.
  • BJP MP Varun Gandhi cites Centre’s note to criticise decision of several states, including UP, to impose night curfew to curb Covid, says it should be decided if priority is to contain the disease or to indulge in show of strength during elections.
  • Election Commission to review preparedness and arrangements for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow.
  • GST officers arrest perfume supplier Odochem Industries partner Peeyush Jain, further searches underway at residential/factory premises in Kannauj. GST officers seize over Rs 177 crore unaccounted cash from perfume trader’s house.
  • Guidelines issued for COVID-19 vaccination of Children between 15 to 18 years and Health-Care and Front-Line Workers alongwith senior citizens with comorbidities.
  • Names of Children between 15 to 18 years can be registered on CoWIN platform from Saturday.
  • Night curfew to be imposed in Delhi from tonight in view of increasing cases of COVID-19.
  • First three-day Kashi Indian International Film Festival begins in Varanasi.
  • Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces special package of Rs 507 crore for farmers affected by cyclone Jawad, which triggered heavy rainfall in coastal districts during first week of December.
  • And in Cricket, Second Day’s play between India and South Africa in Centurion washed off due to rain.
  • Hockey India names 60 players for senior Women’s National Camp at  Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.