Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of February 8
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08:39 pm: NIA arrested Dinesh Garg alias Ankit Garg and Adish Kumar Jain, residents of Muzaffarnagar, UP in connection with terrorist financing of Lashkar-e-Taiba. With this, number of accused persons arrested in this case has risen to seven (ANI)
08:08 pm: Competition Commission slaps Rs 136 crore fine on Google for unfair business practices (PTI)
07:28 pm: Jammu and Kashmir: One lady lost her life during ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Balnoi (ANI)
07:21 pm: I've told my leaders that I do not want to contest Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha elections, I only requested them to make me the chairman of Revenge Commission when we come to power then I will definitely take revenge from these corrupt people (BJP): KK Mishra, Congress
07:10 pm: Death toll from regime air strikes on Syria's Eastern Ghouta enclave rises to 36 (AFP)
07:01 pm: Jagdish Tytler files complaint with Delhi Police against Manjit Singh GK and other over his purported sting video (ANI)
06:46 pm: Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and mortars from 1620 hours in KG sector along the LoC. Indian Army is retaliating (ANI)
06:29 pm: Also we have not seen any real action on the concerns stated by the international community and India. Democratic institutions and the Judiciary continue to be undermined and concerns ignored, these issues need to be properly addressed: Sources #Maldives (ANI)
06:30 pm: Firstly, there's set protocol to send an envoy- we haven't been informed of the purpose of sending the envoy. Secondly, Sushma Swaraj is away as is the PM from tomorrow: Sources on special envoy of the Maldives president's visit to India (ANI)
06:29 pm: Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah to chair meeting over Karnataka Election, Union Ministers and leaders of the party to be present in meeting (ANI)
05:55 pm: I went to Singapore. There they levy 7% GST on both Mercedes and food. Can this be done in India, a country where a large population lives below the poverty line? How can same tax slab be implemented on a luxurious item & a necessity?: FM Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha (ANI)
05:55 pm: Structural reform may pose momentary difficulty initially but in the long run it will prove to be beneficial: FM Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha (ANI)
05:55 pm: The narratives which we had inherited & the narrative which we have now is entirely different. Nobody at that time mentioned that India is the fastest growing economy. It has only happened now. Data speaks for itself: FM Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha (ANI)
05:54 pm: Asked PM 3 questions-cost of jets, if they asked cabinet committee on security about it & why was contract snatched from HAL & given to a businessman?But got no answers.Did you see PM y'day?He gave a long speech but wasn't interested in answering fundamental questions: Rahu Gandhi (ANI)
05:53 pm: Defense Minister herself said that cost of Rafale aircrafts will be told but now she is saying it is a state secret & cannot be revealed... so, which one of her statements is correct? Ye saaf hai ke maamle mein gadbadi hui hai: Rahul Gandhi, Congress President (ANI)
05:38 pm: J-K: 2 terrorists & 2 over ground workers arrested in raid conducted by SIT in connection with firing in SMHS Hospital on February 6th (ANI)
05:28 pm: International Criminal Court to open preliminary probes on war on drugs in Philippines, violence in Venezuela (AP)
05:18 pm: US Embassy announced the launch of the Nexus Startup Hub at American Center in New Delhi. The goal of program is to help support dynamic ecosystem for innovative Indian startups through sharing of American best business practices in entrepreneurship and incubation (ANI)
05:14 pm: AAP MLAs disqualification case: Delhi High Court adjourns hearing for February 12 (ANI)
05:13 pm: Due to the firing we lost 2 of our officials & in this process this Pakistani terrorist managed to escape. Immediately after incident an SIT was constituted to inspect all the aspects of this escape: MuneerKhan, ADGP, Jammu and Kashmir on firing in SMHS Hospital (ANI)