06:42 pm: Various organistations staged a protest in Assam's Guwahati over increase in rape incidents. Protestors say,"We have taken out the protest to demand justice for rape victims. We want safety of girl and women"
06:26 pm: Fire breaks out in a car due to short circuit near Maharashtra's Thane. No casualties or injuries reported
06:06 pm: 3.7 magnitude earthquake hits Gujarat
05:56 pm: West Bengal State Election Commission to release fresh dates for filing nomination for Panchayat Election: Sources (ANI)
05:32 pm: Innovation and technology can become our additional strength, says PM Modi at an event in Delhi
05:25 pm: Lives of people will change when we keep them at the centre of all decisions, says PM Modi at an event in Delhi (ANI)
05:14 pm: Yashwant Sinha has formally quit BJP. However, his latest viewpoints as well as interviews on TV channels did indicate that he was no more a BJP member rather a puppet of Congress. Though he has quit today, in his mind he had left the party long back: Anil Baluni, BJP
05:06 pm: Punjab National Bank moves Hong Kong High Court against fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi (ANI)
04:56 pm: There were rumours that I would quit the party because I had not been given the ticket. But, I am clarifying it today that I am here to stay & I am not going anywhere: Shatrughan Sinha, BJP in Patna, Bihar
04:52 pm: PM Modi confers awards for Excellence in Public Administration for effective implementation of identified Priority Programs & Innovation to districts/implementing units & other Central/State organisations (ANI)
04:43 pm: Karnataka Elections: Office bearers of Kadur & Birur Block Congress committee from Kadur constituency submitted their resignation to General Secy of AICC in charge of Karnataka KC Venugopal. They cited 'announcement of KS Anand as candidate for Kadur', the reason for resignation (ANI)
04:39 pm: I welcome this move of the government. But the main challenge is the implementation of the law. I would still suggest that there be fast track courts so that the justice can be delivered at the earliest: Rekha Sharma, chairperson, NCW on the ordinance to amend POCSO Act (ANI)
04:36 pm: Kathua case: Govt should contemplate its decision. We need to address the root cause of such crimes as there's a limit to which judiciary can help, says Salman Khurshid, Congress on the ordinance to amend POCSO Act
04:28 pm: Rahul Gandhi and Congress have committed the mistake of defaming Hindu culture by using the term 'saffron terrorism'. They should apologise, says BJP President Amit Shah in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh
04:25 pm: Karnataka Assembly Election 2018: AIADMK fields three candidates; State secretary MP Yuvaraj to contest from Gandhinagar, RP Vishnukumar from Hanur, M Anbu from Kolar Gold Fields
04:15 pm: 4 dead, 1 injured after a car rammed into a tree in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur (ANI)
04:13 pm: Kathua case: We are simple people, we do not know the nitigrities of the decisions that the govt takes but whatever they're doing is good, we hope for the justice. A child is a child there is no Hindu or Muslim in that, says victim's father on the ordinance to amend the POCSO Act
04:03 pm: Investigation of Kathua case has been done very professionally. Not only the district court but also the SC is looking into the matter. The case will be treated as fast track case. The culprit will be punished, says Abdul Haq Khan, Jammu and Kashmir Law Minister
05:59 pm: SikhJatha returns after visiting Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, say happy with arrangement; speaking on incident where woman, part of Jatha, allegedly married in Pak, converted to Islam, say Jatha mustn't be used for personal matter, might create problem in future (ANI)
