Breaking News, February 5 | HIGHLIGHTS

With two days left for filing of nomination for the February 27 Nagaland Assembly election, only six candidates of different political parties have submitted their papers so far, an official said on Sunday. Of the six, two are from the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and one from its ally BJP.

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and other judges of the Supreme Court visited the "Amrit Udyan" of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday, an official said. The official of the Supreme Court said the judges visited the garden on a special invitation of President Droupadi Murmu.

Three men died and seven more were injured when three motorcycles collided with an SUV here on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred in the Akhandnagar police station area in the afternoon when the SUV, which was being driven by a local Samajwadi Party leader, collided with three speeding two-wheelers coming from the opposite direction, they said.

The railways is set to introduce a Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train to showcase Gujarat under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme, according to an official statement on Sunday.The train on "Garvi Gujarat" tour will depart from Delhi's Safdarjung station on February 28.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Karnataka on Monday to inaugurate 'India Energy Week 2023' in Bengaluru, during which he will launch E20 fuel, a blend of 20 per cent ethanol with petrol, and dedicate to the nation the HAL's helicopter factory in Tumakuru.

An agreement signed between Meta, Facebook's parent company, and Uttar Pradesh Police has helped save two people's lives in the state in a span of less than a week, police here said. One of them was a college student in the Ambedkarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, who late Friday night said she was going to commit suicide in an Instagram post, posting pictures of pills she was going to pop up.

Birbhum SP Nagendra Tripathi transferred as OSD, WB Police Directorate in the rank of DIG while Sunderban SP will now be SP Birbhum. IPS Koteswara Rao Nalavath will be SP Sunderban.

Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said that the BJP will fight hard against the state Congress government's "Tughlaqi" orders of closing down of several institutions started under his dispensation.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday condoled the passing away of Pakistan's former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, saying that "once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace" between 2002 and 2007. Tharoor's social media post condoling Musharraf's demise evoked a sharp response from the BJP which accused the Congress of "Pakistan parasti (worshipping)".

The Archaeological Survey of India has requested the Bihar government to provide a wooden sleeper that was used for the protective wall of ancient Pataliputra on loan for display at its exhibition hall which is being upgraded in view of a visit of G-20 delegates here, an official said on Sunday.

The body of a 45-year-old man was found floating in a creek in Maharashtra's Thane city on Sunday, a civic official said. The fire brigade received a call around 8.30 am about the body in Gaikukh Chowpatty on Ghodbunder Road, said Avinash Sawant, chief of the regional disaster management cell said.

Night temperatures across Kashmir settled above normal, officials said on Sunday, while some places in the Valley braced for a fresh wet spell. Half of the weather stations in Kashmir recorded sub-zero night temperatures, they said. The departure from normal varied from 0.3 to 4.9 degrees, they said.

The death of a Trinamool Congress worker and injury to the brother of a ruling party panchayat chief in a bomb blast at Margram in Birbhum district led to a blame game among political parties on Sunday. While immediate family members of the deceased Newton Sheikh alleged that Congress supporters were responsible for the attack, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the party has little presence at Margram to be able to involve in any kind of physical attack.

Even Parliament has acknowledged that the air quality in Delhi has improved significantly, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday, citing a news report. He credited the continued efforts of Delhiites for the improvement in the air quality.

With retail inflation showing signs of softening and the US Fed moderating the pace of increase in its benchmark interest rate, the Reserve Bank is likely to settle for a smaller 25 basis points repo rate hike in its forthcoming bi-monthly monetary policy due later this week.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday accused Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena of withholding appointments of 244 principals on "flimsy grounds". This comes a day after Saxena approved 126 posts of principals and deputy education officers in city government schools that had lapsed for remaining "vacant" for more than two years.

Three persons wanted in connection with a dacoity case in Gujarat were apprehended by the police in Goa, police said on Sunday. The Calangute police arrested the accused, two of whom were found gambling on a casino ship in Panaji, on Saturday, a senior official said.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday condoled the passing away of Pakistan's former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, saying that "once an implacable foe of India, he became a real force for peace" between 2002 and 2007.

J&K: Residents of Nai Basti village in Doda vacate houses after cracks surface

Tipra Motha released its manifesto for the Tripura assembly elections, promising to fight for 'Greater Tipraland', besides a police force for the tribal council, 20,000 new jobs and a one-time package for militants who surrender.

Hike in interest rates by central banks globally is expected to enhance financing costs for consumers and could impact future demand, Jaguar Land Rover said in a report. The UK-based marquee brand, which aims to be a full stack battery electric player in the next two years, also pointed out that high rate of inflation exacerbated by the Ukraine conflict, elevated energy prices and post Covid supply disruption as other negative factors.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two election rallies in Tripura on Monday, a senior party leader said. Shah is scheduled to land at MBB Airport here on Sunday at 11.30 pm.

Police have arrested a man and seized 108 bottles of a banned cough syrup from his possession in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday.

India's top oil and gas producer ONGC is pivoting a four-pronged strategy of ramping up exploration efforts, quickly bringing discovered resources to production, raising recovery from existing fields and increasing collaborations with experts to reverse years of decline in output, its new chairman Arun Kumar Singh said.

The Crime Branch put dismissed assistant sub-inspector Gopal Das the prime accused in ex-minister Naba Kishore Das's murder case to forensic psychological assessment and LVA test after he was brought to police remand for four more days, a senior officer said.

The central government is likely to increase dearness allowance (DA) for its over one crore employees and pensioners by four percentage points to 42 per cent from existing 38 per cent as per the agreed formula for the purpose

Former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf passed away on Sunday after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, according to reported Pakistan's Geo News. 

North Macedonia on Saturday marked the birthday of a 19th-century revolutionary amid tight security in the capital of Skopje due to fears of clashes between opposing nationalist groups from North Macedonia and Bulgaria. Both countries have claims on the historic figure, Gotse Delchev, who opposed Ottoman rule in the Balkans that ended in the early 20th century. The commemoration marks 151 years since birth. North Macedonia's authorities say the commemoration is a “high security risk”.

Former Congress MLA Arjun Charan Das died on Saturday after a truck hit his motorcycle in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said. The accident occurred on the Kharasrota bridge of the district, when the ex-legislator from Binjharpur assembly constituency was mowed down by the goods vehicle, Sadar Police Station inspector-in-charge Manas Ranjan Chakra said.

A FedEx cargo airplane attempting to land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday had to reverse course after a second plane was cleared to depart from the same runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. “The pilot of the FedEx airplane discontinued the landing and initiated a climb out,” the FAA said in a statement.

The Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested three members of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) on charges of conspiring against the government and indulging in unlawful activities, an official said on Sunday. With this, the police have taken into custody four members of the banned outfit in the last couple of days.

Police have arrested a man suspected of firing a gun loaded with blanks inside a San Francisco synagogue. The man was arrested on Friday evening in the Richmond District on suspicion of disturbing a religious assembly, brandishing an imitation firearm and causing another to refrain from engaging in a religious service, police said in a statement.