Breaking News, January 11 | Highlights

Terming “collective responsibility, aid and advice” as “bedrocks" of democracy, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will have to find a balance and decide whether the control over services in Delhi should be with Centre or the Delhi government or a median has to be found.

 The country's largest airline IndiGo and state-owned Coimbatore airport are among the 20 most punctual airlines and airports globally, according to a report. When it comes to On-Time Performance (OTP) in 2022, IndiGo is ranked 15th while Coimbatore airport is at the 13th position, as per the report by aviation analytics firm OAG.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off the Vande Bharat Express train from Secunderabad Railway Station on 15th January.

Around 50 shanties were gutted in a massive fire at Badshahpur in sector 66 here on Wednesday, police said. Nobody was hurt in the incident, they said. More than eight fire engines were pressed into service that took over two hours to control the blaze, officials said.

A senior functionary of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Koichi Hagiuda, met BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday as the two leaders discussed various ways to enhance people-to-people interactions and emphasised on the importance of India-Japan relations in Indo-Pacific. Hagiuda is the chairperson of the Policy Research Council of Liberal Democratic Party.
 

Federal Aviation Administration lifts grounding order for all departing US flights -- delays, cancellations grow.

On the eve of National Youth Day, several youth associations on Wednesday appealed to the prime minister and the finance minister to increase taxes on all tobacco products in the upcoming Budget for 2023-24.
According to the youth groups, increasing excise duty on all tobacco products can be a very effective policy measure to address the immediate need to raise revenue by the central government.
It will be a winning proposition for generating revenue and reducing tobacco use and related diseases, they said.

 AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday attacked RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over his remark that Muslims have nothing to fear in India, but they must abandon their “boisterous rhetoric of supremacy”, and asked who is he to give Muslims “permission” to live in India and how dare he put “conditions” on their citizenship. "Who is Mohan to give Muslims “permission” to live in India or follow our faith? We’re Indians because Allah willed it. How dare he put “conditions” on our citizenship? We’re not here to “adjust” our faith or please a bunch of alleged celibates in Nagpur," Owaisi tweeted.

Police on Wednesday apprehended a man in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir after seizing more than Rs 57 lakh in cash from him.
Syed Irfan Abdullah was held in the presence of a magistrate following the recovery of Rs 57.43 lakh in cash, which was concealed in a geyser, at Laribal in Kupwara, a police spokesperson said.

The mayoral election in Delhi is likely to be held on January 30 with the municipal corporation proposing the date for the exercise, official sources said on Wednesday.
The letter proposing this date from the office of the municipal secretary is expected to be sent to the Delhi Lt Governor on Wednesday, they said.

A bomb exploded at the entrance of the Taliban's foreign ministry, local media reported. According to reports, several are feared to be killed during the explosion. 

The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear on January 20 a plea against the Bihar government's decision to conduct a caste census in the state.
 A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha posted the matter for hearing after a lawyer appearing for petitioner mentioned the matter. "Let the case come up next Friday," the bench said.

Storm-ravaged California scrambled to clean up and repair widespread damage on Wednesday as the lashing rain eased in many areas, although the north could see thunderstorms and another powerful weather front was expected to hit the state Friday.

At least 17 people have died in the storms battering the state. The figure is likely to rise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday during a visit to the scenic town of Capitola on the Santa Cruz coast that was hard hit by high surf and flooding creek waters last week.

Bodies of two persons have been found at a hotel in northwest Delhi's Bawana area with police suspecting that the man killed the woman before ending his life by consuming sulphas tablets. According to police, the hotel owner informed police about the two bodies in one of the rooms.
 

The woman had an injury on the neck while foam marks and a foul smell were noticed in the mouth of the man. There was also some vomit on the side of the man's body, Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer north) Devesh Kumar Mahla said.

After Joshimath, Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal is also facing land subsidence and locals, in fear of landslides, urged the government on Wednesday to take cognisance of the issue and take necessary action.

At least five CRPF jawans injured in an IED blast during an encounter with Naxals in Jharkhand's Chaibasa on Wednesday. According to news agency ANI, An evacuation operation is currently underway. 

Punjab Civil Services officers Wednesday decided to withdraw their call for mass casual leave following a meeting with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's additional chief secretary. A Venuprasad, the additional chief secretary to the chief minister, said PCS officers will join their duties immediately.

Cabinet approves Rs 2,600 crore incentive scheme to promote Rupay debit card, BHIM UPI transactions, said Union Minister Bhupender Yadav.
 

The Congress on Wednesday termed as "totally bogus and unacceptable" the reported remarks made by AIUDF leader Badruddin Ajmal against the party leadership, and dubbed him as nothing but a "mouthpiece for the BJP". In a statement, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh accused the AIUDF of working with an understanding with the Assam chief minister in the last assembly elections.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at multiple premises in Maharashtra as part of a money laundering investigation against NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif and others, officials said. The raids are understood to be linked to a probe related to alleged irregularities in the operations of some sugar mills based in the state that are linked to Mushrif.

French media are reporting that people have been stabbed at a Paris train station and the interior minister says several people were injured before police “rapidly neutralised” the attacker. Media reports, quoting unnamed police sources, say police opened fire early Wednesday morning on the attacker who was armed with a knife and injured several people.

disha-based artist L Eshwar Rao has carved a miniature hockey stick and ball and placed it inside a 750 ml bottle to wish 'Best of Luck' to all teams participating in the World Cup. The World Cup Hockey tournament will be held in Odisha Capital Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29. Rao who hails from Jatni, in Khurda District claimed it took him 10 days to carve the unique sculpture on pencil nib. 

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs one crore for the family of Delhi Police assistant sub inspector Shambhu Dayal, who died after being stabbed by a snatcher in Mayapuri area. "Defending the people ASI Shambhu Dayal did not care for his own life. He martyred. We are proud of him. There is no price for his life still we will provide Rs one crore ex gratia to his family in his honour," Kejriwal tweeted.

A 17-year-old boy died after being hit by a train in front of his house near Suraiyava station on the Bhadohi-Janghai section of the Northern Railways, police said on Wednesday. "The deceased, identified as Satish Kumar Yadav of Badlipur village, was taking a walk alongside the railway track near his house when he was hit by the Varanasi-Lucknow passenger train on Tuesday," Suryava police station in-charge Inspector Rakesh Kumar Singh said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid obeisance at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib Wednesday morning before beginning Punjab leg of the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. He sported a turban and wore a half-sleeved T-shirt to the place of worship. Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and other party leaders.  

Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 measures recently imposed by those countries on travellers from China. It wasn't clear whether China would expand the visa suspensions to other countries that have imposed virus testing on passengers from China following its COVID-19 surge. The embassies in Tokyo and Seoul announced the suspensions in brief online notices.

The United States accused Russian military contractors backed by the Kremlin on Tuesday of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and "increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow" in the Sahel region which is facing increasing attacks and deteriorating security -- an allegation Russia denied. US deputy ambassador Richard Mills lashed out at the Wagner Group at a UN Security Council meeting on West Africa and the Sahel, accusing its paramilitary forces of failing to address the extremist threat, robbing countries of their resources, committing human rights abuses, and endangering the safety and security of UN peacekeepers and staff. 

The United States has a very important defence relationship with India, the Pentagon said Tuesday. "It is a very important relationship between the United States and India, when it comes to security cooperation, defense cooperation. So we look forward to continuing to engage with the Indian leadership," Pentagon Press Secretary Gen Pat Ryder told reporters at a news conference.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off the MV Ganga Vilas Cruise Yatra on January 13. The Ganga Vilas luxury cruise, which left Kolkata on December 22, reached Ramnagar Port in Varanasi. The cruise will travel on the world's longest waterway from Varanasi to Dibrugarh in Assam. This cruise will go on an adventurous journey for 51 days and pass through Bangladesh for 15 days. Following this, it will go to Dibrugarh through the Brahmaputra river in Assam.