Breaking News on January 28 | Highlights

India asks Pak to ensure safety and security of its citizens and minority Hindu community in that country, according to sources.

The CBI on Tuesday warned the public to be vigilant against misleading advertisements projecting its internship programme as an employment opportunity with the agency.

The CRPF has carried out a mega check amongst its over 3 lakh personnel to audit any possible "subversive" elements in its ranks in the wake of a JK Police DSP being caught with terrorists recently, the chief of the force said here on Tuesday.

Over 2,000 Pakistani students stuck in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, have appealed to the Imran Khan government to rescue them immediately, according to a media report.

Protesters blocked entry to the AMU engineering college on Tuesday, preventing the holding of an examination for the second consecutive day.

An assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning while he was on duty at Matihani police station in Bihar's Begusarai
district, police official said.

The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Kerala government for failing to take "meaningful action" on solid waste management and summoned the urban development secretary with the progress report on February 28, the next date of hearing. 

Protests are one thing, but nobody can talk about countrys disintegration: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on arrest of anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam

The Centre Tuesday sought dismissal of the plea of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case against the rejection of his mercy plea and said that being ill-treated in prison cannot be a ground for mercy to one who has committed such a heinous crime.

Kashmir witnessed fresh snowfall on Tuesday even as the cold wave in the valley further subsided, an official of the MET department said. 

Ex-JNU student and activist Sharjeel Imam, accused of sedition, was arrested from Bihar's Jehanabad on Tuesday.

A man has been booked here for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marrying her, the police said on Tuesday. Both belong to the same village in this district and are employees of a private company based in Dehradun, the police said.

A case in this connection was registered on Tuesday against Ashutosh Kumar, who has gone absconding, they said. According to the woman's complaint, Kumar established physical relationship with her on the promise of marriage. When she asked him to marry her, he refused, it said.

Indian Navy aircraft spotted the movement of Chinese distant-water fishing fleet, supported by People's Liberation Army Navy ships, in western Indian Ocean Region when they were moving towards Morocco.

• Work on scientific and technological approach is being done for irrigation. Working on the mantra of 'per drop more crop', micro irrigation is being focussed upon.
• It's good that Potato Conclave is being held out of Delhi. It's being held in Gujarat & this is important because this is the leading state in India, as far as potato production is concerned.

Army Vice Chief Lt Gen SK Saini: The situation in Jammu and Kashmir on both LoC and the hinterland are under control.The launch pads have been reoccupied&terrorist camps are active. Ceasefire violations have gone up last year. We're fully geared up to meet challenges that come across

Jahanabad police detain brother of JNU student & co-coordinator of Shaheen Bagh protests Sharjeel Imam. Delhi Police yesterday conducted raids in Mumbai, Patna, Delhi to look for Sharjeel Imam & arrest him for his "cut off Assam from India" remark he allegedly made few days ago

Union Minister and BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan campaigns for BJP candidate from Moti Nagar assembly constituency Subhash Sachdeva.

Sensex slips 17.80 pts to 41,137.32 in opening session; Nifty declines 4.60 pts to 12,114.40.

An Innova car caught fire on the busy road at Kopar Khairane in Navi Mumbai on Monday night around 11:30 pm. The driver of the car immediately informed the fire brigade but the whole car was completely engulfed in flames before the fire tenders could reach the spot. 

The cause of the fire if currently unknown and no casualties were reported.

Air quality in 'Very Poor' category in Delhi's Anand Vihar and 'Poor' category in Punjabi Bagh, Lodhi Road and ITO, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). 

A low-intensity earthquake, measuring 3.6, hit the Union Territory of Ladakh on Monday, officials said. According to the Director, Meteorological Department, Sonam Lotus, the quake occurred at 1956 hours at a depth of 10 kilometres in the Ladakh region.

The tremor lasted for a few seconds, he said. A medium-intensity earthquake, measuring 5.3, hit Ladakh on last Sunday. 

 Supreme Court to hear today, a plea filed by one of the Nirbhaya case convicts, Mukesh, against rejection of his mercy petition by the President.

14 trains are running late due to low visibility and other operational reasons, in the Northern Railway region.

Coronavirus death toll in China rises to 106, nearly 1300 new cases detected, says the government: AFP news agency