Breaking news on January 09

Two men, in their 20s, were found hanging from the same rope tied to a tree in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, said police who suspect it to be a case of suicide.

Bodies of Rathin Roy (28) and Anwar Hossain (25) were found on Wednesday evening in Kaliganj area in the district's Rajganj town, police said

A newborn baby boy was found abandoned in bushes in a village in Jalna district of Maharashtra on Thursday, police said. The incident came to light then passers-by heard cries of the baby, who was found dumped in bushes in Wadona village under Bhokardan tehsil, they said.

The boy was admitted in a nearby rural health centre and later shifted at a hospital in Buldana district, the police said. A case was registered against unidentified parents of the child.

"There are no talks of alliance with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Our ideologies are very different," Former Maharashtra CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said.

In the backdrop of a foreign envoys' visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Thursday said Indian MPs, who wished to visit the region, should also be allowed to go there.

The envoys of 15 countries, including United States Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster, arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, the first by diplomats since August last year, when the erstwhile state's special status was revoked and it was split into two Union territories.
Singh said Indian MPs, who wished to visit Kashmir, should also be allowed to go there. 

I think Deepika Padukone visited JNU to grab limelight without investment, actors are in habit of going to disturbed areas and creating controversies before the release of their films, says Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Jinnah is no more but Rahul Jinnah & Priyanka Jinnah are there who are disturbing environment & instilling fear among Muslims on CAA. Did anyone of us say that Sonia Gandhi's father was a soldier in Mussolini's army in Italy?

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has submitted its report related to accounts of economic sector to the state government, an official statement said.  The report will be tabled in the Rajasthan Assembly.

The report is about accounts and transactions of the departments related to economic sector of the state government during the financial year 2017-18.

The CAG submits its report of state government accounts every year.

The audit is conducted by the Accountant General of the state under the direction of CAG, the statement said.

Delhi Customs has arrested one female Chinese passenger on 6th January for attempted smuggling of 1205 grams of gold worth Rs. 42,12,739 from China

Six former Punjab police officials were on Thursday held guilty by the CBI court here in a 27-year-old case of disappearance of six members of a family from Tarn Taran district.

Mohali's Special Judge Karunesh Kumar sentenced former Inspector Suba Singh, and sub-inspectors Bikramjit Singh and Sukhdev Singh to ten years in jail while another Sub- Inspector Sukhdev Raj Joshi was sentenced to five years in jail.

The special judge also sentenced Sub Inspector Lakha Singh and Assistant Sub Inspector Suba Singh to two years in jail.

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam and DMK President MK Stalin's central security cover withdrawn. CRPF in process of withdrawal of the security staff: Government sources

Would like to see NRIs investing more in India; soon measures will be taken to facilitate investment by NRIs, PIOs: EAM S Jaishankar

A Delhi court Thursday granted bail to 15 people arrested for allegedly perpetrating violence during an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest in the Daryaganj here last month.

Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau granted the relief to the 15 protesters who were arrested after violence broke out in Daryaganj on December 20 during a demonstration against the recent changes in the citizenship law.

The demonstration turned violent when a group of protesters resorted to stone-pelting after the police tried to evict them from the area.

JNU students tried to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday protesting the violence on university campus, but were stopped by police.
The police appealed to students to maintain peace and end their protest. 

Seven people arrested in connection with violence and clashes that broke out in West Bengal's Malda district during countrywide trade union strike on Wednesday, says police.

"The death rate includes all kinds of deaths due to illness. The State is trying its best. I'm pained at every death. Since 2014 the death rate has lowered, from 65 it has come down to 38. We are trying to make the facilities better," Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said.

Lucknow SSP Kalanidhi Naithani has been transferred as SSP Ghaziabad, reports news agency ANI

"This year marks the 70th year of diplomatic ties between China and India. The two countries have developed a stable and sound relationship. The year 2020 is the year of people to people exchange,"  Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said

"We're closely monitoring the situation. Peace,security & stability in the region is of utmost importance to us.We would like the situation to de-escalate as quickly as possible.We are talking to several stakeholders. EAM has spoken to players in the region," Raveesh Kumar, MEA said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is holding a high-level meeting with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other top officials in Ministry of Home Affairs.

Eight people were killed on Thursday when the van they were travelling in collided with a bus due to dense fog on the Jaipur-Bikaner national highway, police said.

Six people died on the spot while two succumbed to the injuries on the way to a government hospital here. The victims are yet to be identified, the police said.

They said the van driver could not see the bus coming from opposite direction due to dense fog. Police teams from Rajaldesar and Ratangarh police stations were investigating the case, they said. 

Enforcement Directorate (ED) provisionally attached movable and immovable assets totaling to Rs 2510.82 Crore of SRS Group, its promoters, their family members and associate companies under Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA) in a cheating&fraud case. Further investigation underway.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes out a protest march against CAA and NRC, in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said: "Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala used to work for Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan. 25 extortion FIRs and 80 other complaints are registered against him. I congratulate Police on their success."

Army Chief, General MM Naravane in Siachen said: "We're aware that everyone operating here is in very tough condition, inhospitable terrain and weather. We're doing our best to make sure that whatever is required by the troops is made available to them including clothing and better rations."

Army Chief General MM Naravane in Siachen said: "I would like to convey my best wishes and greetings for New Year. It's always been my intention to come here on taking over but weather was not very good in 1st week of Jan. But I'm happy that this is my 1st visit as the Chief of Army Staff."

Supreme Court issues notice to Election Commission of India, Centre and others on a petition by one Edwin Wilson, seeking ban on the use of campaigning material made of plastic during elections.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: "Delhi Police kya kar sakti hai? Oopar se aadesh agar aayega ki aapko hinsa nahi rokni, law and order theek nahi karna hai to vo bichare kya karenge? Agar nahi manenge to suspend ho jayenge."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets top economists of the country, at Niti Aayog, ahead of the Union Budget. Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Nitin Gadkari also present

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to boycott the January 13 opposition meeting in Delhi, alleging that Congress and Left are 'playing dirty politics in West Bengal' and that she will fight against CAA and NRC alone. 

A massive protest by the students of JNU underway demanding resignation of VC Jagdesh Kumar. 

A delegation of 15 foreign envoys reached Srinagar and are currently being briefed by Indian Army on security situations. The delegation includes envoys from the USA, Argentina, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Norway, Maldives, Niger, and Morocco.   

Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala arrested from Patna by Mumbai Police's anti-extortion cell, remanded to police custody till January 21 by Court. Joint CP Crime, Santosh Rastogi on arrest of gangster Ejaz Lakadwala said: "His daughter was in our custody. She gave a lot of information to us. Our sources also told us about his arrival in Patna,he was arrested in Jattanpur police station limits." 

SC refuses to entertain habeas corpus plea filed by mahaut seeking release of elephant Lakshmi from alleged illegal detention

JNU forms 5-member committee to probe lapses in security, if any, during Jan 5 violence; recommend steps for students' safety: VC 

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik to appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs on January 13, over rising crimes in Delhi. Violence in Jamia and JNU to also be discussed.

Supreme Court to lawyer Vineet Dhanda who filed plea seeking strict legal action against 'those disturbing peace and harmony over Citizenship Amendment Act' : Country is going through a critical time, the endeavour must be to bring peace and such petitions don’t help.

Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Relations, Dinesh Gunawardena meets External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Hyderabad House

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: One of the convicts, Vinay Kumar Sharma has filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court. A Delhi Court had issued a death warrant against all four convicts on January 7 and they are scheduled to be executed on January 22 at 7 am.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi's Prakash Ambedkar and other leaders at Gateway of India during 'Gandhi Shanti Yatra', a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens

Three criminals arrested after an exchange of fire with Police in Wazirabad area of Delhi.

National Crime Records Bureau: 50,74,634 cognizable crimes were registered in 2018. Though it shows an increase of 1.3% in registration of cases over 2017 (50,07,044 cases), however, crime rate per lakh population has come down from 388.6 in 2017 to 383.5 in 2018.

 Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union to hold a protest march today, heavy security at campus main gate.

First part of budget session to be held from January 31 to February 11. Budget to be presented on February 1. Second phase of budget session to be held from March 2 to April 3.

Sensex rallies 500.44 pts to 41,318.18 in opening session; Nifty surges 151.65 pts to 12,177

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on reports that CM ML Khattar has taken away charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from him said: "Chief Minister is supreme. He can take charge of the CID if he wants to. But, for that it has to be approved in cabinet then in Vidhan Sabha."

Fire has broken out in Patparganj Industrial Area, 32 fire tenders are present at the spot. One person died. 

2 more people have been arrested in connection with Seelampur violence. 

According to reports the European Union (EU) Ambassadors aren't part of the group of envoys visiting J&K due to restrictions in program are unfounded and mischievous. We wanted to take a global group of envoys to J&K with only some EU Ambassadors, and not all EU envoys were asked to join. 

European Union (EU) envoys wanted to visit J&K as a group, which wasn't possible to accommodate due to restrictions in numbers & to keep the group broad-based. Some EU Ambassadors conveyed that the visit was taking place at short notice to seek instructions from HQ.

The Group was free to interact with people subject to security considerations. In any case, no  Ambassador had specifically asked to meet anyone who was detained. It was therefore decided that a Group of EU Ambassadors will undertake a trip to J &K at a later date.

Two rockets hit Iraqi capital's Green Zone: security sources.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says US House of Representatives to vote Thursday to prevent Trump from Iran war. 

Pentagon chief says the US has restored "level of deterrence" on Iran.