Breaking News on February 15

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said, "The world has come closer but in the process two World Wars took place and the threat of a third one is looming. It is said that the third one is underway, in a different form. There is violence and dissatisfaction here and there."

"No one is happy. Everyone is agitating. Mill owners and workers are agitating. Employers and employees are agitating. Government and public is agitating. Students and teachers are agitating. Everyone is unhappy and dissatisfied," he added.

The accused involved in molestation of a woman in which he flashed his private parts, has been arrested in the case registered at PS Ghitorni. His name is Abhilash Kumar. He is a Civil Engineer and worked at a private company in Gurugram. Interrogation and investigation is on.

Nashik rural SP, Arti Singh on incident where a school teacher was set ablaze allegedly by her students in Daroda village of Wardha dist: We've detained 2 people,they're being questioned. Statements of eye witnesses, victim&doctors are being taken. Investigation on.

District civil surgeon Dr Suresh Jagdale: The woman was brought in here at 6.30 in the evening, with 67% burns. A team of doctors is providing her medical treatment. Her condition is improving gradually

An exchange of fire took place between District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Naxals near the hillock forests of Arlampalli village in Dantewada today. An unidentified male body recovered from the spot. DRG also recovered 1 bharmar rifle and hand grenades.

Nepal Government has sent Nepal Airlines’ Airbus A-330 to Wuhan, to evacuate their nationals from China amid CoronaVirus outbreak.

CM-designate Arvind Kejriwal and Cabinet Minister designates at his residence for dinner. Arvind Kejriwal had invited Cabinet Minister designates to discuss govt's priorities and tasks for the coming 3 months, and to focus on the roadmap to make Delhi a global city.

FM Sitharaman addresses media on post-Budget meeting with RBI Central Board of Directors

Two men were killed when their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle here, police said on Saturday.

Subhash (28) and Pradeep (25) were killed on the spot in the incident that took place Friday night, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Aparna Gautam said.

An investigation in the case has been launched, she said.

Vodafone Idea on Friday proposed to pay AGR dues to the government. In a statement, it said: Continuation of business to depend on the positive outcome of its modification plea before the Supreme Court.

First death from Corona virus confirmed in Europe

Happy to inform that health conditions of 3 Indians being treated for COVID-19 have improved and no new cases of infection of Indians on the ship.

Dinesh Thakkar, father of Sonali Thakkar, Indian security officer onboard quarantined Diamond Princess ship said: "I request govt to deport my daughter from the ship. She has tested negative for coronavirus. Govt of Japan is doing its best, but all non-infected Indians should be deported."

Fire breaks out on the first floor of Lake City Mall, Kapurbawdi near Balkum Fire Station in Thane (West). Fire-fighting operation underway.  No casualty or injury reported till now.

Fire broke out at The Park hotel around 9 am today. We got no info about it from the hotel. We got first info around 11:45am from Rajinder Nagar PS. Around 15 people were admitted to the hospital, out of which 12 people have been discharged now

Delhi CM designate Arvind Kejriwal has invited cabinet minister designates for dinner today, to discuss government's priorities and tasks for the coming 3 months, and to focus on the roadmap to make Delhi a global city.

Three persons died when a car lost control and rammed into a tree in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, police said on Saturday. The accident occurred in Puranpur area late on Friday night. Rupendra Singh (22), Sona Singh (30) and Malkeet (35) died on the spot, the police said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the police added. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on agriculture credit target said: "Credit limit has been expanded. We expect the demand to grow and the credit requirements to meet up with it. I am closely monitoring banks & their extension of credit facility, particularly to the rural areas."

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said: "We have given growth projection of 6% for the next year, which is in line with Economic Survey projection."

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat inaugurates Gujarat RSS headquarters

Devendra Singh Chauhan posted as Director General of Police (Intelligence), Uttar Pradesh.

Police have arrested Lucknow Bar Association's General Secretary Jitu Yadav last night in connection with a crude bomb explosion in Lucknow Court on 13 February. Two lawyers were injured in the incident.

DMK President MK Stalin said: "We condemn the Edappadi government's police crackdown on the night of February 14, in a deliberate attack on people who fought peacefully against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The detainees should be released and their cases be withdrawn."

Vishnu Dutt Sharma appointed as president of Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in place of Rakesh Singh. BJP President JP Nadda appoints Dal Bahadur Chauhan as BJP State President, Sikkim.

K Surendran appointed as president of Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by party president J P Nadda.

AAP leader Manish Sisodiya addresses a press conference. Highlight: 

- Teachers will come to the swearing-in ceremony tomorrow 

- Families of Policemen will also be part of swearing-in ceremony 

- Lot of teachers messaged me

- Delegates of bus marshal, auto drivers will also be present

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das, and MoS Finance Anurag Thakur at RBI Central Board of Directors' customary post-budget meeting.

People hold protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Washermanpet; Last night, a scuffle broke out between police & protestors who were demonstrating here. Over 100 protestors were detained.

Meeting of Madhya Pradesh Congress Coordination Committee scheduled to be held today. MP CM Kamal Nath and party leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijay Singh, Deepak Babaria, AICC Incharge, Meenakshi Natrajan and Jitu Patwari to attend the meeting.

Prime Minister's Office (PMO): PM Modi, chaired a meeting of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) society in New Delhi. PM was given an overview of work done by CSIR. He appreciated the tasks undertaken & also gave his suggestions to chart out a future road map.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi listed 5G, artificial intelligence and affordable and long lasting batteries for renewable energy storage as some of the emerging challenges which the scientists need to focus on.

Shah Faesal, former civil servant and chief of Jammu & Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM), booked under Public Safety Act.

Chinese, Vatican foreign ministers hold rare meeting.

CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 Board exams begin today.

Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing and heavy shelling early morning today in J&K's Hiranagar sector. Pak rangers targeted residential areas of nearby villages. Some houses damaged, no human loss or injury so far. A search party is assessing damage in affected areas

Delhi Traffic Police issues advisory ahead of swearing-in- ceremony of Delhi Govt. scheduled at Ram Leela Ground tomorrow.

External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar at Munich Security Conference, Germany said: "There is no question the world is more nationalistic, US, China & different countries in the world are more nationalistic. A lot of this nationalism has been electorally validated."

"There are countries where it is a positive assertive nationalism, in some cases it is more insecure nationalism. The fact is, a more nationalistic world is obviously a less multilateral world," he said. 

"United Nations is far less credible than it has been in history, which is not surprising because when you think about it, there are not too many things which are 75 years old & still as good as they were. Clearly there is something that needs to be done there," he added. 

US President Donald Trump ahead of his India visit, tweets, "Great honor, I think?  Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that “Donald J. Trump is Number 1 on Facebook. Number 2 is Prime Minister Modi of India.” Actually, I am going to India in two weeks. Looking forward to it!".

Directorate of Education,Delhi: All Heads of Schools are requested to attend oath ceremony of Delhi CM on Feb 16 along with 20 teachers including Vice Principals,Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum Coordinators, Happiness Coordinators&Teacher Development Coordinators.

At least 6 people have been injured after a clash broke out between two groups in Chembur's Mukund Nagar area, yesterday. Police says,"We are registering a case. Investigation will be done."

US increasing tariffs on Airbus planes to 15 percent from 10 percent.

China reports 139 more virus deaths in the hard-hit province.