Breaking News, January 21|

Amar Jawan Jyoti flame to be merged with National War Memorial flame on Friday.

I wish to recall the stellar contribution of late Anerood Jugnauth (former Mauritius President) to strengthen the India-Mauritius tie. We look forward to supporting the further extension of the metro, under the $190 million Line of Credit (LoC) extension today, PM Modi said.

On the intervening night of 19th-20th Jan, BSF troops heard the humming sound of flying objects coming from Pakistan. Troops engaged the object by firing on it. In the morning, a search was carried out & 7 packets suspected to be heroin were recovered, said BSF, Punjab Frontier, Jalandhar Cantt.

PM Narendra Modi and his Mauritius counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth inaugurate the India-assisted Social Housing Units project in Mauritius, Civil Service College, and 8MW Solar PV Farm projects, virtually.

A 17-year-old youth Miram Tarom of Zido, Arunachal Pradesh was reportedly captured by Chinese PLA across the LAC. Indian Army immediately contacted PLA through the hotline, assistance from PLA has been sought to locate & return him as per protocol, said PRO Defence Tezpur.

At least 10 workers were rescued after a three-storey textile dyeing and printing mill, located near Bardoli town in Gujarat's Surat district, caught fire early on Thursday, officials said. As the fire is still raging, nearly 100 firemen from Bardoli, Surat city and other nearby places are involved in the firefighting operation, but the blaze has gutted the entire building, Bardoli's chief fire officer P B Gadhvi said. "The fire broke out at the dyeing and printing mill located in Palsana area around 3.30 am and it is still raging. It has engulfed all the three floors of the unit. While majority of the workers came out safely with the help of locals after the fire started spreading, firemen rescued around 10 workers who had got stuck in the rear part of the mill. But no one was injured in the incident," he said. Since it is a major fire, nearly 15 firefighting vehicles, 100 firemen from Bardoli, Surat, Sachin, Vyara, Gandevi, Navsari, Bilimora and two private firms were pressed into service since early morning, he said.

BJP MLA Vikram Saini faced the ire of people in Munwarpur village here who forced him to return to his car and leave the venue. The villagers raised slogans against Saini, who had visited the village on Wednesday as part of election campaigning. In a video of the incident which has gone viral on social media, the Khatauli MLA can be seen getting back to his car in anger after the protest. He later told reporters that those who opposed his visit were under the influence of alcohol. Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in seven phases beginning February 10.

Flight operations at the Delhi airport were normal on Thursday morning despite low visibility due to the fog. "Low visibility procedures are in progress at Delhi airport. All flight operations are presently normal," said Delhi International Airport Limited. The airport authorities further requested all passengers to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information. As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national capital witnessed dense fog on Thursday morning leading to poor visibility.

Rajasthan police on Wednesday arrested a man from Udaipur for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 41,590 through a Youtube channel on pretext selling her a few expensive dresses. Accused Mohan Singh, resident of Bikaner, allegedly collected the payment from the woman after showing her an advertisement for the dresses on a Youtube channel and later switching off his phone. Barmer Superintendent of Police (SP) Deepak Bhargava said that one Ganpat Singh filed complaint on January 4, claiming that his daughter selected a few 'Rajputi' dresses on a YouTube channel and paid Rs 41,590 in Paytm account of an unknown person. Later the person switched off his phone, complainant said.

The Additional District and Sessions Court here on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing two priests over a trivial issue. Jagdish Das and Sher Singh aka Sewa Das, the two priests, lived in the premises of a Shiva temple in Pagona village under Anoopshahr police station limits. Murari, a local, used to frequent the temple. However, the priests had once yelled at him for stealing tongs which they used. This infuriated Murari, who on April 28, 2020, hacked them to death at the temple's plinth. As Murari was trying to flee, the locals caught hold of him and thrashed him before handing him over to the police. Judge Gyan Prakash Tiwari also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on Murari.