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10:32 PM

Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter Scale strikes Arabian Sea at 9:52 pm

9:56 PM

Oil prices rise by over $1 amid West Asia tensions as Israel-Hamas conflict rages

Oil prices rose by over $1 on Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit the Middle East to try to contain regional tensions as the Israel-Hamas conflict rages.

Brent crude futures were up $1.10, or 1.42%, at $78.69 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose $1.45, or 2.01%, to $73.64 by 1551 GMT.

8:12 PM

Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates 58th DGP-IGP national conference in Jaipur

8:08 PM

Pakistan's Senate approved resolution seeking delay in general election, citing cold weather, security issues

Pakistan's Senate on Friday approved a non-binding resolution seeking a delay in the general election, citing cold weather and security concerns, increasing the political uncertainty ahead of the planned polls on February 8. The resolution, tabled by independent Senator Dilawar Khan, received overwhelming support in the upper house of Pakistan's Parliament but was slammed as "unconstitutional" by major political parties. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) also rejected the Senate's resolution and clarified that elections will be held on February 8, 2024.

7:56 PM

Crew members including 15 Indian citizens onboard hijacked vessel MV Lili Norfolk secured, are safe: Military

7:37 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2024: India placed in Group A along with USA, Pakistan, Canada, Ireland

6:58 PM

Supreme Court to consider listing PILs challenging practice of promising pre-election freebies to voters

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider listing of the pleas challenging the political parties' practice of promising pre-election freebies to voters.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was urged by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, appearing for one of the PIL petitioners, that the matters are part-heard and needed to be adjudicated upon. 

6:34 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Jaipur to attend conference of DGPs and IGPs from across country

5:57 PM

India's GDP likely to grow by 7.3% in FY24, shows NSO data

Indian economy is likely to grow by 7.3 per cent in current fiscal against 7.2 per cent expansion in FY23, according to Government estimates.

5:50 PM

INS Chennai reaches hijacked vessel MV Lila Norfolk, issues warning to pirates

 

INS Chennai has reached the hijacked vessel MV Lila Norfolk off Somalia coast, news agency ANI reported today citing military officials. INS Chennai launched one its helicopter and warned pirates to leave the hijacked vessel, ANI reported. 

 

5:38 PM

Tripura CM Manik Saha announces hike of Rs 25 lakh in MLA local area development fund

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha today said  that the MLA Local Area Development Fund (MLALAD) will be raised by Rs 25 lakh. At the current moment,  legislators receive Rs 50 lakh under the scheme to carry out development projects in their assembly constituencies.

"As a result, the annual expenditure will also rise from Rs 30 crore to Rs 45 crore," Saha said during the assembly session.

5:33 PM

Ayodhya Ram Temple: BJP chief JP Nadda urges masses in HP to light diyas on Jan 22

BJP chief JP Nadda today asked people in Himachal Pradesh to light five diyas in their houses to celebrate "Diwali" on January 22, the day of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Nadda also told people in in Solan that on June 11, 1989, it was in Palampur that a national resolution to build the temple was passed. Nadda asked people  to "light five diyas (earthen lamps) and celebrate the January 22 consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya as Diwali".

 

5:26 PM

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy meets Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi

4:51 PM

India, Mauritius to jointly work on small satellite, launch set for 2025

India and Mauritius will begin work to develop a small satellite which will be launched by Isro early in 2025. India and Mauritius had inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a joint small satellite during the visit of Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan to Port Louis on November 1 last year.

4:46 PM

Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist to 7-day police custody by Delhi court

A suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist accused  in 11 terror attack cases in Jammu and Kashmir was sent to to seven-day police custody by a local court today.  Javaid Ahmad Matoo, 32, was arrested by the Delhi Police's Special Cell on Thursday.  The accused was arrested from Delhi's Nizamuddin area.

4:28 PM

Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist killed in South Kashmir's Shopian

A Lashkar-e-Taiba backed terrorist was killed during security operations in South Kashmir’s Shopian today.  “Acting on specific information regarding presence of terrorist in village Chotigam area of Shopian, a joint cordon and search operation was launched in the wee hours by Police, Army (34RR) and CRPF (178Bn) in the said area,” the state police said.

3:50 PM

Over 40% voter turnout in Karanpur poll till early afternoon

 

A turnout of over 40 per cent was registered in Karanpur by early afternoon as polling took place for the Rajasthan assembly constituency.  The contest for this seat was postponed due to the death of the Congress candidate and the then legislator Gurmeet Singh Koonar. The Congress has fielded Koonar's son, Rupinder Singh, from the seat.

3:46 PM

Ghastly incident, I reserve all my constitutional options for action, says WB governor on attack on ED Team

3:38 PM

Report does not suggest that medicines were fake or spurious: Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj

3:27 PM

Union Cabinet approves Rs 4,797 crore for Prithvi scheme

The central government gave nod to "Prithvi Vigyan", an overarching initiative consisting of five on-going sub-schemes related to earth sciences, at a cost of Rs 4,797 crore over a five-year period from 2021-26. At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the union cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to club the sub-schemes.

3:08 PM

Iqbal Ansari, former litigant in Ayodhya land dispute case, invited to Ram Temple consecration ceremony

3:00 PM

Bonfire leads to fire in Greater Noida slum, 1 dead

Three makeshift houses were gutted in a fire at a slum cluster in Greater Noida which left one person dead. The fire broke out in the slum area built in an open field in Kasna area of Greater Noida because of a bonfire. 

2:53 PM

Voices of women will reach Parliament through Swati Maliwal: AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj

2:44 PM

Only way to save Bengal is by imposing President's rule: BJP's Raju Bista after attack on ED team in WB

2:39 PM

Parliament security breach case: Five of six accused give consent for polygraph test

Five of the six accused persons arrested in connection with the Parliament security breach consented  before a court undergo polygraph test. The police custody of all the accused persons -- Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Amol Dhanraj Shinde, Neelam Azad, Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat -- was extended by eight days.

2:01 PM

Govt probes DHL, FedEx, UPS for alleged collusion on discounts & tariffs

India's antitrust body is investigating domestic units of global delivery companies, such as Germany's DHL, U.S.-based United Parcel Service and FedEx, for alleged collusion on discounts and tariffs, documents, says media report. It is the latest such scrutiny for the logistics industry, some dating back to 2015, when France levied fines amounting to $735 million on 20 companies, including FedEx and DHL, for secretly colluding to increase prices.

1:45 PM

Kolkata's iconic Indian Museum received bomb threat, search operation underway

Authorities of Kolkata's iconic Indian Museum today received an email claiming bombs were planted inside, prompting police to launch a search operation at the over 200-year-old repository, officials told media. Personnel of the bomb squad of Kolkata Police are carrying out a search and sanitisation operation at the museum, they said.

1:34 PM

AAP nominates DCW chief Maliwal for Rajya Sabha, renominates Sanjay Singh, ND Gupta

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today nominated Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal as its candidate for the January 19 Rajya Sabha elections and renominated Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for a second term in the Upper House of Parliament. As per media reports, Sushil Kumar Gupta, whose tenure will end this month as a member of the Rajya Sabha, has conveyed his aspiration to fully immerse himself in the electoral politics of Haryana where the AAP wants to fight elections later this year.

1:26 PM

Home Ministry orders CBI probe into supply of substandard medicines in Delhi govt hospitals

The Union Home Ministry has ordered a CBI probe into supply of substandard medicines in Delhi government hospitals, as per media reports. In December 2023, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena had recommended a CBI inquiry into the matter to the Home ministry. "Welcome CBI probe into supply of substandard drugs in Delhi govt hospitals," AAP minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said today. The Minister further stated that he gave directions for audit of medicines but health secretary didn't follow directions. Bharadwaj, once again, called for the suspension of health secretary Deepak Kumar.

1:07 PM

SC rejects plea against HC order dismissing PIL on Krishna Janmabhoomi

The Supreme Court today rejected a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order that dismissed a PIL seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to acquire the Krishna Jahmabhoomi Janmasthan at Mathura and hand it over to the Hindus for worshipping Lord Krishna. The bench said the petitioner had filed a PIL and that is why it was dismissed by the high court.