Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of February 4
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10:37 am: 'Whatever CM decides we will stand by it, but we are not happy with the BJP budget, not happy with the budget allotted to AP,' TDP MP P. Ravindra Babu, on being asked about alliance with BJP he said, 'that we have to see, our CM will decide, we will follow him.' (ANI)
09:24 am: Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off a Cyclothon organized by PCRA wing of Petroleum Ministry, Pradhan says' Cyclothon got incredible support from public. PM had requested citizens that once a week if we conserve fuel, it'll be better for health.' (ANI)
10:10 am: Andhra Pradesh: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Parliamentary Board meeting underway in Amaravati, party leader K.Rammohan Rao, on being asked about TDP-BJP alliance said, 'We are discussing about budget, political alliance is different and state govt development is different.' (ANI)
09:50 am: IIT Bombay clarifies that the Institute has not banned non-veg food in the campus, as reported by few publications. A letter was issued to the caterer of a cafeteria atop Civil Engineering Dept. for purely health and safety reasons as he was serving stale food: Statement by IIT PRO (ANI)
09:37 am: Credit to BCCI for giving them the infrastructure. In the last 15 years the standard of playing has changed, fielding has changed because of better infrastructure, better ground maintenance and it reflected on the field: Sachin Tendulkar on India's victory in U19 WC Final (ANI)
08:28 am: Fabulous achievement. It requires great team work to realize big dreams. They prepared themselves physically, mentally & planning, execution was right at the top.Evident that the Indian team stood apart from rest of competitors: Sachin Tendulkar on India's victory in U19 WC Final (ANI)
08:16 am: Registered a case under Section 376 and POCSO based on reports of postmortem and Ganga Ram Hospital: Police on death of 6-year-old girl who was admitted to hospital with injuries to private parts and later passed away on 2 February, Delhi (ANI)
09:07 am: Gujarat: Ahead of a mass marriage ceremony to be held on 5 Feb, an event was held in an attempt to enter the Guinness World Records of most women being applied mehendi (henna tattoo) at a time. 2500 women applied mehendi to 2500 women at the event in Surat, yesterday (ANI)
08:53 am: Chhattisgarh: Naxals torched 10 vehicles being used for road construction in Bijapur, yesterday (ANI)
08:37 am: Maldives: Scuffle broke out between Police and protestors outside Chief Justice Abdullah Saeed's residence in Male. Protests are being held in Male as President Abdulla Yameen refused to follow SC's ruling to release key political prisoners and reinstate 12 MPs (ANI)
08:29 am: Pakistan: Pashtun protesters in Islamabad raised slogans saying that Pakistan’s security agencies have been harboring, sheltering and conducting terrorism in FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) and Afghanistan (ANI)
08:18 am: Pakistan: Thousands of Pashtuns gathered outside the press club in Islamabad and chanted Azadi (Freedom) slogans by highlighting human rights violations against the community (ANI)
08:06 am: PV Sindhu to face Zhang Beiwen of USA in the finals of Indian Open, today (ANI)
07:55 am: Noida: Family alleges that a Policeman shot one of their member, late last night, in Sector-122, say. 'it was done for no reason.' SSP Love Kumar says, 'youth is under treatment, cannot say anything until investigation is done.' (ANI)
07:46 am: Pashtuns hold anti-Pakistan protest in Islamabad; demand Azadi (ANI)
07:13 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a rally in Bengaluru, later today
06:42 am: Actor Uma Thurman accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault (Reuters)
06:38 am: Dennis Edwards, Temptations singer who was the passionate voice of the group's later hits, dies at age 74 (AP)
06:34 am: Ramsey hat-trick helps Arsenal to thrash Everton 5-1 (Reuters)
06:30 am: Bahamian man drifts in Atlantic Ocean aboard disabled boat for 16 days, survives on cookies, chips, bottled water until rescue (AP)
06:28 am: Motor racing - Vergne wins in Chile to lead Formula E championship (Reuters)