Breaking News on January 14 | Highlights

A 40-year-old man died of asphyxiation and another fell unconscious on Tuesday after they lit an 'angithi' in their room before going to sleep in Punjab's Kapurthala district, police said.

The deceased, identified as Makhan Ram (40), was from Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, said Phagwara's Deputy Superintendent of Police, Surinder Chand. The other man, Khem Raj, was rushed to a hospital and is undergoing treatment, he said.

A 27-year-old man was killed when a speeding truck hit his motorcycle in east Delhi's Patparganj area, police said on Tuesday. The accident took place on Monday night and the victim has been identified as Manish, a resident of Old Anarkali area near Jagatpuri, they said.

Manish was riding his bike when he was hit by a truck being driven rashly and negligently, a senior police officer said. The victim was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead, the police said.

Four dead & around 24 injured in bus-truck collision on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway near Manor in Maharashtra. Injured persons have been shifted to a hospital.

Two people dead and 10 injured in a collision between a truck and a jeep at Mhalgi Nagar square in Nagpur, Maharashtra

A 20-year-old man was apprehended at a Delhi Metro station on Tuesday for allegedly carrying a pistol and a live bullet in his baggage, officials said.

Vishal Pal had kept the pistol and the live bullet in his bag, and it was detected during x-ray screening of his luggage at 1 pm at the Shahdara metro station, they said. Pal was handed over to the Delhi Police as he did not have a gun licence, the officials added.

The bilateral trade between India and China declined by about USD three billion last year while India’s trade deficit continues to be high amounting to USD 56.77 billion as both countries experienced economic slowdown.

The trade figures released by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) on Tuesday projected the total trade in Chinese currency RMB-Yuan terms registered a marginal increase of 1.6 per cent year on year but in dollar terms it was down by about USD three billion.

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Tihar Jail official says, " 2012 Delhi gang rape convict Mukesh Singh has moved mercy petition today"

A girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in a village here and admitted to hospital in critical condition, police said. The victim had gone out to attend nature's call on Monday when the 14-year-old boy raped her after taking her to a secluded spot, the area police station in-charge said.

She has been admitted to hospital in a critical state, the officer said.

After the victim's father lodged a complaint, an FIR has been filed and efforts are on to catch hold of the accused, the officer added.

SC dismisses curative pleas filed by 2 convicts in Nirbhaya case.

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Tuesday due to landslides and snowfall, leaving over 3000 vehicles stranded.

The traffic on the highway was closed due to shooting of stones from hillocks overlooking the arterial road at several places in Ramban district, traffic police officials said.

Heavy rains triggered the shooting of stones in Moumpassi, Digdole and Panthiyal areas on Monday afternoon, forcing suspension of the traffic, the official said.

Snowfall is also continuing on Kashmir side of the highway including Jawahar Tunnel, the gateway to the valley, since Sunday.

No fresh traffic was allowed from Nagrota in Jammu for Kashmir, they said.

As result of blockade of the highway, over 3000 vehicles are stranded at various places en route from Lakhanpur in Kathua district to Banihal belt of Ramban district and also on Kashmir side.

BJP in a press conference has hit back at the Congress for Adhir Ranjan Chawdhury's remark on Pulwama attack.

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Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Narawane: Army has proposed that the veterans of 1965 and 1971 war be given the freedom fighters' pension. We are getting women into corps military police. Total 1700 will be inducted in corps military police. Training of 101 women has already been started from 6 January this year.

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Michael Patra has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor.

Maharashtra's Minorities Development Minister Nawab Malik talks to Special IGP Abdur Rahman, requesting him to take his resignation back. Rahman had resigned from his post in December 2019 in protest against the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill by Parliament.

Delhi court adjourns till Jan 20 pronouncement of its judgement in Muzaffarpur shelter home case.

Delhi Traffic Police: Road No. 13A between Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj is closed for traffic movement. People coming from Noida are advised to take DND or Akshardham to reach Delhi.

Rain/thundershowers accompanied with lightning are very likely to occur today during next 3 hours at few places over Bareilly, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Kannauj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Gonda, Raebareli, Unnao, Lucknow districts and adjoining areas.

Delhi: Major pollutants PM 2.5 at 244 & PM 10 at 239, both in 'poor category' in Lodhi Road area, according to the Air Quality Index (AQI) data.

Delhi Air Quality Update