Breaking News, January 18 | HIGHLIGHTS

Five people were charred to death and two were injured when a fire broke out in a multi-storey building in northwest Delhi's Pitampura area on Thursday evening, officials said.
The cause of the fire, which broke out on the first floor of the building, is yet to be ascertained, they said.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Egypt, the Maldives, Angola and Belarus during which he discussed with them issues of mutual interests and expanding cooperation in the multilateral fora.
Jaishankar, who arrived in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala to represent India at the two-day summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) beginning Friday, held a "frank conversation" with his Maldivian counterpart Moosa Zameer on bilateral ties.

Amid strained relations between India and Maldives, foreign ministers of both nations met in Uganda's Kampala on Thursday. Taking to social media, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, said he had a meeting with his Maldives counterpart Moosa Zameer on the sidelines of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Jaishankar asserted he held a "frank" discussion with Zameer, besides discussing the issues related to NAM.

Citing medical reasons, expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain the authorities from evicting her from the government bungalow on cancellation of allotment following her expulsion.

The Trinamool Congress leader, who has challenged a notice by the Directorate of Estates (DoE) to vacate the government accommodation, pleaded not to throw her out of the premises for the time being as she is a single woman and is undergoing treatment at a hospital here.

The government on Thursday approved 11 project proposals related to technical textiles worth nearly Rs 103 crore. The Union Minister for Textiles, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal, cleared the proposals while chairing the 8th Meeting of the Mission Steering Group (MSG) of the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM).

China on Thursday offered to play a “constructive role” to ease tension between Pakistan and Iran following their missile strikes against each other over the last two days and asked the two countries to "exercise restraint and calmness and avoid escalation.”

 India will need 2,840 new aircraft and 41,000 pilots as well as 47,000 technical staff in the next 20 years, Rémi Maillard, President and Managing Director of Airbus India and South Asia said on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the aviation conclave and exhibition, Wings India 2024, Maillard said Airbus will double its sourcing from India to USD 1.5 billion by the end of the decade from the existing USD 750 million.

A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of Neelam Azad, an accused in the Parliament security breach case. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur denied bail to Azad, saying it would not be right to grant her the relief at this stage. The court had on Saturday sent all the accused in the case, including Azad, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde and Mahesh Kumawat, to judicial custody after they were produced before it on expiry of their police remand.

Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) commandos conduct patrolling at Lata Mangeshkar Chowk in Ayodhya.

 Kozhikode: Over half a million people attend Kerala Literature Festival 2024.

BJP leader Dara Singh Chauhan files his nomination for by-poll to a seat in the UP legislative council, in the presence of CM Yogi Adityanath, in Lucknow.

Uttar Pradesh: The city of Ayodhya being decorated with flowers ahead of the pranpratishtha ceremony of Ram Temple.

PM Modi virtually interacts with beneficiaries of Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.

Indian Navy's Mission Deployed Guided Missile Destroyer- INS Visakhapatnam responds to drone attack. 

Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant joins 'Swachhata Abhiyan' at a temple premises in Sakhali constituency in north Goa.

Karnataka: A group from Bengaluru chants bhajan during their journey from Bengaluru to Ayodhya. 

Pakistani airstrikes on Iran killed 4 children and 3 women, a local official tells Iranian state television, reports AP.

 Visibility was affected in Haridwar, Uttarakhand due to dense fog in the region.

IMD launches a dedicated page for Ayodhya weather forecast.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra enters Assam.

Srinagar: A thin layer of ice is formed on the Dal Lake as the cold wave continues in the city and the temperature dips. 

24 Parganas, West Bengal: Enforcement Directorate conducts raids at several locations related to Prasanna Roy, a middleman in teachers recruitment scam.

Chandigarh: Security tightened outside the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation office ahead of the Mayoral elections today.

Former Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao is undergoing physiotherapy following hip replacement surgery.

Delhi: Several flight operations delayed at IGI airport due to low visibility amid the fog.

18 trains to Delhi from various parts of the country are running late due to dense fog conditions as on 18th January.

Uttarakhand: Pictures of Lord Ram being projected through laser light on the clock tower in the Dehradun city. 

US ships have launched another wave of missiles against Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen, US officials say, reports AP.

Delhi: Passengers face difficulty at New Delhi Railway Station as several trains run late due to cold waves.

J-K: Security heightened in the border areas ahead of Republic Day.