Breaking News January 16
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Breaking News January 16:
5:10 pm: Supreme Court asks Noida and Greater Noida Authority to apprise it as to how to solve the problem of home buyers who are living in Amrapali flats but have not been given registry. SC fixed the matter for further hearing to January 24.
4:57 pm: Selection Panel to meet on January 24 to decide on new CBI director.
4:33 pm: Protest being held in Siliguri in connection with the incident where 16 dead puppies were found in the garbage beside Gynaecology Dept of NRS Hospital (Entally PS area) in Kolkata on 13 January.
4:15 pm: Youth Congress workers protest outside BJP office in Bengaluru over alleged attempts by BJP to poach Congress MLAs.
4:00 pm: BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport) bus services resume after Bombay High Court today ordered the BEST union to call off their strike.
3:46 pm: Coal and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal: Central Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval to agreement on the facilitation of visa arrangements signed between India and Maldives.
3:20 pm: Rajasthan Health Minister, Raghu Sharma: We’ve made available the medicine for swine flu throughout the state. Leaves of doctors and paramedical staff have been cancelled. We’re monitoring the situation, wherever a case of swine flu is found the whole area is screened.
3:00 pm: Coal and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal: Central Cabinet has given its approval for incurring an expenditure of Rs 3639.32 crore for 13 new central universities for recurring cost & creation of necessary infrastructure for completion of campuses. It'll be completed within 36 months.
02:13 pm: RLD vice-president Jayant Chaudhary meets SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to take forward seat sharing talks for Lok Sabha polls
01:55 pm: Brexit deadline could be pushed back on UK request: French minister
01:44 pm: Three Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLCs - Yadava Reddy, Bhupathi Reddy and Ramesh Nayak disqualified from Telangana Legislative council on grounds of defection
01:22 pm: Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang resigns from primary membership of BJP
12:39 pm: Left parties will not participate in TMC’s Opposition rally in Kolkata, on January 19 (ANI)
12:16 pm: BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport) strike matter: Bombay High Court directs BEST union to call off their strike. The Court also tells them to announce within one hour that they have called off the strike.
11:59 am: Supreme Court dismisses pleas of Punjab, Kerala, West Bengal, Haryana and Bihar seeking modification of its last year order on appointment of DGPs
11:35 am: Politics is full of challenges, we will strategise accordingly. BJP and AAP both are a challenge; we will meet the challenges together. There is nothing on alliance with AAP yet: Sheila Dikshit, ahead of taking charge as president of Delhi Congress (ANI)
11:16 am: Heavy snowfall to hit Kashmir for 5 days starting Saturday
11:01 am: Supreme Court agrees to hear next week, a plea filed against M Nageswara Rao’s appointment as interim Director of the CBI, plea also sought transparency in the process of short-listing, selection and appointment of the CBI Director
10:52 am: Retired judge of Delhi High Court Justice Kailash Gambhir writes to President Kovind, objects to the decision of collegium which recommended elevation of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to the Supreme Court
10:44 am: Punjab: AAP MLA from Jaito, Master Baldev resigns from the party
10:18 am: There is no need for a sedition law in today's times, it is a colonial law. Many who merely speak or tweet against the Government have sedition charges imposed against them, it is being misused by Centre just to keep citizens in check: Kapil Sibal, senior Congress leader (ANI)
10:03 am: 15 dead in Islamist attack on Kenya hotel complex
09:39 am: Two people killed by Naxals on suspicion of being police informers in Bihar's Jamui
09:26 am: Sensex up by over 130 points in opening trade, currently at 36,454.74; Nifty at 10919.05
09:17 am: One dead, another injured after being shot at by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Hajipur; investigations begin
09:01 am: Notice issued to BSP's candidate Jagat Singh from Rajasthan's Ramgarh for allegedly using objectionable language during campaign. Polling in the constituency was postponed after BSP candidate Lakshman Singh died of a cardiac arrest in November 2018. Voting on January 28
08:44 am: The two MLAs (who withdrew support from Karnataka Govt) are not affiliated with any party. They are independents. There is no need to hype it up so much. It is all a media hype: HD Deve Gowda, former PM and JDS Chief (ANI)
08:26 am: Two women on their way to Sabarimala temple stopped by protesters at Neelimala in Kerala; police at the spot
07:35 am: Petrol priced at Rs. 70.33/litre in Delhi, Rs. 75.97/litre in Mumbai; diesel at Rs. 64.59/litre in Delhi, at Rs. 67.62/litre in Mumbai
06:49 am: Due to expected low visibility at Delhi (DEL), Varanasi (VNS), Bengaluru (BLR), Chennai (MAA) and Amritsar (ATQ), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might get affected: SpiceJet
06:12 am: British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal defeated in UK Parliament, 432 No votes to 202 Yes votes
