Breaking News, February 3 | HIGHLIGHTS

Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma received PM Modi.

Purported images of English question papers of class 10 board exams in West Bengal were circulated on social media after the commencement of the examinations on Saturday, a day after Bengali papers similarly went viral. West Bengal Board of Secondary Examinations president Ramanuj Ganguly said 12 candidates have been punished in connection with the incident after the English question papers shared on social media were scrutinised and authenticity was confirmed. They have been barred from sitting for the rest of the examinations and their Bengali paper of the previous day has also been cancelled.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said the Centre is set to take "some important decisions" in the interests of the people of the state. He said this after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah where he discussed "matters of paramount importance" concerning Manipur. Later he met senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs at the North Block here and said he had "a productive discussion on the strategic measures undertaken for fostering peace in Manipur".

A man in a village of nearby Shamli district allegedly strangled his 25-year-old wife after a fight with her on Saturday, police said. Shamli Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Kumar Singh said Saiba was strangled to death by her husband Sultan in Ambeta village under Kandhla Police Station area.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held a meeting with Bihar Congress leaders, in Delhi.

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu and several other leaders on Saturday hailed the Centre's decision to confer Bharat Ratna award on veteran BJP leader L K Advani. Venkaiah Naidu said on 'X' that he is pleased beyond words to learn that the highest civilian award has been conferred on Advani. The former vice president, who described Advani as "our mentor", recalled the outstanding contributions of the former Deputy Prime Minister to the nation.

A man allegedly drowned his 10-year-old son in a pond and later committed suicide in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, police said on Saturday. The body of Jitendra Ojha (48) has been recovered while the search is on for the minor’s body, SP Bikaner Tejaswani Gautam said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that her government would transfer funds to the bank accounts of 21 lakh unpaid MGNREGA workers in the state by February 21. Banerjee, who started a 48-hour-dharna in front of BR Ambedkar statue in the city on Friday demanding the Centre to release "unpaid dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes.

The body of a 17-year-old girl was found hanging in a room of her house in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, police said on Saturday. According to preliminary investigation, the girl allegedly died by suicide as she did not want to live with her mother, they added. The incident took place on Friday night when the minor allegedly hanged herself from a peg in the room using a 'dupatta', said Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan.

Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday (February 3) accepted the Bharat Ratna conferred to him and said that the award is not only an honour for him as a person but also for the ideals and principles that he strove to serve throughout his life. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Advani’s name for the country’s highest honour. “With utmost humility and gratitude, I accept the Bharat Ratna that has been conferred on me today,” the BJP veteran said in a statement.

A Pakistan court is expected to announce on Saturday its verdict in a case challenging the 'un-Islamic' marriage of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to his third wife, Bushra Bibi.

Drama unfolded at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence here Saturday as a crime branch team arrived again to serve him a notice to join a probe over his claim the BJP was trying to poach AAP MLAs.

North Korea said it tested cruise missiles outfitted with new “super-large” warheads as well as a new type of anti-aircraft missile, extending a streak in weapons demonstrations that has rival South Korea worried.

The Rajasthan government on Friday transferred two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 10 Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officers. According to the order issued by the Personnel Department on Friday night, Additional Chief Secretary of Forest Environment and Climate Change Department Shikhar Agarwal has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.

A right wing organisation has filed a petition in an Agra court seeking prohibitory injunction against the observation of the 'Urs' at Taj Mahal. The petitioner, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, has also challenged free entry inside the Taj for 'Urs'.

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About 10 people had enjoyed a day of golf and were having drinks inside a woman's mobile home moments before a small plane crashed and obliterated the property, an eyewitness said Friday. The pilot and two people on the ground were killed, the Federal Aviation Administration said.