Breaking news on February 8

DMK President MK Stalin held a signature campaign in Otteri today, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR). 

Delhi Congress President Subhash Chopra said: "All exit polls are going to fail. BJP will not get even 20 seats and Kejriwal is not going to form govt in Delhi. I'm hoping Congress is going to do much better than what exit polls are showing. Let us wait till results are out."

Department of Information and Public Relations, Govt of Jammu and Kashmir: Divisional Commissioner BA Khan said Government has sanctioned Rs 25 cr for construction of 125 community bunkers for Kupwara and Baramulla border districts. Rs 5 cr for 20 community bunkers in Bandipora district.

Punjab Chief Minister's Office: CM Capt Amarinder Singh has asked Additional District Magistrate,SAS Nagar to conduct thorough probe into the building collapse in Mohali.He also directed dist administration to take all possible steps to rescue those who might be trapped in debris

Nepal donates 1 lakh protective masks to China after breakout of Coronavirus

EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) being taken to 'Strong Room' at Atal Adarsh Bengali Balika Vidyalaya in Gol Market, after polling for Delhi Assembly Elections concluded.

After exit polls predicted AAP's win in Delhi, party's spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said, "The exit poll has two meanings. One, it is exit poll for Delhi Elections 2020 and the other is that it is an exit poll for Manoj Tiwari. He will soon get an exit as Delhi BJP Chief and he knows this very well."

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale hit Bongaigaon in Assam.

2 people killed and several injured in a blast in Punjab's Tarantaran.

A Thai soldier has killed "many" people in a mass shooting in a northeastern city, reports AFP news agency quoting police.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Naeem Akhtar who is in detention, has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir.

One, Pradip Mura was arrested in Harmoti after Assam police launched an operation to curb rhino poaching at Kaziranga National Park. One .303 rifle along with magazine, suppressor and 8 rounds, and one .22 rifle with magazine recovered.

Commenting on the AAP's allegation that he distributed money to influence voters, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, "I had just gone to the shop to buy some stuff. The shopkeeper is a known person. It has been done to raise an issue of Bihari vs non-Bihari."

Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Degwar Sector of Poonch District, J&K at around 03:45 pm. Pakistan initiated the ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along LoC in Degwar sector of District Poonch (J&K). Indian Army is retaliating befittingly.

Budgam Police today busted a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) module active in Chadoora area of Budgam and arrested 3 terror associates affiliated with the banned terror organization. Arrested accused have been identified as Amir Shafi Dar, Shabir Ahmed Ganie & Mudasir Ahmed Khan.

A three-storey building collapses in Mohali, Punjab. Several feared trapped under debris. Rescue operation underway.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the economy is at its "robust-level" and asserted the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country is at an all-time high.

Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit Varanasi tomorrow to attend a Sant Shiromani Ravidas Jayanti Program.

Mumbai BJP chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Saturday felicitated a cab driver who took a passenger to police station after overhearing a phone chat about the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests.

Seven firemen were injured during a firefighting operation after a major blaze broke out in a 21- storey residential building in Navi Mumbai on Saturday
morning, officials said.

A delegation of Congress including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former party chief Rahul Gandhi met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi on Friday and discussed ways to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

A motorcycle owner has been slapped with a fine amount of Rs 42,500 for allowing a minor to ride his motor bike violating traffic rules under new Motor Vehicles Act 2019 in Odisha's Bhadrak district, said an official on Saturday.

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Saturday showcased the fourth generation Japan model of off-road vehicle Suzuki Jimny at the Auto Expo in Greater Noida with an aim to assess response of Indian customers.

As former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Saturday completed two years in prison, members and activists of her Bangladesh National Party (BNP) were losing hope of her release through legal and political means, a media report said on Saturday.

The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl, who was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her abductor, will approach the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled that marriage with an underage girl is valid as per the Sharia law if she has had her first menstrual cycle.

Two persons were arrested and gutka and tobacco products worth Rs 2.53 crore were seized during a joint operation of the FDA and police at Bhiwandi town in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday.

Eighty-seven percent of American companies in China said the novel coronavirus, which has killed hundreds in the Asian giant and infected tens of thousands, will have a direct impact on their 2020 revenues, according to Shanghais American Chamber of Commerce.

Fifteen students from the state who were stranded in Hubei province of China following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus have landed at the Cochin International Airport Limited and undergone a thermal screening for the infection, airport officials said on Saturday.

Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, urged that no stigma should be associated with the fast-spreading novel coronavirus.

Fire breaks out at high-rise apartment building at Sector 44 Nerul Seawoods; Fire tenders present at the spot. 

The minimum temperature in the city on Saturday settled at 7 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's normal.

China is doing a good job on its fight against the deadly coronavirus that has taken the lives of large number of people, President Donald Trump has said, adding that the US was helping them out.

Voters begin to arrive at the polling stations at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi assembly constituency and NDMC School of Science and Humanities at Tughlak Road; Polling for 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi to begin shortly

The death toll in China due to coronavirus continues to goes up as it jumped to 722 on Friday, while the number of confirmed cases rose to 34,546, Chinese health authorities announced on Saturday.

A case has been registered against the organisers and 300 women who are protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the NRC at Nagpada in central Mumbai for the past two weeks, an official said.

Vehicles being checked by Police in Jamia area, as security has been tightened in Delhi, in the light of Delhi Elections 2020.

Fire has broken out at a one-floor shelter in Saki Naka area. 7 fire tenders are present at the spot. Fire fighting operations are underway. 

Voting for Delhi Elections 2020 to take place today, 70 assembly constituencies to undergo polling. Voting to begin at 8 AM.

US President Donald Trump has fired two officials who had testified before the Congressional committee during the impeachment process by the House of Representatives, three days after he was acquitted by the Senate of all charges. Woman cop shot dead near Rohini East Metro station