Breaking News, January 13 | HIGHLIGHTS

Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Saturday said the IAF has indigenised more than 60,000 components in the last two to three years. He also said the Air Force cannot rely on foreign OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) for repair and overhaul maintenance activities and that it has to be done in-house.

Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar said on Saturday no irregularities would be tolerated in the examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education.

Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has said that all cases pending against him will end if he obeys the powers that be, indicating that a message is being given to him.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay a two-day visit to Iran beginning Monday to discuss with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian a range of key issues including the unfolding security situation in the Red Sea.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) will set up a greenfield thermal power plant of 2,400 MW capacity in Odisha's Jharsuguda district, an official statement said on Saturday.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday attacked the Congress after its leaders declined an invitation to take part in the idol consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 and said anti-Hinduism is in the party's DNA.

The Uttarakhand government has increased the Dearness Allowance of its employees under the seventh pay commission from 42 per cent per month to 46 per cent, according to an order issued here.

India has raised its concerns at the Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting over problems being faced by domestic businesses in getting timely visas for the US and sought to fast-track the visa-issuing process for traders and investors, an official has said.

Two civic staffers were arrested in Mumbai for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from an NGO to clear bills, a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said on Saturday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has invited opposition UDF leaders V D Satheesan and P K Kunhalikutty to discuss the alleged neglect shown by the Centre towards the state on various issues. In a statement, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said that Vijayan would hold talks with Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Satheesan and Deputy Leader of Opposition Kunhalikutty on January 15.

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A Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector allegedly shot himself in the head while on duty at a picket in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area, officials said on Saturday. ASI Ramavtar and Sub-Inspector Prem Singh were deployed on night picket duty at BP Marg, an official said.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal will be in Goa for a two-day visit from January 19, a party leader said on Saturday. AAP's Goa unit chief Amit Palekar said Kejriwal will interact with party leaders and volunteers during his visit to the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. "Kejriwal will be in the coastal state on January 19 and 20 to review the progress of the party organisation in the state," he said.

The body of former model Divya Pahuja, who was shot dead in a hotel in Gurugram, has been recovered from a canal in Haryana's Fatehabad district, police said on Saturday. The body has been recovered from the subsidiary canal of the Bhakra canal in Tohana, said Gurugram Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Varun Kumar Dahiya.

The prolonged dry spell in the Valley was broken as Gurez sector in Bandipora district received light snowfall overnight even as minimum temperatures rose a few notches in several places, officials said on Saturday. A feeble western disturbance hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night due to which light snowfall occurred in the Gurez area in north Kashmir, they said.

A woman was burnt to death and three others suffered injuries when a private bus they were travelling in caught fire following an accident in Gadwal district of Telangana early on Saturday. The woman got trapped inside the burning bus after the mishap and died, police said.

Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray writes to President Droupadi Murmu, inviting her to participate in Aarti at Kalaram Temple in Nashik on January 22.

Delhi on Saturday recorded its lowest minimum temperature of the season at 3.6 degrees Celsius and thick fog blanketed several parts of the city, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. On Friday, the national capital had recorded a minimum temperature of 3.9 degrees Celsius, the lowest in five years.

Four persons, including a father-son duo, were killed after a truck collided with a pickup vehicle in Beed district of Maharashtra, police said on Saturday. The accident occurred around 9.30 pm on Friday on Ahmedpur-Ahmednagar highway at Sasewadi village in Beed taluka, they said.

The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons for the fourth time to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, official sources said on Saturday. Kejriwal, who is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has been asked to depose before the agency at its headquarters here on January 18, they said.

The banks of Saryu will wear a festive ook on the evening of the Ram temple consecration ceremony here with lighting of earthen lamps and fireworks, officials said. A ban has been imposed on the construction of private buildings in Ayodhya from 18 January in view of the consecration ceremony, a senior official said. As many as 250 police guides will be deployed to provide information about tourist places to the devotees, the official said, adding that a digital tourist app will be launched on January 14.

Rituals for the grand opening of the Sreemandir Parikrama Prakalpa or temple heritage corridor project have started in Puri with Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb inviting priests for the 'Maha Yagna' which will begin on January 15. At his palace 'Sri Nahar', Deb on Friday invited the priests in the traditional way with betel nuts. This will be followed by rituals 'Ankuropan' and 'Ankur Puja' on Saturday and 'Yajna Adhibas' on Sunday.

Several trains are running late due to coldwave in Delhi.