Breaking News, January 14 | HIGHLIGHTS

Lawyers for President Joe Biden found more classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, than previously known, the White House acknowledged Saturday.

White House lawyer Richard Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden’s private library. The White House had said previously that only a single page was found there.

 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab on Saturday over the issue of law and order and said the state's future is safe only in the hands of his party.

At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a stampede in Odisha's Cuttack district on Saturday, police said. The incident took place as a large number of people congregated on Badamba-Gopinathpur T-Bridge on the occasion of Makar Mela, a police officer said.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has received property tax of Rs 55.37 crore under a one-time amnesty scheme launched in October 2022, officials said. The Strengthening and Augmentation of Municipal Revenue for Infrastructure Development in Delhi (SAMRIDDHI) scheme came into effect on October 26 and it will end on March 31, 2023, with no further extension. Under this scheme, property owners of authorised and regularised colonies can settle all property tax related liabilities by paying property tax of the residential properties for the current year and previous five years. For commercial properties, owners can pay the principal amount of the last six years and get a waiver on the previous dues, including penalty and interest, the MCD had earlier said. So far 29,954 citizens have taken advantage of this scheme, and have settled their property tax related cases, out of which four cases were those which were pending in courts. Property tax of Rs 55.37 crore has been received till January 11 under the scheme, the MCD said in a statement.

A couple trying to have a child for six years finally succeeded through IVF technology at Safdarjung Hospital, the first success for the central government-run facility. Their boy was born on January 13 and is healthy. The couple had tried their luck at several other medical facilities without any success. They approached Safdarjung Hospital around one-and-half years ago and started taking assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, Dr Bindu Bajaj, the head of the Centre-run hospital's IVF unit said. "It was a difficult case... Finally, the patient had a successful pregnancy and delivery through IVF cycle in the first attempt," Dr Divya Pandey, a professor of gynaecology at Safdarjung Hospital, said. The groundwork for establishing an IVF facility at the hospital started in 2015 with the carving out of space for the centre out of the obstetrics and gynaecology department. The infrastructure and logistics aspects were completed in 2019. But the centre couldn't be started soon after due to the Covid pandemic, Dr B L Sherwal, medical superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital said.

The police have registered a case against the driver of a vehicle after a video of a man clinging to the bonnet of the moving car was widely circulated on social media, officials said on Saturday.  In the video, a person is seen on the bonnet of the white coloured car, they said. It is a case of road rage, said a senior police officer. A case under section 279 (rash driving), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Ghanshyam Bansal said, adding that accused has been identified and is being interrogated.

A fireman died after falling from a four-storey building in Prem Nagar locality here during an operation, an official said on Saturday. Fire tenders were rushed to the commercial-cum-residential building to douse the blaze that broke out late Friday night, they said. During the fire-fighting operation, selection grade fireman Satish Raina, posted at Shaheedi chowk fire station, slipped from the first floor of the building, they said. He was rushed to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors, the officials said. Director General of Fire and Emergency Services Alok Kumar joined mourners to bid adieu to the fireman at Jagti township on the outskirts of Jammu this afternoon. He lauded Raina's valour and said that the fireman laid down his life while performing his duties.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said the state budget is likely to be presented on February 17, and asserted that it would be "pro-people". The upcoming budget will focus on programmes that would give more support to working classes, women and youth, he said listing out some government schemes that are being implemented in the state. Bommai, who also holds the Finance portfolio, will be presenting the budget. The upcoming budget is important for the ruling BJP as it will be the last one ahead of assembly elections by May. "During the next cabinet meeting, we will decide on the dates for joint session of Karnataka legislature and for the budget session. Budget is likely to be presented on February 17. All the preparations for it has begun," the Chief Minister said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday inaugurated the Shaurya Sthal, a war memorial dedicated to martyred soldiers from Uttarakhand at Cheer Bagh here. Accompanied by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, the defence minister laid a wreath at the war memorial to pay tribute to the brave soldiers of the state martyred in the service of the nation. Former Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay, who was instrumental in the launch of the project, Tehri MP Rajya Lakshmi Shah and Cabinet minister Ganesh Joshi were also present on the occasion. The war memorial consists of seven pillars on which the names of 1,400 martyrs from Uttarakhand have been carved.  Addressing the armed forces, veterans and war widows on the occasion of Veterans Day, Singh said the country's borders are safe and it can stand with pride today because of them.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Dr Sudesh Dhankar on Saturday prayed at the renowned Siddhivinayak Temple in Prabhadevi in Mumbai. The VP was received at the airport earlier in the day by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and state minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha.

All Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka have been advised to follow the country's revised Covid-19 protocols, the Indian High Commission here said on Saturday. According to Sri Lanka's new Covid-19 guidelines, all tourists travelling to the island nation are required to carry vaccination cards and unvaccinated travellers are required to carry a negative PCR report, obtained 72 hours prior to arrival in the country. Earlier, on December 7, 2022 Sri Lanka had discontinued the mandatory requirement of producing the COVID-19 vaccination certificate for international travellers. The regulation to produce a pre-boarding or on-arrival negative COVID-19 test (PCR/Rapid Antigen Test) (RAT) was also removed.

Congress leaders expressed shock and sadness over the sudden demise of the party's Jalandhar MP, Santokh Singh Chaudhary, during the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Saturday. Chaudhary (76) died in the morning after suffering a cardiac arrest during the foot march at Phillaur in Jalandhar. The Congress suspended the yatra for 24 hours as a mark of respect for the departed leader. In a letter to Chaudhary's wife Kamaljeet Kaur, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said she was saddened to learn of Chaudhary's demise and could understand her and her family's pain. "His demise is an irreparable loss for the party," she said, describing Chaudhary as one who stood by the Congress ideology and remained a dedicated worker all his life while serving the society. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Chaudhary's demise is a great blow to the organisation.

Public sector Indian Bank has stepped up its offerings on its digital transformation initiative 'Project WAVE' with the launch of Kisan Credit Card loans to farmers, the bank said on Saturday.

The district administration here imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC with an eye on security ahead of Republic Day. Flying drones, microlight aircraft, gliders, hot-air balloons, kites and Chinese microlights will be prohibited till January 26, according to an order issued on Friday by District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav. Yadav has ordered operators of cyber cafes, guest houses, hotels and paying guest accommodations and landlords and other offices to keep records and ID proofs of tenants, servants, visitors and guests.

 The CPI(M) and Congress have announced that they will fight the Tripura assembly elections together, in a major shake-up in the political arena of the northeastern state, where the two parties were considered arch-rivals. The announcement was made after AICC general secretary Ajoy Kumar held a meeting with CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Choudhury on Friday evening. Left Front convener Narayan Kar was also present at the meeting.

A section of students preparing for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) examinations is demanding that the new descriptive pattern of question papers be implemented from 2025 instead of this year. Several MPSC aspirants staged a protest here to press the demand on Friday. Similar protests were also held in Kolhapur, Nagpur and Aurangabad.

Stunned residents tried to salvage belongings, and rescue crews pulled survivors from beneath collapsed houses Friday in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that killed at least nine people as it barrelled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. The widespread destruction came into view a day after violent storms flipped mobile homes into the air, sent uprooted trees crashing through buildings, snapped trees and utility poles and derailed a freight train.

The Brazilian prosecutor-general's office on Friday asked the Supreme Court to include former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the January 8 riot in the nation's capital. As the basis for their request, prosecutors in the recently formed group to combat anti-democratic acts cited a video Bolsonaro posted on Facebook two days after the riot, according to a statement.

The festival of Makar Sankranti is being celebrated today in several parts of the country. Devotees were seen taking a holy dip in the river Ganga in Varanasi on the occasion. 

The cold wave continues to grapple Delhi. People were seen sitting around bonfires to get relief.

Students in Tamil Nadu were seen celebrating Pongal in Madurai. It's a four-day harvest festival.