Breaking news on January 24

On request of Delhi Chief Electoral Officer's office and as directed by Election Commission of India, Twitter has deleted Posts of BJP leader Kapil Mishra. He, on 23 Jan, had tweeted '...On 8th Feb there will be a contest between India and Pakistan on streets of Delhi.'

Koregaon-Bhima probe handed over to NIA without Maharashtra government's consent, says home minister Anil Deshmukh

Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal, in Srinagar said: "We cannot keep our students entangled in petty issues. We will not let universities become a center of politics. We will never allow it."

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on if Pakistan will take part in the SCO Heads of Government meeting in India, later this year said: "We will have to wait for the invitation."

 Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Digwar sector of Poonch. 

Arvind Kejriwal said: "We have enough steps to control pollution. We will take more measures to make Delhi pollution-free."

Arvind Kejriwal said: "We don't support CAA and NRC. The whole country is suffering, so the center should take this back." "Home Minister Amit Shah introduced this bill, he should visit Shaheen Bagh and talk to the people," he added. 

Arvind Kejriwal said: "We give better facilities than Ayushmaan Bharat Scheme. The scheme only gives insurance. We wanted to implement the schemes but the centre was not ready." 

Arvind Kejriwal said: "BJP leader Manoj Tiwari makes senseless statements. I have always appreciated his singing." "I didn't disrespect the Purvanchalis, I solved their issues, which BJP and Manoj Tiwari failed to do," he added.

Arvind Kejriwal said: "I was not allowed to go to Denmark's conclave. I was invited to address the environmental issues in the city. We have reduced the pollutions levels by 25 per cent."

Arvind Kejriwal said: "We have deployed marshals in every DTC bus to prevent crimes. Women's safety is our foremost priority." 

Arvind Kejriwal said: "It is our responsibility to give advanced medical facilities to the people of Delhi."

Kejriwal said: "We will give 200 units of free electricity to the people of Delhi. This facility will be there till the time we are in power."

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said: "For the last five years we have worked for the people of Delhi."

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take on questions on India TV at 6 PM. 

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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation: Entry/exit gates of Central Secretariat & Udyog Bhawan shall remain closed up to 12:00 pm, Lok Kalyan Marg & Patel Chowk shall be closed from 8:45 am to 12:00 pm on 26 Jan. Interchange facilities shall be available at Central Secretariat.

Union Min Prakash Javadekar said: "Y'day what Delhi CM&Dy CM said showed that Shaheen Bagh is a task of Congress and AAP. There is an effort to mislead people. Slogans like 'Jinnah wali azadi' are being raised. Ppl need to decide what they want, Jinnah wali azadi or Bharat Mata ki jai."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: "NSS biggest blood donation organisation in India."

PM Modi while addressing the artists and volunteers of Republic Day, said: "You all represent new India."

PM Modi pitches for 'Ek Bharat, Shreshta Bharat' 

Ahead of Republic day parade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with artists. 

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on reports that BJP will launch protest against State govt's decision on MISA scheme said: "Are they (people jailed under MISA) freedom fighters that pension should be given to them?"

Aditya Rao, who was arrested for planting Improvised explosive device (IED) at Mangaluru Airport on 20th January, was brought to the Airport for recreation of the crime scene as part of the investigation process. 

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court grants bail to Former CMD of Bhushan powers and Steel Ltd, Sanjay Singhal in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to an alleged bank loan fraud.

Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde in Delhi said: "In 2008, the UN's Development Program picked up Indian Income Tax Appellate Tribunal as a case study of a success story from developing world and projected it as a role model in UNDP event in New York for other developing nations."

AIIMS Delhi Director, Dr. Randeep Guleria: "We are equipped to handle patients affected by Coronavirus. AIIMS has an isolation ward. All precautionary measures also in place for healthcare workers such as masks&hand sanitizers so that infection does not spread."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the work done by children who won national awards in various categories, saying he gets inspiration and energy from them. Interacting with children who won the Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar at his residence, the prime minister said he is proud to see the awareness of their duty towards society and the nation. 

"A suspected agent of the Saudi government attempted to kidnap a regime critic on American soil, according to the critic and multiple U.S. and foreign sources familiar with the episode. The young Saudi man says the FBI saved him from becoming the next Jamal Khashoggi," The Daily Beast reported.

Abdulrahman Almutairi is a 27-year-old comedian and former student at the University of San Diego. According to the report, the plot was foiled when the FBI caught them just as their plane arrived at Los Angeles International Airport.

FIR registered against at least 150 unnamed people, including students of AMU & Jamia Millia Islamia, in connection with the protest against CAA in Shah Jamal area on 23 Jan. Sec 144 (prohibiting assembly of more than 4 people in an area) was imposed in the area when protest held.

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Telangana: Police have arrested 4 drug peddlers involved in cross border marijuana smuggling, operating between Andhra Pradesh and Sri Lanka, and seized 185 kgs of it from their possession in Mahbubnagar.

PM Modi will meet and interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2020 awardees today. Later, he will host interaction with over 1,700 tableaux artists, tribal guests, cultural artists, NCC cadets and NSS volunteers participating in Republic Day parade 2020

President of Brazil, Jair Messias Bolsonaro to arrive in Delhi today for a 4 day state visit to India. He is the Chief Guest of Republic Day Parade 2020. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will both hold rallies in Delhi today ahead of all-important assembly polls next month.

Newly appointed BJP President JP Nadda will hold two public rallies in Delhi today.

Supreme Court will hear the coal block allocation scam cases today.

Ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections 2020, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to hold a public meeting in the national capital today.