Breaking News on February 10

DMRC on Monday informed delay in services from Yamuna Bank to Kirti Nagar due to a passenger jumped in front of an approaching train on track at Mandi House. Normal service on all other lines.

The man who had jumped on the track at Mandi House metro station has been taken to a hospital. Normal services have resumed on the Blue Line. 

Jamia protest: Delhi Police registers a case under IPC sections 186, 188, 353, 332 and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act in New Friends Colony police station.

52 IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh have been transferred.

Three Overground Workers arrested from Pulwama district of south Kashmir in connection with Jan 31 encounter in Nagrota: Officials.

Human Resource Development Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that as per UGC report, currently 18243 teaching and 34928 non-teaching posts are sanctioned in various central universities across India, out of which 6688 teaching and 12323 non-teaching posts are lying vacant as on date.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the license of an IndiGo pilot for three months. He was accused of allegedly verbally abusing and threatening a passenger and her elderly, wheelchair-bound mother on a Chennai-Bengaluru flight on January 13, 2020.

Hilal Lone, son of National Conference's Lok Sabha MP Mohammad Akbar Lone, has been booked with Public Safety Act by Jammu & Kashmir administration.

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court allows Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to quiz Delhi government official Gopal Krishna Madhav, till February 14, in an alleged bribery case of Rs 2 Lakhs.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) summons the Principal of Gargi College, Dr Promila Kumar, asking her to appear before it on 13th February at 2:00 PM.

Sensex ends 162.23 points lower at 40,979.62; Nifty slips 66.85 points to 12,031.50.

Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the house tomorrow for the passage of the Union Budget 2020-21. 

Congress to launch country-wide agitation programme before 16th February against 'unconstitutional stand of BJP government in Supreme Court' over reservation in promotions.

The government on Monday informed Lok Sabha that it was not a party in the Supreme Court which has ordered that states are not bound to provide reservation in appointments.

Making a statement in the House, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said the Centre was
also not asked to file an affidavit on the issue.

He said the top court order pertains to a decision of the Uttarakhand government taken in 2012 when the Congress was in
power in the state.

This led to protests by Congress members who walked out of proceedings.

Scores of students of the all-women Gargi College on Monday held a protest against the alleged molestation of girls by a group of men who had gatecrashed a cultural festival, demanding strict action against the intruders. The Delhi Police said it has launched a probe into the incident and is scanning CCTV footage to gather evidence.

Police, however, have not received a complaint in this regard, a senior officer said.

The incident came to light after some students took to Instagram to narrate their unpleasant experiences during the February 6 college fest.
Over 100 students held a protest outside the gate of Gargi College.

The Government on Monday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha which seeks to confer the status of institution of national importance to a cluster of ayurveda institutions in Gujarat.

The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by Minister of State in Ministry of Ayush Sripad Yesso Naik. The Bill seeks to confer the status of Institution of National Importance to the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Jamnagar by conglomerating the cluster of Ayurveda institutes at Gujarat Ayurveda University campus, Jamnagar.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Gargi College molestation case said that misbehavior with women students was "extremely unfortunate" and the accused must be given stringent punishment.

Scores of students of the all-women Gargi College on Monday held a protest against the alleged molestation of students by a group of men who had gatecrashed a cultural festival.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla cautioned TMC member Mahua Moitra against making undue remarks during debates and casting aspersions on the chair's impartiality during proceedings of the House.

The Speaker's comments came after Moitra made certain remarks on the chair after she was not given an opportunity to ask a supplementary question on the country's growth rate during the Question Hour. 

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued notices to Delhi Police and Gargi College for their alleged inaction in the "molestation" of students by a group of men who had gatecrashed a cultural festival.

DCW Chief Swati Maliwal also spoke to several female students in the college about the incident. "We have issued notices to Delhi Police and Gargi College for inaction."

Thousands of passengers faced a harrowing time on Monday as at least 50 local trains were cancelled and several express trains diverted owing to automation work of signalling system in the Sealdah main section of the Eastern Railway.

Today there is no money in the hands of the people.There is no incentive for anyone to invest, on the contrary, there is fear and uncertainty prevailing all over the country. No one will invest in the country: P Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha

Supreme Court imposes a fine of Rs 5 lakhs on Central and state governments for failing to file an affidavit on steps being taken to formulate a scheme for community kitchens to combat hunger and malnutrition. The court will hear the plea next on February 17.

At least five people have been injured in an explosion at a house in Patna. Police say, "It seems a bomb that had been kept at this house exploded, damaging two houses. Injured people have been shifted to a hospital".

Woman lecturer set ablaze by stalker in Maharashtra's Wardha district dies, says Police

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Sunday said that "Pro-CAA rally is befitting reply to 'tukde-tukde' gang." He said that on the sideline of a rally in support of the amended citizenship act.