A look at the headlines right now:
- President Ram Nath Kovind approves disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs in office-of-profit case: AAP leader Sanjay Singh claimed that the Election Commission, which recommended the disqualification, was acting like the poll agent of the BJP.
- Firecracker factory owner sent to one day judicial custody: A video showed the mayor ordering officials not to say anything about Bawana factory licence.
- Kabul hotel siege leaves five people dead: No group has claimed responsibility for the attack that began at 9 pm on Saturday.
- UP government seeks Muzaffarnagar magistrate’s opinion on retracting riots cases against BJP leaders: The letter cited only the file numbers related to the cases but did not name the accused.
- Scientists draft letter asking Satyapal Singh to retract his remark on Darwin’s theory of evolution: The minister’s statement would harm efforts to propagate scientific thought in the country, the letter read.
- Three civilians were killed, 32 injured in cross-border firing in three days, says government: One Indian Army jawan and one Border Security Force jawan also lost their lives between January 17 and 19.
- Parcel coach of Gondwana Express derails in Mathura district, no injuries reported: Railway personnel spotted some technical glitch in the train and immediately shut off the power in the high tension wire.
- Bus fare revision was inevitable, says Tamil Nadu Transport Minister MR Vijayabhaskar: He apologised to the people, but added the government was compelled to take the decision because of a financial crunch.
- Bengaluru police commissioner asks personnel to shoot attackers in the leg: T Suneel Kumar added that he had instructed personnel on night duty to carry weapons.
- Dalit activists protest after Union minister Anantkumar Hegde refers to them as ‘street dogs’: The activists had stopped Hegde’s convoy on his way to a job fair, where he said ‘we cannot be bogged down by street dogs.’
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