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A Delhi Court sends JNU student Sharjeel Imam to 5-day Delhi Police Crime Branch custody

2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Mercy petition has been filed by convict, Vinay Sharma, before the President of India, says his lawyer AP Singh

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Kunal Kamra releases statement on flight bans

A major fire engulfed a large dumping ground in Kalyan town in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday afternoon, a fire officer said.

No casualties are reported in the incident.

Five fire engines from Dombivali and Aadharwadi fire stations brought the blaze under control after three hours, he added.

Mumbai Policedenied permission to a march organised by the LGBTQ community from August Kranti Maidan, fearing that it may turn into a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, an official said.

Air India: AI 348/349- Mumbai- Delhi- Shanghai flight has been cancelled from 31st January to 14th February.

In a tweet minutes after the JD(U) suspended Kishor, Kishor said, “Thank you Nitish Kumar. My best wishes to you to retain the chair of Chief Minister of Bihar. God bless you.”

Rohit Sharma has been declared the Player of the Match.

Prashant Kishor tweets, "Thank you Nitish Kumar. My best wishes to you to retain the chair of Chief Minister of Bihar. God bless you."

India win the match through super over, take an unassailable lead of 3-0 in the 5-match series.

Delhi Police has released photos of 70 people involved in violence during the anti- Citizenship Amendment Act protests at Jamia Millia Islamia University on December 15, 2019 in Delhi.

New Zealand gives India the target of 18 runs, in Super Over.

JD(U) has expelled party’s vice president Prashant Kishor and general secretary Pavan Varma, says official statement.

IndiGo is suspending flights b/w Delhi-Chengdu (China), Bengaluru-Hong Kong from Feb1 until Feb 20. Will continue to operate our Kolkata-Guangzhou flight, which we are monitoring on a daily basis.

As leadership crisis continues in the Congress Karnataka unit, senior party leader G Parameshwara on Wednesday urged the high command to announce appointments for the posts of state president and legislature party leader at the earliest in order to function as an effective opposition.

Targeting the ruling BJP over the delay in ministry expansion, he predicted challenging days ahead of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, once the exercise is carried out.

"We have insisted the high command (Congress) to announce (appointees) soon.

British Airways on Wednesday said it has suspended all its flights to and from China owing to the deadly coronavirus.

"We have suspended all flights to and from mainland China with immediate effect following advice from the (UK) Foreign Office against all but essential travel," BA said in a brief statement.

Abortions to be allowed at 24 weeks as government approves changes to law, according to NDTV.

Union Health Ministry's new travel advisory on Novel Coronavirus, Please refrain from travelling to China.

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Krishna Ghati Sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. More details awaited

In a significant move ensuring reproductive rights to women, government increases limit on termination of pregnancy from 20 to 24 weeks; move aimed at discouraging informal termination of pregnancies and reducing the maternal mortality rate.

GoAir statement: GoAir has suspended Kunal Kamra from flying with the airline till further notice.

EC has ordered removal of Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma from the list of star campaigners of BJP for Delhi Elections with immediate effect and until further notice.

IIT-Bombay has directed students, “shall not participate in any anti-national...or any other undesirable activities”, according to NDTV

Luqmaan Chaudhary, owner of the gun that was brandished at Shaheen Bagh yesterday says, I have been living in Shaheen Bagh for 30 years, I went there to speak to protestors to open the road. I always carry my gun with me, someone saw it & took it out, I don't know who it was.

SpiceJet has decided to suspend Kunal Kamra, for heckling journalist Arnab Goswami on an IndiGo flight yesterday, from flying with the airline till further notice.

New Zealand vs India, 3rd T20I: New Zealand wins the toss and opts to bowl first.

We are waiting for the Karnataka cabinet expansion. Many from BJP are ready to leave the party as there are several contenders for Deputy CM post and Ministerial posts, says Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara.

Attacking the Centre for handing over the probe into the sensitive Elgar Parishad case to the NIA, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday invoked federalism in the country and accused the Modi government of "interfering" in the affairs of "non-BJP" Maharashtra.

Questioning the sudden move, the Sena, which heads the Maha Vikas Aghadi government comprising the NCP and the Congress, asked whether the Centre wanted the "truth" in the case to remain uncovered.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea by Mukesh Kumar Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the President.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi said that expeditious disposal of mercy plea by the President doesn't mean non-application of mind by him.

The court also said that alleged sufferings in prison can't be grounds to challenge the rejection of mercy petition.

The bench said all relevant material including judgments pronounced by trial court, high court and Supreme Court were placed before the President when he was considering the mercy plea of the convict.

The bench also comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna rejected the contentions of the counsel appearing for Singh that entire materials of the case were not placed before the President when he was considering his mercy plea.

Modi and his dream team of economic advisors have literally turned the economy around. Earlier: GDP: 7.5% , Inflation: 3.5%, Now: GDP: 3.5%, Inflation: 7.5%. The PM & FM have absolutely no idea what to do next, tweeted Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi

In a shocking incident, strongly reminiscent of the 'Surpanakha' episode from Ramayana, the villagers of Kand Pipra village in Ayodhya district, cut off the noses of a couple who were allegedly in an 'illicit' relationship.

United Democratic Front (UDF) MLAs stage a walk-out from the assembly as Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan begins his address.

State assembly marshals escort Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan to his chair as United Democratic Front (UDF) MLAs continue to raise slogans of "recall Governor".

Akshay Singh, one of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case to be hanged on Saturday has challenged his execution using the last legal resort in the Supreme Court known as the curative petition. Akshay Singh, 31, is the latest convict to challenge his hanging in a case that has been criticised for its duration.