LIVE News Updates: Shaheen Bagh protesters halt march to Amit Shah’s residence, say will wait for permission

Shaheen Bagh protesters halt their march to Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence. We will wait for permission, say protesters

Two labourers were electrocuted on Sunday morning while starting a motor for water supply to a farm in Degaon village in Akola district of Maharashtra, police said.

A Balapur police station official identified the deceased as Shaikh Asif Shaikh Shabbir (32) and Shaikh Mahemud Shaikh Rashid (45) from Wadegaon village.

Gujarat: Kutch Police has formed an SIT (Special Investigation Team) to probe into the Bhuj case in which 68 female students at Shree Sahjanand Girls Institute were asked to remove inner-wear to check if they were menstruating.

Two persons are feared trapped after an under-construction building collapsed in south Delhi's C R Park area on Sunday afternoon, officials said.

The Fire Department said five fire tenders were rushed to the spot after it received information about the incident at 2.13 pm.

Two persons are feared trapped under the debris, a senior fire official said.

Fire broke out at Kolkata's Rajabajar area. 11fire engines rushed to spot. Situation under control, say fire authorities.

Delhi: Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad leads 'Aarakshan Bachao' march from Mandi House to Parliament.

Shaheen Bagh protesters begin their march towards Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence in Delhi.

RP Meena, DCP South East says: They(Shaheen Bagh protesters) told us that they wanted to take out a march (to meet HM) but we told them they cannot as they do not have appointment call from Union Home Minister. We are talking to them and we hope that they will understand.

Anti-CAA protesters at Shaheen Bagh, who have called for a march till Union Home Minister Amit Shah's residence on Sunday, have not yet received permission from the Delhi Police.

In a letter to the protesters, the New Delhi district police said the march will pass through two more districts and request for it has been sent to the police headquarters for further appropriate actions.

Police said they had asked the protesters at Shaheen Bagh to give the details of the delegation for its meeting with the Union home minister.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday alleged that the Centre has handed over probe in the Elgar Parishad case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as the previous Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra wants to "hide something".

Pawar, who earlier demanded constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case in which human rights activists have been arrested for alleged links with Maoists, said the Centre should have taken the Maharashtra government into confidence before handing over the case to NIA.

The former Union minister also asked whether speaking against the government is an "anti-national" activity.

"There seems to be something that the then Fadnavis government wants to hide, hence the investigation has been handed over to NIA. When the Koregaon-Bhima violence took place, Fadnavis government was in power," Pawar told reporters in Jalgaon.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: Elections are over, it doesn't matter who you voted for, now all Delhiites are my family. I will work for everyone, be it from any party, any religion, caste or strata of society.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: This is not my win, this is the victory of every Delhiite, of every family. In the last 5 years, our only effort has been to bring happiness and relief to every Delhiite.

'Little Mufflerman', the boy dressed as Arvind Kejriwal whose images went viral on counting day(Feb 11), also present at the oath-taking ceremony. He was officially invited by AAP.

AAP MP Bhagwant Mann, BJP MLA Vijender Gupta and other leaders at Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony.

Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot and Imran Hussain take oath as Ministers in Delhi Government.

Delhi: Manish Sisodia takes oath as a Minister in Delhi Govt

Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Chief Minister of Delhi for a third term

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal arrives at Ramlila Maidan for the swearing-in ceremony of Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders.

Along with Aam Aadmi Party National Convener Arvind Kejriwal, six MLAs will also take oath as the Cabinet Ministers, including Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai.

On Kejriwal's advice, President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed six Cabinet Ministers for Delhi. They are: Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Pal Gautam.

Aam Aadmi Party supporters in large numbers have thronged to Ramlila Maidan here on Sunday for the party chief Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony who will take oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third time.

The theme at the Ramlila Maidan among the enthusiastic crowd seems to be that of nationalism with patriotic songs being played over the loudspeakers. Songs of film 'Border', 'Rang De Basanti' are being played here.

Arvind Kejriwal has urged Delhiites to attend his oath-taking ceremony to bless "their son".

Tamil Nadu: Rameswaram Island United Jamath organises a protest rally against Citizenship Amendment Act in Rameswaram.

Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal arrives at Ramlila Maidan for the swearing-in ceremony.

Special Commissioner (Crime) Praveer Ranjan: We have taken cognizance of the latest video(of December 15) of Jamia Millia Islamia University(library) which has surfaced now, we will investigate it.

Amit Shah, govt lying about Delhi police brutality on students in Jaima Millia Islamia, says Priyanka Gandhi on Jamia CCTV footage.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as Delhi chief minister at 12.15 pm on Sunday at historic Ramlila Maidan. People have started pouring in for the gala event.

Kejriwal's cabinet which includes Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam, will also take oath with him.

Kejriwal has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the seven BJP MPs of Delhi and all councillors for the swearing in ceremony. The one-year-old baby mufflerman Avyaan Tomar has also been invited for the event.

Jamia Coordination Committee releases CCTV footage on social media showing police brutality on students sitting at university’s library on December 15, 2019.

The number of people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus on a quarantined ship off Japan's coast has risen to 355, the country's health minister said on Sunday.

"So far, we have conducted tests for 1,219 individuals. Of those, 355 people tested positive. Of those, 73 individuals are not showing symptoms," Katsunobu Kato told a roundtable discussion on public broadcaster NHK -- a rise of 70 from the last government toll.

Thirty-one people were killed in air strikes on Yemen on Saturday, the United Nations said, the victims of an apparent Saudi-led retaliation after Iran-backed Huthi rebels claimed to have shot down one of its jets.

The Tornado aircraft came down Friday in northern Al-Jawf province during an operation to support government forces, a rare shooting down that prompted operations in the area by a Saudi-led military coalition fighting the rebels.

The deadly violence follows an upsurge in fighting in northern Yemen between the warring parties that threatens to worsen the war-battered country's humanitarian crisis.

"Preliminary field reports indicate that on 15 February as many as 31 civilians were killed and 12 others injured in strikes that hit Al-Hayjah area... in Al-Jawf governorate," the office of the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen said in a statement.

Lise Grande, the UN coordinator, denounced the "terrible strikes".

We have asked Shaheen Bagh protesters that who all are in the delegation which wants to meet HM Amit Shah today so that we can plan a meeting but they said that they all want to go. We have denied that but we will see what we can do.

Delhi: A banner seen at Ramlila Ground where preparations are underway for the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal.

Rockets hit near United States (US) embassy in Iraq capital, reports AFP news agency quoting US military source.

Embassy of Nepal, Beijing: 175 Nepali nationals were airlifted from Wuhan (China) by a charter flight of Nepal Airlines. Four decided to stay back in China whereas six could not board the plane due to medical reasons.

The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic has climbed to 1,665 after 142 more people died, mostly in the worst-hit Hubei Province, and the confirmed cases jumped to 68,500, officials said on Sunday, as top WHO experts scramble to assist Beijing contain the virus spread.

China'sNational Health Commission confirmed 2,009 new cases across the country.

Hubei and its provincial capital Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December, reported 1,843 of the new cases. The latest report brought the total confirmed cases in Hubei to 56,249 cases.

Of the new deaths, 139 were in Hubei, two in Sichuan, and one in Hunan, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.