January 18 live: Congress Election Committee meeting underway for upcoming Delhi Assembly election

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18 January 2020

14:41 IST

2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Supreme Court will hear on 20th Jan, the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Pawan, one of the convicts, claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of crime, and the Delhi High Court had ignored this fact.

13:42 IST

CBI is conducting searches today at the premises of the accused in Delhi, Ghaziabad and Gurugram, in connection with a case related to allegations of various irregularities in the evaluation of OMR sheets in examination for recruitment of constables in Border Security Force (BSF).

13:41 IST

Karnataka: Eleven activists of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) taken into preventive custody in Hubli. They were raising slogans against CAA & NRC outside Kasabapeth Police Station in the city.

12:58 IST

Kolkata: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram conducts a leadership training camp for state party leaders on CAA, NPR & NRC.

Kolkata: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram conducts a leadership training camp for state party leaders on CAA, NPR & NRC. pic.twitter.com/Dk0I8QMoWx

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2020

12:56 IST

J&K administration release four more political leaders from house arrest on Friday. Nazir Gurezi of NC, Abdul Haq Khan of PDP, Mohd Abbas Wani of People's Conference and Abdul Rashid of Congress have been released from their detention. They were under house arrest since August 5, 2019.

12:55 IST

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut on Belgaum border issue: Pakistanis,Bangladeshis and Rohingyas can enter India but someone from Maharashtra can't go to Belgaum (Karnataka)? This is wrong. We all are Indians. I will go there and meet people and attend programs, let their be prohibitions.

12:55 IST

Southern Army Commander Lt General SK Saini to take over as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff on January 25. This is also the first order of a senior military appointment issued through the Department of Military Affairs headed by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat.

Southern Army Commander Lt General SK Saini to take over as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff on January 25. This is also the first order of a senior military appointment issued through the Department of Military Affairs headed by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. pic.twitter.com/sf3Ny7njfK

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2020

12:54 IST

NIA to bring suspended J&K Police Deputy SP Davinder Singh to Delhi for interrogation.

12:54 IST

Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA Munnalal Goyal sits on dharna outside Assembly in Bhopal. He says, "This is to remind govt of promises made in our poll manifesto. I wrote to the Chief Minister asking to fulfil the promises but nothing happened. That is why I am sitting here".

Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA Munnalal Goyal sits on dharna outside Assembly in Bhopal. He says, "This is to remind govt of promises made in our poll manifesto. I wrote to the Chief Minister asking to fulfil the promises but nothing happened. That is why I am sitting here". pic.twitter.com/lZxY27dpfa

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2020

12:53 IST

Ranjeet Kumar Dass reappointed Bharatiya Janata Party's Assam unit President.

Ranjeet Kumar Dass reappointed Bharatiya Janata Party's Assam unit President. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/CUpAH3YyLz

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2020

11:55 IST

Rajasthan: 97 year old Vidya Devi won panchayat polls, elected Sarpanch of Puranabas village in Neem Ka Thana sub division, on January 17.

11:47 IST

Jilted lover stabs girl in Ghaziabad for rejecting marriage proposal, victim critical 

11:46 IST

Delhi: Congress workers from Patel Nagar and Karawal Nagar constituencies protest outside Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi's residence over ticket distribution.

Delhi: Congress workers from Patel Nagar and Karawal Nagar constituencies protest outside Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi's residence over ticket distribution. #DelhiElections2020 pic.twitter.com/Bg6Jlomepo

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2020

11:46 IST

Intellectuals opposing CAA are spineless, devils and parasites: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh

West Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh in Howrah: The intellectuals who are opposing #Citizenshipamendmentact are spineless, they are devils and parasites. (17.1.20) pic.twitter.com/t6SxIHkzca

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2020

11:45 IST

Congress Election Committee meeting underway for upcoming Delhi assembly election.

10:52 IST

West Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh in Howrah: The intellectuals who are opposing #Citizenshipamendmentact are spineless, they are devils and parasites. 

West Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh in Howrah: The intellectuals who are opposing #Citizenshipamendmentact are spineless, they are devils and parasites. (17.1.20) pic.twitter.com/t6SxIHkzca

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2020

10:52 IST

Delhi election 2020: Congress workers from Patel Nagar and Karawal Nagar constituencies protest outside Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi's residence over ticket distribution.

10:17 IST

The incidents have been strongly condemned and asked for immediate safe return of the girls to their families: Govt sources

10:17 IST

Pakistan has been conveyed grave concerns as expressed amongst various quarters of Indian civil society at such a shocking and deplorable incident involving minor girls from the minority Hindu community in Pakistan: Govt sources

10:12 IST

Members of Bangladesh coaching staff opt out of Pakistan tour.

10:12 IST

Bihar: Body of a woman found in a field in Arrah with gunshot wounds in the head. Police at the spot.

09:59 IST

Woman beaten to death by 13-year-old daughter's molesters in Kanpur. According to police, six men attacked women with sticks and stones. The molesters were out on bail and had threatened the woman to take back the case. The police have arrested three and a hunt is on to nab the other three.

09:58 IST

Narendra Modi is self-made. He has run a state for 15 years, he has administrative experience, he is incredibly hard working and he never takes holidays in Europe. I say this with all seriousness: Historian Ramachandra Guha

09:58 IST

09:57 IST

Minor girl allegedly gangraped in Mathura's Surir area. A Dubey, Circle Officer says 'A case is being filed on the basis of a complaint by victim's father. The victim has been sent for a medical examination, the accused will be arrested soon.'

09:56 IST

Women continue to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens, at Ghanta Ghar in Lucknow.

Women continue to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens, at Ghanta Ghar in Lucknow pic.twitter.com/nqWp0l8LDl

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 18, 2020

09:56 IST

Bar Council of Delhi issued notice to AP Singh, counsel for three Nirbhaya convicts&sought his reply in 2 weeks in view of HC order in case. Recently, Delhi HC asked BCD to take action&also imposed Rs 250,00 fine on Singh, who allegedly didnt appear before Court despite communication.

09:56 IST

Mohan Bhagwat ji wants a two child law.He maybe doesn't know that Maharashtra already has several laws on this and many other states also.Still if Bhagwat ji wants to forcefully do vasectomies then let Modiji make such a law.We saw in past what happened with this: NCP leader Nawab Malik