Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today
The Hindu
Top leaders of the BJP including party chief J P Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others met
Top leaders of the BJP including party chief J P Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others met on Thursday to finalise candidates for the upcoming Tripura assembly elections.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi will resume from highway town of Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after a day’s break. The yatra will enter Kashmir valley on Friday for its last leg before culminating in a rally in Srinagar on January 30.
Amid the ongoing tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor’s (L-G) office, L-G V.K. Saxena has invited Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with his Ministers and 10 AAP MLAs, for a meeting at the Raj Niwas on Friday evening, according to officials at Raj Niwas. However, while thanking the L-G for an appointment, Mr. Kejriwal said that he will be going to Punjab on Friday, and will request an appointment “for some other time”.
The AAP Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi has approached the Supreme Court to hold MCD mayoral election in a time-bound manner, according to the party. The MCD House was adjourned on January 24 without electing Mayor and Deputy Mayor amid a ruckus by some councillors. The case is likely to be taken up on Friday, AAP leaders said.
The court asked the girl to appear before the competent authority of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Friday for medical termination of her pregnancy.
Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended classes on Friday on the request of students and faculty members, the varsity said in a statement on Thursday. In an office memo, the administration said all offices of the university, including the departments, centres and schools, will function as usual. Thirteen students at Jamia Milla Islamia University were detained by police ahead of a screening of the documentary that was scheduled to be held on their campus on Wednesday evening.
A retired army general who backs military support for Ukraine and a euroskeptic billionaire who has questioned NATO’s collective defense clause are contesting for the ceremonial but prestigious post of Czech president in a runoff starting Friday.