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- President Pranab Mukherjee addresses the nation on the eve of Republic Day 2017
- Jammu and Kashmir: 1 jawan dead, 8 rescued after avalanche hits Sonamarg Indian Army camp
- Jallikattu ban: Animal Welfare Board of India moves SC challenging controversial Jallikattu Bill
Here are all the live updates:
9:15 pm IST: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal receives death threats through e-mail. Police verifying information
8:58 pm IST: Russian Presiden Vladimir Putin greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of Republic Day celebrations in India.
8:49 pm IST: SEBI bars Vijay Mallya and six others from the securities market
8:31 pm IST: BJP candidate Dhirendra Singh injured while trying to mount a horse in Raebareli. He has been referred to Lucknow
8:09 pm IST: Terrorists fire on a police picket in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. No casualties reported yet.
7:54 pm IST: Assembly Polls 2017: EC wants RBI to increase weekly cash withdrawal limit for candidates from Rs 24,000 per week to Rs 2 lakh per week
7:01 pm IST: Morena (Madhya Pradesh): Fire breaks out inside the luggage bogie of 14624 Patalkot Express. Efforts to douse the fire on
7 pm IST: President Pranab Mukherjee addresses the nation on the eve of Republic Day 2017.
6:13 pm IST: Security tightened in Guwahati ahead ofRepublic Day
5:45 pm IST: Youth Congress workers stage protest outside BJP leader Vinay Katiyar's residence in Delhi over his remarks on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
5:43 pm IST: On intervening night of January 24-25, AIU intercepted a passenger at Mumbai Airport carrying foriegn currency worth Rs 43 lakh concealed in a book
5:34 pm IST: Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna, took over command of South Western Command of Indian Army at a ceremony held in Jaipur
5:28 pm IST: Five kgs of IED planted by Naxals found in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. They were later defused by CRPF personnel
5:16 pm IST: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev to be awarded Padma Vibhushan while Chef Sanjeev Kapoor will be awarded Padma Shri among other recipients
5:14 pm IST: Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi to be awarded PVSM, Major Rohit Suri to be awarded Kirti Chakra among other recipients
5:06 pm IST: Paralympian Deepa Malik and singer Kailash Kher to be awarded Padma Shri. Murli Manohar Joshi to be awarded Padma Vibhushan among others
4:59 pm IST: Virat Kohli, Shekar Naik (Captain of the Indian Blind Cricket Team), Sakshi Malik to be awarded the Padma Shri. Sharad Pawar will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan
4:02 pm IST: IED recovered near Batamaloo area of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. It was later defused by the bomb squad
3:49 pm IST: Sensex 332.56 points up to end at 27,708.14. Nifty closes at 8,602.75
3:45 pm IST: TRS MP K Kavitha was produced before Railway Court in Secunderabad regarding Telangana's rail roko movement in Hyderabad
3:43 pm IST: Congress MLAs Nemcha Kipgen, Vungjagin Valte and former TMC MP Kim Gangte join BJP ahead of Manipur general assembly elections
3:41 pm IST: "Exposes shameful mindset of some political leaders. Vinay Katiyar should publically apologise for his remarks," says Robert Vadra, Priyanka Gandhi's husband, on Katiyar's statement
3:13 pm IST: Firing between two groups of BJP workers at a meeting being addressed by BJP leader Yashpal Arya in Bazpur, Uttarakhand
3:08 pm IST: Twenty people to be awarded Padma Shri including Paralympic Gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu and gymnast Dipa Karmakar
2:31 pm IST: Traffic on national highway suspended due to fresh snowfall in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
2:02 pm IST: 1984 anti-Sikh riots case: SIT files petition in Delhi High Court against bail granted to senior Cong leader Sajjan Kumar by a Lower Court
1:46 pm IST: Ganga river pollution: NGT asks stakeholders, whether interception of drains which are grossly polluting river Ganga is possible
1:16 pm IST: Operations at Srinagar airport suspended following heavy snowfall
1:13 pm IST: One FICN trafficker arrested in Malda, West Bengal for his involvement in FICN smuggling in Kerala
1:08 pm IST: Avalanche hits army camp in Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir. The body of a jawan has been recovered
12:29 pm IST: Delhi High court defers hearing till February 1 on CBI plea on bail cancellation of Former IAF Chief SP Tyagi and others in AgustaWestland case
12:19 pm IST: Mortar shell found near a Roadways bus stand in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. Investigation is underway
11:53 pm IST: At least 4 people buried alive in a snow avalanche in Gurez sector, Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir
11:40 am IST: The NCW has issued a notice to Sharad Yadav over his comments from earlier in the day.
11 am IST: Sharad Yadav now says: "Vote aur beti ke prati prem aur mohabbat ek si honi chahiye." Loose translation: There should be equal love towards vote and daughter.
10:40 am IST: Jammu National Highway has been closed due to heavy snowfall at the Jawahar Tunnel and the Banihal area in Srinagar.
10:30 am IST: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan for ceremonial reception. He is expected to meet both PM Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee.
10:20 am IST: Armed Force jawan shoots and kills colleague in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh.
10:10 am IST: Goa jailbreak attempt: An inmate killed gangster Vinayak Karbotkar — another inmate — in a fight in the jail, says DGP Muktesh Chander.
10:05 am IST: UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya denies his comments on Ram Temple.
9:30 am IST: The higher reaches in Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti districts in himachal Pradesh have received heavy snowfall.
9:20 am IST: At least five students were injured in a collision between a truck and a school bus in Bihar's Darbhanga district. The injured have been rushed to hospital.
9 am IST: Full dress rehearsal of the Republic Day parade was held in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri on Tuesday.
8:45 am IST: A 95-year-old from Agra named Jal Devi will be contesting the UP elections as an independent candidate. She has filed her nomination papers from Kheragarh.
8:40 am IST: Kolkata Airport Customs arrested a Bangladesh passenger and seized Rs 98,03,833 from him in euros, pounds, dirhams and riyals.
8:35 am IST: UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya says the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be built after Assembly elections in the state.
8:25 am IST: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will address rallies in Sujanpur, Mukerian and Rajpura in Punjab ahead of Assembly polls in the state.
8:05 am IST: High alert in Katra in Jammu and Kashmir as well, with tighter security near the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, before Republic Day.
8 am IST: JD-U leader Sharad Yadav says the honour of the ballot is more than the honour of a girl.
7:55 am IST: Security has been tightened in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir before Republic Day.
7:50 am IST: Salman Khan will have to appear before a Jodhpur court in the blackbuck poaching case.
7:45 am IST: President Pranab Mukherjee will address the nation today, ahead of India's 68th Republic Day.
7:40 am IST: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and decide on some agreements and pacts. He will also meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari later.
7:35 am IST: At least 45 inmates of Sada sub jail in Goa attempted to a prison break, but were unsuccessful. They were subdued and the situation was brought under control.
