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17.05 pm IST: The Narendra Modi government has made Aadhaar cards mandatory for receiving subsidised foodgrains from PDS shops.

16.20 pm IST: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Thursday.

15.54 pm IST: Once GST is implemented, the country will have a much better and efficient tax system, says Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha.

15.19 pm IST: Four months after she posed for a picture with cobra, the mistake has come back to bite TV actress Shruti Ulfat. She has been arrested by the Thane Forest Department and sent to judicial custody till February 16.

15.04 pm IST: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has derostered Air India's Executive Director-Operations for allegedly skipping the mandatory pre-flight breath analyser (BA) on January 19. The airline has also ordered an enquiry and a four-member committee will probe the alleged violations charge against the pilot.

14.36 pm IST: Air India pilots union, Indian Commercial Pilots Association, sends legal notice to Directorate General of Civil Aviation for not taking proper action against pilots for violation of pre-flight breath analyser (BA) test.  

14.14 pm IST: Two PLFI naxals have been killed in an encounter with police in Odisha's Sundergarh district. Huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered. People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) is a splinter group of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).

13.34 pm IST: Congress has become devotion for dynasty, stands for divinity for dynasty: Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

13.12 pm IST: Around 20 school students in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district fell unconscious after consuming medicine provided by the Health Department. 

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12.14 pm IST: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm following uproar by Opposition members, including those from AIADMK.

11.58 am IST: The Supreme Court, by majority verdict of 2:1, orders real estate baron Gopal Ansal to serve one year jail term in Uphaar fire tragedy case. He has already served four months. The review petitions of Association of the Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) and CBI were not allowed by the apex court. A fine of Rs 30 crore each also imposed on Gopal and Sushil Ansal.

11.38 am IST: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm.

11.30 am IST: India were 86/1 in 27 overs in the morning session of the Hyderabad Test against Bangladesh. Team India captain Virat Kohli had won the toss and elected to bat first.

11.23 am IST: Congress should tender an apology for obstructing the Parliament and disrespecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Venkaiah Naidu.

11.17 am IST: Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by Jiah Khan's mother, Rabia, demanding SIT probe in the actress's suicide case.

11.15 am IST: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11.30 am following uproar by some AIADMK members in the Well.

11.01 am IST: Unfortunate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi used such language against former PM. I condemn such statement: Mallikarjun Kharge on PM Modi's statement on Dr Manmohan Singh.

10.56 am IST: Meeting of Opposition leaders underway at Ghulam Nabi Azad's office in Parliament. 

10.43 am IST: How Congress treated former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should also be discussed, how his ordinance was rejected: Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar.

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9.58 am IST: Two persons arrested with two pistols and 36 rounds of bullets in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

9.46 am IST: Robert Vadra responds to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'raincoat remark' on Dr Manmohan Singh, calls it demeaning and shameful.

9.21 am IST: The service tax department has summoned Sania Mirza for allegedly evading tax. The tennis star allegedly evaded tax on the amount of Rs 1 crore she received after becoming Telangana's brand ambassador.

9.05 am IST: India have won the toss and will bat first against Bangladesh in Hyderabad in one-off Test. Ajinkya Rahane comes back, Karun Nair misses out after making 303 not out in his last innings.

8.46 am IST: Demonetisation transferred common man's money into pockets of wealthy: Rahul Gandhi

8. 32 am IST: Gold seized at Mangalore airport.

  • Sania Mirza summoned by service tax department, has been asked to appear on February 16. She has to pay Rs 20 lakhs
  • India to play Bangladesh in one off test match today in Hyderabad
  • Sasikala Natarajan opened up about the chaos prevailing in the state at the moment over the successor of J Jayalalithaa. Read more here.