News in Brief (Jan 29): I met Sujatha Singh personally, tweets Sushma Swaraj
Bengaluru, Jan 29: Get the latest national and international updates here:
11.05 pm: India's Ambassador to France Arun Singh to be sent to US after S Jaishankar took over as Foreign Secretary.
9.30 pm: Language row: Karnataka govt defies SC.
8.35 pm: Pak violates ceasefire at Arnia in Jammu and Kashmir, BSF retaliates
8.20 pm: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweets saying she personally met Sujatha Singh to inform her that the government was seeking a change.
6.40 pm: DRDO to test-fire Agni-5 on Jan 31, the last day of Avinash Chander as its chief.
4.55 pm: PM Narendra Modi attends Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk.
4.40 pm: A person suspected to be a militant from Assam has been arrested in Davangere, Karantaka. The 28 year old Pabanur Hussain was today arrested in Davangere based on information that he could be involved in militant activities.
The police are however not clear whether he is part of the Bodo militant group or a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh member. He is said to have worked as a lorry driver in Assam and fled to Karnataka, police sources informed.
4.25 pm: Yogendra Yadav: Let Kiran Bedi come and debate with Kejriwal. We will answer all questions on that forum.
3.58 pm: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi for 'wearing Rs 10 lakh suit' instead of fulfilling his promise of bringing black money back.
3.50 pm: Malaysia ends search for MH370, officially declares disappearance of plane in Indian Ocean in March 2014 an accident.
3.45 pm: The police will probe the rape charges levelled against Sadananda Gowda's son, Karthik after the Karnataka High Court refused to quash the FIR. The high court which was hearing a plea filed by Karthik Gowda said that it would not quash the FIR.
Karthik who had been accused of rape had moved the high court seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him by the police. With this order the police can go ahead with the probe.
3.40 pm: Rahul Gandhi joins Delhi Congress CM candidate Ajay Maken at Shastri Park election rally.
Rahul
Gandhi
addressing
a
rally
in
Seelampur(Delhi)
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ANI
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January
29,
2015
2.55 pm:
PDP
has
perhaps
chosen
to
go
with
BJP,it's
their
choice,lets
see
how
things
go:
Salman
Soz,Cong
on
J&K
Govt
formation
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ANI
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January
29,
2015
2.18 pm:
Lawyers
forcefully
shut
down
shops,
vandalize
property,
demand
HC
bench
in
Moradabad
(UP)
pic.twitter.com/wzH31JgMQW
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
January
29,
2015
2.00 pm: BJP won't release manifesto for Delhi polls, instead PM Narendra Modi & Kiran Bedi will release a vision document
1.12 pm: Sunanda Pushkar's son, Shiv Menon to be called for questioning: Delhi Police
12.40 pm: EC gives clean chit to Kiran Bedi on two voter ID cards.
12.30 pm: BJP President Amit Shah meets senior leaders from Delhi BJP to take stock of assembly poll preparations
12.00 pm: Railway Police Force personnel beats up a physically challenged beggar at Howrah station
11.38 am: Delhi: Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag pays his last respects to martyred Colonel MN Rai
Delhi:
Army
Chief
General
Dalbir
Singh
Suhag
pays
his
last
respects
to
martyred
Colonel
MN
Rai
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
January
29,
2015
10.50 am: Wreath laying ceremony of Martyred Colonel MN Rai who lost his life in the operation in Tral (J&K)
Delhi:
Wreath
laying
ceremony
of
Martyred
Colonel
MN
Rai
who
lost
his
life
in
the
operation
in
Tral
(J&K)
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ANI
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January
29,
2015
10.15 am: Delhi: Under construction building collapses in East Kidwai Nagar, 2-3 workers reportedly buried under debris
9.55 am: 'Government's priorities are my priorities': S Jaishankar after taking charge as the new Foreign Secretary.
9.35 am:
Delhi:
Dr.
S
Jaishankar
arrives
at
the
Ministry
of
External
Affairs,
to
take
charge
as
new
Foreign
Secretary
shortly
pic.twitter.com/KhwsbwrGPG
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
January
29,
2015
8:50 am: IS announces expansion into Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of India; hires ex-Pak Taliban commander
S
Jaishankar
appointed
as
Foreign
Secretary
of
India,
to
take
charge
today.
pic.twitter.com/1pCwrAORLy
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TIMES
NOW
(@TimesNow)
January
29,
2015
8:20 am: Dr. S Jaishankar to take charge as Foreign Secretary of India today. Sujatha Singh's tenure as FS curtailed with immediate effect
8:00 am:
Arvind
Kejriwal
on
Kiran
Bedi
allegedly
having
2
voter
IDs
:
It
should
be
investigated
pic.twitter.com/hTunFxEZJY
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
January
28,
2015
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