News flash: Manish Tewari appointed spokesperson of All India Congress Committee

Bengaluru, Jan 28: PM Narendra Modi sends stern message to government officials refusing to mend ways.

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9.35 pm: North block and South block illuminated ahead of the Beating Retreat ceremony.

9.00 pm: Issue is being unnecessarily blown out of proportion. Our sisters are not prohibited from visiting the Dargah: An area has been demarcated only for them: Rizwan Merchant (Trustee of Haji Ali Dargah) on entry of women.

8.35 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi approves appointment of Manish Tewari as spokesperson of All India Congress Committee.

8.20 pm: A citizen informed of suspicious movement on Jan 25, after investigation it was found that they were students: Sadanand Date (SSP), Dehradun.

8.10 pm: CBI registers case against 2 directors of a private firm, others for causing an alleged loss of Rs 374.49 crores (approx) to Bank of Baroda.

8.00 pm: I believe people of Assam will elect us to power in upcoming Assam assembly elections: Sarbanand Sonowal.

7.50 pm: Parliamentary Board has decided that Assam assembly elections will be contested in the leadership of Sarbananda Sonowal: JP Nadda, BJP

7.40 pm: BJP declares Sarbananda Sonowal as CM candidate for upcoming Assam assembly elections

7.35 pm: YSR MP Mithun Reddy who was granted bail yesterday in case of allegedly slapping Air India staff member, has now been released.

7.30 pm: One member committee appointed by HRD ministry will look into whether UGC guidelines 2012 for grievance redressal were implemented or not.

7.22 pm: YSR MP Mithun Reddy who was granted bail yesterday in case of allegedly slapping Air India staff member, has now been released.

6.44 pm: We welcome any form of inquiry-Kerala CM Oommen Chandy on Solar Scam.

6.31 pm: We prepared well to fulfil all criteria required for selection, says Shivraj S Chouhan, CM MP on selection of 3 cities from state Smart Cities.

5.56 pm: Governor submits in Supreme Court all reports sent to Centre about developments in Arunachal Pradesh.

5.34 pm: HRD Ministry appoints one member (Retd Justice Ashok K Roopanwal ) commission to probe Hyderabad University scholar suicide case.

5.14 pm: Rohith Vemula Suicide Case: NSUI protest outside HRD Ministry in Delhi, protesters detained by police.

4.52 pm: Not a rupee of loss has been cost, proved even alleged as having been caused to exchequer of Kerala, says R Surjewala,Congress

4.32 pm: We will take up this matter with Pakistan, says Vikas Swarup,MEA on balloon intrusion from across the border.

3.30 pm: List of first 20 Smart Cities : Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur (MP)

Vishakhapatnam,Solapur,Davangere,Indore,Coimbatore,Kakinada,Belgaum,Udaipur,Guwahati,Chennai,Ludhiana and Bhopal, New Delhi Municipal Corporation.

3.26 pm: Venkaiah Naidu releases list of First 20 Smart Cities.

3.23 pm: Standardized format enabled cities and towns express themselves fully says Venkaiah Naidu Smart Cities.

3.22 pm: Today marks a historic landmark in annals of urban development as we get to know the first batch of 'Smart Cities', says Venkaiah Naidu,Union Minister.

3.21 pm: Vijaypur(Karnataka) jail dance issue: DG Prisons, K. Satyanarayana suspends three officials.

3.09 pm: Slipper thrown at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a public meeting in Bakhtiyarpur

2.55 pm: Delhi HC issues notice to Delhi Police & RK Pachauri on fresh application of the complainant.

2.38 pm: Kamduni gang rape case: 6 out of 8 accused found guilty, quantum of punishment to be pronounced tomorrow.

2.10 pm: Basic materials which I'm putting in my book are from my diary. I've old habit of writing a page everyday in my diary says Pres Pranab Mukherjee

2.09 pm: President Pranab Mukherjee speaking at release of 'The Turbulent Years: 1980-1996', 2nd volume of his memoir.

1.46 pm: High Court asks Centre that 'is it not Centre's responsibility to ensure safety of people in Delhi, which is the capital of the country.'

12.48 pm: Actor Salman Khan moves SC after Maharashtra government appealed in hit and run case.

12.47 pm: Dr. Ambedkar faced a lot of obstacles and challenges. But the feeling of revenge never arose in him says PM Modi.

12.46 pm: This is a very special year,as we mark 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, who gave us our Constitution says PM Modi.

12.37 pm: DYFI protest against the solar scam in Trivandrum, Kerala. Tear gas used against protesters.

12.25 pm: DYFI protest against the solar scam in Trivandrum, Kerala. Tear gas used against protesters

11.55 am: Nabam Tuki, ex-Arunachal Pradesh CM, files fresh plea in SC against promulgation of President's rule in the state.

11.17 am: Three policemen injured in grenade blast in Assam's Dima Hasao district.

10.35 am: MCD workers place mounds of garbage outside Manish Sisodia's residence in a protest over non-payment of dues

10.22 am: Serena Williams reaches her seventh Australian Open final after defeating Agnieszka Radwanska.

9.45 am: MCD workers to gather at Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia's office at 10am.

9.25 am: Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Indian Coast Guard investiture ceremony in Delhi

8.42 am: Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only person convicted in 1985 Air India bombing granted statutory release from prison to a halfway house.

8.00 am: Sack erring government officials who don't mend ways, PM Modi tells Secretaries.

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