National & International news updates on Feb 6
New Delhi, Feb 6: Get the latest updates on national and international news here:
9.40 pm: Alka Lamba did not go and meet Syed Ahmed Bukhari: Ashish Khetan, AAP
9.10 pm: Leader of legislative party only has right to call meeting,this is an unconstitutional meet, no point of attending: Rameshwar Paswan , JDU
8.40 pm: Jharkhand CM Announces Free Tabs For School Girls
8.20 pm: Germany says arms for Ukraine could stoke unrest: Reports
7.22 pm: Everytime a question is asked to AAP, they try to create some misleading interpretation: Nirmala Sitharaman, BJP
7.00 pm: VHP attacks US President Barack Obama, says before preaching, Obama should stop atrocities on blacks.
6.35 pm: Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi's supporters protest outside party office in Patna.
Clash
between
Jitan
Ram
Manjhi's
supporters
&
Nitish
Kumar's
supporters
outside
party
office
in
Patna
https://t.co/dLmsdBDqtr
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
6.30 pm: "I will survey the Metro unannounced, we used to do that before. Crime on the move needs to be monitored", says Kiran Bedi.
6.20 pm: Unidentified attackers opened indiscriminate firing at a college van in this northwestern city of Pakistan, injuring a girl student.
6.05 pm: Kiran Bedi travels on Delhi Metro, from Patel Chowk to Nirman Vihar.
BJP
Delhi
CM
candidate
Kiran
Bedi
travels
on
Delhi
Metro
https://t.co/WpPoVRoVZ5
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
6.00 pm: AAP's politics are based on double standards. Did AAP know that a fatwa was going to be issued?", says BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman.
5.45 pm: BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain says, "AAP is trying to divide Delhi on the basis of communalism."
5.30 pm: "We not only reject offer made by Bukhariji,but also make it clear, AAP is here to fight against this sort of communal politics", says AAP leader Ashish Khetan.
AAP
wants
to
make
it
clear
that
our
party
has
nothing
got
to
do
with
Syed
Ahmed
Bukhari
ji:
Ashutosh,
AAP
pic.twitter.com/CDS058215i
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
5.15 pm: "We will definitely form our Govt, on 10th you will see Congress forming its Govt with majority", says Congress leader Ajay Maken.
5.00 pm: Jagdish Tytler arrives at Sonia Gandhi's residence for the meeting of Delhi Congress leaders.
4.45 pm: Former iGATE chief executive Phaneesh Murthy has "settled" all charges relating to a sexual misconduct case that had led to his sacking from the US-based outsourcing firm two years back.
4.30 pm: Bangladesh government has warned protesters of stern legal actions like the death penalty under the anti-terrorism law if they continue with the violence that has claimed 66 lives in the ongoing political unrest.
4.15 pm: Aam Aadmi Party rejects Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari's support for Delhi polls.
4.00 pm: Finance MInister Arun Jaitley addresses press conference, says, "Dilution of Congress is the political price they are paying because of what they did to Delhi & the nation", while adding, "the 49 day rule of APP was like a nightmare."
3.45 pm: "In our nation we do not discriminate on the basis of caste/creed/religion", says Home Minister Rajnath Singh on US President Barack Obama's statement.
3.30 pm: Sonia Gandhi to meet Congress leaders at 4 pm, to assess political situation in Delhi.
3.15 pm: "Keeping in view Delhi election, We have summoned AAP leader Naresh Balyan on 8th Feb at 12pm", says BS Bassi, Delhi Police Commissioner.
3.00 pm: "Appeal all Muslims to support AAP candidates & help in forming a secular Govt in Delhi", says Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari.
2.45 pm: Delhi High Court turns down the death sentence of Nitish Katara's killers. Both Vishal Yadav and Vikas Yadav convicted for 25 years and ordered to pay Rs 50 lakh fine each.
2.30 pm: BJP leader Dr Harash Vardhan appeals to all citizens of Delhi to come out and vote tomorrow.
2.25 pm: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) gives actor Shah Rukh Khan a week to demolish ‘illegal' ramp outside Mannat
2.00 pm: BJP member Shazia Ilmi says, "The best actor award should go to Arvind Kejriwal & his entire team."
1.50 pm: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal visits Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi.
Arvind
Kejriwal
visits
Gurudwara
Bangla
Sahib
(Delhi)
pic.twitter.com/eW9Au2I3by
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
Arvind
Kejriwal
visits
Gurdwara
Rakab
Ganj
Sahib
(Delhi)
pic.twitter.com/2W2LgJItCC
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
1.45 pm: AAP leader Sanjay Singh says, "Told Bassiji we arent opposing investigation but Naresh Balyan will join investigation after polls".
1.30 pm: RJD leader Lalu Prasad says, "We will be with the decision JDU takes, Nitish Kumar is a smart man."
1.15 pm: Locals of Krishnanagar protest against Kiran Bedi, say that the BJP chief ministerial candidate is violating poll code.
1.00 pm: Karnataka High Court upholds state Govt's decision to ban Praveen Togadia from entering Bengaluru.
12.45 pm: AAP leader Ashish Khaitan says, "BJP is giving big ads in big papers, what law is this? Want to know where they get money for ads?"
12.35 pm: Former Delhi CM and Congress Sheila Dikshit says, "AAP & BJP will lead according to your opinion polls, but those are just opinion polls. Lets wait for result on 10th. Yes, we (Congress) will definitely touch double digits".
Undercurrent
is
there
that
people
wont
ignore
Congress:
Sheila
Dikshit
pic.twitter.com/v7JxOYO2uu
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
12.30 pm: AAP leader Manish Sisodia says, "Advertisements on front page of newspaper are worth crores. Where is BJP's money coming from?"
12.15 pm: "AAP's desperation is quite visible today, its an irony tht AAP is unaware of Model Code of Conduct", says BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra.
12.10 pm: SC asks Dayanidhi Maran & brother Kalanithi to move Delhi HC against trial court order summoning them as accused in case related to 2G scam.
I
will
take
an
informed
decision,
not
an
emotional
outburst:
Neelam
Katara
on
Nitish
Katara
murder
case
pic.twitter.com/5iO0Zr2Je7
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
12.00 noon: "Mahatma Gandhi's legacy is an inspiration in dealing with intolerance in the United States and around the world", says the White House.
11.45 am: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi chairs crucial Congress meeting with senior leaders to plan the future strategy of the party. Janardan Dwivedi not present in the AICC General Secretaries' meeting underway in Delhi.
AICC
General
Secretaries'
meeting
in
Delhi
pic.twitter.com/cXu7EgbjOd
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
We
will
extend
whatever
support
AAP
wants:
Kamini
Jindal,MLA,NUJP,Sriganganagar(she
issued
ad
in
favour
of
AAP):
pic.twitter.com/lTOZmav1NI
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
11:37 am: Crime branch issues final deadline to AAP candidate Naresh Baliyan. The AAP candidate told to join probe by noon.
11:09 am:
Arvind
Kejriwal
performing
Yoga
at
his
residence
in
Kaushambi
pic.twitter.com/YXHwXVOE45
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
Delhi
:
BJP
Delhi
CM
candidate
Kiran
Bedi
prepares
'langar'
in
a
Gurudwara
in
Krishna
Nagar
pic.twitter.com/B4DQRONqic
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
10:56 am: Delhi : BJP Delhi CM candidate Kiran Bedi prepares 'langar' in a Gurudwara in Krishna Nagar
10:10 am: Rupee gains 6 paise against dollar
9:48 am: Shiv Menon, Sunanda Pushkar's son denies marital discord.
9:02 am: AAP's Ashutosh presses fresh charges of EC poll violation as BJP prints cartoon after poll campaign.
Kiran
Bedi:
Will
spend
my
entire
day
with
BJP
workers,have
worked
a
lot
for
the
campaign,will
celebrate
today
evening
pic.twitter.com/rDIZ9EQdhl
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ANI
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February
6,
2015
8:49 am:
President
Maithripala
Sirisena
will
be
visiting
India
from
the
15th-18th
February
:
Syed
Akbaruddin,
MEA
pic.twitter.com/q3DfWIH148
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ANI
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February
5,
2015
The entire state of J&K is & will always remain an integral part of Indian Union : Syed Akbaruddin,MEA
8:00 am: Pak's self destructive & futile quest for territorial aggrandizement in J&K is well known to us : Syed Akbaruddin,MEA
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