Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, January 24, 2019: Tiranga painting competition held at Islamic Centre of India Farangi Mahal in Lucknow

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24 Jan, 23:23 (IST)

Tiranga painting competition held at Islamic Centre of India Farangi Mahal in Lucknow today ahead of 26 January.

24 Jan, 23:22 (IST)

'Silver Discoverer', a Russia-built 7-star cruise liner, anchored at the Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh earlier today.

24 Jan, 19:45 (IST)

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik and his son Navjyoti Patnaik have been summoned by Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police for interrogation tomorrow, in a fraud case.

24 Jan, 18:33 (IST)

DRDO successfully test fires Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) from naval warship INS Chennai off the coast of Odisha.

24 Jan, 18:08 (IST)

Rajasthan: Four injured after a branch of a tree fell at the venue of Jaipur Literature Festival.

24 Jan, 17:49 (IST)

The Committee of Administrators lifts the suspension on Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul; probe pending.

24 Jan, 17:11 (IST)

Jodhpur: Asaram's 20 days parole application rejected by District Parole Committee. Asaram was seeking 20 days parole. He is serving life imprisonment in Jodhpur Central Jail in a rape case.

24 Jan, 16:35 (IST)

Bombay High Court has allowed the release of the movie 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi'. A petition was filed seeking stop of the release alleging factual errors in the film. Bombay HC has given two weeks time to the filmmakers to file a reply on the alleged errors.

24 Jan, 16:03 (IST)

Meghalaya: One body recovered from the mine at Ksan near Lyteiñ River in East Jaintia Hills where 13 miners were trapped since December 13. Body sent for postmortem.

24 Jan, 15:32 (IST)

Assam: Final NRC by July 31, Supreme Court Declines Plea to Extend time till September.

24 Jan, 15:16 (IST)

CM Yogi Adityanath on Kumbh Mela 2019: Only 2 'snan' have been performed so far and more than 3 crore devotees already participated in them. I am confident that by the end of all 6 'snan' this Prayagraj Kumbh would have the record of bringing together over 15 crore devotees.

24 Jan, 13:57 (IST)

Kerala: NIA arrests absconding accused Mohd Ashar in 2006 Kozhikode twin blast cases.

24 Jan, 13:34 (IST)

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with winners of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2019.

24 Jan, 12:05 (IST)

Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Defence Minister of Maldives Mariya Ahmed Didi held a meeting today. This is Maldivian Defence Minister's first visit outside her country.

24 Jan, 11:24 (IST)

CBI Sources: Central Bureau of Investigation registers FIR in Chanda Kochhar case. Raids being conducted by CBI at four locations in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

24 Jan, 11:04 (IST)

Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora at an event in Delhi: I would like to make it very clear that we are not going back to the era of ballot papers.

24 Jan, 11:02 (IST)

CEC Sunil Arora in Delhi: We will continue to use EVMs & VVPATs. We are open to any criticism & feedback from any stakeholder including political parties. At the same time, we are not going to be intimidated, bullied or coerced into giving up these and start era of ballot papers.

24 Jan, 08:48 (IST)

An under construction building in Haryana's Gurugram collapsed in the early hours of Thursday. Five people are feared trapped inside the building. Three NDRF teams have rushed to the site of building collapse in Ullawas, Gurugram.

24 Jan, 08:29 (IST)

11 trains to Delhi running late due to fog and low visibility.


Mumbai, January 24: In a shocking incident, a four-storey under construction building in Ullawas in Gurugram collapsed on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. More than eight people are feared to be trapped under the debris of the building. Three NDRF teams rushed to the site to rescue people, and emergency services have been informed too. Also, the state administration has informed the all the necessary actions are being taken to rescue the people.

Union Minister for Railways and Coal – Piyush Goyal – yet again was made the interim Union Finance Minister, following the delay of return of Arun Jaitley, who has been in the United States for medical check-since January’s first week. Earlier too, Goyal was given the charge to see the Finance Ministry when Jaitley went to the United States for kidney transplant surgery last year. The move by the Centre comes before the Interim Budget to be presented in the Parliament from February 1.

In another news, Congress president Rahul Gandhi appointed his sister Priyanka Gandhi as All India Congress Committee in-charge for eastern Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Seen as a long overdue by the Congress party, inducting Priyanka in the party fold is seen a ‘trump card’ before the Lok Sabha elections. Other than Priyanka, Rahul also appointed Jyotiraditya Scindia as AICC in-charge for western UP.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 24, 2019 08:27 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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