Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, January 3, 2019: Fire Breaks Out at Pharmaceutical Factory in Punjab's Ludhiana

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03 Jan, 21:46 (IST)

Punjab: Fire breaks out in a pharmaceutical factory at Upkar Nagar in Ludhiana. Fire tenders rushed to the spot. More details awaited.

03 Jan, 18:46 (IST)
Sabarimala Temple Row: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus services to Kerala have been resumed.
03 Jan, 18:04 (IST)

Kerala: 266 persons arrested and 334 in precautionary detention in connection with the attacks during hartal called by various organisations over women entry in Sabarimala Temple.

03 Jan, 17:34 (IST)

Jammu and Kashmir: Three terrorists have been killed. Identities being ascertained.

03 Jan, 16:37 (IST)

Raju Singh's wife has also been arrested by Police on charges of destruction of evidence.

03 Jan, 15:17 (IST)

Chennai: Income Tax department conducts raids at offices of Grand Sweets, Hot Breads, Saravana Bhavan and Anjappar group following complaints of tax evasion.

03 Jan, 13:40 (IST)

90 per cent possibility Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Puri: BJP MLA.

03 Jan, 12:17 (IST)

Sabarimala women entry row: We're observing 'black day' in Kerala today. State govt is challenging the sentiments of devotees of Sabarimala. With the sponsor of state govt, these two young women entered the temple. They are activists, they are maoists, says Congress MP K Suresh.

03 Jan, 12:04 (IST)

Meghalaya miners: Supreme Court tells state government that we are not satisfied with the rescue operations. 15 miners are trapped in an illegal flooded coal mine in East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last year.

03 Jan, 11:43 (IST)

Bihar: LIC agent shot dead by armed assailants at his residence in Sarairanjan, Samastipur; police investigation underway.

03 Jan, 11:23 (IST)

Supreme Court to Hear Thoothukudi Sterlite Plant Re-Opening Matter on January 8

03 Jan, 10:52 (IST)

Supreme Court to hear on January 8 on the appeal of the BJP against the Calcutta High Court order with respect to stopping yatra in West Bengal.

03 Jan, 10:42 (IST)

BJP leader V Muraleedharan alleges two women entered Sabarimala Temple were not devotees but Maoists. He further alleged that they were selected by CPM. Accusing that the State government along with CPM party prepared an action plan for the women go inside the temple.

03 Jan, 10:28 (IST)

Kerala police detains two people for Wednesday's violence over women's entry in Sabarimala Temple. Stones were pelted in Pandalam, in which a Sabarimala Karma Samithi member – Chandran Unnithan (55) – died.

03 Jan, 10:07 (IST)

Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists in Tral of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. Two to three terrorists believed to be trapped, exchange of fire underway. More details awaited.

03 Jan, 09:56 (IST)

Death toll reaches to nine in a boat capsize in Mahanadi river near Nipania in Kendrapara. Eight more bodies were recovered late last night.

03 Jan, 09:08 (IST)

Main accused for Bulandshahr violence, Yogesh Raj, has been arrested. The arrest comes a month after the incident where SHO Subodh Kumar Singh was killed in mob shooting in Bulandshahr.

03 Jan, 08:56 (IST)

With various organisations called for Hartal in Kerala over the women entry in Sabarimala Temple, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has stopped its bus operations to Kerala, informed KSRTC PRO on Thursday.

03 Jan, 08:41 (IST)

A thick blanket of fog engulfs the city of Ludhiana in Punjab on Thursday. Due to the fog, there transportation in the state has been affected.


Mumbai, January 3: A day after two women entered the Sabarimala temple in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, United Democratic Front to observe 'black day' in the state on Thursday. Also, Sabarimala Karma Samithi is holding a 12-hour long hartal today. Due to this, many pilgrims bound for Sabarimala Temple called off their pilgrimage saying that sanctity of the temple has been breached. The right wing-outfits have called the two women who entered the Sabarimala shrine on Wednesday as “anti-social and feminist activists”. The state government has beefed up the security in the Sabarimala temple premises, fearing a repeat of violent protests.

In another development, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has put on hold further payment of a monthly pension for those detained during the Emergency under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and Defence of India Rules (DIR). The opposition has called this move a political vendetta. Under the Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan Samman Nidhi Niyam - launched by former BJP government, nearly 2,000 people jailed during the Emergency get a monthly pension of Rs 25,000.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the library built in Afghanistan by India's fund was of no use. The US President made this statement to justify his push for the United States to cut overseas spending. Though he said that he maintains good relations with PM Modi.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 03, 2019 08:36 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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