India
1.PM-led panel to meet on Monday for appointing new CBI chief.Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-three member committee will meet on Monday to take a call on the appointment of the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s premier probe agency.
2.EC may give order on SP symbol dispute tomorrow.The Election Commission is likely to give tomorrow an interim order on the dispute in the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, with the option of freezing the symbol 'cycle' most likely to be exercised. The three-member EC, headed by Nasim Zaidi, heard both the sides on Friday and reserved its order.
3.Six Maoists held with arms and ammunition in Muzaffarpur. The Police today arrested six Maoists along with arms and ammunition during a raid at Karmpur Bhataulia village under Paroo police station of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
4.PM saddened over WB stampede deaths, sanctions Rs 2 lakh for deceased.Six killed, ten injured in Gangasagar Mela stampede.Six pilgrims, all women, suffocated to death during a mad rush to board a vessel from the crowded jetty on their way home from Gangasagar fair in West Bengal on Sunday after taking the holy dip, a state minister said.
5.BJP moves EC against SP's smartphone scheme.BJP today filed a petition before the Election Commission against the Samajwadi Party's smartphone distribution scheme, saying it amounted to violation of the Model Code of Conduct in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. In a letter to the chief electoral officer here, senior BJP Vice President, J P S Rathore said SP was continuing with the registration of benefitiaries under its smartphone scheme which was against the mode code.
6.Dalit organisations join hands to commemorate Vemula’s death.Ahead of the first death anniversary of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, who ended his life in a hostel room in University of Hyderabad on January 17 last year, his family, friends and members of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) seeking justice for Rohith at University of Hyderabad (UOH) have been able to unify various Dalit movements that have erupted over the past one year and bring together all the prominent faces onto one common platform.
7.Army chief cautions jawans against taking up their grievances through social media.Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said jawans (Army men) who take to social media to express their grievances could be punished as their act lowers the morale of those guarding the frontiers.
8.Allowing FM stations to air news may have security implications: Prasar Bharati chief.Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash today said allowing private FM stations to air news might have security implications and that the government needs to keep that in mind if it wants to give the nod.
9.Sidhu finally joins Congress, Amarinder to take on Badal from Lambi.Cricketer-turned-Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu joined the Congress on Sunday, giving the party a major boost ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab.According to sources, Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh is likely to contest against chief minister Parkash Singh Badal from Lambi and Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu will be fielded against deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal from Jalalabad.
10.Three killed after boat capsizes in UP's Virma river. In yet another horrifying incident, at least three people including two children were today killed after a boat capsized in Hamirpur's Virma river in Uttar Pradesh.
11.Boat capsizes in Ganga; 21 dead, 20 missing.A festive kite-flying session during Makar Sankranti celebrations ended in tragedy as a boat carrying nearly 80 people capsized in the Ganga in Patna on Saturday evening, killing at least 21 people. More than 30 others were untraceable till late at night even as rescue operations were on.


World
1.German plane from Oman lands in Kuwait over bomb threat.A Germany-bound Eurowings passenger flight from Oman landed in Kuwait on Sunday over a bomb threat but no explosives were found on board, authorities said.
2.Six civilians killed by roadside bomb: Afghan officials.An Afghan official says that at least six Afghan civilians were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor in eastern Nangarhar province, said Sunday that a woman and a child are among those killed in the attack.Two other civilians were wounded by the blast, which took place in Pachir-wa Gam district.
3.Mosul University fully liberated by Iraqi troops. An Iraqi military spokesman says government troops have fully liberated the sprawling complex of Mosul University, a major step in the massive operation to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul.
4.Israel responds to shooting attack with strike on Hamas post. The Israeli military says it has struck a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip in response to an attack on an Israeli military vehicle.
5.Trump warned off unilateral Mideast moves at Paris peace conference.France warned of "serious consequences" on Sunday if Donald Trump recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital as representatives from 70 countries met in Paris to try to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
6.Britain may change 'economic model' if shut out of EU single market: British finance minister.Britain could change its economic model to regain competitiveness if it were to leave the European Union without an agreement on market access, British finance minister Phillip Hammond said in a German newspaper interview published on Sunday.
7.Syrian opposition: Shelling of displaced shelter kills 12.Pro-Syrian government troops shelled a village in a rebel-controlled area near Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring several others who were taking shelter in a banquet hall.
8.Russian security chief says country seeing more cyberattacks.The head of the Russian Security Council says the country recently has seen a marked increase in attempted cyberattacks from overseas.
9.London-bound plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul after fisticuffs fly at 30,000ft. An ugly fistfight erupted on a packed London-bound flight at 30,000 feet after an air hostess was assaulted, prompting an emergency landing in Istanbul. The Middle East Airlines flight from Beirut was forced to make the emergency landing in Istanbul's Ataturk Airport after the argument broke out.
10.China hands over two ships to Pakistan Navy for Gwadar security.China has handed over two ships to the Pakistan Navy to safeguard the strategic Gwadar port and trade routes under the USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a move likely to raise alarm in India.


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15/01/2017 05:53 PM