As the assembly elections in Delhi draw near, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has formed a task force to attract voters from the Purvanchal community residing in the national capital, party sources said.

According to the sources, AAP has formed seven teams, under party leader Sanjay Singh's leadership, to cover the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has appealed to the Centre to sanction 20 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0 to the state, besides funds for other projects including proposed Metro Rail corridors.

A release from the CMO on Friday night said Reddy urged Union Minister for Housing and Urban Development Manohar Lal Khattar to allocate one lakh solar pumps under PM Kusum to ensure continuous supply of irrigation water to tribal farmers in Telangana.

The parents of the R G Kar hospital victim have said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot disown the responsibility for the alleged attempt of the police and hospital authorities to destroy evidence of rape and murder of their daughter.

They attempted to shield the main conspirators behind the crime, while the CBI failed to bring to book all the perpetrators and overlooked the larger conspiracy aspect, the parents claimed.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu is concerned about China's refusal to enter into binding international water treaties and its selective sharing of hydrological data and suggested an urgent need for cooperative governance of shared water resources in Asia, as per a release by the CMO.

Speaking at the inaugural function of a seminar titled 'Environment and Security' in Itanagar at the Dorjee Khandu Auditorium Hall of the state Legislative Assembly.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the ongoing war in Ukraine might never have happened if Donald Trump had retained the US presidency in 2020. Putin described the conflict, which began with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, as a "crisis" and linked it to what he called the "stolen" 2020 election.

“I cannot but agree with him that if he had been president, if his victory had not been stolen from him in 2020, then perhaps there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that arose in 2022,” Putin told Russian state media, as reported by The Daily Mail.

The extradition of Tahawwur Rana, convicted in connection with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, to India., has been approved by the US Supreme Court.

Pakistani-origin businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was convicted for his role in the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai that resulted in the death of 164 people, could now be extradited to India. Rana's co-conspirators included, among others, David Headley.

Drug firm Lupin on Friday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market a generic HIV medication in the US market.

The company has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) under the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for Abacavir, Dolutegravir and Lamivudine tablets, the Mumbai-base drug maker said in a statement.

The electronics manufacturing business from Tata Group, Tata Electronics today announced the acquisition of a controlling 60 per cent stake in Pegatron Technology India Private Limited (“PTI”). The financial details of the deal were not available, but this will allow the company to expand its local iPhone manufacturing.

This follows Tata Electronics’ acquisition of Wistron’s India operations in March 2024.

An explosion took place on Friday (January 24) morning at an ordnance factory in Maharashtra's Bhandara district. At least, eight people were killed in a blast at the ordnance factory, police said. There were 14 employees working in the section at the time of the blast, of whom three were rescued alive and one was dead, added the police.

Rescue and medical teams have been dispatched to the site to search for survivors, a defence spokesperson confirmed to PTI.

A day after Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal were withdrawn, the former Delhi chief minister on Friday dubbed it as "pure politics".

"I regret that personal security has been politicised," he said addressing a press conference here.

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