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Delhi's air quality continues to remain in 'severe' category, with overall AQI standing at 428, says System of Air Quality & Weather Forecasting & Research, ANI reports.
A non-cognizable offence has been registered at Yavat Police Station in Pune against actor Mahesh Manjrekar for allegedly slapping and abusing a person over an incident of road rage on January 15, ANI reports.
A leader of JDU student wing was reportedly shot at in Bakhtiarpur area of Patna. He has been admitted to a hospital. Further details are awaited.
Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the supreme court in Kabul early on Sunday, while on their way to work, NDTV reported.
IndiGo Surat-Kolkata flight was diverted on Sunday, 17 January, to Bhopal as a precaution after the pilot felt a momentary foul odour, Indigo airlines said.
“The aircraft is currently under inspection at Bhopal. The passengers have been accommodated on another aircraft,” the company added.
(Source: ANI)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a senior railway engineering service officer along with two others for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1 crore, a CBI official told ANI.
Searches are underway at 20 locations in five states, the official added.
(Source: ANI)
On Sunday, 17 January, the ministry of health and family welfare said that there is no change in the total number of persons found positive with the new UK strain of COVID-19 since Saturday and that the number of infected persons remains at 116.
(Source: ANI)
On Sunday, 17 January, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that the party will be contesting in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.