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IndiGo’s Patna-Lucknow flight (6E925) made an emergency landing at Patna Airport on Wednesday. After taking off from Patna airport, the flight was brought back to Patna airport after technical problems were reported midway. Apart from the crew members, there were 100 passengers on board the flight. Everyone is safe. Preparations are being made to send him to Lucknow by another flight.
Army soldier dies after being shot by service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir
An Army soldier died after being shot by a service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Officials said that it is not yet clear whether it is suicide or not. The soldier, who hails from Punjab, was shot in the head and died on the spot.
Today’s other big news…
JD-U withdraws support from BJP government of Manipur, says it will not affect NDA alliance
Nitish Kumar’s JDU has withdrawn support from the BJP-led government in Manipur. The party’s only MLA will now sit in the opposition. However, this will not affect CM Biren Singh’s government.
In November 2024, the National People’s Party, which was part of the BJP government, had announced withdrawal of support. NPP has 7 members in the 60-member Manipur Assembly, who were supporting the BJP government. BJP has 32 members, while the majority figure is 31. In such a situation, the government is not in danger at present. JDU said- Despite this withdrawal of support, NDA alliance will continue in Center and Bihar.
Cabinet approves continuation of National Health Mission for next five years; Jute MSP increased by 6% to Rs 5,650 per quintal
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the continuation of the National Health Mission for the next five years. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal gave information about the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that this mission has accomplished historic targets in the last 10 years.
Goyal also informed that around 12 lakh health workers joined the National Health Mission (NHM) between 2021 and 2022 as India fought the COVID-19 pandemic under the mission.
Apart from this, in the cabinet meeting, the minimum support price (MSP) of raw jute for the financial year 2025-26 was approved at Rs 5,650 per quintal, which is 6% or Rs 315 more than the previous MSP. Piyush Goyal said that this will benefit the farmers of eastern and north-eastern states like West Bengal, Assam and Bihar.
Opinion of Supreme Court judges divided on Tahir Hussain’s bail, CJI will form a new bench for the decision.
Delhi riots accused and former councilor Tahir Hussain had filed an interim bail petition in the Supreme Court to contest the assembly elections. After hearing on this, two judges of the Supreme Court gave the verdict on Wednesday. The opinions of both the judges were different.
Justice Pankaj Mittal rejected the bail petition and said that Tahir should not get bail. At the same time, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah said that he should be released on bail.
The matter will now be sent to CJI Sanjeev Khanna. CJI will form a new bench to decide on the case. At present, the next hearing of the case has not been informed. Read the full news here…
ISRO’s propulsion system sent the crew module to Satish Dhawan Space Center, astronauts will sit in it only.
Indian Space Research Organization ISRO said on Wednesday that the Liquid Propulsion System Center has sent the crew module for the Gaganyaan mission to Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Crew module is the system in which crew astronauts will sit.
Under the human mission of Gaganyaan, a team of astronauts will be sent to an orbit 400 KM above the Earth. After this, the crew module (in which the astronauts sit) will be landed safely in the sea.
If India is successful in this mission, it will become the fourth country to do so. Before this, America, China and Russia have done this.
NIA raids at 16 locations in Punjab-UP and Uttarakhand, action in the Chandigarh blast case of September 2024
NIA raided 16 places in Punjab, UP and Uttarakhand on Wednesday morning regarding the Chandigarh blast case. Of these, NIA team reached 14 locations in Punjab and 1 location each in Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand. The names of Pakistani terrorist Harivander Singh and America-based terrorist Harpreet Singh had come up in the blast that took place in Chandigarh in September 2024.
13 people died in 2 road accidents in Karnataka, truck fell into a ditch in Hubli, vehicle overturned in Raichur.
2 accidents took place in Karnataka in a single day. A truck carrying fruits and vegetables fell into a 50 meter deep gorge in Hubli at 5 am on Wednesday. 9 people died in this. At the same time, many people were also injured and are undergoing treatment in the hospital.
At the same time, 4 people died after a vehicle overturned in Raichur district. No further information has been revealed regarding this accident yet. Police said that the reasons for both the accidents are not yet known.
Many arms and ammunition recovered from 4 districts of Manipur, including machine guns and hand grenades.
Assam Rifles and Police have recovered a cache of arms and a large quantity of ammunition from Thoubal, Kangpokpi, Churachandpur and Tengnupal in Manipur. Manipur Police said on Wednesday that inputs were received about the movement of militants in Mongjang village of Churachandpur district on January 11 and Phayeng Hill in Kangpokpi district on January 13. Carbine machine gun, single bore barrel rifle, AK-47, pistol, grenade, ammunition were seized during the raid.
CBI closed 174 cases in 2024 due to lack of evidence
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed closure reports in 174 cases due to lack of evidence in 2024, the highest number. Earlier, only 30-60 cases were closed every year, like 62 in 2023 and 32 in 2022.
Prominent cases closed include NCP leader Praful Patel on irregularities in aircraft leasing (2017), former environment minister Jayanti Natarajan on forest land diversion in Jharkhand (2017), NDTV founders accused of causing loss of ₹48 crore (2017), and IPL Betting issue in 2019 (2022) included.
CBI has recently given instructions to expeditiously dispose of pending cases and close files, so that the investigation process can be expedited.
