Highlights: Protesting wrestlers arrive at union min Anurag Thakur's residence

Babita Phogat, Sakshee Malikkh, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers arrive at the residence of Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur in Delhi in connection with their protest and allegations against WFI, ANI reported.

Union sports minister Anurag Thakur will meet protesting wrestlers demonstrating against WFI and its chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will form three special teams to handle incidents of forest fires across the country and the training of these teams will start from February 6 this year, ANI reported. 

Calcutta high court on Thursday said in an order that "stigmatic aspersions" led to the summary termination of service of economics professor Sudipta Bhattacharya by West Bengal’s Visva-Bharati University in December. 261 academics including Noam Chomsky recent moved president Murmu on this issue.

Two persons, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday after heroin worth over ₹1 crore was seized from their possession in poll-bound Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district, PTI reported.

Prime minister Narendra Modi will distribute nearly 71,000 appointment letters virtually Friday under the ‘Rozgar Mela’ scheme for employment in government departments and organisations. In October last year - on the occasion of Dhanteras - Modi introduced the scheme, which marked the start of a campaign to create 10 lakh government jobs.

Shankar Mishra - the Air India passenger who urinated on a co-passenger onboard a New York-Delhi flight in November last year - has been banned from the airline for four months, news agency ANI said Thursday citing AI officials

In a big relief to the arms traders of Jammu and Kashmir, government on Thursday revoked an order restricting issuance of fresh arms license.

Four people were rescued after a major fire broke out in a building in the Secunderabad district of Telangana on Thursday, ANI reported.

Sweden on Thursday pledged to send its Archer artillery system, a modern mobile howitzer requested by Kyiv for months, to Ukraine, the government said.

Speaking at a press conference, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his government had taken a decision on a three-part military support package for Ukraine, including "the first decision on starting deliveries of the artillery system Archer to Ukraine".

Ace grapplers arrived at the office of Union Sports Ministry in Shashtri Bhawan for a meeting with officials amid wrestlers' protest against WFI and its chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.

Swati Maliwal, the chief of the Delhi Commission for Women, was allegedly dragged by a drunk driver for 15 metres on road in the early hours of Thursday, Delhi police said.

CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Thursday joined the protest staged by top wrestlers against WFI, demanding its president to step down.

Mild intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hits Jammu and Kashmir

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, who is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, news agency PTI reported. Read more

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Thursday filed criminal defamation suit in a Chennai court against now suspended DMK leader Sivaji Krishnamurthy over his alleged defamatory remarks against the Governor. (ANI)

Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshee Malikkh, Bajrang Punia and other wrestlers sit on a silent protest at Jantar Mantar for the second day against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh against whom sexual harassment allegations were made. (ANI)

Days after a Delhi-bound Go First flight took off from Bengaluru leaving behind 55 passengers at Bangalore airport, a similar incident was reported from Amritsar where a Singapore-bound flight took off hours ahead of schedule. The flight reportedly left behind 35 passengers at the Amritsar airport which led to massive chaos. Read more

At least nine people were killed and a child was injured when a speeding truck collided with their van on Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday morning, police said. The accident took place at 4.45 am at Repoli village in Raigad, located more than 130 km from Mumbai. Read more

President of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) said on the matter of asking question on ‘Azad Kashmir’ school exam paper that six teachers and private book publishers who made question paper have been cautioned.

Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda arrived in West Bengal's Kolkata on Thursday. He will address the public in Nadia district and pay a visit to the ISCKON temple later.