Highlights: ‘Arsenic-contaminated groundwater affecting health,’ say Patna villagers

"Earlier we held a protest demanding installation of a water treatment plant in Maner but nothing happened. Many villagers suffering from cancer today," said a villager.

I've seen media reports about 73 villages of Maner sub-division complaining of arsenic groundwater. We will conduct an investigation into this and take action against those responsible: SDM Danapur Pradeep Singh

Our govt is addressing this problem with seriousness, and we are working with several institutions including Tata Memorial for the treatment of cancer. We are also giving cancer-related treatment in 6 medical colleges in the state: Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav. (ANI)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed the Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organisation's decision to withdraw its assembly election boycott call stating that it is an "expression of trust in the Modi government." (ANI)

On Adani row, SEBI says it's committed to ensuring market integrity and structural strength.

Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday.

Top Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that 116 Ukrainians were freed. (AP)

Assam chief minister on Saturday said that 4074 cases have been registered so far across Assam related to child marriages and 8134 people were identified as accused, ANI reported.

Punjab government led by chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday sent the first set of 36 governemnt school principals to Singapore for training. 

Mumbai municipal corporation presented ₹52,619 crore budget for 2023-24, which has exceeded the budget of 2022-23 that is ₹45949.21 by 14.52 percent. The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has reduced it's expenditure on education to Rs. 3,347 crore in its budget for 2023-24 compared with Rs. 3,370 allocated in 2022-23. The share of education in overall expenditure has also been reduced significantly from 7.33% to 6.36%.

Khelo India Winter Games will be held in Jammu & Kashmir's Gulmarg from February 10 to 14. 

Delhi's Saket court has discharged Sharjeel Imam in Jamia Violence case that was registered back in 2019. Violence erupted after a clash between people protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act and police. Sharjeel was granted bail in 2021.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been appointed as the BJP's Incharge and Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai appointed as the Co-Incharge for the upcoming Karnataka's assembly election.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred in Afghanistan at around 9.07 am on Saturday. The depth of the earthquake was 186 Km km below the ground, according to National Center for Seismology.

At least 13 people were reported dead as of Friday night as a result of the more than 150 wildfires burning across Chile, a South American country which is in the midst of a scorching heat wave, AP reported.

In Assam, Padmanabh Baruah, SP Karimganj said, “So far, Police have arrested 79 people related to child marriage in the district”, ANI reported.

In the wake of heavy rains in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, schools and colleges will remain closed on Saturday, ANI reported citing district collector.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred today at Depth of 10 Km, in Ukhrul, Manipur, according to National Center for Seismology. 

A jury decided on Friday that Elon Musk did not deceive investors with his 2018 tweets about Tesla in a proposed deal that quickly spiralled out of control, raising questions about whether the billionaire had misled investors, AP reported.

Canada has withdrawn proposed amendments to gun legislation that would have banned certain types of rifles and shotguns, the government said on Friday, after opponents alleged the prohibitions unfairly targeted farmers and hunters, AP reported.

A sixth Memphis officer was fired Friday after an internal police investigation showed he violated multiple department policies in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols who later died, including rules surrounding the deployment of a stun gun, officials said according to news agency AP.