HIGHLIGHTS

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TOP NEWS:

DEL11 POL-2NDLD-RALLY Opposition parties join hands at Mamata rally, vow to oust Modi

Kolkata: Leaders from over a dozen opposition parties came together Saturday, vowing at a mega rally here to put up a united fight in the coming Lok Sabha elections and oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power.

BOM24 PM-2NDLD OPPOSITION Those stopped from looting public money are forming 'mahagathbandhan': PM

Silvassa: On a day when many opposition parties came together on a common platform in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at their proposed 'mahagathbandhan' or grand alliance, saying it is a combine of those who are angry at his stringent action against corruption as they have been stopped from looting public money.

MDS10 LD KARNATAKA BJP tells Cong it would not destabilise ruling coalition

Bengaluru: The BJP would not destabilise Karnataka's ruling coalition, party state chief B S Yeddyurappa said Saturday, as the state remained in the grip of political unrest with the Congress on tenterhooks to keep its numbers intact.

NATION:

CAL18 POL-RALLY-LD MAMATA 'Delhi mein sarkar badal do': Mamata's war cry at opposition rally

Kolkata: Issuing a war cry 'Delhi mein sarkar badal do' (change the government at the Centre), Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday asserted that the "expiry date" of the Modi government is over and a united opposition will win the coming general elections.

DEL13 RALLY-LD BJP Opportunist elements came together to remove PM Modi: BJP on Opposition rally

New Delhi: Describing the united opposition rally organised by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee as a gathering of "opportunist elements", the BJP Saturday said those who could not see eye-to-eye have come together with the sole agenda of removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and without any roadmap for the future of the country.

DEL5 ED-LD ZAKIR NAIK ED attaches assets worth Rs 16.40 cr of Zakir Naik's family under PMLA

New Delhi: The ED has attached fresh assets worth Rs 16.40 crore in connection with its money-laundering probe against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, it said on Saturday.

DES14 JK-BABY-INQUIRY Woman gives birth on road in Srinagar after hospital refuses to admit her, baby dies; probe ordered

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday ordered an inquiry after a woman gave birth to a baby on a road as doctors at the Valley's premier maternity care hospital here allegedly refused her overnight stay at the medical facility.

CAL26 AS-DEPORTATION 21 Bangladeshi nationals deported

Karimganj/Guwahati: Altogether 21 Bangladeshi nationals, including two women, were deported to their country on Saturday after two years in Assam from Sutarkandi-Karimganj Immigration Check Post (ICP) on the India-Bangladesh International Border, police said.

CAL25 POL-OPPOSITION-COMMITTEE Oppn leaders form Committee to look into EVM manipulation

Kolkata: A four-member committee of opposition party leaders has been formed after reports of EVM manipulation by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday.

DEL4 DENMARK-KIM DAVY EXTRADITION Issue of Kim Davy's extradition resolved politically, independent authorities pursuing it: Denmark PM

New Delhi: The issue of extradition of Niels Holck alias Kim Davy, the prime accused in the 1995 Purulia arms drop case, to India, has been resolved politically and independent authorities in his country are pursuing the matter, Denmark Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said Saturday.

BOM7 GJ-PM-2NDLD-COMPLEX PM inaugurates L&T's K9 Vajra gun-making facility

Hazira (Guj): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday inaugurated the Armoured Systems Complex of Larsen and Toubro in Gujarat, the first private facility in the country where the K9 Vajra self-propelled Howitzer guns will be manufactured.

LEGAL:

LGD10 DL-COURT-LD JNU JNU sedition case: Court questions Delhi Police for filing chargesheet without procuring requisite sanctions

New Delhi: A court here questioned the Delhi police on Saturday for filing a chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case without procuring requisite sanctions.

LGD16 DL-COURT-2NDLD LALU IRCTC scam: Delhi court grants bail to Lalu Prasad in CBI case

New Delhi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad was on Saturday granted bail by a Delhi court in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case filed by the CBI.

LGD14 DL-COURT-LD VADRA Delhi court extends interim protection from arrest to Vadra's aide till Feb 6

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday extended till February 6 the interim protection from arrest granted to Manoj Arora, a close aide of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, in a money laundering case.

FOREIGN:

FGN5 US-TRUMP-KIM-2NDLD MEETING Trump to meet Kim Jong-un again in February: White House

Washington: US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in late February on Pyongyang dismantling its nuclear and missile programmes, the White House has announced. By Lalit K Jha

FGN10 UN-GUTERRES-LD INDOPAK India, Pak should engage in 'meaningful dialogue' to resolve their issues: UN chief

United Nations: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday hoped that India and Pakistan will engage in a "meaningful dialogue" to resolve their issues.