Daily Round-Up: Headlines @ 4pm on Jan 13, 2016
Maya cancels ticket after candidate’s feet-touching pic on FB
BSP has cancelled the ticket of its Atrauli seat candidate for the 2017 assembly polls Sangeeta Chowdhury on grounds of indiscipline, after she posted a picture on Facebook in which she and her children are seen touching the feet of party supremo Mayawati.
Hardik Patel remanded to police custody till Jan 15
A local court in Visnagar town of Mehsana district today sent quota leader Hardik Patel in police custody till January 15 in a case of rioting and assault registered against him here six months back.
Havila Harmony hunts 200 old ship wrecks instead of MH 370
The Havila Harmony search vessel crew that has been tasked to hunt MH 370 plane for a moment thought that they had found the missing Malaysian plane.
Cong questions Sanjay Nirpuam on article against Sonia-Nehru
Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam appears to be in for trouble with the party high command seeking an explanation from him over the issue of articles in a party journal slamming Jawaharlal Nehru and terming Sonia Gandhi’s father a “fascist soldier”.
Kiku Sharda apologises after arrest, says I was doing my job
Television actor Kiku Sharda, who has been arrested for mimicking self-styled godman and Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, on Wednesday said that he had merely followed the script given to him during his act, adding that his job was to entertain the people.
15 killed in bomb blast outside polio centre in Pakistan
“The blast was apparently carried out by a suicide bomber,” Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said.
Will urge PM Modi to bring Italian marines back: Chandy
“Italian naval officers committed crime on Indian land and they are liable to obey the Indian rules,” Chandy said.
CJI asks Jallikattu organizers to move before appropriate bench
The Centre’s notification lifting ban on Jallikattu during the festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu was challenged in the SC.
MH370 search finds new shipwreck, but no plane
Shipwreck — an iron or steel-hulled vessel believed to have gone down at the turn of the 19th century — has been discovered some 3,700 metres deep.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirm seizing two US boats
Two aircraft carriers — the USS Harry S Truman and France’s Charles de Gaulle — were both in international waters near Farsi island when the US boats were captured.
Ashish Nehra calls on India to nurture fast bowlers
Nehra said that age was just number for him until he was fit and added that he had always worked hard to play well in the international cricket.
