1:10 pm: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal: Whatever central govt did in West Bengal is very dangerous, against constitution & democracy…Every state has an elected govt, if PM sends CBI & ED like this & try to scare the officers then this country will not be safe.
12:56 pm: Union Minister Smriti Irani: The fact that paramilitary forces had to be deployed for the protection of those officers, who were diligently doing their duty, is for the first time an unprecedented view given to the citizen with regards to the state of anarchy in the West Bengal.
12:52 pm: West Bengal: Visuals from ‘Save the Constitution’ dharna in Kolkata, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee goes through documents continuing her routine work as the CM.
12:45 pm: Bihar: Five dead including four children after a fire broke out in Shripur, Bhagalpur district yesterday night. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot, fire has been doused.
12:37 pm: National Herald Case: Delhi’s Patiala House Court has fixed 23rd February as the next date of hearing in the case.
12:32 pm: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre and all the state governments on a PIL filed by Organisation for Rare Diseases India (ORDI) seeking implementation of National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases, 2017
11:10 am: CBI pleas in SC: Supreme Court says CBI permitted to bring the material on record to support its claim that West Bengal Police Commissioner is trying to destroy evidence.
10:45 am: CBI plea in SC seeking directions to Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to cooperate with the investigation in Saradha chit fund case: Chief Justice of India says “we will hear the matter tomorrow.”
10:35 am: CBI in its petition says Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was summoned multiple times but failed to cooperate and created hurdles in the investigation.
10:30 am: CBI moves Supreme Court seeking directions to Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to cooperate with the investigation in Saradha chit fund case.
