LIVE news updates today: The Congress today rechristened its Rahul Gandhi-led Manipur-Mumbai yatra that is set to begin from January 14 from northeastern India to the western shore as 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra'. The yatra, earlier called ‘Bharat Nyay Yatra’, will pass through 15 states, including Arunachal Pradesh.
“In the meeting of all general secretaries, in-charges, PCC chiefs and CLP leaders, it was felt that the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ has become a brand that is embedded in minds of people. We should not lose it,” Congress General secretary Jairam Ramesh said.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge today stated that the BJP raises emotive issues to hide its failures of 10 years and asked party workers to not raise internal issues in the media and work as a team to ensure the party's victory. Addressing a meeting of party leaders from across the country, Kharge told them to get united to ensure the party's victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Supreme Court (SC) today dismissed a plea by Congress leader Pawan Khera challenging the Allahabad High Court's refusal to quash criminal proceedings against him for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A bench, constituting of of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, said it will not to interfere with the high court order.
In another development, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day visit to co-chair with his Nepalese counterpart the seventh Nepal-India Joint Commission meeting today.
Jaishankar will co-chair a meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission along with his Nepalese counterpart N P Saud.
Several flights were delayed in Delhi early on Thursday amid low visibility due to dense fog. As cold wave conditions prevailed in north India, the India Meteorological Department said that very dense fog cover was observed over Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura in the wee hours of Thursday morning.