- Three naval personnel die due to explosion onboard INS Ranvir at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slams previous UPA government over 2005 Antrix-Devas deal; Terms it fraud against country citing Supreme Court order.
- Political parties hold virtual campaigns as five states go to assembly polls next month.
- Mamata writes to PM Narendra Modi, expresses ‘strong reservations’ to Centre’s decision to amend IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954; demands rollback.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi discusses several development projects during interaction with BJP workers of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh; Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also interacts with party workers.
- Special court in Kairana in Uttar Pradesh rejects bail plea of Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan, arrested last week in a case under stringent Gangsters Act; Hasan has filed his nomination from Kairana assembly seat on Samajwadi Party ticket for February 10 election.
- BJP announces second list of candidates for second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls; Congress releases another list of nine candidates for Goa assembly elections.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserts, decisions to select tableaux for Republic Day parade taken as per detailed guidelines.
- Annual Beating the Retreat ceremony, which takes place in Delhi on January 29, will have a show of nearly 1,000 drones by a IIT-Delhi-based startup to commemorate 75 years of country’s independence.
- India Post Payments Bank’s customer base crosses five crore mark.
- Fifth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha to be held next month.
- Indian shuttler HS Prannoy enters second round of Men’s Singles at Syed Modi International Tournament in Lucknow.
- Bhagwant Mann is AAP’s chief ministerial face for Punjab assembly polls.
- Editors Guild of India says it was deeply anguished with shutting down of Kashmir Press Club in Jammu and Kashmir, a region that has seen “worst kind of state heavy handedness against any independent media”.
- A special court in Raipur rejected the bail application of suspended IPS officer GP Singh, who was arrested in connection with a disproportionate assets case.
- Two Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in forest area on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border.
