Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to inaugurate the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games 2020 here on January 10 as BJP Assam unit is yet to receive confirmation about his programme.

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh turned away an ambulance which tried to make way through a rally he was addressing in Nadia.

New Delhi: A day after Deepika Padukone visited the JNU campus to express solidarity with students who had been attacked, her film "Chhapaak" made another splash on Wednesday over the name of its antagonist.

Nagpur: The BJP on Wednesday lost the Zilla Parishad (ZP) seat in party leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's native village Dhapewada in Nagpur district, an election official said.

New Delhi: Iran will welcome any peace initiative by India to de-escalate tensions with the US following the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian envoy here said on Wednesday while asserting that his country wants peace not war.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Muslim Central Committee is set to organise awareness program and protest against CAA and NRC on January 15. The event is scheduled to be held at Shaha Garden near Central Juma Masjid in Adyar-Kannur in Mangaluru.

Tuticorin (TN): Three youths who allegedly made a Tik Tok video in front of a police station satirising the force, got a taste of tough police life as they were made to regulate traffic here for eight hours on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a huge rally at Hubballi on January 18 as part of the party's nationwide outreach programme over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the BJP's Karnataka unit said on Wednesday.