🔴 The dumping of huge amounts of garbage and construction debris as well as illegal encroachment has disturbed the biodiversity-rich park which attracts around 130 different species of birds.

🔴 Will take a call on reopening of schools after 15 days: minister

🔴 Six persons booked in the offence had organised a Jaat Panchayat meeting on the afternoon of January 9 at Sangdewadi village where a decision was taken to boycott the families of the couples who have married out of their caste in the past few years.

🔴 District president of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU)’s Karnal unit Jagdeep Singh Aulakh told The Indian Express that they have already honoured 800 persons with kisan medals in Karnal “while expressing our gratitude to them”.

🔴 The state has over 75,000 government schools with more than 3.5 crore students enrolled in them

🔴 The development comes a day after the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked Alwar Police’s statement that ruled out rape and demanded a CBI probe into the case.

🔴 The rate of growth in new cases in the state has increased by 174 per cent in the last seven days, as compared with the previous week. However, only 4 per cent of the infected persons have sought hospitalization.

🔴 Moksidul Islam (30), a farmer and a resident of Domohani area in Jalpaiguri district was one of the many who started rescue operations after the train accident.

🔴 On Thursday, twelve coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailed near Domohani area here, killing nine persons and injuring over 40. The accident took place in Alipurduar subdivision of the Northeast Frontier Railway.

🔴 Safikul Ali (18), who hails from Dhula Darrang district in Assam, was among those injured in the train accident at Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Thursday, which claimed nine lives.

🔴 Sailing across the Muriganga river from Sagardwip, scores of devotees arrived at Harwood Point on Saturday after taking the holy dip on Makar Sankranti. Vessels loaded with returning pilgrims docked at ghats 2 and 3 at Harwood Point.

🔴 Referring to the appointment of Sonali Chakravarti as the vice-chancellor of CU for a second term as “a classic case of patronage”, the Governor claimed that he had directed to withdraw the appointment on September 16.

🔴 The party has changed candidates on at least 50 seats compared to those in 2017, and retained nominees for Ghaziabad, Govardhan and Mant constituencies. The list has 14 Muslims, two fewer than in 2017.

🔴 Airport police station in-charge Anand Prakash said the woman was supposed to board the flight on Thursday afternoon when CISF personnel saw the infant crying and stopped her at the check-in terminal of Ranchi airport on suspicion.

🔴 Four of the victims were residents of Chhoti Pahadi and Pahad Talli areas under the Sohsarai police station and two were from Mahgawa village under the Manpur police station.

🔴 Facing the impossible task of picking a CM face for Punjab and yet keeping everyone happy, AAP has left the decision to a “telephone survey”, asking people to name their choice.

🔴 Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu will recontest from their respective constituencies Chamkaur Sahib and Amritsar (East).

🔴 The model recently made news for a “countrywide record” in daily testing for a constituency on January 12 (53,203), low positivity rate (2.5 per cent) and for banning gatherings.

🔴 The court has directed to submited a report on the condition of the ETPs be submitted to the court before the next date of hearing. The court is due to hear the matter next on January 21.

🔴 As part of this spree, Mayor Murlidhar Mohol laid the foundation stone for a Rs 350-crore project to lay a sewage network and build two sewage treatment plants for the 11 villages merged in civic limits a few years ago.

🔴 Calcutta HC reserves order on plea seeking postponement of polls; voters in containment zones at Bidhannagar, Asansol, Chandannagar and Siliguri will be able to cast their votes between 4 - 5 pm on the polling day.

🔴 The Gangasagar Mela is being organised at Sagar Islands and will be open for pilgrims from January 14. Sources said that the committee has raised several issues concerning the health of the pilgrims who would visit the fair.

🔴 The fresh infections over the last 24 hours took Bengal's tally to 18,41,052. The state also logged 26 fresh deaths taking the overall toll to 19,985.

🔴 Of the fresh cases, Lucknow reported the highest number at 2,213, followed by Ghaziabad (1,678), Gautam Buddha Nagar (1,626) and Meerut (1,197).