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"Pakistan High Commission issues visa to Sika Khan to visit his brother, Mohammed Siddique, and other family members in Pakistan," the embassy announced on Twitter. The two brothers, separated in 1947, were recently reunited after 74 years at the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. A video of the siblings meeting each other at the Kartarpur Corridor had gone viral on social media, making people on both sides of the border shed happy tears.

The ceremony was held in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The drone show was organised by a startup 'Botlab Dynamics' which was supported by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, and Department of Science & Technology. The show continued for around 10 minutes involving around 1,000 drones fabricated through indigenous technology.

The anti-CAA protests were held in Muslim-dominated areas in the national capital, and the poor people were used cannon fodder, the prosecution argued. Delhi Police has registered a case against Khalid and several others under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and other provisions of the law, and they are accused of being the "masterminds" of the riots which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.

Addressing a press conference, leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala jointly said that the snooping is an "act of treason". "The Modi Government is the deployer and executor of the illegal and unconstitutional snooping and spying racket through Israeli surveillance spyware Pegasus & the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is himself involved!"

As per information accessed by IANS, Modi will address the electorate of 21 assembly seats spread over Gautambuddh Nagar, Shaymli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat and Saharanpur. The saffron party' preparation is on for the event in full swing. Modi will reach out to the electorate with 100 LED vans and big screens at different places, NaMo App and other virtual mediums.

The BJP and other right wing organisations claimed that the girl committed suicide after she was forced by her school management to convert to Christianity. The NCPCR in a statement said that the National Chairperson will visit the school, meet the parents of the girl, doctors, and her classmates. The BJP woman wing national president and Coimbatore South MLA, Vanathi Sreenivasan have in the meanwhile met party national president J.P. Nadda at New Delhi and apprised him of the developments.

The level of both PM 2.5 and PM 10 pollutants stood in the 'poor' and 'very poor' categories, respectively, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research's (SAFAR) estimates.

The party has told every BJP minister to attend a meeting on Saturday and give their feedback on the functioning of the state government and the weightage they are gaining in it. Some sources have said that the ministers are not getting their due in the state government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the JD(U).

On January 25, Kishan Boliya was shot dead by some persons who came on a bike on a public road in Dhandhuka. He had allegedly shared a blasphemous social media post that had angered some people.

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal's stand that court has to lay down the yardstick for measuring the adequacy of representation did not yield a favorable result, as the court said that the Jarnail Singh (2018) judgment had found it befitting for states to have the liberty to evaluate the representation of SCs and STs in public employment.