January 14  

Days after a Dravidian outfit demanded Rajinikanth to apologise for his comments on a rally led by Dravidian icon Periyar decades ago, the Tamil superstar today said he will neither express regret nor apologise for his speech made at Thuglak magazine’s 50th-anniversary event on January 14. The Dravidian outfit had claimed that the actor had defamed Periyar when he reminded people that the latter had disrespected Lord Ram and Sita. Here’s all you need to know about this controversy.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 14) rejected the curative petitions of two death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday (January 14) hear the curative petition of two death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case. However, the victim's mother is hoping that their pleas are rejected, and the convicts would be hanged to death on January 22.

India and Australia will face off in the first ODI at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium today (January 14). Here is India's likely Playing XI for the three-match series opener. Captain Virat Kohli had said that there is a possibility of all three openers Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul being part of the XI. If all three play, then Kohli will vacate his number three position.

 Punjab and Delhi additional secretaries have been directed to bring the Pakistani children to the Attari-Wagah border under proper police escort at noon on January 14 so that they may be handed over to the Pakistani Rangers
 

The Ministry of Culture said in a statement said that the decision was taken after a three-member team from the Guinness World Records visited Prayagraj. Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 began on January 14 and will conclude on March 4 after the sixth and final "Shahi Snan" (royal bath) on the occasion of Maha Shivratri.

Retired police officials convened a meet at Pandalam Valiya Koyikkal Temple on January 14. While inaugurating the prayer function in Pathanamthitta by the retired police officials, former Kerala Police chief Senkumar criticised the state government

 
 

While devotees have been facing arrests with prohibitory orders that are in place in and around Sabarimala, the Pathanamthitta court in Kerala has extended the imposition of Section 144 for four more days. The cops in Kerala say this order must be in place till January.