Not much news was today, PM visit along with few other news.

National

PM Modi in Calcutta for 2 days visit

Started today, he will take part in various programs including 150^th anniversary celebrations of Kolkata Port Trust.

A meeting of PM held with CM Mamata Banerjee today in Calcutta. After meeting she told media While speaking to PM, I told him that we are against CAA, NPR , and NRC. We want that CAA and NRC should be withdrawn.

CM to be present at interactive light and sound show to be inaugurated by PM Modi at Millennium Park in Kolkata today.

This important as they show a typical ‘enemy’ than a political opponents.

Students’ Federation of India protests against PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Kolkata.

Russian envoy wasn’t invited to visit J&K on MEA’s tour, but open to go if called. Russian ambassador Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev calls the J&K situation India’s ‘internal matter’. He also said the S-400 deal was on track.

Protest Against and for CAA continues

Agar Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, 40 people including 2 former MLAs & the BJP Youth Wing District Chief booked for violating Article 144 of CrPC by taking out a rally in support of CAA on 10 Jan.

The anatomy of resistance: how the anti-CAA movement took shape in West Bengal. On December 19, Kolkata saw a 60,000-strong rally bringing together people across social, economic, cultural and religious groups against the recent amendment to the Citizenship Amendment Act.

JNU Rows…

Delhi Police sources: 37 persons have been identified by Special Investigation Team (SIT) from the 60-member WhatsApp group ‘Unity Against Left’.

VC Jagadesh Kumar, after meeting with students and faculty members, said the terror created by some of the activist students went to such an extent that many of our students had to leave the hostels. From the past several days, we have enhanced security in the campus to make sure that innocent students are not hurt.

He further added that many illegal students are staying in hostels, they could be outsiders, and they may be participating in any possible violence because they have nothing to do with the university.

Classes and other relevant academic activities for the 2020 Winter Semester will begin from January 13, 2020.

Thiruvananthapuram: Water cannon used against Kerala Students Union (KSU) protesters during their march to Raj Bhawan against the Jan 5 JNU violence.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan meets JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh, says the whole country with JNUSU in protest against fee hike, CAA

JNU SU President Aishe Ghosh addressed the media and said that the fight to save the democratic fabric of the country will go on.

However, the hype given to issue was beyond the understanding a common man and created doubt about political support indirectly.

Security

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane briefs the media in Delhi

Armey Chief answered many media questions on various aspects, related to army issues. As far as our Army is concerned, for us, the short term threat is counter-insurgency operations, and long term threat is the conventional wars and that is what we are preparing for.

If PoK can be part of India as stated by political leadership, he said there is a parliamentary resolution that the entire JnK is part of India. If Parliament wants it, then, that area(PoK) also should belong to us. When we get orders to that effect, we’ll take appropriate action
We will have to train for the future and that is where the emphasis of our training will be.
He replied on the killing of two unarmed civilians by the Pakistan Army in the Poonch sector, that we do not resort to such barbaric activities and fight as a very professional force. We will deal appropriately with such situations in a military manner.
Siachen is very important to us where one formation is looking after western and northern fronts. It is strategically important. It is from there where collusion can happen.·
He accepted that there is a shortage of officers but it is not because there is a lack of people applying for it. We have not lowered the standards for the selection of officers in the force.

Indian Navy sources: For the first time, Naval Light Combat Aircraft today landed on aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. This is the first time an indigenous fighter aircraft has landed on an aircraft carrier.

DRDO said that after completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test The facility, the LCA Navy did an arrested landing on INS Vikramaditya successfully today at 10:02 AM. Commodore Jaideep Maolankar did the maiden landing.

The aircraft is developed by DRDO-Light Combat Aircraft landed with the help of an arrester wire. Aeronautical Development Agency is working with the Navy to develop the fighter.

International

Ukrainian Plane Crushed or Targeted?

Finally, all controversies came at rest when Iranian Pres Hassan Rouhani accepted that Armed Forces’ internal investigation has concluded that regrettably, missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of Ukrainian plane and death of 176 people. Investigations continue to identify prosecute this great tragedy unforgivable mistake.

Meanwhile Pak PM Imran Khan, again find time to tweet on RSS and he tweeted “An extremist ideology RSS has taken over a nuclear-armed country of over a billion people. It is an ideology based on racial superiority & hatred of Muslims & all minorities. Whenever this genie has come out of the bottle, it has always led to bloodshed”.

Politics

Home Min Amit Shah said. “The opposition does not have any other issue, so they are spreading misinformation and falsehood on CAA. This resulted in anarchy in the entire country,”

Ram Madhav, BJP GEN Secy in Vadodara said to media that There were 2 major restrictions in JnK. One was the internet services that are about to be restored. The other was leaders under detention, regarding that the Government will be releasing 20-25 leaders in phases. JnK is like any other part of the country now.The meeting of CWC is going on and seems not concluded yet. This presided by interim president Sonia Gandhi and attended by former PM MM Singh, including many other senior leaders.

States

UP

At least 12 people injured in collision between a bus and a car following which three more vehicles collided into the bus due to low visibility because of fog on Agra – Lucknow Expressway, earlier today. Injured have been shifted to a trauma center in Lucknow.

Kerala

Maradu flats demolition: H2O Holy Faith apartment tower demolished through controlled implosion.

The final round of demolition to take place tomorrow. Sec 144 of CrPC is enforced on land, air-water in the area

This is accomplished after the rejection of Plea by SC yesterday.

Himachal Pradesh

According to state disaster management authority, 663 roads including 4 National Highways are still closed, 2646 electricity supply schemes are disrupted and 200 water supply schemes hampered, due to snowfall.

Gujarat

5 people dead in explosion at AIMS Industrial Private Limited in Vadodara; Death toll rises to 6.

Jharkhand

CM Hemant Soren after meeting with PM in Delhi, I met PM Modi for the first time after the formation of govt. In the coming days, I will once again meet him and put forward the state’s problems. Prime Minister has assured that the rights of tribals will be protected.

Goa

govt announces its plans to establish world-class skill development institute in the state. State minister for skill development Vishwajit Rane said the government has finalized its plans to set up an international skilling institution, in collaboration with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

India in International Frame

BBC

Luxury high-rises demolished in India

Reuters

India’s slowing economy led to record drop in car sales in 2019 – industry body

CNN

An Oregon man faces hate crimes charges after allegedly beating a woman from India