Manipur CM N Biren Singh Resigns From His Post, Submits Letter to Governor

Bihar Dy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha says, "The AAP-da politics has come to an end...people have rejected those who promised and accepted those who gave guarantees. Today people have faith in Modi's guarantee...I thank the people of Delhi for the mandate they have given. They have put their stamp on a changing India, a developed India ..."

Patna | Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says, "Prime Minister has great respect for Bihar. The Prime Minister always pays attention to the development of Bihar. Today, at three places, stations are being reconstructed and doubling of railway lines is being done. New rake points are being built at many places. I saw all this today. An investment of Rs 95,566 crores is being made for the development of railways in Bihar and the people will get its benefits...Today Modi ji has done hundred percent electrification in Bihar. Today, the work of total reconstruction of ninety-eight stations is going on in Bihar..."

On Manipur CM N Biren Singh's resignation, Congress MP from Inner Manipur, A. Bimol Akoijam says, "...I think what people of Manipur deserve is a responsible government who can deal with the situations. The economy has been destroyed. So many lives have been lost and thousands of people have still been languishing in relief camps. We deserve a responsible government, I think that's the first thought that I have...Incidentally tomorrow we are supposed to have our assembly sessions. I've heard that the Governor's secretariat has confirmed that tomorrow the session will not begin. But as of now, there is no formal notification of President's rule being imposed..."

Uttar Pradesh CM Pushkar Singh Dhami says, "...Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code after independence...The Uniform Civil Code will ensure equal rights for all...Such a provision has been made in the Uniform Civil Code that now no one will be able to hide their identity. Now no person like Aftab will be able to commit cruelty against a daughter like Shraddha...I have full faith that Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in all the states of India"
 

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva says, "...AAP leader and Outgoing Delhi CM Atishi should tell why was she dancing yesterday on the loss of Arvind Kejriwal...They still have to give an account of the loot that Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi did for the past 10 years..."

On Manipur CM N Biren Singh's resignation, Congress leader Rashid Alvi says, "I welcome his resignation but he should have resigned long back. More than 20 BJP MLAs were against him. The law and order situation in Manipur was deteriorating day by day. What was the compulsion of the BJP that the CM was not removed from his post earlier?...It is the responsibility of the BJP to send a competent person there who can take the responsibility of improving the situation there..."

BJP leader Vijender Gupta says, "...We will fulfil all the promises made by us to the people of Delhi...I am an MLA and whatever the party will decide we will follow that..."

On Manipur CM N Biren Singh's resignation, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate says "N Biren Singh's resignation in Manipur is a well thought out and compulsive decision. The Manipur assembly session was going to start tomorrow and there was going to be a no-confidence motion against him, which he had to lose at any cost because he had strong opposition even in his own party...What will happen now? Will he be made a caretaker Chief Minister and then quietly made the Chief Minister later? Is it a well-thought-out conspiracy?...The resignation is proof that the situation in Manipur is very bad..."
 

On Manipur CM N Biren Singh's resignation, former MP and Naga People's Front leader, Dr Lorho S Pfoze, says "N Biren Singh has been a leader that has ruled for almost 7 years now. I think he has been quite efficient and good but unfortunately, things turned around after 23rd May. After the breaking out of this ethnic violence, it has taken a very big turn. He had the support of the majority Meitei community, but unfortunately, the minority Kuki group felt that they had been alienated and they have also charged that he was partly responsible for the reason of all this conflict. Loss of confidence by people has caused a lot of disturbance in the polity of Manipur. There has been no development taking place. The old developmental activities almost came to a standstill. Manipur needs a better administration. Manipur needs development. Manipur has been in this peculiar situation for a very long time..."

BJP winning candidate from New Delhi Assembly seat Parvesh Verma arrives at the residence of BJP National President JP Nadda.

On Delhi Election Results, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal says, "The results of Delhi Assembly elections show that the public of Delhi has shown their trust in the policies of PM Modi. The public has ended the misrule of AAP and has elected the BJP which believes in development...The double-engine government of the BJP will work for the development of Delhi, clean the Yamuna river..."

On Manipur CM N Biren Singh's resignation, Congress leader Udit Raj says "...When the Congress party was demanding him to be removed at the right time then he was not removed...A rift has been created between the two communities forever. This govt should not be there for such a long time. Removing the CM after everything was ruined does not make any sense...."

BJP's winning candidate from the R K Puram Assembly constituency, Anil Sharma says, "The people of Delhi wanted development and they have voted for that development...We will fulfil all the guarantees made to the people of Delhi..."

Manipur CM N Biren Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Delhi earlier today.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh tenders resignation from the post of Chief Minister.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami says, "This 'Gyan Maha Kumbh' will show the path to the young generation...will inspire them to move forward... We have implemented UCC in Uttarakhand on January 2025..."

On the speculations of changing the name of Mustafabad, BJP-winning candidate from Mustafabad seat, Mohan Singh Bisht says, "...We will change the name from Mustafabad to Shivpuri or Shiv Vihar... I will definitely change the name because I did the development work from 1998 to 2008 there... and the development work is not related to the name..."

On Delhi Election Results, Vice chairman of NDMC and BJP leader Kuljeet Singh Chahal says, "The public has faith in PM Modi's guarantee and vision...The people of Delhi also wanted a double-engine government...The Yamuna River, which was turned into a drain by the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government, will be cleaned. The condition of the roads will be improved. Clean water will be provided...The public wanted change and as a result, the BJP government is formed in Delhi with a two-thirds majority..."

AAP leader and Outgoing Delhi CM Atishi says "Right now analysis is going on as to why AAP lost, but this is the mandate of the people of Delhi, we respect the mandate. This election was conducted with so much hooliganism, such an election would have never happened in the history of Delhi. Where money is being distributed openly, liquor is being distributed openly, police are getting it distributed, and whoever is complaining about this is being put in jail...But we accept the mandate of the people of Delhi and will play the role of a constructive opposition..."

Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai holds a roadshow in Durg ahead of the Municipal Corporation Elections in the state.

Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar visited #MahaKumbhMela2025 in Prayagraj

BJP's winning candidate from Rajouri Garden assembly seat, Manjinder Singh Sirsa says, "Atishi has not resigned, the people of Delhi have asked her to resign... BJP will soon form the government in Delhi and the high command will decide the CM face... We will get a Chief Minister who will implement PM Modi's vision..."

He further says, "...The AAP (in Punjab) will break...Arvind Kejriwal behaves rudely with the MLAs (AAP MLAs of Punjab)...The public of Punjab will not accept this behaviour..."

On Delhi Elections 2025 results, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini says, "The people of Delhi have given a historic mandate in these elections. They were deprived of the policies that PM Narendra Modi had implemented across India. Now, they will also benefit from them..."

On former Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, social activist Anna Hazare says, "He used to say that he will stay in a small room all his life... Happiness is not found outside... Doing good work for society makes one happy from within. He did not understand this... Otherwise, he would have never thought of making the 'Sheesh Mahal'..."

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of an NGO seeking direction to the Centre and the Delhi government to grant Rohingya refugees based in the national capital access to public schools and hospitals.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh is scheduled to hear the plea.

On January 31, the top court asked the NGO Rohingya Human Rights Initiative to apprise the court about the places where these Rohingya refugees are settled in Delhi and the facilities accessible to them.

It had asked senior advocate Colin Gonsalves to file an affidavit indicating their places of settlement in Delhi.

Gonsalves said the NGO sought access to public schools and hospitals to Rohingya refugees as they were denied the access due to lack of Aadhaar cards.

Moments after Atishi tendered her resignation as Chief Minister of Delhi, a group of victorious candidates of BJP paid a courtesy visit to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.

Parvesh Verma, who won from the New Delhi Assembly seat, Arvinder Singh Lovely, elected from the Gandhi Nagar Constituency, and Kailash Gahlot, the winner from Bijwasan seat, were among the leaders who met Saxena at Raj Niwas, the official residence of the Delhi Lieutenant Governor.
 

The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front on Sunday organised 'Abhaya Clinic', a health camp, at Sodepur in North 24 Parganas district, to mark the birthday of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital victim.

The Post Graduate Trainee doctor was raped and murdered on August 9 last year at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, triggering widespread outrage and protests from the medical fraternity.

"Over 110 patients have already availed services at Abhaya Clinic, and each was handed a sapling. Our sister loved plants and had dedicated her life to serving people," a junior doctor said.

 Investigation into a criminal case is transferred from one agency to another only in rare and exceptional circumstances, as it hits at the morale of the police which must be avoided at all costs, the Delhi High Court has observed.

The high court said bald allegations are not sufficient for transfer of investigation to another probe agency.

"Transfer of investigation to another agency is only done in rare and exceptional cases such as cases where high officials of state authorities are involved. Accusations against an investigating officer alone are not sufficient to transfer investigation unless there is sufficient material to show that the investigating officer is mixed up with the accused," Justice Subramonium Prasad said.

Three women labourers and a toddler were crushed to death when a dumper truck carrying sand overturned and fell on them in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred at Khengarpura village in the district on Saturday evening when a group of labourers was engaged in road construction work, they said.

In a shocking incident, an 86-year-old businessman was stabbed to death by his grandson in Hyderabad's Panjagutta area, said the police.

The police said that Keerthi Teja, 28, stabbed VC Janardhan Rao on Thursday midnight, following a heated argument over property. The accused also stabbed his mother when she intervened, resulting in her sustaining injuries.
 

A meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership is underway at the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

BJP national president and Union Minister JP Nadda along with several other leaders is present in the meeting.

A fire broke out in a 'kalpvasi' tent in Sector 19 of here at the Maha Kumbh on Sunday due to a leak in a gas cylinder, officials said.

Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze within 10 minutes and no casualties were reported.

Chief Fire Officer (Kumbh) Pramod Sharma told PTI that the fire was reported in a tent set up by Om Prakash Pandey Seva Sansthan and belonged to Rajendra Jaiswal, resident of Karma, Prayagraj.

Upon receiving the alert, three fire tenders were immediately dispatched to the scene.

A 16-day mass drug administration drive will be launched in Ranchi district of Jharkhand on Monday for the eradication of filaria, an official statement said.

The drive will be undertaken in Ormanjhi and Tamar blocks.

Drugs will be administered to people at 326 booths or camps set up in the two blocks for the purpose on Monday, while a door-to-door campaign will be held from February 11 to 25.

Three foreign nationals have been arrested for smuggling cocaine worth nearly Rs 40 crore at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, the customs department said on Sunday.

The accused -- two Brazilian women and a Kenyan man -- who had ingested cocaine-filled capsules were arrested in separate cases, it said.

In the first case, a 26-year-old Brazilian passenger was intercepted after her arrival from Sao Paulo via Paris on January 28.

 Authorities have extended by two more months the ban on the sale, possession and consumption of liquor and non-vegetarian food in Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said on Sunday.

The prohibition will be enforced on the 12-km track from Katra to the holy cave on the Trikuta hill and adjoining areas, they said and added that the order would remain in force for two months from the date of its issuance, unless revoked earlier.

Katra sub-divisional magistrate Piyush Dhotra has prohibited the sale, possession and consumption of liquor and non-vegetarian food, under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the officials said.

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband following an altercation cropped up between them in the early morning of Sunday, police said.

The incident happened at Uppumpadam in this northern district.

The deceased woman was identified as Chandrika, a native of Thottakkara near Tholannur here.

According to police, there had been some family issues between Chandrika (52) and her husband Rajan (59) for some time.

Atishi steps down as Delhi Chief Minister; submits resignation to the Lt Governor at Raj Niwas today.

Twelve Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, police said.

The gunfight broke out at a forest in Indravati National Park area in the morning when a team of security personnel was out an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior police official said.

"As per preliminary information, 12 Naxalites were killed in the gunfight," he said.

JP Nadda reaches Home Minister's Amit shah's residence for meeting. 

Delhi CM, Atishi has reached Raj Niwas to submit her resignation. 

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Parvesh Verma, after scripting history by winning the New Delhi seat in the assembly elections, paid tributes to his father and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma in his native village in Mundka.

Paying tributes to his father and late former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parvesh Verma on Sunday said that he would resolve to finish the unfulfilled works of his father.

BJP President, JP Nadda will meet Home Minsiter Amit Shah at his official residence to discuss post-election developments in Delhi. 

Outgoing Delhi CM Atishi will submit her resignation at the LG Secretariat at 11 AM.  

Manipur Police arrested three militants from Imphal West district, an officer said on Sunday.

Police arrested two militants of the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF-Pambei) group from Narankonjil area of the district on Saturday.

The two militants were involved in extortion activity and also in illegal smuggling of arms and ammunition, the officer said.

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajendra Gehlot has said that the voters of Delhi removed an obstacle to the city's development by banishing Aam Aadmi Party from power. He said that Delhi voters reposed trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his developmental agenda.

"I congratulate BJP workers in Delhi for defeating AAP whose leaders are arrogant and always make false promises to deceive people," Gehlot told ANI.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parvesh Verma, after scripting history by defeating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi seat in the Delhi assembly elections, visited his native village Mundka on Sunday morning.

Verma received a rousing welcome as he reached his native village. He also visited the Dada Bhairav Temple in Mundka and offered prayers there.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be inaugurating the Global Investors' Meet Invest Karnataka 2025 event on February 11, said a release by the Karnataka government.

Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries, MB Patil, on Saturday announced that sector-specific industrial parks will be set up in various locations to drive comprehensive industrial development across Karnataka.
 

A major fire broke out in a slum in the Narkeldanga area of the city in which one person was killed, a Fire Brigade official said on Sunday.

At least 30 shanties were gutted in the fire, the official said.

The charred body of Habibullah Mollah (65), a rag picker was recovered from a gutted shanty after fire brigade personnel fully doused the flames early Sunday, the official said.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday demanded that toll fee be waived off for vehicles entering Uttar Pradesh during the duration of the Maha Kumbh to reduce travel hindrances and jams.

Due to heavy rush of devotees, long traffic jams are being witnessed on roads leading to Prayagraj.

The ongoing Mahakumbh at Triveni Sangam continues to draw devotees from across the globe to witness and participate in one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.

Devotees are flocking to the Mahakumbh Mela Kshetra to take a sacred dip in the Triveni Sangam, experiencing the spiritual significance of this ancient and grand event. Around 410 million devotees have taken a holy dip at Mahakumbh 2025.
 

Police have declared a "Dry Day" for movement, halting convoys of security forces across the region following intelligence reports of a possible terror attack.
 

Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said it was wrong to deport illegal immigrants from America to India in shackles and the US government should have avoided such a treatment.

The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment made the comments on Saturday during a press conference, where he also shared details of the Union Budget and said the country is on the path of development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP leader CT Ravi hailed the party's "historic" victory in the Delhi elections, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of being "corrupt" and asserting that the people of Delhi have shown their trust in BJP leadership by decisively voting them into power after more than two decades.

The BJP made a clean sweep in the national capital after more than two decades and is set to form the government, having won 48 seats, more than the majority mark needed to form the government in the 70-member legislative assembly.

BJP candidate from Laxmi Nagar, Abhay Verma, expressed gratitude for the party's anticipated success in the Delhi elections, attributing the victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's blessings.

Addressing reporters Verma said, "This is respected Modi ji's victory with whose blessings people have decided that BJP will form govt in Delhi. The people from Laxmi Nagar constituency and BJP workers gave me a lot of support..." said the candidate, highlighting the overwhelming backing from both voters and party workers.