Evening News Nuggets
1. Tripura concludes 'Poush Sankranti' with great zeal
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb attended the Tirthamukh mela and greeted the people on the auspicious occasion.
2. Manipur Police recover huge cache of arms, ammunition
Police sources stated that the cadres were planning to plant the explosives and target security forces in Bishnupur.
3. Arunachal Pradesh receives COVID-19 Vaccines
State health department is fully geared for the world’s largest vaccination drive to begin from 16th January.
4. Meghalaya: Fire erupts at Shani Market
A massive fire erupted at a spare parts shop behind Shani Market in the city on Thursday.
5. Tripura farmers burn copies of agricultural laws
Leftist farmers’ organisations have shown their protest by burning the copies of the three controversial agricultural laws during the Lohri festival.
6. Meghalaya: District Task Force meeting held at Nongpoh to draft action plan on medical issues
A district task force meeting was held in the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Nongpoh on Thursday.
7. Manipur: ₹ 34 crore narcotic drugs destroyed in Imphal
Chief Minister Biren Singh said, “The state has started the mission ‘War on Drugs’ to end all kinds of drug-related activities in the region.”
8.WHO team arrives in Wuhan for Coronavirus probe
The first cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Wuhan in December 2019 and had since spread across the world.
9. No shoulder to shoulder march-past by NSG commandos on Republic Day
The top class Indian force for anti-terror operations plans to parade this Republic Day while adhering to COVID-19 protocols.
10. Dal lake freezes as Srinagar records coldest night since 1991
The city recorded a temperature of minus 8.1-degrees Celsius, the coldest since 1991 when the mercury plunged to minus 11.8 degrees Celsius.
