Things Happened Today
Elections in North-East States: Election Commission of India today announced the election dates for the three North East states Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Tripura will go on poll on 18th of February whereas Meghalaya and Nagaland will go on poll on 27th of February 2018. The counting will take place on 3rd March. The terms of the Meghalaya, Nagaland
and Tripura Assemblies end on March 6, 13 and 14 respectively. All three states have 60 assembly seats.
Let's check the current scenario of these state assemblies. In Meghalaya the Congress is the ruling party and Mukul Sangma is the CM of Meghalaya. In Nagaland, Nagaland Peoples Front is the ruling party and Neiphiu Rio is the CM of the state. In Tripura Left (CPI(M) + CPI) is the ruling front and Manik Sarkar is the CM.
Aandiben Patel the former Gujarat Chief Minister is appointed as the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
Judge Loya Case: A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud will hear two petitions demanding independent probe into the death of CBI Special Judge B H Loya on Monday.
Madhya Pradesh Civic Polls: In 19 Nagar Palika and Nagar Parishad elections, BJP and Congress both won 9-9 president posts and 1 went to independent. However in last elections BJP had won 12 and Congress had won 7 seats. In Ragogarh, former CM Digvijay Singh's home turf, Congress won 20 out of 24 wards.
Padmaavat: The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted ban from the release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat. Now the film will release in all states on same day 25th January.
Agni 5: India test fired Intercontinental 5000-km range surface to surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V from Abdul Kalam island off the Odisha coast at 9:53 am on Thursday. The three-stage, 17-metre tall, two-metre wide Agni-5 is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead of about 1.5 tonnes. Agni 5 is a fire and forget missile, which once fired cannot be stopped, except by an interceptor missile which only the US, Russia and Israel have.
GST Council Meeting: The GST council's 25th meeting took place on Thursday under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The council recommended rate cuts on 49 items, including zero percent on 29 handicraft products with its main focus on easing return filing processes.
Akshay Kumar after meeting with Sanjay Leela Bhansali yesterday decided to postpone the release of his film Padman to avoid clash at the box office. Now Padmaavat will be the solo release on 25th January 2018.
AAP Crisis: Election Commission on Friday recommended disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for holding ‘office of profit’ to the President Ram Nath Kovind. The Election Commission said the MLAs, by occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries between March 13, 2015, and September 8, 2016, held offices of profit and were liable to be disqualified as legislators.
Blind Cricket World Cup: India today won second consecutive Blind Cricket World Cup. On Sunday India beat Pakistan and won the World Cup.
Filmfare Award 2018:
Best Choreography - Galti se Mistake - Jagga Jasoos
Best Action - Tiger Zinda Hai
Best Cinematography - A Death In The Gunj
Best Editing - Trapped
Best Background Score - Pritam for Jagga Jasoos
Best Production Design - Daddy
Best Sound Design - Trapped
Best Costume Design - A Death In The Gunj
Best Screenplay - Mukti Bhawan
Best Original Story - Newton
Best Dialogue - Shubh Mangal Savdhan
Best Playback Singer(Female) - Meghna Mishra for Nachdi Phira(Secret Superstar)
Best Playback Singer(Male) - Arijit Singh for Roke na ruke(Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya for Galti Se Mistake(Jagga Jasoos)
Best Music - Pritam for Jagga Jasoos
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Mahi Vij for Secret Superstar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Rajkumar Rao for Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Debut Director - Konkona Sen Sharma for A Death In The Gunj
Lifetime Achievement Award - Bappi Lahiri
Critics Award for Best Film - Newton
Critics Award for Best Actress - Zaira Wasim for Secret Superstar
Critics Award for Best Actor - Rajkumar Rao for Trapped
Best Film - Hindi Medium
Best Director - Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari for Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Actress - Vidhya Balan for Tumhari Sulu
Best Actor - Irrfan Khan for Hindi Medium
Stay tuned for more updates. Feel free to comment.
Let's check the current scenario of these state assemblies. In Meghalaya the Congress is the ruling party and Mukul Sangma is the CM of Meghalaya. In Nagaland, Nagaland Peoples Front is the ruling party and Neiphiu Rio is the CM of the state. In Tripura Left (CPI(M) + CPI) is the ruling front and Manik Sarkar is the CM.
Judge Loya Case: A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud will hear two petitions demanding independent probe into the death of CBI Special Judge B H Loya on Monday.
Madhya Pradesh Civic Polls: In 19 Nagar Palika and Nagar Parishad elections, BJP and Congress both won 9-9 president posts and 1 went to independent. However in last elections BJP had won 12 and Congress had won 7 seats. In Ragogarh, former CM Digvijay Singh's home turf, Congress won 20 out of 24 wards.
Padmaavat: The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted ban from the release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat. Now the film will release in all states on same day 25th January.
Agni 5: India test fired Intercontinental 5000-km range surface to surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V from Abdul Kalam island off the Odisha coast at 9:53 am on Thursday. The three-stage, 17-metre tall, two-metre wide Agni-5 is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead of about 1.5 tonnes. Agni 5 is a fire and forget missile, which once fired cannot be stopped, except by an interceptor missile which only the US, Russia and Israel have.
GST Council Meeting: The GST council's 25th meeting took place on Thursday under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The council recommended rate cuts on 49 items, including zero percent on 29 handicraft products with its main focus on easing return filing processes.
Akshay Kumar after meeting with Sanjay Leela Bhansali yesterday decided to postpone the release of his film Padman to avoid clash at the box office. Now Padmaavat will be the solo release on 25th January 2018.
AAP Crisis: Election Commission on Friday recommended disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for holding ‘office of profit’ to the President Ram Nath Kovind. The Election Commission said the MLAs, by occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries between March 13, 2015, and September 8, 2016, held offices of profit and were liable to be disqualified as legislators.
However even after the resignation AAP will
comfortably enjoy majority and it will not impact the government.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said
on Saturday that the 20 AAP MLAs held guilty by the Election Commission of
holding office of profit would appeal to the President to hear the party’s
views, against the 'undemocratic' and 'unconstitutional' move.Blind Cricket World Cup: India today won second consecutive Blind Cricket World Cup. On Sunday India beat Pakistan and won the World Cup.
Filmfare Award 2018:
Best Choreography - Galti se Mistake - Jagga Jasoos
Best Action - Tiger Zinda Hai
Best Cinematography - A Death In The Gunj
Best Editing - Trapped
Best Background Score - Pritam for Jagga Jasoos
Best Production Design - Daddy
Best Sound Design - Trapped
Best Costume Design - A Death In The Gunj
Best Screenplay - Mukti Bhawan
Best Original Story - Newton
Best Dialogue - Shubh Mangal Savdhan
Best Playback Singer(Female) - Meghna Mishra for Nachdi Phira(Secret Superstar)
Best Playback Singer(Male) - Arijit Singh for Roke na ruke(Badrinath Ki Dulhania)
Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya for Galti Se Mistake(Jagga Jasoos)
Best Music - Pritam for Jagga Jasoos
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Mahi Vij for Secret Superstar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Rajkumar Rao for Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Debut Director - Konkona Sen Sharma for A Death In The Gunj
Lifetime Achievement Award - Bappi Lahiri
Critics Award for Best Film - Newton
Critics Award for Best Actress - Zaira Wasim for Secret Superstar
Critics Award for Best Actor - Rajkumar Rao for Trapped
Best Film - Hindi Medium
Best Director - Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari for Bareilly Ki Barfi
Best Actress - Vidhya Balan for Tumhari Sulu
Best Actor - Irrfan Khan for Hindi Medium
Stay tuned for more updates. Feel free to comment.
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