Parties rejected in elections are now spreading lies: Modi

• The PM was speaking at BJP headquarters to felicitate its newly-elected president J.P. Nadda
• 'It is a big thing that the BJP grew to become world's largest party with its organisational work while it remained in power,' said Modi

JP Nadda takes over as BJP president

• J P Nadda was elected unopposed as the BJP national president
• Nadda has been selected for three years

Government to de-criminalise Income Tax Act, anti-money laundering law: FM

• The government has already identified the statutory changes to be made in the Companies Act to decriminalise several procedural lapses
• The minister assured that the government is moving in a direction where every businesses is not looked with suspicion

BJP may elect a new chief today

• Working president J.P. Nadda is expected to become the new BJP president to replace Amit Shah
• The day will start with filing of nominations and then the documents will be scrutinized

Will be problematic to oppose CAA if it's declared constitutional by SC: Sibal

• His remarks came a day after he had said there is no way a state can deny the implementation of the CAA when it is already passed by the Parliament

AAP guarantees clean air, 24-hour power and water supply in Delhi

• Kejriwal releases a 10-point guarantee card, which includes reducing pollution by a third, ensuring continuous piped drinking water supply and building houses for slum dwellers
• The 10 promises also include free public travel, access to good education, quality healthcare and women’s safety

BSP announces first list of 42 candidates for Delhi

The party has decided to field its nominees in all 70 seats in Delhi

Congress party releases first list for Delhi elections

• Polling for Delhi elections is scheduled to take place on 8 February
• Congress is fighting for electoral survival in Delhi as it takes on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal led AAP and an electorally resurgent BJP

Congress, others opposing CAA for vote bank politics: Amit Shah

• Amit Shah said that all the opposition parties were also responsible for protests, clashes and violence seen across the country
• Amit Shah was in Karnataka as part of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central governments efforts to drum up support for the contentious CAA

Delhi elections: BJP names 57 candidates

• Manoj Tiwari, president BJP in Delhi said: 'We are confident that BJP will form government in Delhi'
• Among some of the candidates in the list is Kapil Mishra, former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who had quit the party

Pawan Kayan-led Jana Sena and BJP announce alliance in Andhra

• The reunion of the two parties comes after a separation of three years
• Jana Sena bit the dust in the elections to both Lok Sabha and Assembly in the state last year, managing to win just one seat in the 175-member Assembly

No improvement in state of mental health patients, despite legislation

• 4,935 people who were cured are still lodged in mental hospitals as they could not be rehabilitated, finds study
• 36% of those who were cured were residing for one or more years in 43 mental hospitals

Jeff Bezos $1 billion investment in India not a favour, says Piyush Goyal

• Piyush Goyal’s statement came a day after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, currently on a three-day visit to India, pledged $1 billion in new investments
• CCI’s probe into Amazon and Flipkart, based on initial findings, is ‘an area of concern for every Indian’, said Piyush Goyal

Race heats up for top Karnataka Cong post

• The front runners include D.K.Shivakumar and M.B. Patil while S.P. Muddahanumegowda and K.R.Ramesh Kumar among others are also in race
• Though Siddaramaiah also resigned as leader of the opposition, the party high command is likely to retain him to counter Yediyurappa and the BJP

Government mulls de-criminalising penalties for Company Law breaches

• The panel, headed by Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas, on 18 November proposed that penalty for 46 company law breaches should be toned down
• The panel also recommended that penalties could be reduced for startups, small busineses, single businessmen and producer companies

AAP, Cong, BJP slug it out with memes on social media as Delhi assembly polls ne

• AAP is keeping humour and political satire as its central theme
• The Congress has responded to one of AAP’s videos with a funny old television ad from brand Dulux

Facing backlash from unions, government likely to go slow on labour reforms

• The Industrial Relation Code and Social Security Code have been sent to a standing committee
• Central trade unions went on a nationwide strike on 8 January and have warned of an intensified agitation at the state level and in industrial belts

In a first, Union ministers to visit Kashmir after scrapping of Article 370

• A group of ministers are set to visit Jammu and Kashmir to speak to the people about the development initiatives that the Centre plans to undertake
• The ministers’ visit comes five months after a blanket shutdown was imposed in the valley on 5 August

No action against top bankers for alleged frauds before CVC panel's nod

• Three Cs are usually referred to as the CVC, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
• Giving details of the advisory board, the CVC said public sector banks and financial institutions shall continue to refer all suspected frauds to the board

Govt will put restrictions on imports of products under 'others' category: Goyal

• The commerce minister said the time has come to get out of the mind set of subsiding exports and adopt the mantra of quality goods
• Out of over $500 billion worth of imports in 2018-19, the 'others' category accounted for over $100 billion