Top Ten News of the day:
- Crucial Budget Session of Parliament starts tomorrow; Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu calls on Congress President Sonia Gandhi; Congress says it will not support any anti-people legislation
- Nitish Kumar sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth time; 22 Ministers also take oath.
- Cricket: India break the jinx at World Cup, beat South Africa by 130 runs; Man of the Match Shikhar Dhawan slams 137.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorts students to remain stress free during exams in his address in 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on All India Radio.
- Father Alexis Prem Kumar abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan 8 months ago released.
- FDI in India almost doubled to 2.16 billion dollars in December 2014, compared to 1.10 billion dollars in the same month of 2013.
- Sibaji Panja, a member of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's entourage coming from Dhaka arrested in Kolkata on charges of financial irregularities.
- Former Maldivian President and Opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed arrested on terror charges.
- Rajasthan: 6 more people died of Swine flu, death toll gone up to 212.
- At least 37 people killed in ferry mishap in Bangladesh.