Top Ten News of the day:


  1. 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
  2. Nitish Kumar sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth time; 22 Ministers also take oath.
  3. Cricket: India break the jinx at World Cup, beat South Africa by 130 runs; Man of the Match Shikhar Dhawan slams 137.
  4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorts students to remain stress free during exams in his address in 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on All India Radio.
  5. Father Alexis Prem Kumar abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan 8 months ago released.
  6. 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.
  7. Sibaji Panja, a member of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's entourage coming from Dhaka arrested in Kolkata on charges of financial irregularities.
  8. Former Maldivian President and Opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed arrested on terror charges.
  9. Rajasthan: 6 more people died of Swine flu, death toll gone up to 212.
  10. At least 37 people killed in ferry mishap in Bangladesh.