#NewsInTweets: Students, Journalists Assaulted Outside Court; DU Prof Held For Sedition

By YKA Staff:

What’s the latest around the world today? Curated for you from the interwebz, here’s a quick morning fix to keep you updated. In 140 characters at that! Presenting, #NewsInTweets:

1. At least 10 journalists and several students were assaulted by lawyers and BJP MLA inside and outside the Patiala House Courts where JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar’s case was to be heard. DU professor SAR Geelani has been arrested on sedition charges as well for allegedly organising an event at the Press Club of India to mark the death anniversary of Afzal Guru.

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2. Amit Shah seeks an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his stand on the JNU row. Shah asks in his blog, “Has Rahul Gandhi lent his voice to separatists in the country? Does he want another partition of the country?”

3. Mysuru has been announced as the cleanest among all cities in the latest Swachh Bharat survey, whereas PM Modi’s constituency Varanasi ranks among the worst. Dhanbad and Jharkhand have the worst rankings overall.

4. Congress leader Kalikho Pul has asked to form a government in Arunachal Pradesh, a state in crisis which is currently under president’s rule.

5. Taylor Swift wins the ‘Album of the Year’ award at the Grammy Awards and Mark Ronson wins ‘Record of the Year’ for ‘Uptown Funk’, feat. Bruno Mars.

6. NASA reveals that March 9 is when South East Asia will see a total solar eclipse.