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. Reservations for Dalits will never cease to exist, says PM Modi in his first Tamil Nadu election rally in Coimbatore. He slammed the Opposition for ‘spreading lies’ and ‘preventing the government from functioning’.
1st poll rally in Tamil Nadu: @narendramodi woos Dalits, slams Cong for 'campaign of lies' https://t.co/HvGL9hDwsG pic.twitter.com/nRUIMbyErc
— Firstpost (@firstpost) February 3, 2016
2. Indian hockey team captain Sardar Singh accused of sexual harassment by his fiancée.
Woman alleges sexual harassment by India hockey captain Sardar Singh, investigation on https://t.co/0FNKjzZdjc pic.twitter.com/AFs1sFwTMx
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) February 3, 2016
3. North Korea notifies U.N. agencies that it plans to launch a satellite later this month, to advance its long-range missile technology.
North Korea tells U.N. agencies it plans satellite launch https://t.co/auOfmFphoJ pic.twitter.com/VLkE73y3lI
— Reuters India (@ReutersIndia) February 3, 2016
4. A Pakistan Parliamentary panel has asked Nawaz Sharif to not lend support to banned terrorist groups operating out of Kashmir.
Pakistan parliamentary panel asks Sharif to stop supporting terror groups in Kashmirhttps://t.co/GJ88yP1rmf pic.twitter.com/Talljc3BVl
— CNN-IBN News (@ibnlive) February 3, 2016
5. The National Investigation Agency is checking the validity of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, charges in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
#NIA to check if #MCOCA charges in 2008 #Malegaon blast case are valid https://t.co/5w6toPLcYo pic.twitter.com/E7LqCvHNWw
— HTMumbai (@HTMumbai) February 3, 2016
6. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC tells citizens to not pay taxes if the government doesn’t curb “this menace” of corruption.
Don’t pay taxes if govt fails to curb corruption: HC to citizenshttps://t.co/EWlAnT9Y3G pic.twitter.com/6x4PByp3Za
— The Quint (@TheQuint) February 3, 2016