NEWS SCHEDULE

    National news schedule for Thursday, January 15
    
     NATIONAL
    
     PM Modi at conference of Commonwealth speakers and presiding officers
         Political developments and party briefings
    
     SUPREME COURT
    
    *Enforcement Directorate's plea alleging interference and obstruction by the West Bengal         government in its probe and search operation at the I-PAC office.
        Plea filed by the producer of Vijay-starrer Tamil film "Jana Nayagan" challenging an interim         order of Madras HC that stayed a single-judge direction to grant CBFC clearance to the         movie.
        Final hearing on a batch of pleas challenging Election Commission's decision to undertake         SIR of electoral rolls in various states.
        Plea of Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, in a corruption         case.
        Plea related to quota for women lawyers in various states bar council executive                 committees.
         Suo motu case pertaining to 'Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons' in the country*

    
    
    
     HIGH COURT

     HC to hear suo motu plea concerning air pollution in the capital.
        HC to hear case concerning the drowning of 3 UPSC aspirants in the basement         of a     coaching centre in Old Rajender Nagar in 2024
    
    
     NCR
    
     CM Rekha Gupta at NCC Republic Day parade camp
        IMD Foundation Day
        Aam Aadmi Party press conference
        Stories related to weather, pollution*
    

    NORTH
         
    UP:Makar Sankranti dip: Devotees turn up in big numbers on Sangam banks at Magh Mela in         Prayagraj, Varanasi and Ayodhya ghats also witness massive rush
    `    Massive arrangements in place as CM Yogi Adityanath offers 'khichdi' to Gorakhnath to         signal the formal start of khichdi festival in Gorakhpur
        CM Yogi Adityanath, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav wish BSP chief Mayawati on her birthday;         Mayawati to hold presser
        Police constable in Banda district attacks wife, kills minor daughter during a domestic             dispute
        Punjab:President Droupadi Murmu at convocation ceremony of Guru Nanak Dev University at         Amritsar.
        Chief Minister Mann to appear before Akal Takht Secretariat in Amritsar                     Rajasthan:    Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi to attend         Army day parade.
    
    SOUTH
    
     *Kerala: Police custody of expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil ends today. He was         arrested on Sunday following a sexual assault complaint.
        Tamil Nadu: Pongal celebrations which includes bull taming sport Jallikattu
    
    
    EAST

    *West Bengal: SIR hearings: EC updates and political developments
         Developments related to ED raids at I-PAC office
        Gangasagar mela and Makar Sankranti updates
        NIPAH virus related updates
        Abhishek Banerjee to visit Nandigram for Sebashray health camp programme
        BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya’s press conference
        Power Finance Corporation press conference to announce issue of bonds
        Jharkhand: Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi to hold press conference
        Weather related story
        Bihar: Several politicians to host Makar Sankranti feast in Patna.
        Mizoram: State wide earthquake mock drill
        Odisha: Weather related story
    
     WEST
    
     *Elections in Mumbai, 28 other municipal corporations in Maharashtra.
        Union minister Amit Shah to release books on Adi Sankaracharya in Ahmedabad
        Winter session of Goa legislative assembly in Porvorim
        Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah at Indian Institute of Creative Technology in             Mumbai.    
        Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai to visit Jashpur district ***

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)