NEWS SCHEDULE

     National news schedule for Saturday, January 17
    
     NATIONAL
    
     *Congress strategy meeting for West Bengal assembly elections
     Other political developments and party briefings
     Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla at an event
    
    
     EAST
    
     West Bengal:
     Mamata Banerjee at a programme of Jalpaiguri circut bench of Cal HC at 12 noon
     PM to dedicate and lay foundation stone for various rail and road projects in Malda at 1:15 pm
     PM to address political rally at Sahapur bypass ground in Malda around 2:45 pm
     Mamata Bannerji at a programme of Jalpaiguri Circuit bench of Cal HC at 12 noon
     SIR in Bengal: EC updates and political developments
     Developments related to ED raids at I-PAC office
     NIPAH virus related update
     Abhishek Banerjee to hold road show in Murshidabad at 2 pm

     Assam:
     PM Narendra Modi to arrive in Guwahati for two-day visit.
     He will witness Bodo folk dance ‘Bagurumba’ to be performed by 10,000 performers: 6 p.m

     Arunachal Pradesh:
     Updates on missing tourist at Sela Lake

     Andaman and Nicobar:
    Union minister of state for earth sciences Jitendra Singh to meet lieutenant governor to discuss various projects

     Bihar:
     CM Nitish Kumar’s ‘Samridhi Yatra' in East Champaran.
     Follow up on NEET aspirant death case.

     Jharkhand:
     Tribal outfits call Jharkhand bandh to protest murder of village head
     Inauguration of “Raksha Sampada” office in Ranchi: 11am

     Odisha:
     Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee meeting at Puri to decide date of conducting Ratna Bhandar inventory.
     Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's programme in Bhubaneswar
    
    
     WEST
    
     Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to meet victims of contaminated water supply in Bhagirathpura area of Indore at 11.15 am.
     Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of road projects in Vidisha at 1 pm.
     Developments a day after results of elections in Mumbai and 28 other municipal corporations in Maharashtra. *
    
    
     NORTH
    
     *UP:
     CM Yogi Adityanath, CJI Justice Suryakant & Allahabad HC CJ Arun Bhansali to be present for the foundation stone laying event of the proposed district court campus and buildings in Chandauli

     Haryana:
     CM Nayab Singh Saini to distribute financial assistance under Bhavantar Bharpai Yojna in Chandigarh

     Rajasthan:
     CM Bhajanlal to review progress of various projects
     Muslim Rashtriya Manch to hold a protest in Jaipur against atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh.
    
    
     SOUTH

     Tamil Nadu:
     Jallikattu
     Kaanum Pongal, Day 3 celebrations of harvest festival
     MGR birth anniversary

     Kerala:
     Orders are likely to be passed on the bail plea moved by expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the third sexual assault case in which he has been arrested.

     Karnataka:
     BJP to protest in Ballari against Congress government in the state alleging deterioration of law and order, following recent clashes in Ballari between supporters of two parties in which one person died.
    
    
     NCR
    
     Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan at Delhi Assembly event
     Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta's press conference
     Water Minister Parvesh Verma at Delhi govt event
     Aam Aadmi Party press conference
     Stories related to weather, pollution*

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