news of india of the day-Jan 13th 2011




— Industrial output falls to 2.7 per cent, even as prices continue to rise.
— The Adarsh Housing Society may be declared illegal and could therefore be demolished.
— Indigo seals world’s largest aircraft deal — buys 180 Airbus for $16 bn.
— Somali pirates hijack vessel with 14 Indians off the Gulf of Oman
— PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi slams telecom minister Kapil Sibal for his remarks on the CAG report on the 2G scam.
— UP government directs the police to arrest rapist BSP MLA Purshottam Dwivedi. The MLA is now absconding.
— Left-Trinamool spar over railway ad.
— Road rage pilot who ran over restaurateur in Delhi is given bail.
— Maharashtra ATS will question Swami Aseemanand accused in the Samjhauta Express blasts.
— Nikki Haley sworn in as South Carolina governor
— Sudan turnout passes 60% stronghold.
— 20,000 homes under water, as floods engulf Brisbane, Australia.