1.In a first, nine women Agniveers will be part of the Indian Air Force's band contingent that will march down the Kartavya Path during the 77th Republic Day Parade playing music, according to officials.

2.India's electricity distribution network has crossed the milestone of five lakh circuit kilometres with the potential to carry high-voltage energy of 220 kilovolts and above and 1,407 gigavolt amperes of transformation capacity, the power ministry said Thursday .

3.An Army truck skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Thursday, killing 10 soldiers and injuring 11 others.

4.In a high drama in Karnataka Assembly, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot Thursday refused to read the state-prepared address to a joint session of the state legislature and concluded his customary speech in just three lines.

5.A Delhi court Thursday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case related to inciting violence in the Janakpuri area in the national capital during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.

6.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday disbursed over Rs 315 crore to the bank accounts of more than 4.57 lakh beneficiaries under Subhadra Yojana.

7. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday announced a hike in the monthly allowance for ‘Grama Rakhis’ (village guards) to Rs 2,500 from Rs 1,800, an official said.

8.Sixteen Maoists, including top leader Anal, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district Thursday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said.

9.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is all set to inaugurate and lay foundation stone for 20 major industrial projects worth Rs30,000 crore during his two-day visit to Sambalpur and Rourkela beginning January 27.

10.Ahead of the 77th Republic Day, Odisha Police hoisted the national flag on the uninhabited Udabali Island in the Bay of Bengal, a few kilometres off Dhamara Port, and announced a Rs 149-crore plan for strengthening coastal security

11.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi , addressing the State-Level Pani Panchayat Fortnight–2026 at Lok Seva Bhawan Convention Centre, he said the Pani Panchayat system has brought a transformative change in the lives of farmers and the agricultural sector of the state

12.The ruling LDF and the opposition UDF Thursday traded accusations against each other, both inside and outside the Kerala Assembly, in connection with the Sabarimala gold loss issue.

13.The EC has allotted 'whistle' as the symbol for actor-politician Vijay’s TVK and enthusiastic party workers have already taken it across the state, senior leader CTR Nirmal Kumar said Thursday.

14.A heavy posse of police and paramilitary personnel has been deployed in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh as the Supreme Court stepped in Thursday to avoid any tension at the disputed 11th-century Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque.

15.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has reaffirmed its decision not to tour India for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup.