India news updates: India is a very tolerant country, says Kiren Rijiju

These are the three main headlines on India News today:

• Tabla player Sandeep Das wins Grammy in World Music category 
• 3 kg gold, cash looted from Manappuram Gurugram branch recovered in Kanpur
• KVIC sends legal notice to Fabindia for violating Khadi mark regulations

Read all live updates and breaking news from across the country here on International Business Times, India:

17.05 pm IST: Delhi HC declines to pass order on Vikas Yadav's (one of the three killers of Nitish Katara) parole plea after govt raises objections.

16.55 pm IST: SC gives nod to selection of new AMU VC and rejects a plea to halt the process. Court says the new panel satisfies all the UGC norms

16.50 pm IST: Just after my fast, I met a BJP leader who suggested that I will need lots of money depending on current system of politics: Irom Sharmila

16.40 pm IST: More than 25 live bombs recovered from near a police station in Ludhiana.

15.59 pm IST: Two inmates escape from Morena Jail in Madhya Pradesh. Police search on. 4 policemen suspended

15.46 pm IST: Sensex 17.37 points up, currently at 28,351.62. Nifty at 8,805.05

15.36 pm IST: India, Japan agree to play greater roles in the Indo-Pacific region

15.26 pm IST: We will continue our peaceful protest for formation of Government: AIADMK

15.06 pm IST:  AIU recovered 1632 grams gold valued at Rs 49 lakh from a passenger at Mumbai Airport

15.05 pm IST: Delhi HC issues notice to Delhi Gvt on PIL demanding strict implementation on ban on chewing tobacco through policy banning its sale&supply

15.02 pm IST: Why are Cong people saying something irresponsible?How can Modi ji convert Arunachal as a Hindu state? What statement is this?: Kiren Rijiju

15.02 pm IST: Minorities feeling insecure in neighbouring countries come to take refuge in India, India is a very tolerant country: Kiren Rijiju,MoS Home

15.00 pm IST: Congress has given a statement saying that Modi ji is converting Arunachal Pradesh into a Hindu state, very wrong: Kiren Rijiju,MoS Home

14.50 pm IST: 70 lakh rupees seized at Mussoorie diversion in Dehradun, investigation underway

14.40 pm IST:  India vs Bangladesh Test: Virat Kohli declared Man of the Match

14.40 pm IST: 2005 Delhi serial blast case: Judgement has been deferred till February 16th

14.30 pm IST:  OPS can do all tactics, but Sasikala will 100% become the CM of Tamil Nadu, she will take Amma's legacy fwd: Apsara Reddy, AIADMK

14.19 pm IST: India win test match against Bangladesh by 208 runs

14.09 pm IST: People are trying to divide the organisation, I won't let this happen. When I was in so much pain, I stood firm on my stand for the party's future. All of you must know what is the truth. OPS asked me to take charge then, but I said I can't at this juncture. So he was given the responsibility: Sasikala

14.09 pm IST: A Nepalese youth arrested with 42 grams of smack worth 21 lakh rupees in Rupaidiha village on Indo-Nepal border

13.59 pm IST: The Islamabad High Court has imposed a ban on celebrating Valentine's Day across the capital

13.50 pm IST: GS Mani says that the apex court should hear his side before passing any order in Sasikala matter

13.48 pm IST: G S Mani, lawyer for Satta Panchayat Iyakkam, files a caveat in the Supreme court on Sasikala matter

13.18 pm IST: PIL filed in Supreme Court asking the Tamil Nadu Governor to invite VK Sasikala to form the government within 24 hours

13.08 pm IST: Hv responded to KVIC requesting meeting with designated authorities to understand issues that have been raised&to resolve them:CEO,Fabindia

12.54 pm IST: If there is fake currency/hoarding of assets we are serious abt it: Kiren Rijiju,MoS Home on reports of fake notes found at Indo-Pak border

12.50 pm IST: Kambala Bill passed in Karnataka Assembly

12.23 pm: Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) recovers over two kg gold worth Rs 62 lakh from a passenger at Mumbai Airport. The recovered gold was concealed inside hollow pipe in one of the seats. 

11.58 am: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is not serious about the government, there is no transparency, so we (Shiv Sena) may pull out any time: Shiv Sena spokesperson Manisha Kayande

11.47 am: Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan fails to appear in Supreme Court in connection with suo motu contempt proceedings. 

11.36 am: 

11.16 am: Khadi and Village Industries Commission threatens legal action against Fabindia for selling ready-made cotton garments as Khadi products. A legal notice asks FabIndia to explain position in 15 days failing which KVIC will proceed against it for violation of Khadi Mark Regulation.

11 am: 

10.42 am: Tabla player Sandeep Das wins Grammy in World Music category in collaboration with Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Das is considered one of the leading Tabla players in the world today. A professional career spanning 23 years has seen him composing and playing with the Legendary Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble, String quartets and Orchestra's such as The New York Philharmonic, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the The Boston Symphony Orchestra to name a few.

9.50 am: Three kg gold and cash, looted from Manappuram Finance's Gurugram branch, has been recovered from Kanpur. Four of the accused in the case, registered on February 9, have been arrested so far.

9.27 am IST: Chhattisgarh: A naxal died as the bomb he was planting exploded; the incident took place in Bijapur district.

8.10 am IST: Building collapse in Surat 

8.02 am IST: BJP alleges CPM workers are behind murder of their 20-yr-old worker Nirmal & have called for a strike in Thrissur district today 

7.50 am IST: 20-year old BJP worker Nirmal was hacked to death late last night in Mukkattukara of Thrissur district.