January 11
• Veteran Odia actor Mihir Das, 63, dies in Cuttack.
January 12
• Senior scientist S. Somnath replaces K. Sivan as new ISRO chief.
January 13
• Nine people killed in Bikaner-Guwahati Express train accident in Dohomoni area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district.
January 14
• A Kerala court acquits Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal in nun rape case.
• South Africa beat India by seven wickets in third and final Test at Cape Town to clinch three-match series 2-1.
January 15
• Virat Kohli steps down as Test captain of Indian cricket team.
• Yati Narsinghanand, organiser of controversial Dharma Sansad in Haridwar, arrested in hate speech case.
January 16
• A motorcycle riding man dies in Telangana’s Mancherial district after ‘manja’ (kite string) slits his throat.
• Lakshya Sen wins men’s singles crown in India Open badminton, beating reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew 24-22, 21-17 in final.
• CBI arrests GAIL’s Director, Marketing, E.S. Ranganathan in bribery case.
