The Biggest Stories of January 26, 2017

Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan has resigned, sources said, days after a controversy was triggered by reports in local media, which accused him of sexual misconduct; Ten soldiers have been killed in Kashmir as avalanches hit a military post and a patrol along the Line of Control or de facto border between India and Pakistan; The Shiv Sena, which rules Maharashtra along with the BJP, has ruled out all alliances with the party in future. The current alliance will stay, but the two parties will compete in the elections for the Mumbai civic body BMC, the country's richest municipal organisation, party chief Uddhav Thackeray said today; Mukhtar Ansari, once named in more than 40 criminal cases and currently in jail in Lucknow, has joined Mayawati's party. Proclaiming that it is "our duty to help people who lose their way," the Dalit icon and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister announced her new recruits today; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.