On the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US president Barack Obama to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations as the honorary Chief Guest; Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav riding down a balloon festooned road in an imported Victorian buggy raises the question as to who's bearing the cost of his opulent birthday bash; more trouble for Trinamool Congress as CBI arrests Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose, a close associate of Mamata Banerjee, in connection with the Saradha scam; all this and more in our news bulletin.