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Fire broke out at a chemical factory in Taloja industrial area of Navi Mumbai, ANI reported.
Centre appoints 1989-batch IPS officer Nina Singh as Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) up to July 31, 2024, the date of his superannuation, or till further orders, whichever is earlier. She is presently working as Special Director General, CISF: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Kerala: Black flags were raised against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan near the General Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. The protesters were detained by police, ANI.
A rescue operation was carried out by the SDRF team to save a 45-year-old man who was trapped for 9 hours in a 35ft-deep well in north Kashmir's Tangmarg village in Baramulla district, ANI reported.
JD(U) leader Lalan Singh spoke over his resignation queries after the party's national executive meeting in Delhi, ANI reported. He said, "As I said earlier if I resign I will inform you."
In view of high ammonia levels in Yamuna River, Delhi’s Water Minister Atishi wrote to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, ANI reported. The letter reads, "CM Arvind Kejriwal given the directions to Delhi Jal Board to set up an ammonia treatment plant in Wazirabad in March. The work was to be finished within 6 months. Despite constant follow-up, DJB has not even started the project."
Tightening its noose further around the ISIS terror conspiracy in India, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted six persons involved in recruitment and fund-raising for the global terrorist organisation, ANI reported.
A six-year-old boy who had gone missing from his home in Prayagraj's Badi Haldi village was found dead with a wound mark to his head, police said on Thursday, as reported by news agency PTI. Industrial Area Police Station SHO Mahesh Mishra said that on Wednesday, Kamran, the father of the boy, Tamim, had reported his son missing.
Tamim was found behind his house Thursday morning with a blow to his head, probably inflicted by a stone, he said. According to PTI, police have sent the body for a post-mortem and started the investigation, the officer said.
Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will not attend grand old party's mega rally in Nagpur today.
Ten persons have been booked under the anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district for allegedly forcing a naib tehsildar to convert to Islam and marry illegally a second time, as reported by news agency IANS.
For the past few days, a photo of the officer, Ashish Gupta, 28, -- wearing a skull cap and offering namaaz -- had been circulating on social media amid claims of his religious conversion. Gupta, booked for marrying a second time, allegedly renamed himself as Yusuf.
Four persons have been arrested in Barabanki for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman on December 25, after offering her lift in their car. According to news agency IANS, the four accused -- Riyaz, Bhure, Shabbu, and Islamuddin -- have been sent to jail, said Barabanki ASP, Chiranjeev Nath Sinha.
As per Sinha, the woman from a village in Deva Kotwali area had a dispute over some issue with her in-laws on December 25. “She left her village which is situated on Chinhat Road and was standing on the road waiting for a vehicle, when a white car arrived from the Bishanpur side, with four persons in it," he added, as quoted by IANS. "The woman alleged that they forced her into the car and took her to a house near a tower in a deserted place and gang-raped her,” said Sinha, based on the woman’s complaint.
Paramilitary forces deployed outside the Israel Embassy. As per the Israel Embassy, there was a blast near the embassy at around 5:10 pm on 26th December.
A thick layer of fog engulfed parts of Delhi as the mercury dropped to as low as 6 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning. The foggy conditions delayed several trains and flights due to low visibility in the city.
Rehearsals for the 26th January Republic Day parade have started on Delhi's Kartavya Path.
Six people, including two kids aged 9 and 10, were killed and three others hospitalized after a head-on crash along a highway in Texas, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), as reported by news agency IANS.
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Congress To Sound Poll Bugle With Mega Rally In Nagpur Today:
The Congress Party is preparing to launch its campaign for the Lok Sabha elections next year with a mega rally called 'Hain Tayyar Hum' in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on Thursday, the party's 139th foundation day.
"It will be a historic moment for the people of the country," Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said at a press conference at the event's location on Wednesday.
According to party leaders, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, as well as former party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, will speak at the rally. The mega event is significant because it will be held in Nagpur, the home of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and 'Deekshabhoomi,' the historic site where Dr B R Ambedkar embraced Buddhism.
"The rally, with the theme 'Hain Tayyar Hum' ('We Are Ready,' will send a positive message across the country." "The Congress will sound the bugle for the Lok Sabha elections next year," Nitin Raut, a party MLA from Nagpur, told PTI on Tuesday.
According to party leaders, hectic preparations are underway for the mega rally at Dighori in Nagpur, where lakhs of people and Congress workers will attend.
Sutlej-Yamuna Link Row: Union Minister Shekhawat To Meet Punjab, Haryana CMs
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Jal Shakti Minister, will meet with the chief ministers of Haryana and Punjab on Thursday to discuss the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal issue.
Shekhawat will hold the meeting to address the long-standing Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal (SYL) issue, according to a Haryana government statement on Wednesday.
The meeting will be attended by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, according to the statement.
Khattar had recently written to Mann, expressing his willingness to convene a meeting to resolve any obstacles or issues related to the SYL canal's construction. Mann, too, stated earlier this month that he would attend the meeting, but that the state has no surplus water to share with other states.
Amit Shah To Attend BJP Meeting In Telangana Today:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the BJP's state-level meeting in Telangana's capital Hyderabad on December 28 in preparation for the upcoming Parliamentary elections, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday.
Union Tourism Minister Reddy, who is also the Telangana BJP president, told a press conference that the saffron party will win double-digit seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In the most recent elections in 2019, it received four seats with a 19% vote share in Telangana.
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