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"Pakistan is sending drugs to harm youth in India. Police have seized a large quantity of drugs coming from across the border. Illegal smuggling of drugs will be dealt with strictly. A big drug de-addiction centre is being established by J&K Police": J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said at Kathua, ANI reported.
A 'terrorist' attack killed four members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the country's southeastern Saravan region, near the Pakistani border, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
"We are not bringing the Maharashtra Lokayukta bill keeping someone specific in mind. We have even kept CM under the purview of this bill... Under Modi govt, ED & CBI never misused": Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said at Nagpur, as quoted by ANI.
Delhi Commission for Women has issued notice to Delhi Police over the child marriage of a 15-year-old girl in February earlier this year, asking police to submit Action Taken Report in the case by 22nd December, ANI reported.
Historic biodiversity agreement reached at UN conference to protect nearly a third of the planet by 2030, reports AP
"Raids being conducted at various places so that all accused & non-FIR accused can be nabbed, especially the supplier & manufacturer. As per evidence found so far, we're also awaiting postmortem report. We'll then take further action": Bihar Excise Minister Sunil Kumar, as reported by ANI.
"As per the survey by Chanakya National Law University, it is clear that more than 80% of the people, especially women, support it (the liquor ban in Bihar)," he added.
Delhi High Court dismisses a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the authorities to prohibit the affixation of images of the deities on the walls for the prevention of open public urination or spitting or littering garbage around it, ANI reported.
"For the first time, the Union Home Minister has mediated in the inter-state border dispute (between Maharashtra & Karnataka). There should be no politics on this issue now. We should stand together with the border residents": Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in Legislative Assembly.
Delhi Police received information about a suspicious object found in Paschim Vihar. An object that seems to be a WiFi router or digital lock was found. Bomb Detection Team is on the spot: Delhi Police, ANI reported.
Drone attack on Ukraine capital, AFP reports citing Kyiv military administration. Ukraine's capital was hit by drone strikes early Monday morning, the Kyiv city military administration said, urging people to heed an air alert, AFP reported.
Assam: Nagaon District Administration carries out a massive eviction drive at Bhumuraguri Grazing reserve, Jamai Basti, Rampur, Kadamoni area where encroachers have encroached upon more than 980 bigha of land. Over 800 security personnel have been deployed at Batadraba, ANI reported.
One dead, 10 injured in a collision between a private bus and a container vehicle in Khopoli of Raigad. The bus was returning from a wedding ceremony and was carrying 35 passengers, Raigad Police informed, as per ANI.
"In 2018, as per media reports, CM Nitish Kumar said compensation will be given if liquor proved to be cause of death. He promised Rs 4 Lakhs to kin of hooch victims. In Khajurbani hooch tragedy, compensation was given to victims’ kin. Why not in Saran tragedy?" BJP MP Sushil Modi said, as per ANI.
"As per the Excise & Provision Act, Nitish Kumar will have to give compensation to families of Saran hooch tragedy victims & BJP will go to any extent for these people," he added.
Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Karnataka, MP Assemblies set to witness stormy winter session from today. In Gujarat, new MLAs will take oath from today.
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IMD Predicts Widespread Rain In Tamil Nadu From December 19
Rain is expected in Tamil Nadu starting on Monday, according to the regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
In the state's Ramanathapuram, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, and Pudukottai districts, it is expected to rain heavily.
On Wednesday, the meteorological service also projected severe to very heavy rain in the districts of Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Tiruvarur, Kallakurichi, and Thanjavur.
A low pressure system that formed in the southeast Bay of Bengal and the nearby Equatorial Indian Ocean is likely to bring rain to the state, with showers spreading over the whole state as a result.
All of Tamil Nadu's coastal regions could expect mild to moderate rain starting on Monday, according to the meteorological agency.
Three-Day Retrospective On Brazilian Filmmaker Joao Moreira Salles From December 19
Three documentaries by Brazilian director Joao Moreira Salles are being screened by the Brazilian Embassy in association with the Indian Habitat Centre (IHC), IANS reported.
No Intenso Agora, the first film of the three-day retrospective that begins on December 19, analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s, from the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the conclusion of the Prague Spring.
The second movie, "Nelson Freire," which will be shown on December 20, is a documentary on the musician and Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire. Santiago, which centres on a former butler for the filmmaker and his parents, will wrap out the retrospective on December 21. Film critic Murtaza Ali Khan, who arranged the retrospective for the embassy, will introduce the movies.
Famous Brazilian documentarian Joao Moreira Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1962. He has won accolades for his work as a producer and director. In Brazil, he started the well-known Piaui magazine in that year.
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