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Breaking News LIVE: Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world.Cong Top Brass To Discuss Poll Preparedness At CWC Meet TodayCongress chief Mallikarjun Kharge will hold a meeting with top party leaders on Thursday to discuss party's strategy for upcoming Lok Sabha polls and chalk out plans on seat sharing with like-minded parties of the INDIA bloc.Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi would attend the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.This is the first meeting of the top Congress leadership after the party's debacle in recently held assembly elections in five states. The Congress has maintained that its morale is not down, even though the assembly poll results have been very disappointing and not as per expectations.The party has already held a first round of analysis of the poll results and the CWC is likely to hold further discussions on the reasons of the defeat.The party leadership is likely to evolve a new agenda to take on the BJP as its key thrust on caste census has failed to click with voters in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The meeting will take place at the All India Congress Committee headquarters here.The meeting is being held at a time when the challenge before the Congress is to come out with an alternative positive agenda to counter the BJP in the next general elections.Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday told MPs at the Parliamentary Party meeting that the assembly election results being very disappointing is an understatement as she urged them to channel their disappointment into positivity for next year's general elections.Suspended MPs To Hold Protest At Jantar Mantar: ReportMPs of the opposition INDIA bloc will hold a protest at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday against the suspension of more than 140 opposition parliamentarians and stage a "mock Parliament", PTI quoted its sources as saying.A meeting will be held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's chamber in the Parliament complex on Wednesday afternoon to finalise the programme.All suspended MPs will join the protest at Jantar Mantar, PTI sources said.They will also hold a "mock Parliament". Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha is likely to be the speaker for the mock proceedings.

21/12/2023 19:18:46

3 Soldiers Killed As Terrorists Ambush 2 Vehicles Carrying Security Forces In J&K

Three Army personnel lost their lives while three others were injured in a terrorist attack on two military vehicles in the Thanamandi area in Rajouri sector. Indian Army troops also immediately retaliated after being attacked by terrorists. The troops were going to reinforce a joint operation against terrorists going on in the area since last evening. The operations are taking place in the 48 Rashtriya Rifles area. More details are awaited: Army Officials

21/12/2023 17:41:04

Terrorists Fire At Army Vehicle Carrying Jawans In J&K's Poonch District

Terrorists fire at Army vehicle carrying jawans in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district: Officials

 

 

 

21/12/2023 17:34:55

Punjab: Two Wanted Criminals Held After Encounter In Mohali

Mohali SSP Sandeep Garg says, "Two accused - Brijpal and Pradeep alias Shanti, residents of Narayangarh, Ambala wanted in several cases arrested following an encounter. They had come here to open fire at a property dealer. Police asked them to stop their motorcycle but they tried to run away. In retaliatory firing by police, they got injured and have been admitted to civil hospital and are undergoing treatment..."

21/12/2023 15:45:05

Kiran Singh Dev Appointed As BJP Chhattisgarh State President

BJP leader Kiran Singh Dev was appointed as BJP Chhattisgarh State President.

21/12/2023 15:11:01

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Meets Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar offered prayers at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. CM Nitish Kumar met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama later. 

21/12/2023 14:04:15

Unemployed Teachers Union Stage Protest At Residence Of Punjab Education Minister

Members of ETT/TET pass unemployed teachers union staged a sit-in protest near the residence of Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains in Chandigarh.

One of the protestors says, "We are Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) teachers and we were selected in the recruitment process in 2016 but we have not been given joining yet. Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains had said that our demands are genuine and he will address them but nothing has been done till now...''

21/12/2023 13:09:08

Gujarat CM Inaugurates Exhibition At Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inaugurated an exhibition at Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan in Ahmedabad today.

 

21/12/2023 13:07:19

EC Asks Politicians Not To Use Derogatory Words For People With Disability

The Election Commission has asked politicians not to use derogatory words for persons with disability in public speeches, saying usage of such semantics in speech by members of any political party and their candidates can be interpreted as an affront to such people. In an advisory issued to parties on Wednesday, the poll panel said the very foundation of democracy lies in representation of all communities in the electoral process. Accessible and inclusive elections have been a non-negotiable priority for the Election Commission of India in particular to ensure equal participation of PwDs. With a renewed rigour, the Commission is consciously striving to promote the principle of accessibility and inclusivity in the elections, the advisory read.

21/12/2023 11:13:20

Punjab's Ludhiana Records Minimum Temperature Of 2.8°C

Ludhiana in Punjab records a minimum temperature of 2.8°C. Hisar in Haryana recording 4.2°C, Chandigarh 6°C, Lodhi Road area in Delhi 6.1°C, Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh 7.5°C, Gaya in Bihar 6.3°C, Churu in Rajasthan 3.8°C, while Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh records 6.5°C.

 

21/12/2023 11:06:07

NIA Takes Over Kokernag Encounter Case In Which 5 Security Personnel Were Killed

National Investigation Agency (NIA) takes over the Jammu and Kashmir Kokernag encounter case that took place in Anantnag district in September this year in which a colonel, a major and a soldier from the Indian Army, a DySP of J-K Police lost their lives, and Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Uzair Khan was killed.

21/12/2023 09:55:58

Delhi CM Responds To ED Summon Over Liquor Policy Case

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal responds to the ED summon issued to him in the Liquor policy case, "This ED summon is also illegal like the previous summon issued by the agency. ED should withdraw this summon as it is politically motivated. I have lived my life with honesty and transparency. I have nothing to hide."

21/12/2023 09:52:52

Two Woman Power Supply Employees Beat Up By Family After Disconnection In Maha

A couple and their daughter allegedly beat up two women contractual employees of a state-run electricity distribution company when they were returning after disconnecting the family's power supply over non-payment of dues, police said on Thursday.The incident took place in Kalyan town on Wednesday.The two contractual employees of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) went to the house of the accused and disconnected the power supply due to their outstanding electricity bills, an official from Kolsewadi police station said.While the duo was returning, the accused allegedly beat them up. When one of the victims tried to videograph the incident, the accused snatched her mobile phone and allegedly molested her, as per the police complaint filed by the two victims.A case was registered on Wednesday against the three accused under relevant provisions, the police said.

21/12/2023 08:44:36

Pregnant Woman Airlifted From Flood-Hit Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi By IAF Delivers Baby

A pregnant woman, Anushiya Mayil, who was airlifted from flood-hit Srivaikuntam in Thoothukudi delivered a baby at the Government Rajaji Hospital last morning. 

She was airlifted by a rescue team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following an SOS message sent out by the family. Later she was brought to Madurai and admitted to the GRH maternity ward.

 

21/12/2023 07:22:38

Beijing To Reunify Taiwan With Mainland China

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China but that the timing has not yet been decided. Xi warned Biden during their recent summit in San Francisco, according to three current and former US officials. In a group meeting attended by a dozen American and Chinese officials, Xi told Biden that China's preference is to take Taiwan peacefully, not by force.