INDIA
Terrorist killed in South Kashmir gunfight
"One unidentified terrorist killed. Operation going on," police said. The gunfight took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.
'PMO intervenes in racial profiling of Chakmas, Hajongs in Arunachal'
CDFI leader Subhas Chakma on Saturday said that in a letter to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary, the PMO has directed the state government for appropriate action against the complaint, and inform it on the matter. There are about 65,000 Chakma and Hajong people in the state out of which about 4,500 are migrants of 1964 to 1969, while the rest are the descendants and citizens by birth under the Citizenship Act of 1955.
Modi's Twitter handle compromised, Bitcoin link shared
"The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured. In the brief period that the account was compromised, any tweet shared must be ignored," PMO India said in a tweet. The account, with more than 73.4 million followers, has now been restored.
Victory for BJP in 4 states; hung Assembly in Punjab with AAP in lead
The tracker suggests that Punjab is heading towards a hung Assembly with no party being able to cross the majority mark. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) remains in the leading position, followed by the incumbent Congress. As per the opinion poll, in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav remain the two leading candidates for the CM's post.
BJP to return to power in UP with significant drop in seats
The survey findings also suggest that the electoral contest in India's politically most significant state is getting bipolar and the fight is mainly between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP). Other political players in the state -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Congress appear to be relegated to margins in the electoral contest. The current projections are based on CVoter daily tracking poll conducted from November 13 to December 9 among 18+ adults, including likely voters.
Gen Rawat worked hard to make country's forces self-reliant: Modi
The Prime Minister said though the country is in sorrow, "even after suffering the pain, we neither stop our pace or progress. India will not stop". "Gen Bipin Rawat, in the days to come, will see his India moving forward with new resolutions. The work of improving the security of the country's borders, work to strengthen border infrastructure will continue," he added.
Centre asks states to buckle up amid Covid surge in 27 districts
"It is imperative for all states and UTs to maintain a strict watch on the situation with focused district level measures for containment of clusters of new positive cases as per guidelines. In case of any district reporting a surge in Covid cases or rise in the positivity rates, intensive action and local containment as per the containment framework must be initiated," the letter said.
Chopper crash: Mortal remains of Lance Naik Sai Teja reach Bengaluru
After the officers of Indian Air Force (IAF) paid last respects to the mortal remains of the young soldier, it was taken to the Airforce Command Hospital in Old Airport Road. According to sources, the body will be taken in a special ambulance to his home town Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. Sai Teja is survived by his wife Symala, two children -- son Mokshagna (5) and daughter Darshini (2) and his parents.
Omicron spread: Weekend restrictions clamped in Mumbai
The orders, which came into effect from midnight (Friday-Saturday), were issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), and shall be in force till midnight (Sunday-Monday). "The order has been issued to prevent danger to human life from Omicron, new variant of Covid-19, as well as a threat to the law and order situation against the backdrop of the violence that took place in Amravati, Malegaon (Nashik) and Nanded," said the notification.
India successfully tests multi barrel rocket launcher system Pinaka-ER
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in a statement said that successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka-ER), Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes have been carried out at various test ranges. The system is jointly designed by laboratories of DRDO - Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune.
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