News as it happened on December 10

Indian Railways: 8 trains have been cancelled and 8 trains short terminated, due to indefinite 'Rail Roko' by various organisations and associations in Tinsukia division in Assam.

Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha's Revised List of Business for tomorrow, to be tabled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Bill will be tabled in the House at 2 pm. 

Abdulla Shahid, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives will be on an official visit to India from 10th to 14th December.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 will be introduced in Rajya Sabha at 2 pm on Wednesday.

Lok Sabha clears bill to extend the reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes in legislatures by 10 yrs.

The Arms (Amendment) Bil 2019 has been passed in Rajya Sabha.

A Delhi Court has acquitted Nitesh Bhardwaj and others, who are facing trial for allegedly killing Nitesh's father, businessman and BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj. Deepak Bhardwaj was killed in south Delhi in 2013.

The government of Tripura suspends mobile internet and SMS services in the state for 48 hours after state police found that rumors being mongered about ethnic clashes between tribals and non-tribals in Manu Kanchanpur areas.

The countdown for the launch of the PSLVC48/ RISAT2BR1 mission commenced on Tuesday at 1640 hours from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. RISAT2BR1 & 9 commercial satellites will be flown onboard PSLVC48 at 1525 hours on December 11.

Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Shiv Sena leader, Manohar Joshi on Tuesday said, "In my opinion, it will be better if BJP and Shiv Sena stay together. But both the parties don't want it at present."

Social Democratic Party of India holds protest in Chennai against Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019

Students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) end their month-long protest, on Tuesday following the resignation of Dr Feroz Khan as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan, yesterday. He has joined the Sanskrit department of Arts faculty at the University.

A Delhi Court reserves judgment in the Unnao rape case in which former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is the main accused. The court will pronounce its verdict in the case on December 16.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav commented on Nitish Kumar's stand over Citizenship Amendment Bill. He said, "We will strongly oppose the bill. It is a bill that will divide the country. We will fight against it. Nitish Kumar has again betrayed the people of Bihar by supporting the bill. Nitish Kumar is afraid of BJP and RSS."

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with senior police officers in Mumbai today. The CM instructed the police to take quick action in cases related to women harassment and other related issues.

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Govt of Japan, Hiroshi Kajiyama held a meeting on Tuesday. The Commerce and Industry Minister raised issue of trade deficit between India and Japan and review of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and Japan.

A minor girl allegedly set ablaze by a man in Bihar's Betia on Tuesday. 

Betia SP Nitasha Gudiya said, "The two had a love affair. The girl claims to be one-month pregnant. Team has been constituted to arrest the accused. The investigation underway."

Sensex closes 247.55 points lower at 40,239.88

Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the NIrbhaya case has filed a review petition before the Supreme Court. His death sentence was upheld by Delhi High Court.

Mobile subscribers in Kashmir to get SMS service messages generated from machines to help business-persons from Tuesday: officials

MoS for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday stated in a written reply to a question on development of new Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, in Lok Sabha that 7th Central Pay Commission allowances worth around Rs 4800 crores approved for Government employees of UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Kerala Government has ordered CBI inquiry into the death of musician Balabhaskar. Balabhaskar and his two-year-old daughter had died on September 25, 2018 in a car accident. The decision has been taken on a complaint of his father who had raised suspicion over his death.

Domestic vehicle sales across all categories declined by 12.05 per cent in November to 17.92 lakh units compared to 20.38 lakh units in the year-ago period, data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Tuesday.

Passenger car sales dipped by 10.83 per cent to 1.6 lakh from 1.79 lakh in November last year. However, utility vehicle sales gained by 32.7 per cent to 92,739 from 69,884 in the same period.

The students' wing of the Congress, NSUI, took out a march here on Tuesday to protest against the NDA government's education policy and alleged "anti-student" steps.

The "Chatra Adhikar" rally started from Mandi House with the protesters raising slogans and carrying placards highlighting issues such as fee hike, "saffronisation" of campuses and privatisation of education. It will culminate in a public meeting at Jantar Mantar.

Amid tensions in Maharashtra BJP, Eknath Khadge to meet Pankaja Munde at her residence in Mumbai.  

Congress has issued three line whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the House tomorrow.

The mortal remains of the 14 Indians identified so far after the horrific fire tragedy at a ceramics factory here last week will be sent to India from Tuesday, according to the Indian mission. The Indian Embassy, citing reports, had earlier said that 18 Indians were among 23 people killed and over 130 injured in the LPG tanker blast that destroyed the Seela Ceramic Factory on December 3 in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.

• It is important to restore freedom of movement and normalcy in Kashmir.
• It was not an expression of EU's policy decision.
• Pakistan must take action against militants and terrorists operating from its soil
• Principle of equality enshrined in Indian Constitution; hope it will be upheld: EU Ambassador on Citizenship Amendment Bill

Congress has issued three-line whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the House tomorrow.

Unfortunate that Prime Minister who speaks on everything is silent on this issue(crimes against women).From 'Make in India', India is slowly heading towards 'rape in India', says Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary in Lok Sabha

Detained political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir to be released by the local administration at the appropriate time; there will be no Central interference, says Amit Shah in Lok Sabha.

We don't want to keep them even a day extra in jail when administration thinks its right time, political leaders will be released. Farooq Abdullah's father was kept in jail for 11 years by Congress, we don't want to follow them, as soon as admin decides, they will be released, says Amit Shah

"99.5% students sat for exams there, but for Adhir Ranjan this is not normalcy, 7 lakh people availed OPD services in Srinagar, curfew, section 144 removed from everywhere. But for Adhir the only parameter for normalcy is political activity. What about local body polls which were held?, says Amit Shah in Parliament.

HC stays proceedings in a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal for re-tweeting video by YouTuber, issues notice to state and complainant. 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks on abrogation of Article 370 in Parliament. "Situation in Kashmir valley is completely normal. I can't make Congress's condition normal, because they had predicted bloodshed after abrogation of article 370. Nothing of that sort happened, not one bullet was fired," says Amit Shah.

BJP will hold a meeting of its core committee in Mumbai at 9 pm. 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Parliament for winter session. 

Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh has given Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha over 'violence on women, children, SC/STs in the country.'

TMC MP Saugata Roy has given adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over, "brutal lathicharge on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students by Delhi Police." 

 A fire broke out in a godown in the furniture market in North West Delhi's Kirari area on Tuesday, Delhi fire officials said. At least eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot, they said, adding that there were no people inside the godown.

 Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 to be tabled in Rajya Sabha tomorrow

Bodies of the four accused who were killed in Telangana Encounter by police, have been brought to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad from Mahabubnagar Government medical college after the High Court ordered to preserve the bodies till December 13.

Two CRPF personnel, including officer, killed and two injured in fratricide incident in Jharkhand.

Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, who recently launched his AI startup Vianai Systems, has been nominated to the board of directors of global technology major Oracle.

Sikka, 52, is among the world's leading experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and would be helping Oracle in the business value and adapt to change, the company said in a statement.

Market benchmark BSE Sensex on Tuesday slipped over 33 points in early trade, due to losses in select private banks, IT and auto stocks amid fresh infusion of funds by foreign investors.
The 30-share index was trading 33.67 points or 0.08 per cent lower at 40,453.76 in morning trade. The broader Nifty was trading 11.00 points or 0.09 per cent down at 11,926.50.
Top losers in the Sensex pack in early trade included Yes Bank, TCS, Tech Mahindra, PowerGrid, Infosys, Axis Bank, ITC and IndusInd Bank, falling up to 2.22 per cent.

 Four people have been injured after a man opened fire on them in Prem Nagar area, late last night. The assailant is known to the victims and is absconding. The investigation is underway, arrests will be made soon.

Today is a black day for our constitution because what happened was unconstitutional. It very clearly targets the Muslim community, it is very shameful, said Shashi Tharoor.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to move the Arms Amendment Bill for passage in Rajya Sabha,

Two men have been arrested here for fraudulently withdrawing money from bank accounts of people after offering them help in withdrawing money from ATMs, police said on Monday. The two accused have been identified as Vikrant (23), a resident of Mangolpuri, and Tushar (20) from Sultanpur Majra

The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution there, a little past midnight on Monday after a heated debate that lasted over seven hours.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issues whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the House on 10th & 11th December.