Breaking News, December 30 | HIGHLIGHTS

VIDEO | People throng in large numbers at Connaught Place in Delhi ahead of New Year.

National Executive and National Council meeting of Aam Aadmi Party to take place on 31st December via video conferencing.

Uttar Pradesh: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the Shashtipurti Mahotsav of Sadhvi Ritambhara in Mathura.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the whole world is waiting for the historic Ram temple consecration ceremony here on January 22, stressing the strength of "vikas" (development) and "virasat" (heritage) will take the country forward. He appealed to people to light special diyas -- Shri Ram Jyoti -- in their homes to celebrate the day of 'pran pratishtha' at Ram temple as 'Deepawali' and said the campaign to speed up work for building a developed India is getting a new energy from the city of Ayodhya.

Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the enclave. Even a brief halt in fighting seems out of reach. A senior Hamas official told The Associated Press in Beirut on Saturday that the group has not budged from its position that a permanent cease-fire has to be the starting point for any further releases of Israeli and foreign hostages the group holds, which runs counter to a recent proposal by Egypt for a staged end to the war.

A total of 76 terrorists, including 55 foreigners, were neutralised, 291 terrorist associates arrested and 201 overground workers booked under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir this year, Director General of Police R R Swain said on Saturday.

Karnataka logs 201 fresh Covid-19 cases and 1 new death.

Delhi: Flights delayed due to fog, low visibility.

Gujarat: Indian boat, 9 fishermen caught from International Marine Boundary Line by the Pakistan Marine Security Agency, said Dharmesh Makwana, Deputy Superintendent, Fisheries Officer, Okha.

Director of Punjab Bureau of Investigation L K Yadav Saturday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the case of suspected human trafficking after a Nicaragua-bound flight, carrying mostly Indians, was grounded in France and then sent to India. The plane, an Airbus A340, carrying 276 passengers, mostly Indians, was grounded in France for four days over suspected human trafficking. It landed in Mumbai in the early hours of December 26. Man passengers hail from Punjab. According to an official statement, the four member-SIT is headed by Ferozepur Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Randhir Kumar.

At least five terrorists were killed in an intense exchange of fire during an operation by security forces in North Waziristan district of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to a media report on Saturday. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered during the operation on Friday,” Dawn.com said quoting a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media affairs wing.

The Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple was opened for the Makaravilakku pilgrimage season on Saturday evening. Chief priest P N Mahesh Namboothiri opened the sanctum sanctorum of the hill shrine in the presence of the tantri (head priest) Kandararu Mahesh Mohanararu.

A fire broke out at a factory in the Gangiyal area of Jammu, more details awaited.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he has not yet received the invitation for the consecration of Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Thackeray also stressed he doesn't need a formal invite as Ram Lalla belongs to everyone and that he would visit the temple town in Uttar Pradesh whenever he felt like. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has been inviting several prominent personalities and political leaders of the country for the grand event.

Congress National Alliance Committee Meeting concludes at Congress MP Mukul Wasnik's residence. 

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon on a two-day visit to West Bengal. Soon after his arrival, Bhagwat visited All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey's residence in the city, and held a closed-door meeting. Chaubey had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket against TMC's Mahua Moitra in the Krishnangar seat. Bhagwat is also expected to meet former CBI joint director Upen Biswas in the evening. Biswas had joined the ruling TMC after retiring from CBI and was the minister of the Backward Class Welfare Department from 2011 to 2016.

 Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the foundation laying event of the NCDFI office building, in Gandhinagar.

The launch of PSLV-C58/EXPOSAT Mission is scheduled at 09:10 hrs IST on Monday, 1st January 2024. The launch is planned from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

Five persons, mostly devotees, were killed and 19 others injured when a cement-laden lorry hit two vehicles before knocking down a roadside tea shop at Namanasamudram in the district, police said on Saturday.

Two women were killed and 55 others injured when a private bus carrying employees of a Pune-based firm overturned in a ghat in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Saturday, police said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a letter-cum-summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren seeking his availability for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam, official sources said on Saturday.

Dense fog blanketed Punjab and Haryana on Saturday while the minimum temperature in the region hovered close to normal limits, meteorological department officials said.

After the controversial dismissal of Mohammed Rizwan in the second Test against Australia, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to take up issues pertaining to umpiring and use of technology with the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Moderate to dense fog was witnessed in parts of Delhi on Saturday morning, even as visibility improved in several areas, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has requested Railways Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw to provide a special train from Agartala to Ayodhya for the pilgrims of the state to witness the inauguration of Ram temple.

The Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have demanded action against the organisers of the Sunburn EDM festival here claiming that they insulted Lord Shiva.

Stop-work notices have been issued to 859 construction sites in Mumbai in the last two months and a fine of Rs 2 lakh each has been imposed on two construction firms for violating norms aimed at curbing air pollution, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.

Stop-work notices have been issued to 859 construction sites in Mumbai in the last two months and a fine of Rs 2 lakh each has been imposed on two construction firms for violating norms aimed at curbing air pollution, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday went to a state-run hospital here for a routine check-up of her left knee and shoulder, which she had injured earlier this year while alighting from a helicopter.

Poland's defence forces said an unknown object entered the country's airspace Friday morning from the direction of Ukraine and then vanished off radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile.