Breaking News, December 6 | Highlights

A Pakistani high court on Wednesday rejected former premier Imran Khan's plea to withdraw his appeal against his disqualification in the Toshakhana corruption case, on a day when the election watchdog announced to conduct an in-prison hearing of a contempt case against him.
 

After a video in which Sunny Deol appeared to be roaming drunk on the streets at night went viral on social media, the actor on Wednesday put rumours to rest by saying that it was from the shoot of his upcoming movie "Safar".
A section of microblogging site X users had slammed the actor, also a BJP MP, for the alleged misbehaviour in public.

The Delhi police on Wednesday filed written arguments before a court here enunciating its stand on whether to frame charges against former WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case lodged by women wrestlers.

Winter vacation in Delhi schools has been reduced from 15 to six days and will begin from January 1, 2024, a circular from the Directorate of Education said on Wednesday. Winter vacation for the academic session 2023-24 was scheduled to take place from January 1 to January 15.

A Delhi court has granted bail to a man accused in four 2020 Delhi communal riot cases, saying there was a change in circumstances since the rejection of his previous bail application. It also said since his co-accused were already on bail, he should be granted the relief on grounds of parity.

The rupee appreciated 5 paise to close at 83.32 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, helped by a bullish trend in domestic equities and sustained foreign fund inflows.
Forex traders said elevated American currency in the overseas markets and dollar buying by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) capped sharp gains for the local unit.

 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to decide expeditiously, preferably within three months, a representation to ban and cancel the licence to keep "dangerous" dog breeds such as Pitbull, Terriers, American Bulldog and Rottweiler.
 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Abu Dhabi, Russian state news agencies reported on Wednesday. Putin is visiting the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a rare trip abroad and will hold talks with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss oil, OPEC+ and the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.

Tata Group-owned Air India, which placed a 250-aircraft order with Airbus earlier this year, has rejigged the order, which will now have more number of A321neo aircraft, according to sources.
As part of the 250 aircraft order with Airbus, the airline was to acquire 210 narrowbody A320 family planes, comprising 140 A320neo and 70 A321neo and remaining 40 widebody A350s, consisting of six A350-900 and 34 A350-1000s. Air India has tweaked the order with Airbus and will now acquire 140 A321neo and 70 A320neo, while the order for 40 A350s has also been rejigged, the source said.

 Ten of the 12 BJP MPs elected to state assemblies in the recent elections resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, and the two others will also quit.
The 10 who put in their papers include nine Lok Sabha MPs, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel, and the one Rajya Sabha member, officials said.

 DMK MP D N V Senthil Kumar on Wednesday apologised in the Lok Sabha for his controversial 'north-south divide' remark which had sparked a backlash.
Kumar had on Tuesday used a pejorative to describe Hindi heartland states while attacking the ruling BJP. His comments led to ruckus and adjournment in the House, and were expunged by Speaker Om Birla later.

 Eighty-one-year-old Indian-origin writer Meira Chand was among the three Singaporeans conferred the Cultural Medallion, the city-state's most prestigious arts accolade, in recognition of their artistic excellence and contribution to enriching the country's arts and culture scene. Chand, fellow novelist Suchen Christine Lim and Malay dance veteran Osman Abdul Hamid received the award from President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at a ceremony held at the Istana on Tuesday, The Straits Times newspaper reported.

All shops remained closed in Rajasthan's Ajmer as the Rajput community called for a statewide bandh to protest against the murder of the national president of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi in Jaipur.

One coach of a local train derailed near Howrah station in West Bengal on Wednesday morning, causing partial disruption in train services, a railway official said. No one was injured in the incident, he said. The fifth coach of the Bagnan-Howrah local derailed at 9.35 am between Tikiapara and Howrah stations when it was changing tracks, causing panic among passengers, the railway official said.

 A bus overturned in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday leaving one passenger dead and 22 others, including 14 students, injured, officials said. The accident took place near Radha Soami Ashram in Thandikassi village along the Rajouri-Jammu national highway.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said an audit of the Delhi Jal Board's records by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been ordered to ascertain whether there has been any irregularity. 
Interacting with reporters, he warned that there could be a water and sewage crisis in Delhi in the coming days owing to the non-release of funds. 

 The Delhi Police are on alert after the US-based Khalistani supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannu released a video message threatening to "shake the very foundation of Parliament" on December 13 -- the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament.

Telangana's chief minister-elect Revanth Reddy met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge here on Wednesday, a day after he was elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party.
He later met Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi.

Khalistani terrorist Gutpatwant Singh Pannun has again released a fresh video wherein he threatened to attack the Parliament on or before December 13. Notably, "December 13" is the anniversary of the Parliament attack which was carried out by five armed assailants and resulted in the killing of at least six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, and a gardener. However, in retaliation, all five attackers were gunned down by security forces.

Telangana CM elect Revanth Reddy arrived at the residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi.

A Patna court on Tuesday pronounced a one-year sentence to Rashtriya Janata Dadal (RJD) national vice president Shivanand Tiwary in a criminal defamation case. The defamation suit was filed by Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha five years ago.

Police deployed in parts of Jaipur as Rajput community outfits call for a state-wide bandh in protest against the murder of Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, national president of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena.

"Mumbai's Sion Police has busted a gang that conducted a fake Income Tax raid at the house of a businessman living in the Sion area and absconded with Rs 18 lakh in cash. When the businessman became suspicious about their actions, he inquired about it and found out that no raid was conducted by the Income Tax Department, after which he complained to the nearest police station and the police arrested 8 accused," said the Mumbai Police

The father of a key accused in the Mahadev betting app scam was discovered dead under suspicious circumstances in Chhattisgarh's Durg district. Sushil Das (62), missing for the past two days, was found in a well at Achhoti village, with preliminary signs pointing toward a possible suicide, according to Durg Senior Superintendent of Police Ram Gopal Garg.

The Weather Department said the landfall process was completed in the near Bapatla between Nellore and Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph, gusting up to 110 kmph. After landfall, the cyclone is likely to move northwards and weaken into a depression. 

A Nepal court on Tuesday convicted two persons, including a suspected ISI agent, for their involvement in plotting a terror attack by planting a bomb in a train in India some seven years ago. The two are identified as Samsul Hoda and Brij Kishor Giri, according to Special Court’s spokesperson Dhan Bahadur Karki. The court gave the verdict in a case filed by the Money Laundering Department against the two Nepali nationals.

To protest against the murder of Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena and other communities in Rajasthan have announced a state-wide 'bandh' on Wednesday.

Lech Walesa, Poland's 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been hospitalised with a bad case of COVID-19, an aide said Tuesday. A post on Walesa's Facebook shows him on a hospital bed with an oxygen mask on, with a caption that says “I have been hit by Covid. ” The aide, Marek Kaczmar, told Polish media that Walesa is seriously ill, but under good care in a hospital in Gdansk, the Baltic port city where he lives. It's Walesa's second bout of COVID.

A SpiceJet plane flying from Ahmedabad to Dubai was diverted to Karachi's Jinnah International Airport due to a medical emergency on board, officials said here. They said the SpiceJet flight SG-15 made an emergency landing here around 9. 30 pm on Tuesday and a passenger was given medical assistance. "The Boeing 737 aircraft was going from Ahmedabad to Dubai when a 27-year old passenger, Dharwal Darmesh, suffered a suspected heart attack and needed medical attention," a spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said here.