Breaking News, December 8 | HIGHLIGHTS

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal arrives at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's residence.

Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's residence.

 Kochi: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan pays last respects to CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran who passed away at a hospital in the evening today.

Govt approves additional Rs 2,500 cr for the continuation of interest equalisation scheme on rupee export credit until June 30 next year.

Andhra Pradesh: RJD chief Lalu Yadav, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav & RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav arrived at Tirumala.

Delhi Minister Atishi was given the charge of the Law Department and Minister Kailash Gehlot allocated the Women and Child Development Department.

Nagaland: Two people were arrested and 8.94 kg heroin worth Rs 62.58 crore was recovered by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) today from a vehicle, in Dimapur, said DRI.

AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi appointed as Pro-tem Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan takes a Water Metro ride in Kochi.

CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran died at a private hospital in Kochi, party sources said.

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases commemorative postage stamps at the first Indian Art, Architecture & Design Biennale (IAADB), 2023, being held at Red Fort.

Maharashtra | Six people have died in a fire incident that has occurred in a candle-making factory in the Talawade area of Pimpri Chinchwad city, said Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Commissioner Shekhar Singh.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy holds a review meeting with various department officials at the state secretariat in Hyderabad.

 A pistol and ammunition were recovered during a cordon and search operation by J&K Police in Patrari, Nowshera. A case has been registered under relevant sections, at Police Station Nowshera, said Rajouri Police.

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Congress President Malikarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi chair party meeting at AICC headquarters in Delhi.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra expelled from the Lok Sabha in 'cash for query' matter.

Deaths of 10 children reported at Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad.

Speaking on the matter, Professor Amit Dan of the Medical College and Hospital said, "PWD's work is going on at the Jangipur Subdivision Hospital. So, patients from there were shifted here. Hence, the number of patients increased here...All the children who were brought here were already underweight. They died. It was difficult to save them as it already took 5-6 hours to bring them to this hospital. We are constituting a team to probe this..."

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the Ethics Committee report on TMC MP Mahua Moitra.

"I would request that Members may be given sufficient time of 3-4 days at least to study the report and prepare themselves for the discussion in the House. I would therefore request you to fix a day and time at least 3 days from now, for taking up the discussion in the Ethics Committee Report," the letter reads.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra leaves from Parliament after the Ethics Committee report on her was tabled in Lok Sabha. She says, "We haven't received it yet. Let me have my lunch and come back. Whatever has to happen, will happen after 2 pm..."

TMC MP Nussrat Jahan on Ethics Committee report | "It is not about how I see it, I think all of us are seeing it the way it is supposed to be seen... Has it actually been fairly conducted? We don't know. Because this Government hasn't been really fair when it comes to women... We have asked for a hard copy of the report. Our leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay has asked for it. After studying the report, we can come to a conclusion and when the discussion happens, we have all requested that Mahua must be given an opportunity to speak for herself and say whatever she feels because she is the most affected in this case."

BSP MP Danish Ali on Ethics Committee report on TMC MP Mahua Moitra tabled in Lok Sabha | "...We are demanding a discussion on the report because the discussions were incomplete even at the Ethics Committee. Deposition of the one against whom allegations have been made was not complete. The kind of questions that were asked of her were such that five members of the committee walked out. After that walkout, the adoption report was put forth and it was adopted within 2.30 minutes. Having a majority doesn't mean that you will do whatever you want..."

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday said that as a judge, he is a "servant" of the law and the Constitution and has to follow the position that has been laid down. As soon as a bench headed by the CJI assembled for the day's proceedings, advocate Mathews J Nedumpara mentioned a matter before the court.

Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) leader Lalduhoma on Friday took oath as the new chief minister of Mizoram.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday targeted the Modi government over the rising crimes against Dalits and tribals in the country, and alleged it is part of the BJP's agenda of dividing society. "The latest report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is not merely statistics, it is the BJP's record of making the life of SC-ST community unsafe," he charged in a post in Hindi on X.

The government has banned exports of onion till March next year with a view to increase domestic availability and to keep prices in check. "Export policy of onions. . . is amended from free to prohibited till March 31, 2024," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notification.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the repo rate unchanged for the fifth time in a row as the monetary policy committee maintained a status quo.

The Indian-American community, along with the Federation of Indian Associations NY-NJ-CT-NE (FIA) held a celebration at Times Square in New York to mark the historic announcement of Garba's Inclusion in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) was admitted to a hospital after he reportedly suffered a leg injury.

The national capital continued to witness the air quality falling under the ‘Very Poor’ category on Friday (December 8) morning with an overall AQI at 349 at 7 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. The city’s air quality was recorded at 320 at 4 pm. Delhi has been witnessing ‘Very Poor’ air quality for some days now, as the winter has set in completely.

In a shocking incident, a rape accused on Thursday threw acid at a minor daughter of the victim in the Anand Parbat area as she refused to withdraw the case. The accused killed hiself by drinking the acid from the same bottle, the police said. A 54-year-old man threw acid at a 17-year-old girl at her in front of her house in the central Delhi area. The accused was already undergoing trial in connection with a rape and was out on bail.

A 54-year-old man on Thursday threw acid at a minor girl in the Anand Parbat area and drank from the same bottle and died, police said. The 17-year-old girl was thrown acid at her in front of her house in the central Delhi area by the man who was already undergoing trial in connection with a rape, they said.

A 28-year-old man was in police custody for allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York on Thursday, hours before the start of Hanukkah. Officials said no one was injured and police said they did not know the man's motive. The shots were fired outside of Temple Israel just before 2 pm and a suspect was in custody, said Albany police spokesperson Megan Craft.

Levi Strauss & Co. has said that its CEO will step down in January and hand over the reins of the jeans maker to his appointed successor. Chip Bergh, 66, will cede the CEO job to Michelle Gass, 55, who left her CEO role at Kohl's to become president of Levi's in January of this year.