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A day after being suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining part of the Winter Session, Trinamool Congress floor leader in the House Derek O'Brien on Wednesday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of "mocking at and dismantling democracy" and "slow-poisoning Parliament". 

A head constable was killed and another policeman sustained serious injuries on Wednesday after an old building collapsed in Madurai, the government said. Expressing grief and conveying his condolences to the bereaved family, Chief Minister M K Stalin ordered a solatium of Rs 25 lakh to the family of the deceased head constable and a government job to his wife. Stalin ordered assistance of Rs five lakh to the family of another policeman, also a head constable, who was severely injured, an official release said.

A civilian was shot dead by terrorists in Nawakadal locality of the city on Wednesday, police said. "At about 5:55 pm, terrorists fired at & critically injured a civilian, namely Rouf Ahmad, near his residence in Nawakadal area of Srinagar," a police official said. He said the injured person was shifted to SMHS hospital here, where he succumbed to the injuries.

Women security personnel of CRPF VIP Wing will be deployed in protection of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi & Priyanka Vadra Gandhi, and Gursharan Kaur, wife of former PM Manmohan Singh: Sources

Security cover of former Bengal minister and TMC leader Rajib Banerjee has been withdrawn. He was given Z-category security by the Union Home Ministry: Senior MHA official

A total of 327 teaching and non-teaching staff members of Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Central Board of Secondary Education expired due to COVID-19 but none of them died during Covid duty, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday accused Shiv Sena MLA Bhaskar Jadhav of mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Legislative Assembly and making certain gestures, evoking sharp reactions from the opposition MLAs leading to stalling of the proceedings. Jadhav later apologised when the House reconvened after two adjournments, saying that making hand gestures was his natural way of speaking and that he didn't use any unparliamentary word against the prime minister.

Delhi: Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi today met the party's Lok Sabha MPs in Parliament and discussed the issues taken up by them during the Winter Session. Gandhi also asked MPs to take the national issues to the people in their respective constituencies.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issues a Look out Circular (LOC) against Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Bikram Singh Majithia a day after FIR was registered against him in a drugs case. 

'Pralay' surface to surface ballistic missile successfully testfired. (Source: DRDO)

Today India successfully test fired the Pralay surface to surface ballistic missile which can strike targets from 150 to 500 kms: DRDO officials. 

Haryana's Gurugram achieves 100% COVID-19 vaccination coverage, informs District Deputy Commissioner. 

From midnight today, Singapore Airlines will stop accepting new bookings for all Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flights into Singapore scheduled between 23 December 2021 and 20 January 2022, following the Singapore government’s directive, says the airline.

Gujarat: Portion of an under-construction bridge on Sardar Patel Ring Road in Ahmedabad collapsed last night. No casualty was reported in the incident.

Baby elephants at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation wear blankets during cold spell at Kaziranga in Assam.

Delhi's overall air quality is in the 'very poor' category with Air Quality Index at 385, as per SAFAR.

Jammu & Kashmir: A three-day festival to welcome Chila-e-Kalaan, Kashmir's harshest 40-day winter period, began at Tagore Hall, Srinagar on Tuesday. "This season is taken as a dull period in Kashmir. We want to make this period most happening time," one of the organizers said.  

Odisha: Bhubaneswar STF arrested two drug peddlers and seized brown sugar weighing 1.09 kg valued at over Rs 1 crore in a raid in a village of Dhenkanal district on December 20: Teja Raja Patel, SP, STF Bhubaneswar. 

Tamil Nadu: Govt-run Elephant Rehabilitation and Rescue Centre provides treatment and care to ill-treated elephants in Trichy. "We have a total of 8 such elephants. We provide them bath and food and take them for a walk daily as per instructions of forest veterinary officers," the DFO says.