LIVE: All 9 Omicron patients in Jaipur test negative for Covid-19

A Kolkata bound SpiceJet flight that departed from Mumbai returned to the financial city after take off owing to a technical issue, according to an airline spokesperson. The flight landed safely in Mumbai.

The reports of all nine Omicron patients admitted in Jaipur's RUHS hospital in Rajasthan has come out as negative, news agency ANI reported. They all have been discharged from the hospital, and advised to stay in home quarantine for the next seven days, ANI reported citing the state health department.

The three service chiefs , Indian Army chief General MM Naravane, Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari pay last respects to CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other Armed Forces personnel.

PM Narendra Modi pays last respects to CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and others, who died in the IAF chopper crash in Tamil Nadu yesterday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the Palam airport in Delhi to pay respects to CDS general Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 Armed Forces personnel, who died in the IAF chopper crash in Tamil Nadu yesterday.

Lieutenant General Waker us-Zaman, principal staff officer, Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh, is going to be attending CDS' General Bipin Rawat's funeral in Delhi. He will reach the national capital via Doha, and will arrive at 8am on Friday.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh has reached Delhi's Palam air base. He met with the families of CDS general Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, and other Armed Forces personnel who lost their lives in Wednesday's chopper crash in Tamil Nadu.

The IAF aircraft has landed in Delhi's Palam airbase form Coimbatore's Sulur. CDS General Rawat's body has also been brought out. Read more.

The European Union (EU) medicines agency says that cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19, which has rapidly spread across the globe, so far appear 'mostly mild', AFP reported on Thursday.

India has extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial flights to and from the country till January 31, 2022. Read more.

The Resident Doctors Association of Maulana Azad Medical College and associated hospitals in Delhi have decided to resume emergency services, after strike over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling.

The lone survivor of IAF chopper crash Group Captain Varun Singh has been shifted to Bengaluru's Command Hospital for further treatment, ANI reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay respects to late CDS General Bipin Rawat and other Armed forces personnel at around 9pm today, ANI reported. Defence minister Rajnath Singh, MoS defence Ahay Bhatt, NSA Ajit Doval, and three services chiefs will also be in attendance.

The CBI on Thursday held Bikash Mishra, brother of TMC youth wing leader Binay Mishra, accused in the illegal coal smuggling case ANI reported. Bikash was arrested at a private hospital in Kolkata where is currently undergoing treatment.

Lieutenant General DP Pandey, GOC, Srinagar's Chinar Corps, on Thursday paid homage to late CDS General Bipin Rawat at the Sherwani Community Hall in Baramulla. Speaking to ANI, he said that it will take time for them to recover from the CDS's untimely demise. “The connection he (CDS Gen Rawat) had with the people of Uri, Baramulla and Kashmir was like no other,” Lt Pandey was quoted as saying.

India has removed Singapore from its list of ‘at risk’ nations, travellers from where need to follow additional measures on arrival.

Maharashtra deputy CM and Congress leader Ajit Pawar said that the state will have to “think” about party leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mumbai on December 28 if Omicron Covid-19 variant cases continue to rise in the state, ANI reported. Currently, there are 10 reported Omicron cases in Maharashtra, the highest in India of the total 23 infections reported so far. Read more.

Students in government schools in Rajasthan will have a new uniform from next academic year, according to an order by the state government. The  Congress government in the northern state had claimed the uniform resembled that of RSS in 2017 when BJP was in power.

Protesting farmers will vacate the protest sites in Delhi borders on December 11, reports ANI quoting farmer leader Darshan Pal Singh.

The Centre has sent a formal letter to SKM on agreed agenda and a panel on MSP as farm leaders meet to decide on ending year-long protests.

China says four Olympic diplomatic boycott nations will 'pay the price,' news agency AFP reports.

IAF Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others, is being shifted to Bengaluru from the Army hospital at Wellington in Tamil Nadu, his father said on Thursday.

Vehicles carrying mortal remains of CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel who died in the Coonoor chopper crash, leave for Sulur airbase from Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district. The mortal remains will be taken to Delhi by air.

A suspicious explosion took place at Rohini Court today morning, reports news agency ANI. Seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot, it also said. More details awaited.

Pakistan on Thursday reported its first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Sindh province. A private hospital in the city of Karachi reported the first case of the variant in a 65-year-old female patient, Geo News reported citing the provincial health department.