Breaking highlights: Gujarat portfolios announced, CM Bhupendra Patel keeps urban development, Harsh Sanghavi gets home

Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said, “We have decided that in Himachal Bhawan and Himachal Sadan, rent & food expenses for MLAs will be same as for common people. Earlier, common people paid full amount and MLAs got these facilities at subsidised rates,but that won’t happen anymore.”

Ministry of External Affairs stated that India-Poland exchanged views on regional and global issues, including developments in the Indo-Pacific, India’s neighbourhood, Ukraine conflict, cooperation in multilateral fora including the UN, and UNSC reforms, ANI reported.

Himachal chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Monday issued an order to submit a comprehensive report of all tenders passed during last 6 months in Jal Shakti Department, ANI reproted. Sukhu also directed the department to give details within 72 hrs on foundation stones laid during this period.

Information and Broadcast (IB)Ministry on Monday issued directions for blocking of website, 2 mobile applications, 4 social media accounts& 1 smart TV app of Pak-based OTT platform Vidly TV, ANI reported. A recently released web-series on the platform was reportedly found to be detrimental to national security of India.

Gujarat portfolios were announced on Monday in which CM Bhupendra Patel keeps Urban Development, Urban Housing Development, Road & Building, Mining, Tourism, Port and Information broadcasting. Harsh Sanghavi gets Youth and Cultural activities, Home and Transport.

Indian and Chinese army troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tawang Sector in Arunachal Pradesh on December 9. Some Indian soldiers were injured in the clash. Read more

A final year MBBS student died by suicide in Rajasthan's Bharatpur on Monday, ANI reported. He was on antipsychotic medications and today due to depression he took this step, the report further said.

Three teenagers studying at private coaching institutes in Rajasthan’s Kota have committed suicide in two separate incidents, the police said on Monday. Read more

India’s retail inflation declined to 11-month low at 5.88% in November from 6.77% in October.

Delhi court grants 7-day interim bail to Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid to attend sister's wedding. Umar Khalid, former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student is facing charges of rioting, vandalism, arson and promoting religious enmity in a case of the northeast Delhi riots in 2020.

Actor Nora Fatehi on Monday filed defamation case against Jacqueline Fernandez in Delhi court and said that her 'name unfairly dragged in case'. Both were questioned by ED in a money laundering case of ₹200 cr. Jacqueline has been charge-sheeted in the matter.

Chennai's Regional Metrological Centre official stated that the ChennaiCyclone Mandous has weakened now and that it's currently in North Kerala, according to ANI reports. He further said a heavy rainfall likely expected in coastal areas and north interior parts of Tamil Nadu and that Chennai will witness moderate rainfall.

The statistics of the Ministry of Education stated that there are more than 11,000 faculty positions vacant in central universities, IITs and IIMs across country, PTI reported.

Loud blast, shots heard near China guest house in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, AFP reported citing witnesses. Read more

Hearing adjourned to January first week after both sides seek more time in Shiv Sena symbols row case.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Monday said to PTI, “It appears outsiders were involved in scribbling of anti-Brahmin slogans on JNU campus, inquiry underway.” She further said that JNU is for everyone and nobody can use it to spread hatred against any group. Read more

Due to the increase in rainfall and forecast for continuous rain, all schools in Tamilnadu's Tiruvallur district have been instructed to close by 3 pm on Monday, ANI reproted. District authorities also declared a holiday for tomorrow.

Bhupendra Patel from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sworn in as Gujarat chief minister for the second consecutive time. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the oath-taking ceremony. Follow Guajarat CM oath-taking live here

1,179 Bru militants from two outfits surrendered on Monday in Assam's Hailakandi district, lay down 350 firearms, PTI reported citing police officials.

US sanctions on two senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses in Tibet were illegal and seriously harmed Sino-US ties, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.

₹200 crore money laundering case: After a brief hearing in the case, Patiala House Court has adjourned the hearing in the matter till December 20.

Actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday arrived at the Patiala House Court in the national capital in connection with the ₹200 crores money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.

Former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh on Monday got a bail from the Bombay High Court in a corruption case filed by the CBI, news agency PTI reported.

Justice Dipankar Dutta, ex Bombay HC chief justice, has taken oath as judge of Supreme Court. He will have tenure till February 2030.

Police raided an illegal dance bar in Dombivali city in Thane district of Maharashtra and detained 53 people, including 26 women, for indulging in obscene acts, an official said on Monday, PTI reported.