Highlights: NIA files chargesheet against 11 people, including 2 Pakistani nationals, in Udaipur killing

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 11 people, including two Pakistani nationals, in connection with the brutal killing of Udaipur tailor - Kanhaiya Lal Teli - in June.  Read more

Anahita Pandole - who was driving the Mercedes sedan that crashed and killed industrialist Cyrus Mistry and her brother-in-law Jehangir, and left her badly injured - has been discharged from Mumbai's Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, news agency ANI said Thursday evening. Read more

Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Thursday said critical deficiencies in the air force needed to be swiftly addressed to retain combat edge. His comment comes at a time when IAF is grappling with a shortage of fighter squadrons and looking at inducting force multipliers such as mid-air refuellers and airborne warning and control systems (AWACS). Read more

India should establish missions in some 40 United Nations (UN) member states where it currently does not have a diplomatic presence in order to give impetus to the country’s aspiration to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council, a parliamentary panel said on Thursday. Read more

Karnataka Assembly passes a unanimous resolution over Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue and condemned statements made by some Maharashtra ministers on the issue. The resolution states that legal action will be taken against any minister if they continue to make statements over the issue.

The government clarifies that it has not received any request from National Mission for Clean Ganga to conduct research on the use of Ganga river water as a cure for the Covid-19 virus, PIB stated.

Jacqueline Fernandez withdraws her plea seeking permission to travel abroad. The plea was withdrawn after the court raised objections and said that the case was at a crucial stage. During the arguments, the counsel for the actress told the court that there has not been in the lapse in the case. The counsel for enforcement Directorate also opposed the plea and said that it will not be viable for her to travel to Bahrain at this juncture.

India, China Corps Commanders agree to maintain stability in Western sector after December 20 meeting in Chusul Moldo.

Former DG of Tihar Prisons Sandeep Goel suspended by Union Home Ministry for dereliction of duty, reports PTI.

Delhi Police's Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit has registered more than 100 FIRs and nabbed 36 people under a major operation against child pornography, officials said on Thursday.

The operation, "MASOOM" (mitigation of adolescent sexually offensive online material), was coordinated by the IFSO and all the districts were instrumental in making it successful, they added, reported ANI.

Shraddha Walkar case: Accused Aaftab Poonawala withdraws bail application.

As the cold wave tightened its icy grip across North India, Delhiites on Thursday once again woke up to dense fog cloaking the whole city.

A dense layer of fog from Punjab and Northwest Rajasthan to East Uttar Pradesh across Haryana continued on Thursday morning, as predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), reported ANI. 

Four two-wheelers were gutted in a fire which broke out near a residential building in Maharashtra's Thane city on Thursday, an official said. No person was injured in the blaze, which erupted at 3.15 am near the Laxmi Nivas building in Koliwada locality of Rabodi area, Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said, reported PTI.

Maharashtra: Women and Child Development Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha announced in the Vidhan Sabha yesterday that 20% of the space in public vehicle parking in the state would be reserved for vehicles with women drivers, in view of the inconvenience caused to them at public parking places, reported ANI. 

Reliance Industries Ltd will acquire German firm Metro AG's wholesale operations in India for ₹2,850 crore as the conglomerate run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani seeks to strengthen its dominant position in India's mammoth retail sector, reported PTI.