LIVE: Cong delegation to visit Nagaland on Tuesday

Congress delegation will visit Nagaland tomorrow to meet the families of those who died in an anti-insurgency operation that went awry in the Mon district on Saturday,  Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi told news agency ANI. 

One of the suspected killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested at an airport in Paris, reports Reuters. 

Virtual summit between Putin and Biden begins, reports AFP citing Russian news agencies

Maharashtra’s Thane district reports 12 recent foreign returnees are untraceable. 

Mamata Banerjee’s order was directed at police officials serving in districts which share borders with adjoining districts. 

News agencies reported an explosion in Kabul’s police district 2 on Tuesday afternoon. 

The DRDO conducted the test-firing off the Odisha coast. 

Sonia Gandhi will address the meet in Parliament’s Central Hall in Tuesday

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea filed by former Aircel promoter C Sivasankaran who sought diplomatic immunity against prosecution by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) in a pending criminal case against him.

38 killed, 69 seriously injured in Burundi prison fire, reports AFP citing nation’s vice president

SKM’s meeting inconclusive, farm unions to meet at 2pm on Dec 8 to decide on withdrawing protests.

SKM’s meeting has been adjourned and likely to continue tomorrow

Centre agrees to take farmers and stubble burning out of the purview of NCR anti-pollution law, people familiar with the developments told HT. They also said that electricity amendment bill that farmers are opposed to will be withdrawn. 

Haryana to withdraw all cases against farmers except a few cases related to rape and murder, people familiar with the developments told HT

Farmers likely to take out victory march on Dec 8 before returning home, people familiar with the developments told HT

Haryana farm leaders told the SKM leaders that the government should take back cases first, then they will call -off agitation while the Punjab unions wants to call-off stir immediately, said a farmer leader from Haryana attending the presser said. 

SKM to take part in a committee proposed by Centre to resolve all outstanding issues with farmers, compensation for farmers likely. Protests likely to continue till concrete steps are taken

Govt announces undisclosed credits amounting to ₹20,353 crore were detected with respect to 930 India-linked entities in Panama and Paradise Paper Leaks, reports PTI

CFT Cell formed by the Union home ministry

Civil aviation minister  Scindia takes stock of preparations amid Omicron spread. 

AAP national convener and Delhi chief minister today announced four guarantees for SC community- free education to each child, free coaching for professional courses, free medical treatment for each member of the family, and financial assistance to those children who want to go abroad for graduation or post graduation. He repeated his guarantee of monthly payment of ₹1000 to all women above the age of 18

Nagaland government has called off the remaining three days of the ongoing 22nd edition of its iconic Hornbill Festival in solidarity with the Konyak community who lost 14 young men in the firing incidents in Mon district on December 4 and 5

Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala meets Rajinikanth at his residence to congratulate him on receiving the Dadasaheb Palke award.

Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day as opposition demands of revocation of suspension of 12 MPs.

A car bomb blast in southern Iraq’s Basra caused multiple casualties. 

The former J-K CM was referring to the recent arrests of Kashmiri students who cheered for Pakistan during a recent tournament where both teams faced each other in UP. She said that there was a time when both sets of people praised both Pakistani and Indian cricket teams. 

Punjab Lok Congress founder Captain Amarinder Singh at a luncheon meeting with Union minister and BJP in-charge for Punjab, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at Mohinder Bagh, Siswan on Tuesday.

“The ‘red caps’ want to form government to show leniency towards terrorists, to bring them out of jails. So always remember that the ‘red caps’ are red alert for UP; they are bells to danger,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a swipe at Samajwadi Party at a rally in Gorakhpur.

Previous governments didn’t show interest in allotting land for AIIMS in Gorakhpur but this double-engine government completed two projects in timebound manner despite challenges presented by Covid, says PM Modi

The United Arab Emirates is slashing its working week to four-and-a-half days and moving its weekend from Fridays and Saturdays to Saturdays and Sundays, reported news agency AFP.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary held a joint rally in Meerut on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated ambitious projects, including a fertiliser plant, worth over ₹9,600 crore in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur ahead of the upcoming polls in the state. Governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath were also present at the event.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed an anticipatory bail to Nagpur resident Sameey Thakkar in a case registered by Thane Police for posting alleged defamatory content against NCP leaders, reported news agency ANI.

China on Tuesday slammed the Biden administration for diplomatic boycott of Olympics, calling it an ‘ideological prejudice’, reported news agency AFP.

A Delhi court on Tuesday announced charges for rioting, murder, dacoity etc under multiple sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, in connection with the murder of two Sikhs in Raj Nagar, Delhi.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s plea challenging the Bombay High Court order of granting default bail to advocate-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who was arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case.

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid the opposition’s demand  to revoke the suspension of the 12 MPs.

“The emergence of new variants and resurgence of cases suggest that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over,” news agency ANI quoted Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane as saying at a curtain raiser of PANEX-21.

India has reported reported 6,822 new cases and 220 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. With this, the active caseload stands at 95,014 (lowest in 554 days).

At least 128.76 crore vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far.

The Biden administration announced on Monday that US officials will not attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing after China pledged unspecified “countermeasures” against any such diplomatic boycott. Read more

Two people were found infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Mumbai and neither had any symptoms of the disease, authorities said on Monday. Read more

The Kerala government opened the shutters of the Cheruthoni dam in Idukki early on Tuesday to ease pressure after flow of water from the Mullaperiyar dam. The Tamil Nadu government opened nine gates of the grand old Mullaperiyar dam on Monday night in view of the rising water level in the reservoir. Read more

Ahead of the upcoming Punjab assembly election, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will on Tuesday pay a one-day visit to the state. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday dedicate multiple projects including an All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) and a fertiliser plant, to the people of Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district. Read more