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Days after he came under attack during his visit to Diamond Harbour in West Bengal, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has been provided with a bulletproof vehicle by the Centre.

Notice issued to actor Bobby Deol & Producer Prakash Jha by a Jodhpur court in a case filed against Ashram web series. Next hearing of the case on January 11.

Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Ministers and MLAs hold 'hunger strike' in support of farmers who are protesting against Centre's Farm Laws. Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, ministers Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai and party leader Aatishi Marlena are present.

Our economy contracted due to COVID19 but our capacity increment in terms of manufacturing PPE kits, ventilators & other equipment is a credit to the people, society, & govt. We got together as a nation to respond: Congress leader Anand Sharma at 93rd FICCI Annual Convention

China's attempt to change the status quo on Line of Actual Control along the northern border amidst COVID-19 pandemic necessities high-level preparation on land, sea & air: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in Kolkata.

I am fully confident that Indian Armed Forces will leave no stone unturned to safeguard our frontiers be it at land, air or ocean: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat.

We are in a standoff situation in Ladakh and based on that there is some development activity which has been ongoing in Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Every nation will continue to prepare for ensuring its security based on their stretagic interest: CDS Bipin Rawat

I wish to assure you that we are fully prepared for any eventuality that we may be faced with: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat

The other side should be getting more concerned. We are fully prepared: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on being asked about, "continuous ceasefire violation by Pakistan"

Delhi: Farmers protesting at Ghazipur (Delhi-UP) border blocked National Highway-24 earlier today. “We won’t let it happen again, normal people won’t suffer. We wanted them to realise for once that how even few minutes are important,” says Rakesh Tikait of Bhartiya Kisan Union

Sixty-six IIT-Madras students have tested positive for COVID-19 from December 1 till yesterday: IIT Madras

Maharashtra: Government tables Shakti Bill, pertaining to the prevention of incidents of violence and atrocities against women and children in the state. Shakti Bill drafted on line of Hyderabad's Disha Act .

Centre will continue buying crops at the same amount, as they use to before, that's what 'buying at MSP' means for them. But we can't survive on that anymore. And Centre is not buying crops at MSP from all states: Gurnam Singh Chaduni, President, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Haryana)

Govt is misleading everyone on MSP. Home Minister Amit Shah replied to us during 8th Dec meet that they can't buy all 23 crops at MSP as its costs Rs 17 lakhs crores. : Gurnam Singh Chaduni, President, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Haryana)

Sit-in protest at Shahjahanpur near Jaisinghpur-Khera border (Rajasthan-Haryana) continues for the second day today; security personnel remain deployed

Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, Sabholi & Mangesh borders are closed. Please take alternate routes via Lampur, Safiabad & Singhu school toll tax borders. Traffic has been diverted from Mukarba & GTK road. Please avoid Outer Ring Road, GTK road & NH-44: Delhi Traffic Police

Ghazipur border is closed for traffic coming from Ghaziabad to Delhi due to farmers' protests. People are advised to take an alternate route for coming to Delhi via Anand Vihar, DND, Chilla, Apsara & Bhopra borders: Delhi Traffic Police

Farmers' leaders sit on hunger strike at Tikri border as their protest against Centre's farm laws enters 19th day. "Centre is being stubborn about our demands. This is an attempt to wake them up," says Balkaran Singh Brar, Working President, All India Kisan Sabha, Punjab

Thirteen more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, pushing the tally in the Union Territory to 4,818, a health department official said on Monday.

As many as 411 new COVID-19 cases have been found in Thane, taking the tally in the Maharashtra district to 2,36,209, an official said on Monday

Telangana reported 384 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to over 2.78 lakh while three fatalities pushed the toll to 1,496, the state government said on Monday.

Sensex jumps 202.62 points to lifetime high of 46,301.63 in opening session; Nifty advances 60.05 points to record high of 13,573.90

Tata Group to file an Expression of Interest for Air India today. Tata group will use Air Asia as a vehicle where Tata Sons has a significant majority stake: Sources

Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,11,510 as 144 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Monday.

With 27,071 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases rise to 98,84,100. With 336 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,43,355. Total active cases at 3,52,586. Total discharged cases at 93,88,159 with 30,695 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,11,510 as 144 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Monday.

There's no rift among farmers. 3 leaders of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) faction resigned because they were upset with their President Bhanu Pratap Singh, as to why he compromised: Rakesh Tikait, Spokesperson, Bhartiya Kisan Union on 3 BKU (Bhanu Faction) leaders' resignation

Delhi: Farmers' leaders including Rakesh Tikait of Bharatiya Kisan Union sit on a hunger strike from 8 am-5 pm at Ghazipur (Delhi-UP border), where the protest entered day 17 today.

Maharashtra: Rain lashes parts of Mumbai. According to IMD Mumbai, light to moderate rain expected to continue for the next 3-4 hours.

A total of 15,45,66,990 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 13th December. Of these, 8,55,157 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research

In the next 24 hours, rain expected in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Vasai-Virar, parts of Madhya Pradesh, and some parts of the western coast. The intensity of rain will reduce by the evening but cloudiness & low visibility will continue: India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palghar & Raigad received moderate rains during last 3-4 hours. Latest satellite image indicates cloudiness over North Konkan region. Light to moderate rains expected to continue for the next 3-4 hours: KS Hosalikar, DDG, IMD Mumbai

Farmer leaders sit on a hunger strike at Singhu (Delhi-Haryana border) where farmers' protest enters 19th day.

We want to wake the govt up. So, 40 farmer leaders of our United Farmers Front will sit on hunger strike today at all borders points between 8 am-5 pm. 25 of them will sit at Singhu border, 10 at Tikri border & 5 at UP border: Harinder Singh Lakhowal, General Secy, BKU (Punjab)

All leaders of farmers' unions will hold a day-long hunger strike on Monday and hold demonstrations across the country. This is the second nationwide protest in less than a week after highways were blocked last Tuesday as a part of countrywide shutdown call backed by opposition parties and trade unions.