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After named as next Chief Minister of , outgoing CM on Monday evening tendered his resignation to Governor Mangubhai Patel.

After attending the legislative party meeting, four-time Chief Minister Chouhan went straight to the Raj Bhavan from the state BJP headquarters and submitted his resignation to Governor Patel.

Telugu Desam Party ( ) President and former Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka called on former Telangana Chief Minister at a hospital in Hyderabad.

They separately met Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President, who is undergoing treatment at Yashoda Hospital Somajiguda after undergoing hip replacement surgery. Both the leaders enquired about KCR’s health and expressed their wishes for his speedy recovery.

A Delhi court on Monday extended, till December 21m the judicial custody of Rajya Sabha member in alleged excise policy scam case.

The Rouse Avenue Court has also listed hearing on Singh's bail application for hearing on Tuesday. During hearing, court also granted permission to Singh to appear before the Parliament’s Privilege committee to file his submissions in a 'breach of privilege' matter.

has been named the next Chief Minister of . The decision was taken at legislative party meeting held at state BJP headquarters.

Former minister Rajendra Shukla and outgoing Finance Minister have been named Deputy Chief Ministers, while senior BJP leader and former Union minister has been appointed as the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly.

District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha has given one more week to the Archaeological Survey of India ( ) and asked agency to file the report of its scientific study and survey of the Gyanvapi mosque on December 18.

This is the seventh extension granted to the ASI by the District Judge’s court to complete the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque to ascertain whether its stands atop a temple.

asked Centre and its anti-money laundering agency to file their responses to the plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party ( ) leader , and adjourned the hearing for February 5, 2024.

Singh has filed a special leave petition before the apex court against his arrest by (ED) and subsequent remand in connection with alleged Delhi excise policy scam case.

Three persons, including two women, were killed when an SUV collided head-on with a dumper on Kalyani Expressway in 's North 24 Parganas district.

Six other persons were severely injured in the accident. The injured persons were shifted to and currently are undergoing treatment at a city-based hospital.

The ongoing uproar in regarding the selection of a new Chief Minister will be over as has asked all its MLAs to convene in on Tuesday.

Observer and Union Defence Minister will also be in attendance at meeting on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, Saroj Pandey and Vinod Tawde will reach Jaipur by Monday night. According to sources, legislature party meeting will start at around 11 a.m. in the BJP office.

Union Home Minister discussed strategy for 2024 with members of BJP's core committee in Patna.

The meeting, held at government guest house in Patna, was attended by at least 30 leaders of state unit, including state BJP President Samrat Choudhary, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Vijay Kumar Sinha, LoP in Bihar Legislative Council Hari Sahani and others.

A 20-year-old man shot dead his 18-year-old sister for talking to a man on her mobile phone in 's Saharanpur district.

The incident took place in a village in district late on Sunday night. According to police, the victim, Muskan, was taken to district hospital where doctors pronounced her ‘brought dead’.

North Central Railways (NCR) has started process of providing sleeping pod facility to its passengers before commencement of the Magh Mela on Makar Sankaranti, January 14, in .

The Prayagraj division of NCR had floated a tender for installation of sleeping pods at Prayagraj Junction. After completing all formalities, work has been awarded to a -based company which has commenced work. Authorities are optimistic that facility will be open for the travellers before commencement of Magh Mela.

Union Home Minister moved Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 for consideration and passing in .

Shah moved the two Bills for passage in the Rajya Sabha as both were passed by the on December 6.

The Special Cell of busted an interstate drug syndicate and seized over 3 kg of pure o***m worth around Rs 1 crore in national capital. Two key members of syndicate were arrested, an official said.

According to police, accused identified as Siyaram and Dinesh, both residents of Jaunpur, , were supplying contraband drugs for the last five years and in the last one year, they had supplied over 100 kg of o***m in Delhi and its peripherals.

The countdown for selection of the new Chief Minister of began as 's central observers reached state.

The decision on whether BJP will retain incumbent Chief Minister or replace him is likely to be taken by evening. Three observers - Haryana CM , OBC Morcha head Dr K Lakshman and BJP's National General Secretary Asha Lakra arrived in Bhopal at 11 pm.

Rashtriya Lok Dal ( ), an ally of and member of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, has started work in five Lok Sabha constituencies of west that it proposes to contest in the .

The constituencies are Baghpat, Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Ghaziabad. RLD sources said that party President has decided to deploy senior party workers to assess the ground situation in these constituencies which have a sizable presence of its core Jat vote bank.

A court extended till January 10 judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister , arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped excise policy case.

The court also granted permission to counsel to file additional documents related to the case, while listing the matter for further hearing on January 10.

has hinted at a new "tap to park" feature for 's Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta, which he said the company is working on.

This feature will allow Tesla cars to park themselves without a driver even behind the wheels.

A procession with a tableaux depicting various episodes of the Ramayana, will be taken out on January 17, 2024 in , ahead of the consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla’s idol on January 22.

The most important part of the procession, will be the finally selected statue of Ram Lalla that will be seated in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum after the culmination of the procession.

Statues in the tableaux will be based on 100 episodes from the Ramayana.

The new government in will provide financial assistance under to only those farmers who are actually engaged in farming, said senior leader and legislator .

The Congress, under its six guarantees, had announced financial assistance of Rs 15,000 per acre annually, an increase of Rs 5,000 from what the farmers were getting under Rythu Bandhu of the previous government.

: The banned militant outfit, United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) has claimed responsibility for the recent gr***de blasts in Sivasagar and Tinsukia districts.

In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the militant group also warned Assam Director General of Police G.P. Singh against claiming the state police as his "ancestral property".

The ULFA-I threatened the top cop to carry out more gr***de attacks if he did not shun his arrogance.

Three youths have been booked for allegedly extorting money from street vendors who run their stalls in Chatori Gali under Gautam Palli police station area of .

ACP, Hazratganj, Arvind Verma said a case of extortion was registered against the accused on the complaint of assistant manager, Lucknow Development Authority’s (LDA) memorial committee, Maheshwari Prasad.

The has summoned Chief Minister for questioning on December 12, sources said.

Soren, who is also the leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), has been asked to appear before the agency in connection with its money laundering case.

Leaving behind bitterness of campaign in recently concluded Assembly elections, Chief Minister called on his predecessor at a hospital, where he underwent hip replacement surgery after suffering a fracture.

Revanth Reddy, who assumed office o chief minister on December 7, reached Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda around noon. He was accompanied by minister Seethakka and former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir.

National Investigation Agency ( ) has detained a businessman from and a few more persons after arresting 15 people, including Mohammad Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan, who was convicted for possession of fi****ms in connection with three train bomb blasts in .

NIA swooped down at 44 locations in Maharashtra and and arrested 15 people in connection with the IS conspiracy case. Sources said agency has detained some more people, including a businessman from Bengaluru, and is questioning them for their links with the arrested accused.

Bahujan Samaj Party President designated her nephew as her successor to lead .

Akash Anand holds official position of BSP's national coordinator. However, Mayawati while addressing a party meeting said that she would continue to hold charge of and Uttarakhand, but Akash Anand would take decisions regarding other states.

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After conducting searches at multiple locations in Bihar, the has seized more than Rs 3 crore in cash and over 80 property documents related to Bachcha Rai aka Amit Kumarthe, the main accused in the 2016 toppers scam case, sources said.

The ED team came into action following the reports of fresh construction work in the premises of Rai, which were earlier attached by the agency in connection with its probe in the scam.

Six people were killed and three others injured after a steel-structure workshop collapsed in 's Guizhou Province, local authorities said.

Crime Branch along with the has apprehended three men, including the primary accused Rohit Rathore and Nitin Fauji from Chandigarh, in connection with the murder of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena Chief .

The detainees were transported to the northern range Crime Branch office in Delhi and will be handed over to the Rajasthan Police later in the day.

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A local court in Uttar Pradesh's district has sentenced a 40-year-old US national to two years imprisonment for illegally staying in India on a forged visa.

Erik Daniel Beckwith has been in Maharajganj district jail since his arrest in March 2023.

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Six labourers have been seriously injured in an attack by honeybees in the Sirauli Gauspur area under Bado Sarai police station limits of 's district.

The injured labourers are undergoing treatment at the hospital of Sirauli Gauspur and their conditions are stated to be stable.

Technical experts from IIT-Hyderabad and CBRI Roorkee will extend their help in final selection of the idol of Ram Lalla which will, then be installed in the sanctum, sanctorum of the temple in .

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President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has honoured the team that saved 41 people trapped inside the tunnel at Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand.

He presented a cheque of Rs one lakh each to the miners who included Ankur Kumar, Monu Kumar, Naseem, Md. Irshad, Vakil Hasan, Zahoor Hasan, Firoz Qureshi, Md. Rashid, Naseeruddin Shah, Irshad, Jatin Kashyap, Saurabh Kashyap, Munna and Devendra at a function.

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