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Assam draught elector database flags 10.56 lakh names for deletions aft door-to-door survey
The names of 10.56 lakh voters person been deleted successful the draught electoral rolls for Assam, which were published aft the house-to-house verification of the elector lists nether the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) special revision workout conducted successful the State from November 22 to December 20. The full fig of electors successful Assam, according to the CEO’s office, is 2,52,02,775. However, this includes much than 93,000 ‘D Voters’, whose cases are pending earlier Foreigners’ Tribunals and who are not permitted to ballot successful elections until their citizenship is upheld by a court. If these names are excluded, past the fig of electors successful the State stands astatine 2,51,09,754, each of whom was covered during 61,03,103 household visits crossed the State, the CEO’s bureau said.
Supreme Court peculiar seat to perceive suo motu lawsuit connected ‘definition’ of Aravalli
Amid concerns implicit the caller redefinition of the Aravalli Hills, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the matter and decided to perceive it connected Monday (December 29, 2025). A three-judge Special Vacation Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant volition perceive the matter. In a judgement successful November, the Apex Court accepted the recommendations of a committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, defining the ‘Aravalli Hills’ arsenic immoderate landform with an elevation of 100 metres oregon much supra the section alleviation and an ‘Aravalli Range’ arsenic a postulation of 2 oregon much specified hills wrong 500 metres from each other.
Army intensifies wintertime counter-terror operations successful J&K during Chillai Kalan
Indian Army has expanded its operational reach to higher and snowbound areas of Jammu and Kashmir to prosecute and neutralise terrorists seeking to exploit the harsh wintertime conditions for concealment, defence sources said. According to sources successful the Army, arsenic the bone-chilling wintertime descends upon the Himalayas and the 40-day play of Chillai Kalan grips the region, the Army has intensified counter-terrorism operations crossed the Kishtwar and Doda districts.
Thailand and Cambodia hold to ‘immediate’ ceasefire: associated statement
Thailand and Cambodia agreed connected Saturday (December 27, 2025) to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst warring successful years betwixt the Southeast Asian countries that has included combatant jets sorties, speech of rocket occurrence and artillery barrages. “Both sides agree to support existent troop deployments without further movement,” their Defence Ministers said successful a associated connection on the ceasefire, to instrumentality effect astatine noon (0500 GMT).
Unnao rape case: subsister approaches CBI seeking FIR against Investigative Officer for ‘colluding’ with Sengar
The unfortunate of the 2017 Unnao rape case, successful which ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted, has approached the CBI seeking the registration of an FIR against the then-investigating serviceman for being “hand successful glove” with the erstwhile legislator. The pistillate besides claimed that she and her household were facing threats from assorted quarters. The improvement comes amid increasing disappointment successful respective quarters aft the Delhi High Court precocious granted conditional bail to Sengar and suspended his beingness condemnation successful the case.
CWC meeting: PM carried retired devastating onslaught connected States, overmuch similar demonetisation, says Rahul connected VB-G RAM G
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi trained his guns astatine the BJP-led NDA government astatine the Centre implicit the VB-G RAM G Act, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “single-handedly” carried retired a devastating onslaught connected States and the poor, “much similar demonetisation”. “We are going to defy it. I americium assured that the full absorption volition beryllium aligned with us,” helium said, referring to the Congress’ ‘MGNREGA Bachao Abhiyan’ that it plans to motorboat nationwide connected January 5.
Counterfeit of anti-rabies vaccine nary longer successful stock: Indian Immunologicals Ltd
Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), 1 of India’s starring vaccine manufacturers, said a counterfeit batch of its quality anti-rabies vaccine, Abhayrab, was nary longer disposable connected the shelves. The company’s clarification comes successful the aftermath of an Australian wellness advisory issued past week, informing astir the counterfeit batch being successful circulation successful India since November 1, 2023. Dismissing the advisory arsenic over-cautionary and misplaced, IIL, successful a statement, said the counterfeiting incidental involving Abhayrab batch no. KA24014 (manufacturing date: March 2024; expiry date: February 2027) was identified by aboriginal January 2025. The counterfeit batch is nary longer disposable connected the shelves, it said.
Protests extracurricular Lok Bhavan successful Jammu, LG’s effigy burnt implicit aesculapian assemblage admittance row
Dozens of protesters gathered extracurricular Lok Bhavan successful Jammu and acceptable ablaze an effigy of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, demanding revocation of the MBBS admittance list of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence successful Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi. Raising slogans specified arsenic “LG spell back”, the protestation was organised by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, a recently-formed conglomeration of assorted right-wing organizations.
Indian ngo establishes 1 halt assistance centre for distressed women successful Canada
The Consulate General of India successful Toronto has established a ‘One Stop Centre for Women,’ a dedicated enactment centre exclusively to assistance women Indian nationals successful distress. The Consulate has besides acceptable up a 24x7 helpline and said, the caller Centre aims to supply captious and timely enactment to Indian passport holder women who could beryllium facing home violence, abuse, household conflict, abandonment, exploitation and ineligible challenges, among others.
BNP’s Tarique Rahman registers arsenic Bangladeshi elector aft 17 years overseas successful self-exile
BNP acting president Tarique Rahman completed the formalities to enlist himself connected Bangladesh’s elector database and get a nationalist individuality (NID) card, two days aft his instrumentality from implicit 17 years of self-exile in London. Bangladesh is going to the polls connected February 12. Mr. Rahman volition contention the upcoming predetermination from his ancestral Bogura Sadar (Bogura-6) constituency, with BNP leaders already collecting his information papers connected his behalf earlier this month.
Ashes 4th Test Day 2: England ends 18-match winless streak successful Australia with four-wicket victory
England ended an 18-match winless streak successful Australia and bushed the location broadside by 4 wickets successful the 4th Ashes Test astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground. England mislaid the archetypal 3 tests to let Australia to clasp the Ashes successful conscionable 11 days of on-field enactment astatine Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. The England winless streak had dated to the 2013-14 Ashes series, which Australia won 5-0. Since England convincingly won the 2010-11 Ashes 3-1, England had mislaid 16 matches and drawn the different 2 of their 18 tests Down Under implicit a play of astir 15 years.
