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Goa nightclub fire: Locals recount nighttime of fearfulness and violations that led to it
“I americium inactive shivering... I could not slumber the full night,’’ said Ami Manocha, a witnesser who finds it hard to recount the nighttime of the occurrence that claimed 25 lives successful a nightclub successful Goa connected Saturday (December 6, 2025). Mr Manocha, a businessman from New Delhi, who has made Goa his home, was expected to be the Bollywood philharmonic nighttime enactment being held successful the nine connected Saturday, but went to different spot with friends. “It was conscionable a changeable of bully luck,” helium said.
DGCA gives IndiGo 24-hour ‘final extension’ to respond to show-cause notice
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted a one-time 24-hour extension to IndiGo’s Accountable Manager and CEO to taxable their effect to the show-cause announcement issued connected December 6 implicit the airline’s large-scale operational disruptions and regulatory non-compliances. In a connection dated December 7, IndiGo’s apical officials sought much time, citing operational constraints arising from the magnitude of disruptions crossed aggregate airports and the complexity of managing nationwide betterment efforts. After reviewing the request, the DGCA extended the deadline lone until 6 p.m. connected December 8, making it wide that nary further extensions would beryllium allowed.
IndiGo situation eases aft six days; ₹610 crore refunded arsenic govt. tightens oversight
After six days of nationwide disruption, IndiGo connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) reported important advancement successful stabilising its formation operations, adjacent arsenic the Civil Aviation Ministry confirmed that the hose has processed ₹610 crore successful refunds and delivered 3,000 pieces of delayed baggage to affected passengers. The crisis, which began connected Tuesday, had triggered much than 2,000 cancellations and wide delays, leaving thousands stranded crossed airports successful India.
Gita chanting lawsuit successful Kolkata turns into governmental amusement of spot for BJP
Lakhs of devotees, including each senior leaders of the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), connected Sunday participated successful a mega Bhagavad Gita recital astatine Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. The event, which came a time aft the instauration chromatic of a Babri Mosque was laid astatine Beldanga successful Murshidabad by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, became an juncture of governmental musculus flexing for the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies.
AAP, BJP request Congress explicate Navjot Kaur Sidhu’s ‘₹500-crore suitcase’ remark
A time aft erstwhile cricketer and Congress person Navjot Singh Sidhu’s woman Navjot Kaur Sidhu sparked a contention with her remark that the idiosyncratic who gives “a suitcase of ₹500 crore” becomes the Chief Minister, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) demanded an reply from the Congress enactment connected the pointed allegation.
Had nary prime but to backmost BJP successful 2019: Dushyant Chautala
Former Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, addressing a rally at Haryana’s Jind to people the eighth instauration day of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) connected Sunday (December 7, 2025), said helium had nary choice but to forge an confederation with the Bharatiya Janata Party successful 2019 to forestall defection successful his party. He added that those who saw his enactment arsenic a menace tried to statement the determination arsenic a “conspiracy”.
Stone-pelting connected Bajrang Dal’s procession successful Haridwar; dense constabulary unit deployed
The ambiance became tense successful the Jwalapur country of Haridwar in Uttarakhand on Sunday (December 7, 2025) erstwhile a procession being taken retired by the Bajrang Dal was allegedly pelted with stones, officials said. The constabulary and medication rapidly arrived astatine the country and prevented the concern from escalating by assuring the enraged Bajrang Dal workers that enactment would beryllium taken against the anti-social elements.
India needs a authorities unfastened to criticism, and critics unfastened to self-criticism: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Writer and erstwhile diplomat Gopalkrishna Gandhi recalled that helium had Jawaharlal Nehru successful caput erstwhile helium began writing The Undying Light, noting that Nehru’s words, “The airy has gone retired of our lives… yet the airy volition ne'er spell out,” signifier the halfway of the work. Although the publication features galore acquainted names, “the 3 Ji’s” arsenic helium called them (Gandhiji, Nehruji, and Rajaji), Mr. Gandhi emphasised that The Undying Light also honours galore unsung contributors to India’s antiauthoritarian and societal fabric.
100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released: Report
Nigerian authorities person secured the merchandise of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic schoolhouse past month, a UN root and section media said Sunday (December 7, 2025), though the destiny of different 165 students and unit thought to stay successful captivity remains unclear. In November 315 students and unit were kidnapped from St. Mary’s co-educational boarding schoolhouse successful north-central Niger state, arsenic the state buckled nether a question of wide abductions reminiscent of the infamous 2014 Boko Haram abduction of schoolgirls successful Chibok.
Russian strikes termination 4 successful Ukraine arsenic Kremlin praises caller U.S. information strategy
Russia connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) welcomed the Trump administration’s caller nationalist information strategy successful comments by the Kremlin spokesperson published by Russia’s Tass news agency. Dmitry Peskov said the updated strategical papers was mostly successful enactment with Moscow’s vision.
U.S. envoy says Ukraine bid woody is adjacent but Moscow says it wants extremist changes
U.S. President Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a woody to extremity the Ukraine warfare was “really close” and depended connected resolving conscionable 2 large issues but the Kremlin said determination had to beryllium extremist changes to immoderate of the U.S. proposals. Mr. Trump, who says helium wants to beryllium remembered arsenic a “peacemaker” president, says that ending Europe’s deadliest struggle since World War Two has truthful acold been the astir elusive overseas argumentation purpose of his presidency.
‘Good banter’: Smith and Archer clash successful Gabba Ashes Test
Pumped-up Australia skipper Steve Smith and England accelerated bowler Jofra Archer had a fiery verbal clash adjacent the climax of the 2nd Ashes Test connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) astatine the Gabba. The hosts won the day-night Test by an emphatic 8 wickets successful Brisbane to prehend a 2-0 pb successful the series. Smith deed the winning runs including pulling Gus Atkinson for a immense six implicit quadrate limb to decorativeness the occupation successful style.
