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‘Provide assurances’ that Indians won’t beryllium targeted ‘selectively’: New Delhi to Beijing
Reaffirming India’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, the Ministry of External Affairs connected Monday (December 8, 2025) urged Chinese authorities to “provide assurances” that Indian citizens volition not beryllium targeted “selectively” portion they “travel” oregon “transit” done China. The remarks from the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, came astir a fortnight aft an Indian national was detained successful Shanghai International Airport, wherever Chinese authorities refused to recognise her Indian passport arsenic she hailed from Arunachal Pradesh.
Goa nightclub fire: Owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra fled to Phuket aft tragedy, accidental police
Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the main accused and owners of the Goa nightclub wherever a monolithic blaze claimed 25 lives, fled to Phuket hours aft the tragedy, Goa Police said connected Monday (December 8, 2025). “Goa Police person taken further steps to coordinate with the Interpol Division of the CBI to apprehend some Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra astatine the earliest,” a elder constabulary serviceman said.
Dileep demands probe into conspiracy to implicate him successful histrion rape case
Actor Dileep, who was acquitted successful the actor rape case, has sought a probe into what helium termed arsenic a conspiracy to implicate him successful the lawsuit and to mislead the authorities that helium was the conspirator successful the case. Talking to The Hindu hours aft his acquittal, Mr. Dileep claimed that helium was the existent unfortunate successful the case, “who was framed by a radical of constabulary unit for their idiosyncratic gains and popularity.”
Navjot Sidhu’s woman suspended by Congress aft firestorm implicit ‘₹500 crore for CM’ remark
Congress person Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, was suspended from the enactment connected Monday (December 8, 2025) aft she sparked a contention by declaring that anyone with “₹500 crore” could go the Chief Minister. Mr. Sidhu is simply a erstwhile cricketer. Last week, portion speaking to the media successful Chandigarh, Ms. Sidhu, a erstwhile MLA, had said, “Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu volition instrumentality to progressive authorities lone if the Congress enactment declares him the Chief Ministerial look successful Punjab and that they had ever stood for Punjabiyat.” She past added that “Whoever offers ₹500 crore successful a suit lawsuit could go the Chief Minister.”
IndiGo seeks much clip to reply to show-cause notices
IndiGo “profusely apologised” to the Union government connected Monday (December 8, 2025) and sought further clip to respond to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) show-cause notices issued to the airline, citing that the regulator’s norms let a 15-day model to record a effect alternatively of the 48 hours granted to it. The hose besides informed the authorities that it was “not realistically imaginable to pinpoint the nonstop causes” of the wide disruptions successful its formation operations successful caller weeks owed to the complexity and immense standard of operations, according to a connection issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
MP Engineer Rashid seeks PM involution ‘to extremity increasing disconnect betwixt L-G, CM’ successful J&K
Incarcerated Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Rashid connected Monday (December 8, 2025) wrote a missive to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring to his announcement the “growing disconnect betwixt the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir”.
Government, Opposition spar successful Lok Sabha over Vande Mataram
The Centre and the Opposition connected Monday (December 8, 2025) sparred successful the Lok Sabha over Vande Mataram, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming it the dependable of the state question that had been “fragmented” by the Congress successful its “surrender earlier the Muslim League”. Initiating the statement to mark 150 years of the National Song, Mr. Modi claimed that India’s archetypal Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, “betrayed” the opus by echoing Muslim League person Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s communal concerns.
Mamata says BJP leaders not alert of Bengal icons arsenic Parliament discusses Vande Mataram
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Monday (December 8, 2025) welcomed a discussion connected 150 years of Vande Mataram successful the Lok Sabha but added that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were not alert of the publication of Bengal successful the state struggle. “Let him (PM) bash immoderate helium wants. We person nary problem...Earlier, the Rajya Sabha issued a notification stating that Jai Hind and Vande Mataram would not beryllium allowed,” the Chief Minister told journalists earlier leaving for North Bengal.
ED is simply a ‘wrongdoer’ which conducted amerciable searches and fabricated T.N. govt. logo, State tells Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu authorities connected Monday accused the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) of misrepresenting and concealing captious facts and deliberately attempting to suppress the series of events successful a writ petition filed by it successful the Madras High Court seeking a absorption to the State constabulary to registry First Information Reports (FIRs) connected the ground of accusation shared by it regarding stream soil mining offences.
Trump calls EU good connected X ‘nasty one’, says Europe going successful ‘bad directions’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (December 8, 2025) called a fine imposed connected Elon Musk’s societal media institution X by European Union tech regulators “a nasty one” and said helium did not recognize however they could warrant the move. X was fined 120 cardinal euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators past week for breaching online contented rules .“Europe is going successful immoderate atrocious directions,” Mr. Trump told reporters astatine a White House event, saying helium expected to get a afloat study connected the EU good aboriginal connected Monday.
Magnitude 7.6 quake strikes disconnected Japan, triggering tsunami warning
A large earthquake rocked Japan’s bluish seashore connected Monday (December 8, 2025), with the country’s meteorological bureau signaling respective tsunami waves and section media reporting injuries. The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 quake struck astatine 1415 GMT disconnected Misawa connected Japan’s Pacific coast, astatine a extent of 53 kilometres (33 miles). The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning, with 1 question hitting a larboard successful the bluish portion of Aomori, wherever Misawa is located, astatine 11:43 p.m. (1443 GMT).
Zelenskyy meets European partners, seeks convergence with U.S. connected truce
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was successful London connected Monday (December 8, 2025) for talks with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and different ‘E3’ state heads — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The gathering comes arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump said Mr. Zelenskyy had not work the latest mentation of a connection to extremity the Russia-Ukraine conflict, though his negotiators “love” the proposals.
India, South Africa primed to crook up the T20 heat
The 3rd and final portion of South Africa’s circuit of India gets underway connected Tuesday, with the 2 teams facing disconnected successful the archetypal of 5 T20Is astatine the Barabati Stadium here. The Men successful Blue person been astir unstoppable successful this format, winning each six bilateral bid successful summation to the multi-nation Asia Cup, (26 wins, 4 defeats) since clinching the T20 World Cup successful 2024. With the rubric defence coming up connected location ungraded and Sri Lanka adjacent year, the absorption volition stay connected fine-tuning an already well-oiled machine. Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya instrumentality to the squad, the erstwhile recovering from a cervix spasm and the second overcoming a quadriceps injury.
