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BNP declares 7 days of mourning aft decease of Khaleda Zia
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) declared 7 days of authoritative mourning pursuing the decease of its chairperson and erstwhile Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Zia, who served 3 presumption arsenic Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, died astatine astir 6 a.m section clip portion receiving aesculapian attraction astatine Evercare Hospital successful Dhaka. She was 80.
SIR process for Uttar Pradesh gets extended again
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process for Uttar Pradesh has been extended again, with the draught database to beryllium published connected January 6, and the last database connected March 6, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025). Earlier, the draught database was announced to beryllium published connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025), pursuing the archetypal rescheduling. This caller update came a time earlier the earlier decided date.
World sees India with anticipation and confidence, says PM Modi highlighting betterment initiatives
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) said India is being appreciated by the world for the mode successful which the gait of advancement has been accelerated with next-generation reforms, which are cross-sectoral and amplify the nation’s maturation potential. In a station connected concern and employment-oriented societal networking level LinkedIn, Mr. Modi said India has emerged arsenic the centre of planetary attraction owed to the innovative zeal of its radical and the satellite present sees India with anticipation and confidence.
Bombay High Court says denial of permanency to HIV-positive worker violates equality rights
The Bombay High Court has ordered Bombay Hospital to assistance permanency to a sweeper who was denied regular presumption for astir 2 decades aft being declared HIV-positive, terming the denial “arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.” Justice Sandeep V. Marne, successful a judgement pronounced connected December 23, acceptable speech an Industrial Court bid dated May 3, 2023, and directed the infirmary to state the petitioner, Kumar Dashrath Kamble, imperishable from December 1, 2006, the day of a colony that regularised 150 impermanent employees.
North East students’ assemblage demands superior punishment for Anjel Chakma’s killers successful Dehradun
The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) has demanded superior punishment for the assailants who caused the decease of Tripura pupil Anjel Chakma successful Uttarakhand’s Dehradun. The apex students’ assemblage of the portion besides joined different organisations and rights bodies to question an anti-racism act, which it believed would enactment arsenic a deterrent.
PM Modi voices heavy interest implicit targeting of Putin’s residence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) voiced “deep concern” implicit the reports of the targeting of the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged Russia and Ukraine to absorption connected diplomatic efforts to extremity hostilities.“ Deeply acrophobic by reports of the targeting of the residence of the President of the Russian Federation,” Mr. Modi said successful a station connected X (formerly, Twitter).
West Bengal authorities allowing infiltration arsenic a argumentation to fortify its ballot bank, says Amit Shah
Alleging that the Mamata Banerjee Government in West Bengal is allowing amerciable infiltration arsenic a argumentation of the State Government to fortify its ballot bank, Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) said that demography of the State is changing dangerously and the aboriginal appears worrisome. Mr. Shah asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) volition thrust retired amerciable immigrants erstwhile it comes to powerfulness successful the State aft adjacent year’s Assembly election.
11 arrested successful Assam, Tripura for links with Bangladesh extremist group
Assam’s Special Task Force (STF) arrested 11 people successful 2 northeastern States for their alleged links with a extremist offshoot of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an extremist radical banned successful India. The members of the newly-formed Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK) — 10 from Assam’s Baksa, Barpeta, Chirang, and Darrang districts, and 1 from Tripura’s West Tripura territory — were arrested successful a coordinated cognition connected Monday (December 29, 2025) night, STF main and Guwahati Police Commissioner Partha Sarathi Mahanta said.
Security forces motorboat hunt operations successful Kishtwar, Poonch implicit reports of imaginable violent movement
Security forces connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) launched cordon and hunt operations on borderline areas and the mountainous hinterland of Poonch and Kishtwar districts of Jammu and Kashmir arsenic portion of heightened anti-terror measures, officials said. Acting connected inputs astir the beingness of 2 violent groups operating successful the Doda-Kishtwar wood areas, information forces launched a cordon and hunt cognition successful the Keshwan-Chatroo vale aft apprehending violent movement, they said.
PM Modi meets economists up of 2026-27 Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) met eminent economists and sectoral experts to question their views connected the upcoming Budget, a elder authorities authoritative said. The meeting, which started astatine 11 a.m., is presently underway.
Bindra-led Task Force highlights deficits successful Indian sports administration
An Abhinav Bindra-led Task Force acceptable up by the Sports Ministry has pointed retired “systemic deficits” successful India’s sports administration, including “inadequate and ill-equipped” athletes for governance roles, and recommended the mounting up of an autonomous statutory assemblage to bid a specialised cadre that would besides diagnostic IAS officers. The 170-page study of the Task Force has been submitted to Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) said “all its recommendations volition beryllium implemented”.
BJP won’t transverse 50-mark successful Bengal polls, says TMC successful effect to Amit Shah’s ‘two-thirds majority’ claim
The Trinamool Congress connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) deed backmost astatine Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of peddling falsehoods and making baseless claims about securing a two-thirds bulk successful the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.The Trinamool Congress connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) deed backmost astatine Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of peddling falsehoods and making baseless claims about securing a two-thirds bulk successful the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.
Trump, apical aides asked Netanyahu to alteration argumentation successful occupied West Bank: Reports
U.S. President Donald Trump and his apical advisers asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to alteration Israel’s policies successful the occupied West Bank during their meeting, Axios said connected Monday (December 29, 2025).
Congress and NCP (SP) to contention separately successful Nagpur civic polls
Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituents, the Congress and NCP (SP) volition contention the Nagpur municipal corp elections separately, with the Sharad Pawar-led enactment accusing the state of not allocating 15 seats. Nagpur NCP (SP) president Duneshwar Pethe claimed connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) that discussions continued with Congress leaders until Monday night. However, aboriginal the leaders stopped responding to our telephone calls, which indicated that they bash not privation to forge an alliance, helium told PTI Videos.
President returns University of Madras Amendment Bill
President Droupadi Murmu has returned the University of Madras Amendment Bill, seeking to empower the State authorities to name its Vice Chancellor, an authoritative root said connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025). The Tamil Nadu Assembly, which passed the Bill successful April 2022, had sent it for Presidential assent, aiming to instrumentality power of the 168-year-old assemblage which has been managing the affairs without a Vice Chancellor for implicit 2 years.
