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Dozens presumed dead, astir 100 injured successful occurrence astatine Swiss Alps barroom during New Year’s celebration
Dozens of radical are presumed dormant and astir 100 injured, astir of them seriously, pursuing a fire astatine a barroom successful a Swiss Alps edifice municipality during a New Year’s celebration, constabulary said connected Thursday (January 1, 2026). “Several tens of people” were killed astatine the bar, Le Constellation, Valais Canton constabulary commandant Frederic Gisler said during a quality conference. Work is underway to place the victims and pass their families, but “that volition instrumentality clip and for the clip being, it is premature to springiness you a much precise figure,” Mr. Gisler said, adding that the assemblage is “devastated.”
Vodafone Idea gets ₹638 crore GST punishment order; to instrumentality ineligible enactment against it
Telecom relation Vodafone Idea (VIL) connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) said it has received astir ₹638 crore GST punishment order from the Office of Additional Commissioner, Central Goods and Service Tax, Ahmedabad. In a statutory filing, Vodafone Idea said it disagrees with the bid and volition instrumentality ineligible enactment against it. The filing comes conscionable a time aft debt-laden telco received a large alleviation connected its Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues, with the Union Cabinet connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) deciding to frost its dues on with a 5-year outgo moratorium and allowing capped AGR dues to beryllium reassessed.
Swiggy, Zomato, Magicpin spot bid surge connected New Year Eve, negligible interaction of gig workers’ strike
Food transportation aggregators Swiggy, Zomato and magicpin connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) said they recorded a monolithic surge successful orders connected New Year’s Eve, adjacent arsenic a conception of gig workers went connected onslaught demanding amended payouts and improved moving conditions, with the agitation having a negligible interaction connected their operations. The Gig & Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU) said implicit 1 lakh workers from 22 cities joined the strike, including 14,000 of its members from large cities similar Delhi, Mumbai, and others. In a station connected X, Eternal Founder Deepinder Goyal said, “Zomato and Blinkit delivered astatine a grounds gait yesterday, unaffected by calls for strikes. Over 4.5 lakh transportation partners crossed some platforms delivered much than 75 lakh orders (all-time high) to implicit 63 lakh customers during the day.” Anshoo Sharma, Founder and CEO of Magicpin, said that the institution saw “no impact” of the onslaught called by gig workers’ unions.
ATF terms chopped by steep 7%, commercialized LPG complaint up ₹111 per cylinder
Price of aviation turbine substance (ATF), oregon pitchy fuel, was reduced by 7.3% connected Thursday (January 1, 2026), portion commercialized LPG complaint was raised by ₹111 per cylinder, arsenic state-owned lipid selling companies implemented their monthly terms revisions aligned with planetary substance benchmarks. ATF terms successful Delhi was chopped by ₹7,353.75 per kilolitre, oregon 7.3%, to ₹92,323.02 per kl, according to state-owned substance retailers. The chopped announced connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) neutralises much than two-thirds of the terms summation that happened since October 1.
Blast adjacent Nalagarh constabulary presumption successful Himachal; nary casualty reported
Panic gripped Nalagarh residents pursuing a blast adjacent a constabulary presumption successful Himachal Pradesh’s Solan territory connected Thursday (January 1, 2026). No casualty was reported, officials said, adding that an probe is underway to place the origin of the blast. The interaction of the blast that took spot successful a lane adjacent the Nalagarh constabulary presumption was truthful beardown that the windows of adjacent buildings — including of an Army canteen 40 metres distant from the spot — were cracked. Baddi SP Vinod Dhiman said the blast took spot astatine astir 9:40 am, and the forensic squad has collected samples from antithetic locations. He added that the origin and chemic progressive would beryllium known aft the team’s report.
PM Modi to motorboat Kolkata-Guwahati Vande Bharat sleeper bid soon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon emblem disconnected India’s archetypal Vande Bharat Sleeper Train betwixt Kolkata and Guwahati, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said successful New Delhi connected Thursday (January 1, 2026). Addressing a property conference, Mr. Vaishnaw said the fares of the Vande Bharat Sleeper Train betwixt Howrah successful West Bengal and Guwahati successful Assam volition beryllium substantially little than aerial travel. “The services volition go operational successful the adjacent 15-20 days, perchance astir January 18 oregon 19. We person requested the premier minister, and everything is clear. I volition denote the nonstop day successful the adjacent 2 to 3 days,” the Minister said.
Delhi BMW clang case: Victim could person been saved with timely care, says complaint sheet
“Navjot Singh, a 52-year-old Finance Ministry official, who was tally implicit by a speeding BMW adjacent Dhaula Kuan past September 2025, was live for astatine slightest 15 minutes aft the clang and could person been saved with timely aesculapian care,” the Delhi Police has said successful its complaint sheet. The last study was submitted earlier a magisterial tribunal past week. On September 14, Navjot Singh, a Deputy Secretary successful the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, was killed, and 3 people, including his wife, were injured aft a BMW allegedly deed his motorcycle adjacent Delhi Cantonment Metro Station connected Ring Road. In a 400-page complaint expanse filed earlier Judicial Magistrate Ankit Garg, constabulary alleged that the accused, Gaganpreet Makkad, deliberately delayed providing captious aesculapian assistance to the victim.
Tripura pupil killing: People successful different parts of state should beryllium educated astir Northeast, says Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) said radical successful the rest of the state should beryllium educated astir North East India to debar incidents similar the sidesplitting of Tripura pupil Angel Chakma successful Dehradun. The culprits progressive should beryllium booked and meted retired terrible punishments arsenic a deterrent for the occurrence of specified incidents, CM Sarma said portion interacting with media persons successful Guwahati. “If the accused are fixed harsh punishment, it volition nonstop a beardown awesome to the full nation, and specified incidents volition hopefully not recur,” helium said. The radical of North East India “are arrogant Indians and the radical successful the remainder of the state should beryllium educated astir the portion and its people”, helium said.
Indore h2o contamination: Vijayvargiya uses objectionable connection earlier media, regrets later
Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya lost his temper portion responding to media questions connected the contaminated drinking h2o incidental successful Indore’s Bhagirathpura country and utilized an objectionable connection connected camera. As the contention escalated, the MP Cabinet Minister expressed regret implicit his remark. The Opposition Congress demanded his resignation, accusing BJP leaders successful the authorities of arrogance. The elder BJP person said, “Leave it, don’t inquire escaped (unnecessary) questions.” An statement past broke retired betwixt Vijayvargiya and a writer who had raised the question, pursuing which the Minister utilized an objectionable word.
India, Pakistan speech lists of atomic installations, prisoners
Continuing an implicit three-decade practice, India and Pakistan connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) exchanged a database of their atomic installations nether a bilateral pact that prohibits the 2 sides from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The 2 countries besides exchanged a database of prisoners nether the consular entree statement signed connected May 21, 2008. “Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of their respective atomic installations pursuant to the statement connected Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities betwixt Pakistan and India signed connected 31st December 1988,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said astatine the play property briefing.
Zohran Mamdani sworn successful arsenic New York City politician astatine historical subway station
Zohran Mamdani became politician of New York City conscionable aft midnight connected Thursday (January 1, 2026), taking the oath of bureau astatine an historic, decommissioned subway presumption successful Manhattan. Mr. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn successful arsenic the archetypal Muslim person of America’s biggest city, placing his manus connected a Quran arsenic helium took his oath. “This is genuinely the honour and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mr. Mamdani said. He volition beryllium sworn successful again, successful grander style, successful a nationalist ceremonial astatine City Hall astatine 1 p.m. by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, 1 of the mayor’s governmental heroes. That volition beryllium followed by what the caller medication is billing arsenic a nationalist artifact enactment connected a agelong of Broadway known arsenic the “Canyon of Heroes,” celebrated for its ticker-tape parades.
BNP’s Tarique Rahman acknowledgment Yunus govt. functionaries, dignitaries for enactment during Khaleda Zia’s funeral
BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) thanked Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, authorities functionaries, dignitaries from South Asian countries and communal radical for attending his parent and erstwhile Bangladesh premier curate Khaleda Zia’s funeral. Mr. Rahman besides expressed his “profound gratitude” to the civilian and subject institutions, instrumentality enforcers, nationalist servants and media professionals for their “professionalism, attraction and dedication” successful ensuring a peaceful and dignified last farewell to Zia.
Russia says Ukrainian drone onslaught kills 24 successful occupied Ukraine arsenic tensions turn amid bid talks
Russian officials connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) said a Ukrainian drone onslaught killed 24 people and wounded astatine slightest 50 much arsenic they celebrated the New Year successful a Russian-occupied colony successful Ukraine’s Kherson region, arsenic tensions betwixt the 2 nations proceed to spike contempt diplomats hailing productive bid talks. Three drones struck a cafe and edifice successful the edifice municipality of Khorly connected the Black Sea coast, the region’s Moscow-installed leader, Vladimir Saldo, said successful a connection connected Telegram. He said that 1 of the drones carried an incendiary mixture, sparking a blaze.
Sri Lanka Navy honours vessels from India, different countries for catastrophe assistance
Sri Lanka Navy connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) said 8 overseas vessels, including 2 from India, have been honoured for providing assistance to the land federation aft the Cyclone Ditwah catastrophe that saw implicit 600 deaths. Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya personally expressed gratitude to a radical of diplomatic officials of the countries concerned, Sri Lanka Navy spokesperson Commander Sampath said successful Colombo. Aircraft bearer INS Vikrant and different vessel INS Udaygiri of the Indian Navy were the archetypal to get progressive successful the rescue and alleviation operations during Cyclone Ditwah.
