The big news: Rahul Gandhi calls Gujarat results a major setback for BJP, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: An unmanned Delhi Metro train on a trial run crashed through a depot’s wall, and militant deaths in J&K were the highest in four years in 2017.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Gujarat election results are a ‘massive jolt’ to the BJP, says Rahul Gandhi: The people of the state do not approve of Narendra Modi’s model of development, the Congress president said.
- Unmanned Delhi Metro train on trial run crashes through the wall of a depot: The Kalindi Kunj station is part of the Magenta Line, which Narendra Modi will inaugurate on December 25.
- Militant and civilian fatalities this year in Jammu and Kashmir are the highest in four years, says Centre: As many as 75 security personnel died fighting militancy in the state this year.
- Narendra Modi meets families affected by Cyclone Ockhi, announces Rs 325 crore in government aid: The Centre will also help reconstruct 1,400 damaged houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
- India will take up reports of alleged conversion of Sikhs with Pakistan, says Sushma Swaraj: On Friday, members of the Sikh community in Pakistan had claimed that a local tehsil officer was forcing them to convert to Islam.
- At least 65 media workers were killed on the job in 2017, says Reporters Without Borders: The report said 26 were killed in airstrikes or bombings, and the remaining were ‘deliberately targeted’ for their reporting.
- Aligarh schools, colleges to get security after Hindu group’s threat against celebrating Christmas: Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said he had no knowledge of the Hindu Jagran Manch’s warning.
- Five private sector telecom firms understated revenues by Rs 14,813 crore, says CAG report: The report, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, said the companies owed the government Rs 2,578 crore.
- Law firm Appleby sues BBC, The Guardian for leaking ‘confidential’ information through reports on Paradise Papers: The firm has sought a permanent injunction stopping any further use of the information.
- Myanmar Army says it is investigating a mass grave in Rakhine state: The army said it found the grave after acting on a tip-off from ‘someone who asked not to be named’.