A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Vijay Rupani to continue as the Gujarat chief minister, Nitin Patel to stay on as deputy: Arun Jaitley made the announcement after a BJP meeting in Gandhinagar.  
  2. Bombay HC sets aside governor’s sanction to prosecute Ashok Chavan in Adarsh housing scam: The former chief minister of Maharashtra, who is accused of trying to get his relatives flats in the South Mumbai housing society, claimed the BJP used the scam to malign the Congress.  
  3. Sachin Tendulkar takes to Facebook after he could not complete his speech in Parliament: ‘There were some things I wanted to reach to you yesterday. I will try to do so now,’ the former cricketer said. 
  4. India sanctions $25 million for development of Myanmar’s Rakhine state: The amount will be spent over a period of five years, said Ministry of External Affairs’ spokesperson Raveesh Kumar.  
  5. Bombay High Court lawyer arrested for marrying, raping 17-year-old girl: The complainant’s grandparents allegedly forced her to get married to him in return for six acres of land.  
  6. Delhi High Court asks CBI to trace the founder of Rohini ashram where women and children were allegedly sexually assaulted: The bench asked Virender Dev Dixit to be present before it on January 4. 
  7. SC judge who scrapped 2G licences in 2012 says cases before him and the CBI court were different: Justice GS Singhvi said the case before the top court was allocation of spectrum without an auction, not whether there was a conspiracy in the allocation.
  8. Manipur Assembly passes resolution seeking disclosure of contents of Centre-Nagaland outfit pact: Former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said some central leaders had asked him to not oppose the agreement signed in 2015.  
  9. Manohar Parrikar’s offer to share Mahadayi river water is an ‘election gimmick’, says Karnataka CM: The Goa CM’s statement did not go down well with Goa Forward, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ally in the state, and the Opposition as well.  
  10. Sensex, Nifty close at all-time high as stocks of IT majors surge: The top gainers on the Sensex were ONGC, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Bajaj Auto and Wipro.