The politics over the Hathras incident is getting murkier by the day. Ranjeet Bahadur Srivastava, a BJP leader from Barabanki, has claimed that the four upper caste men accused of brutally assaulting the 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras are 'innocent' and it is the victim who was 'awaara' (wayward).
At least two people died on Wednesday after a truck container fell on a car in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar. The accident happened late last night. 
The COVID-19 recovery rate in Telangana crossed 86 per cent as the state continued to report more recoveries than the daily count of positive cases. The state on Tuesday reported 2,381 new recoveries, pushing the total number of people recovered to 1,74,769.
India on Wednesday recorded as many as 72,049 new coronavirus cases and 986 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest in months, according to Union health ministry data. India's COVID-19 tally crossed 67 lakh-mark with Maharashtra recording the highest number of cases. The total cases of coronavirus infections stand at 67,57,132 while the death toll climbed to 1,04,555 the data updated at 8 am showed. Out of these 9,07,883 are active cases, 57,44,694 recovered, according to the health ministry. 
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has extended the time given to a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Hathras gangrape and murder case by 10 days.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has entered his 20th year in a public office today without a break, setting a "milestone" in the Indian political history. It was on October 7 in the year 2001 when Modi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat for the first time. Later, he took on a national role as Prime Minister. Modi stood out among his peers right from his day as Chief Minister of Gujarat, BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda wrote in the Indian Express. Nadda said Modi entering his 20th year as the head of a government speaks volumes about his ability to win the people's confidence over and over again, in greater magnitude every time.
Uttar Pradesh power employees on Tuesday called off their indefinite strike against the proposed privatisation of Poorvanchal Distribution Company after the state government assured them that it would not go ahead with the move if the situation of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) improves. In a written agreement between the power employees and a cabinet sub-committee comprising finance minister Suresh Khanna, energy minister Shrikant Sharma, chief secretary RK Tewari and additional chief secretary, energy, Arvind Kumar, the government said it would assess the position of UPPCL till January 15.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
