As many as eight people were killed after a truck laden with sand overturned on a car parked on the roadside in Uttar Pradesh. The accident took place at Devi ganj intersection of Kadhadham Kotwali in UP's Kaushambi. Two people are still feared trapped inside the car. 
A day after talks with the government failed to end the standoff over the new farm laws, the agitating farmers have called meeting on Wednesday to chalk out the future strategy. Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana are currently camping on Delhi border to press for their demand to including MSP in the new laws. Farmers fear that the new farm laws will dismantle the minimum support price system and corporatise the agriculture sector. Today is the seventh day of their protest.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for south Tamil Nadu and south Kerala for December 3. It also said that heavy rains will lash parts of Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep till December 4. According to the Met department, cyclonic storm Burevi will cross Sri Lanka coast close to Trincomalee on December 2 evening/night and cross south TN between Kanyakumari and Pamban on December 4 early morning. It is very likely to hit Tamil Nadu on December 4, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said.
Cricketer turned BJP MP Gautam Gambhir will campaign for the party in the ongoing district development council polls in Jammu and Kashmir, likely next week, a source in the party said on Tuesday. He may also possibly campaign for the BJP "in a big way" during the West Bengal Assembly elections next year.
The national capital’s border points are under heavy deployment with concrete barriers and multi-layered barricades as farmers agitating against the Centre's new agri laws blocked the Delhi-Noida border. Hundreds of farmers has gathered at a Noida-Delhi border point, stopping traffic movement on a key route connecting Uttar Pradesh and the national capital. 
COVID-19 death toll in Mumbai dropped to single-digit figure on Tuesday, for the first time since March 30. According to health authorities, Maharashtra's deaths and active cases still remain worrisome, even though new infections reported a drop. Of the 95 deaths reported on Tuesday, Pune led the tally with 32 fatalities, followed by 11 in Satara, 9 in Mumbai, 8 in Jalgaon, 5 in Thane, 4 each in Yavatmal and Chandrapur, 3 each in Nashik, Jalna, Akola and Nagpur, 2 each in Solapur, Latur, and 1 each in Palghar, Sangli, Osmanabad, Beed and Nanded.
The Northern Railway has cancelled several trains due to the ongoing agitation by Punjab farmers. Some other trains have also been short terminated, short-originated, or diverted. Here's the full listRepublic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
