Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought people's views on the year 2020, seen as one of the most disruptive in recent history due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and also what they looked forward to in the next year, ahead of his 'Mann ki Baat' broadcast on December 27. This will his last broadcast for this year. 
A day after he quit the Trinamool Congress, former aide of Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari has been given 'Z' category security by the Ministry of Home Affairs. 
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from the Charkhari Assembly constituency in Mahoba district, Brij Bhushan Rajput has returned his security cover and bodyguards, alleging police laxity and bias in the probe into the attack on his vehicle. The attack had happened on Saturday last.
Senior BJP leader and Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday came down heavily on the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for spreading misinformation over farm laws. She said that the Congress party had promised similar amendments in its manifesto and that the Kejriwal government notified the new laws in November in the national capital.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's newly-elected corporators in Greater Hyderabad on Friday took a pledge at the Bhagyalakshmi temple abutting historic Charminar. Party's Telangana unit president Bandi Sanjay Kumar administered oath to 48 corporators. They took a pledge to stay away from corruption, serve the people and abide by the party principles.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out a fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks and said that failure to do so will invite punitive action.
Trinamool Congress MLA Silbhadra Dutta has resigned from the party, news agency ANI reported. Dutta's resignation is the third major exit from the party in the last 24 hours.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...
