Omicron Variant LIVE Updates: UK may be forced into Omicron lockdown as London declares 'major incident'

Omicron Variant Latest News Updates: India's Omicron COVID count rose to 126 on Saturday after Karnataka and Kerala reported six and four cases respectively, while three more persons in Maharashtra also tested positive for the variant. According to central and state officials, omicron cases have been detected in 11 states and union territories -- Maharashtra (43), Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17) and Karnataka (14), Telangana (8), Gujarat (7), Kerala (11), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1). The Centre has warned it is likely that the spread of the new variant will outpace the Delta variant where there is community transmission. It has advised people to avoid non-essential travel and mass gatherings and keep New Year celebrations at low intensity.

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Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorist neutralized in Srinagar encounter

An unidentified terrorist was killed in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Sunday, police said. The encounter took place at the Harwan area of Srinagar.

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Breaking News, December 19 | LIVE

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Opinion | Why politicians must change their mindset about women

Today I write with both sadness and anger about a senior Karnataka MLA who made an insensitive and shameful remark about women in the  assembly. The Congress MLA in question, K. R. Ramesh Kumar, is a former assembly speaker and state minister and has been elected from his constituency six times. He won his first assembly election 43 years ago in 1978. He was elected speaker of assembly twice and later became the state health and family welfare minister. It was shocking to see an experienced legislator making a callous, misogynistic remark.

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At minus 6, Srinagar records coldest night of season, water supply lines freeze

Mercury continued to plunge in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday with Srinagar recording the coldest night of the season so far, resulting in freezing of water supply lines as well as the fringes of several water bodies, officials said.

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UP Polls 2022: 'I am ready to fight elections, if Priyanka, Rahul gives me go-ahead' says Vadra | EXCLUSIVE

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Saturday said he is ready to fight elections, if Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi give him a go-ahead. 

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Home Minister Amit Shah's 2-day Maharashtra visit begins today, to attend various events

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra starting December today during which he will inaugurate a new building of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Pune and interact with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, officials said. Shah is also likely to attend the convocation of the Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM) in Pune and the national awards function of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in Mumbai during his visit.

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