1. 'US closely monitoring India-China border row, does not want it to escalate'
The US is closely monitoring the border row between India and China and does not want the situation to escalate, a senior Trump administration official has said. The official told the reporters during a conference call on Friday, ahead of the next week's 2+2 India-US Ministerial in New Delhi, that the Trump administration was providing support to India through defence sales, joint military exercises and information sharing.
2. 'Bihar angle' to Hoshiarpur rape case, Sitharaman questions silence of Gandhi siblings
The BJP on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Congress party over the alleged rape and murder of a minor in Punjab's Hoshiarpur. The victim's link to Bihar has given this issue a new dimension with the first phase of the Bihar elections set to take place on the 28th of this month.
3. Capt Amarinder trashes BJP leadership's criticism of Hoshiarpur rape-murder case as political puffery
Trashing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leadership’s attack on his government as well as the Gandhis over the Hoshiarpur rape-murder case, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday termed the remarks of Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Prakash Javadekar as political puffery, with no substance or basis to support their criticism.
4. BJP MP Anupriya Patel slams Mirzapur web series, says wrongful portrayal of area
Anupriya Patel, aBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh has recently accused the web series Mirzapur released on the OTT platform of defaming the district.
5. Section 144 imposed in Ayodhya till December 17
Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which prohibits assembly of five or more people at a time, has been imposed in Ayodhya in order to maintain harmony during the festive season.
