📌12-hour bandh from 6 am to 6 pm is being observed in Sambalpur district today by Sambalpur Krushak Suraksha Sangathan over Kharif Paddy Procurement issues.
📌Severe cold conditions continue to grip Kandhamal district as G. Udayagiri recorded lowest minimum temperature at 5 degrees Celsius.
📌No morning classes in Ganjam schools on Saturdays in view of the prevailing cold wave conditions across the State.
📌Delhi: Opposition MPs protest against VB-G RAM G Bill 2025 that has been passed by Parliament.
📌Delhi High Court allows TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s challenge to Lokpal sanction in 2024 alleged cash-for-query case; Court directs Lokpal to re-examine the case and decide within one month.
📌Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh: AQI (Air Quality Index) around Yamuna Expressway area is 404, categorised as ‘severe’, as claimed by CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board).
📌Dense fog blankets North India, IMD issues red alert for Delhi.
📌Several flights delayed and a few cancelled at several parts of India due to dense fog in the region.
📌Encounter breaks out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district: Police.
📌Shimla Winter Carnival to start from December 24.
📌Sourav Ganguly files police complaint against head of Kolkata-based ‘Argentina football fan club’, over ‘objectionable’ remarks.
📌US President Donald Trump signs National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) seeking expanded military engagement with India.
📌4.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Afghanistan.
📌Violence erupts in Bangladesh following death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a leader of Bangladesh’s student uprising last year at a Singapore hospital.
