News highlights: Centre to form 6-member team with ministers from Maharashtra, Karnataka to address border issue

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Member states from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Small Island Developing States should have credible and continuing representation in the Security Council: EAM

Centre forms 6-member team with ministers from Maharashtra, Karnataka to address border issue

Both states have agreed to form a committee headed by one senior IPS officer regarding this matter so that constitutional norms are followed & law and order is maintained in both states so that outsiders & locals don't face any problem: Shah

As long as the SC verdict on this matter is not out, the two states will not make any claim: Shah

CMs of both states agreed that a resolution should be reached in a constitutional manner: Home Minister Amit Shah

Shah asks opposition parties of both states to cooperate in Maharashtra-K'taka border row

Urge opposition parties Maharashtra& K'taka not to politicise this issue: Shah on border row

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs meeting regarding the Maharashtra-Karnataka border

CM Eknath Shinde arrives in Delhi, to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah

For how many years was BJP in power here? Today, they're remembering that people dying of spurious liquor? asks Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav

Boom in India's civil aviation sector needs to be accompanied by a capacity increase, says Jyotiraditya Scindia

Fake call centre selling Viagra located in Gorai has been busted by Mumbai's Borivali police

Our soldiers beaten up, not allowed to retaliate. Sorry state of affairs, says Mehbooba Mufti on India-China faceoff

Case of rape & attempt to murder registered against BJP leader & former state minister Vinod Arya

FIR against CBI officials after custodial death victim Lalan Sheikh's wife submits complaint

West Bengal Police registered an FIR against CBI officials after the wife of Bogtui case prime accused Lalan Sheikh submits a complaint against them. Lalan Sheikh was found hanging in the washroom of the CBI camp office in Rampurhat on December 12.

Security arrangements have been done for 1st G-20 meeting in Mumbai, says commissioner of Mumbai

We are having 1st G-20 meeting in Mumbai from Dec 13-16 and for that elaborate security and traffic arrangements have been made. We are also ensuring that these arrangements do not cause any inconvenience to the public: Vivek Phansalkar, Mumbai CP

Criminal lawye Majeed Memon joins TMC

The All India Trinamool Congress announced that Majeed Memon joined the Trinamool Congress family in New Delhi today, in the presence of Saugata Roy and Shri Derek O'Brien.

Majeed Memon is a criminal lawyer and former Rajya Sabha MP of NCP.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Maharashtra on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ticket in 2014 till 2020.

As a lawmaker he has served as the member of Parliamentary Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice and member of Consultative Committee for Ministry of Law and Justice.

Kerala HC restrains Police from arresting Sabu M Jacob

Kerala HC restrains Police from arresting Sabu M Jacob, Chief Coordinator of Kitex-group backed Twenty20 party,ally of AAP in Kerala,in a case registered under SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities)Act. HC directed Jacob & others to appear before investigating officer as & when directed.

JD(U)'s merger would be suicidal, says Upendra Kushwaha on speculations over party's merger with RJD

There are no talks of a merger. People must think that how can it take place. JD(U)'s merger would be suicidal. Does someone take a suicidal step on their own? There's no truth to it. There'll be no merger: Upendra Kushwaha, JD(U) on speculations over the party's merger with RJD

Maharashtra govt to set up state level committee to study data of Inter-religion & Inter-caste marriages

Former BMC corporators allege lack of transparency & financial mismanagement in BMC

94 former BMC corporators from different political parties, including Shiv Sena, NCP, SP & MNS wrote to CM Eknath Shinde, alleging lack of transparency and financial mismanagement in BMC under the rule of state-appointed administrator & municipal commissioner.

KCR is using police to curb my rights, am I under house arrest, questions YSRTP chief Y S Sharmila

KCR using Police dept, curbing my personal rights. I'm not allowed to step out of house even to go to HC when we moved lunch motion for padayatra issue y'day. Am I under house arrest? I've not been served notice. Nothing official but there's Police everywhere says YSRTP chief YS Sharmila.

Top Opposition leaders participate in inauguration ceremony of Bharat Rashtra Samithi's office in Delhi

ED arrests, takes custody of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from Uttar Pradesh court in money laundering case, officials said.

PM Modi gives credit for Gujarat's victory to state BJP president C R Paatil

PM Modi gave credit for Gujarat's victory to Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil, BJP national president JP Nadda & the workers of party. PM Modi gave a clarion call to all our MPs that G20 is not BJP's or govt's program but India's program and everyone should be involved, saysP Joshi.

Boy throws acid on schoolgirl in Delhi

A boy has thrown acid on a schoolgirl in Delhi's Dwarka district area. The incident took place at around 9 am. The girl has been referred to Safdarjung Hospital. Delhi police officers are also reaching the Hospital, Delhi Policesaid.

A PCR call was received around 9am regarding an incident of throwing acid on a girl in the area of PS Mohan Garden. It was stated that a girl aged 17 years was allegedly attacked using some acid-like substance by two bike-borne persons at around 7:30am, Police said.

SC refuses to entertain plea for early setting up of bench to hear Bilkis Bano's plea against remission of sentence of 11 convicts.

Guwahati city police seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth more than Rs 14 crore from an ambulance last night

Security of 12 officials of Delhi Police's Special Cell who were involved in solving the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case increased.

Y category security has been approved for Special CP HGS Dhaliwal, DCP Special Cell Manishi Chandra, DCP Rajeev Ranjan: Delhi Police

PM Modi twice assured to make the Eastern Rajasthan Canal project (ERC) a national project, now when the state govt has started working on it then there is no need to create delusions: Sachin Pilot

Delhi's air quality improves to the 'Moderate' category, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 133 this morning.

Bombay High Court grants guardianship of illegitimate minor to biological parents

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan briefly joins the Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Yatra resumed this morning from Bhadoti of Sawai Madhopur in Rajastha

Want to make UP $1 trillion economy: Suresh Kumar Khanna

Delhi L-G calls meeting with CM, Ministers on G-20 summit preparations

Delhi Lt Governor V.K. Saxena has called a high-level meeting on Wednesday with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with other ministers to review and take stock of preparation in the run-up to the G-20 summit and various other meetings preceding it.

While LG has been spearheading various related projects including those of refurbishing of roads - especially those from and to IGI Airport, Ring and Radial roads, establishment of Baansera on Yamuna Bank and rejuvenation of water bodies including the Najafgarh Drain, as well as Asola Bhati Mines and Roshanara garden amongst others, this will be the first time that the CM and ministers will attend a meeting in this regard.

PM may visit Meghalaya, Tripura on Dec 18

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Meghalaya and Tripura on December 18 to attend a variety of events and to launch a host of projects.

Officials in Shillong said that the Prime Minister would preside over the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council (NEC), a regional planning body.

Modi is also likely to attend a programme at IIM Shillong.