Overview
- Amit Shah is in Kolkata for two days to craft BJP’s 2026 strategy, meeting party leaders, visiting the RSS office and ISKCON temple, holding a press conference, and preparing to address workers.
- Mamata Banerjee announced a major Mahakal temple for Siliguri with the foundation stone slated for the second week of January, part of her stepped-up religious-cultural outreach.
- Dehradun killing case advances with five arrests, including two juveniles, after which the Uttarakhand chief minister assured the victim’s father of strict action, while Lucknow police pursue missing KGMU accused Dr. Rameez Malik with three teams searching across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi.
- Ajit Pawar’s NCP and Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) agreed to contest the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal polls together, with leaders stressing the tie-up is limited to these elections.
- IMD warns severe cold and fog will persist to about January 4 as Patna saw 14 flight cancellations and Panna’s visibility fell to roughly 20 metres, while a separate pre-dawn fire in Birati’s Jadu Babu Bazaar burned about 200 shops with no casualties reported and traders calling for a probe.