Overview
- In Murshidabad, suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir carried out a foundation-laying for a mosque in a Babri-style design, with supporters seen bringing bricks and local authorities heightening security.
- BJP figures including Amit Malviya and Dilip Ghosh alleged provocative, vote-bank politics, TMC countered that Kabir acted with BJP backing, and officials said the situation is under watch.
- Katha-vachak Indresh Upadhyay married Shipra Sharma in Jaipur on December 5 in a Vedic ceremony led by a large group of pandits, with Dhirendra Krishna Shastri and Kumar Vishwas in attendance.
- Television actor Sara Khan wed Krishh Pathak on December 5, observing Hindu wedding rites followed by a nikah and sharing photos of the ceremonies on social media.
- Public-safety and crime updates included five deaths and two injuries in a Chhatarpur car–truck crash under police investigation, and Haryana’s ‘Poonam’ remaining in jail after confessing to four child murders linked by CCTV and interrogation.