Overview
- Uddhav and Raj Thackeray formally joined forces for the upcoming BMC and Nashik civic polls, centering the Marathi agenda and prompting Congress to stick to a solo path as poster flare-ups and campaign rhetoric escalated in Mumbai.
- A 10-year-old girl’s rape and murder in Odisha’s Bhadrak led to a main suspect’s arrest, the demolition of the accused’s house by a mob, a Rs 10 lakh relief announcement by the chief minister, and an opposition-backed six-hour local shutdown call.
- A Delhi court acquitted three principal accused in the 2009 Panipat acid-attack case after 16 years, citing investigative lapses and insufficient evidence, with the victim’s counsel vowing to appeal and the detailed order expected on December 26.
- In Dhaka, members linked to the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement delivered a threat and a demand to remove Global TV news head Nazneen Munni, invoking earlier arson at Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, while the group’s leader acknowledged a member’s visit and memorandum.
- Rohit Sharma lit up the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Jaipur with 155 off 93 balls as the spotlight also fixed on Suryakumar Yadav’s prolonged T20 struggles, with the January 21–31 India–New Zealand T20I series widely framed as his last audition before the T20 World Cup.