News highlights: 16 tourists injured in collision with tanker in J&K's Udhampur

A major fire ripped through South Africa's Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings in the building that houses the national legislature to collapse.

As firefighters struggled to tame the blaze, a dark plume of smoke and flames rose high into the air above the southern city of Cape Town.

Around 70 firefighters were still battling the fire more than seven hours after it started in the early morning, Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Jermaine Carelse said.

. In Jammu and Kashmir, around 5-6 people sustained injuries after parts of the under-construction bridge fell down in the Ramgarh area of Samba. Rescue operation underway.

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. Chopper was on its way from Bathinda to Delhi. The chopper has now been repaired and it has flown back to Bathinda. The chopper landed back in Bathinda at 5:30 pm, the Indian Army said.

. PM will inaugurateand lay foundation stone of 22 developmental projects worth over Rs 4800 cr in Imphal and will inaugurate the New Integrated Terminal Building at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala

. Israel targeted Hamas positions in southern Gaza late Saturday after rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave, security sources and the army said.

"Fighter jets, helicopters and tanks struck a rocket manufacturing site, and military posts belonging to the Hamas terror organisation," Israel's army said.

Palestinian sources told AFP the army had targeted "a site of the al-Qassam Brigades, west of Khan Yunis" in southern Gaza, referring to the military wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement controlling the territory.

The sources also reported Israeli artillery fire on a Hamas observation base in northern Gaza.

. Bikram Singh Majithia has not been arrested even after rejection of his anticipatory bail. Compromised FIR was filed by the Punjab CM as an election stunt, concerning the upcoming polls. Channi is a compromised CM. He has entered into a deal with the Badals, says Raghav Chadha

. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who has enrolled for a course in Japanese language, was gifted a set of books by The Japan Foundation, New Delhi, as a goodwill gesture.

The Kurukshetra University (KU) had recently launched a three-month online basic certificate course in Japanese culture and language. It said Khattar had become the first student of the course.

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. This university worth Rs 700 crore will provide international sports facilities to the youth. Every year, more than 1,000 girls & boys will graduate from here. Earlier, only criminals & mafias used to play & tournaments of illegal land grabbing happened: PM Modi in Meerut

. Twitter was up in arms just as the new year began after anonymous accounts were seen auctioning hundreds of Muslim women through an web page on GitHub called ‘Bulli Bai'.

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. The financial capital of Mumbai is set to get a new transportation solution with the commissioning of state-of-the-art water taxi services.

. The government plans to formulate a national air sports policy as well as set up an apex body for air sports.

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. Light to moderate snowfall in most parts of Kashmir pushed the mercury closer to the freezing point, officials said here on Sunday.

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. The suspension of a police officer in Kerala in connection with a foreigner being intercepted for carrying three liquor bottles without bills has triggered resentment among the police officials.

. Legal action to be taken against those found guilty: DIG Garhwal Karan Singh Nagnyal

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. Over Rs 99 lakhcollected in fines and 66 FIRs registered on January 1, 2022, for violation of Covid-19 protocols, following the enforcement of 'Yellow alert' restrictions in Delhi: Delhi govt

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. In the last couple of weeks, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has raised at least seven issues - one in every two days - where he has contested the state governments decisions.

. Constructed by the Britishers in late 1880, Jhansi railway station is an important junction connecting the north to the south.

. Photos of hundreds of Muslim women have been uploaded on an app using hosting platform GitHub, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said on Saturday. Chaturvedi said she has raised the matter with Mumbai Police, and demanded that the culprits should be arrested at the earliest.

. Kim Jong Un has begun his second decade as North Korea’s leader with a vow to alleviate the country’s chronic food shortages, state media reported on Saturday — a problem that he inherited from his late father 10 years ago and has yet to fix.

. For many Indians, the decision to buy an EV is entirely driven by external factors.In 2019, the Indian government announced an additional income tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on the interest paid on loans taken to purchase electric vehicles.

. On the last day of 2021, when they should have been looking forward to and celebrating the arrival of the New Year, several former chiefs of our Army, Navy and Air Force, and many more senior veterans, were busy drafting and sending a letter to the President and Prime Minister of India.

. Days after retiring from all forms of cricket, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has dropped a bombshell by claiming that some Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials and former skipper MS Dhoni were responsible for his ouster from the national team.

. Apartment complexes in Bengaluru, mostly in the eastern, southern and southeastern suburbs, are driving the current surge in Covid-19 cases, according to the BBMP. They account for nearly 80 per cent of new Covid cases in the city.

. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Meerut in Uttar Pradesh today, to lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University

News highlights: 16 tourists injured in collision with tanker in J&K's Udhampur

In J&K, a man was arrested for allegedly impersonating an Army officer in the Samba district

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu alleges BJP is using central agencies to arm-twist and browbeat political opponents, and trigger defections

Sixteen tourists injured in head-on collision between their vehicle and tanker near Patnitop hill station in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district: Officials

National Commission for Women writes to Delhi Police to expedite its action in case involving 'Bulli Bai', a dodgy app that has listed Muslim women for auction, to ensure that such crime does not recur

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