Breaking News Live Updates: Supreme Court quashes conviction in rape case

Breaking News Live Updates, December 27, 2025:  A massive crash in snowy weather killed one person and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-the-year holiday season. The Gunma prefectural highway police said on Saturday that the pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway started with a collision between two trucks in the town of Minakami, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of Tokyo.

A 77-year-old woman from Tokyo died, police said. Out of the 26 injured, five were reported to be in serious condition.

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Every Indian should learn one South Indian language: Chouhan

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday advocated learning at least one South Indian language and said he was trying to learn a South Indian language.

Tremors of magnitude 4.4 strikes Assam's Udalguri

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit Assam's Udalguri district on Saturday evening, as the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor occurred at 6:12:48 pm IST.

Suvendu Adhikari accuses Bengal police of arresting BJP worker without reason

Leader of the opposition of West Bengal Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday alleged that police in Nandigram wrongly arrested a party worker from his residence over vandalism of a Trinamool Congress campaign autorickshaw, reports PTI.

BJP slams Cong's criticism of VB–G RAM G

Instead of being present during the discussion on the G RAM G bill, Rahul Gandhi went abroad for his monthly foreign trip, said BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi.

173 security personnel injured in Karbi Anglong violence

Altogether 173 security personnel, belonging to both Assam Police and CRPF, were injured in violence earlier this week in which two persons were killed in West Karbi Anglong district, police said on Saturday.

TMC leader to meet CEC on Dec 31

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee said he will meet CEC Gyanesh Kumar on December 31.

Thailand, Cambodia sign new ceasefire deal

Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks of fighting along their border over competing territorial claims. The agreement took effect at noon (0500 GMT) and calls for a halt in military movements and airspace violations for military purposes, AP reported.

SC quashes conviction in rape case

The Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of a man in a rape case. During the hearing it noted that the complainant and the convict have married each other and observed that the consensual relationship between the parties was given a criminal colour owing to a misunderstanding.

Congress leader held for sharing AI image depicting Kerala CM with Sabarimala gold case accused

A Congress leader was arrested on Saturday for allegedly sharing an AI-generated photograph depicting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along with Unnikrishnan Potty, an accused in the Sabarimala gold case, police said. The Chevayoor police took N Subarahmanian, a member of the state unit of Congress's Political Affairs Committee, into custody after registering a case against him. Later, his arrest was recorded after the interrogation and he was released on station bail, police said.

He was booked for sharing a post on a social media platform carrying a photograph depicting the Chief Minister and Potty together, with a caption questioning the reason for their alleged close relationship.

Odisha: Charred body of man found inside gutted shop

The charred body of a 45-year-old man was found inside his roadside shop in Odisha's Kendrapara district on Saturday, police said. His family members and locals alleged that the shop, located in a market in Kudangagari police station area, was set afire by unidentified persons when Subas Mallik, who was a resident of Gobindapur village, was sleeping inside it.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge attacks EC at CWC meeting

BJP-EC collusion is clear, Congress has to ensure that names of its voters are not deleted: Kharge at CWC meet

Himachal Pradesh: Resident doctors sit on strike demanding revocation of termination of colleague

Resident Doctors' Associations (RDAs) sit on a strike demanding that the termination of the senior resident doctor in the viral video controversy be revoked.

Mamata Banerjee wants to transform Bengal into Bangladesh: Union Minister Giriraj Singh

Union Minister Giriraj Singh says, "Mamata Banerjee wants to transform Bengal into Bangladesh for politics. On one hand, Hindus are being persecuted in Bangladesh; on the other hand, Mamata Banerjee is giving employment to Bangladeshi infiltrators. This should be investigated... She wants to be the CM of Bangladeshis."

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma targets Bangladeshi Muslims of state, says they may be in majority after 2027 Census

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says, "As per the 2011 census, there was 34% Muslim population in Assam. If we give away 3% Assamese Muslims, then the Bangladeshi-origin Muslim population was 31% in Assam. No census was conducted in 2021. When the census report comes out in 2027, the Bangladesh-origin Muslim population will be around 40%."

Union Education Minister congratulates NIT Rourkela for good performance in NIRF rankings

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says, "In this year's NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) rankings, NIT Rourkela has secured the 13th rank in the engineering college category. I was here at the NIT Rourkela campus to congratulate them and extend my best wishes. In the coming days, a technological revolution is going to take place in the country, and Prime Minister Modi has called for building a developed India. Odisha will move towards becoming a developed Odisha by 2036. I have full confidence that NIT Rourkela will play a leading role in this."

Hindus are being targeted and attacked in Bangladesh: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh

On Bangladesh unrest, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh says, "... Hindus are being targeted and attacked in Bangladesh. People are attempting to grab properties owned by Hindus, forcing them to leave the country... Bangladesh's powerless government is unable to maintain law and order..."

Temperature falls in Varanasi, city under firm grip of winter

People savour chai and warm their hands on the bonfire to brave the cold wave gripping Varanasi. IMD forecasts a minimum temperature of 10°C in the city.

Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel, injures 2 others

A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an operation in the assailant's hometown in the occupied West Bank. The attack started in the northern city of Beit Shean when the Palestinian man rammed his vehicle into people, killing one man and injuring a teenage boy. He then drove off onto a highway, where he fatally stabbed the woman, and injured another person near the entrance to the city of Afula.

Authorities say the attacker was shot and injured in Afula. He was then taken to hospital; his condition was not immediately known.

New Zealand Prime Minister announces Free Trade Agreement with India

Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon tweets, "We said we’d secure a Free Trade Agreement with India in our first term, and we’ve delivered. This landmark deal means more jobs, higher incomes and more exports by opening the door to 1.4 billion Indian consumers."

Fog continues to prevail in North India

Dense fog engulfs Karnal as cold wave intensifies in the district.

Lebanese Cabinet approves draft law to return funds wiped out with 2019 collapse of banks

Lebanon's Cabinet on Friday approved a draft law to determine the extent of losses suffered by Lebanese banks during the country's financial meltdown in 2019 and provide a mechanism to return depositors' funds that were wiped out at the time. The financial collapse, which wiped out billions in savings and left many unable to access their funds, was part of a fiscal crisis that followed decades of corruption, financial mismanagement and nefarious profiteering.

6 terrorists killed in clash with police in northwest Pakistan

At least six terrorists were killed and several others injured on Friday in a gunbattle with police in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The shootout ensued after the terrorists attacked police with sniper rifles and quadcopter strikes in the Lakki Marwat district. The terrorists also targeted the "houses of villagers with quadcopter strikes”, resulting in "civilian casualties”, said a statement of the Regional Police Office Bannu.

US: Man dead, 2 police officers hurt in shooting during custody exchange in North Carolina

A man was shot and killed on Friday after firing at police in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, during a child custody exchange, authorities said. Two Mint Hill police officers were also wounded in the shooting, Mint Hill Police said in a statement on social media. Mint Hill officers were called to the exchange at an Edible Arrangement store around 10:45 am on Friday. Authorities said the man pulled out a gun and started shooting and officers fired back. Police say he died in the exchange of gunfire.

Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead, 18 wounded

A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic and political fault lines continue to destabilise the country, even as large-scale fighting has subsided. Images released by Syria's state-run Arab News Agency showed blood on the mosque's carpets, holes in the walls, shattered windows and fire damage. The Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque is located in Homs, Syria's third-largest city, in an area of the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood dominated by the Alawite minority.

Massive crash on highway in Japan kills 1, injures 26

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A massive crash in snowy weather killed one person and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-the-year holiday season. The Gunma prefectural highway police said on Saturday that the pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway started with a collision between two trucks in the town of Minakami, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of Tokyo.

A 77-year-old woman from Tokyo died, police said. Out of the 26 injured, five were reported to be in serious condition.