ONI Bureau: — Balasore special POCSO court sentences Sunil Mahalik to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2015.
— Kendrapara block chairperson along with supporters meet BJD president Naveen Patnaik, allege MP Baijayant Panda of not being in touch with party workers.
— Seashore CMD Prashant Dash granted bail by Dhenkanal District and Sessions Court.
— GST Council today approved rate changes of 29 goods and 53 categories of services; revised GST rates will be applicable from January 25: FM Arun Jaitley.
— CCTV at all Government Schools in Delhi within three months; Parents to receive live feed from classrooms.
— Gulshan Books, a Kashmiri publishing house enters Limca Book of Records.
— Israeli PM announces plans to make Chabad House ‘living memorial’.
— Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan levels money laundering allegations against Nawaz Sharif.
— MEP Viorica Dancila named as first female Prime Minister of Romania.
— South Africa fined for slow over-rate in the second Test against India at Centurion.