Earthquake of Magnitude 5.4 on Richter scale Strikes in Jammu and Kashmir: Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, December 30, 2019

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on Richter scale struck Jammu and Kashmir. The epicentre of the earthquake is located 148 km north of Srinagar. The

Defence officials: The office of Chief of Defence Staff will be in South Block&Gen Bipin Rawat will take over on Jan 1 after a tri-services guard of honour. New Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane will be given an Army Guard of Honour on same day for assuming command of the force

General Bipin Rawat will take charge as the first Chief of Defence Staff on Tuesday

India Meteorological Department, Bhubaneswar: Cold wave condition to continue at isolated place of Odisha and a wet spell over the some districts of Odisha on 1st and 2nd January. 

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to BS Tanwar, Chief Medical Officer in connection with the death of children at a hospital in Kota, Rajasthan.

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to BS Tanwar, Chief Medical Officer in connection with the death of children at a hospital in Kota, Rajasthan.

The fire at Lok Kalyan Marg has been doused. PMO tweeted, "There was a minor fire at 9, Lok Kalyan Marg caused by a short circuit. This was not in PM’s residential or office area but in the SPG reception area of the LKM complex."

Fire breaks out at PM Narendra Modi's residence, following which nine fire tenders reached the spot. The firefighter are trying to douse the fire. The reason for the fire is yet to be known.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) on Monday informed that out of about 185,000 exporters, a total of 6,421 exporters (about 3.4% only) including some ‘star exporters’ have been identified as risky and hence, red flagged. Even some ‘star exporters’ are not traceable at addresses given by them.

Adding more, the CBIC said, "The exporters have already been paid Integrated GST (IGST) refund of over Rs 1.12 lakh crores and over 83,500 exporters have been benefited by these refunds. Refunds of only Rs 3,604 crores are pending with Customs."

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Govt of India has informed that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved re-employment of IAS Umesh Sinha, as deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, for a period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

Delhi: A four-member delegation has been appointed in a meeting by BJP Working President JP Nadda today, to investigate death of newborns at a hospital in Kota, Rajasthan. Delegation will visit Kota tomorrow and review situation. It has to submit report within three days of the visit.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two former Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) legislators, two former National Conference (NC) legislators and one former Independent legislator who were detained after abrogation of #Article370 in August, have been released.

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) extended in Nagaland for six more months with effect from today.

UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya hit out at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi for her 'Saffron' remark and veiled attack on UP CM Yogi Adityanath. Maurya said that Priyanka is doing "drama" and that it would not help the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh.

Nagaland Assembly Speaker, Vikho-o Yhoshu dies at Mumbai hospital after battling lung cancer for several months, reported news agency PTI.

Fire breaks out at a chemical factory at Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. The fire fighting operations are underway.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi demanded action against the Uttar Pradesh Police for their action against the protestors of Anti-CAA protests.

Priyanka Gandhi called the 'lapse' in her security a small matter, says Uttar Pradesh going through 'tough times' and that the focus should be on the bigger problems in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Priyanka Gandhi says that in Lucknow, she was going to meet the 77-years-old retired IPS officer SR Darapuri. She called him a simple and honest man. Gandhi claimed that Singh was arrested for putting a post on Facebook where he was protested against CAA.

AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is addressing press conference on the Lucknow mishandling row and the deaths in anti-CAA protests. The AICC General Secretary spoke about the families of those killed in the anti-CAA protests and how they have been left distraught after their deaths.