Counting for by-polls held in eight assembly constituencies across six states and Jammu & Kashmir will begin today at 8:00 am. Results are expected through the day, with tight contests in several seats.

Security agencies demolished the Pulwama house of Dr. Umar Nabi, who orchestrated a car bombing near Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10, killing 13. Investigators revealed Nabi was part of a Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind module, guided by a foreign handler named Ukasa, with plot origins in Turkey.

Rajasthan bars principals and superintendents in government medical colleges from private practice, sets new eligibility rules per National Medical Commission.