Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a Christmas service, emphasizing love and compassion, as the BJP intensifies its outreach to the Christian community. Party president JP Nadda also participated in regional celebrations. This engagement follows previous outreach efforts, though opposition highlights concerns over incidents targeting Christians in some areas.

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump as he warned Thursday about the rise of fascism in an address to U.K. viewers dubbed “The Alternative Christmas Message.”

A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at a government-run ashram’ (residential) school in Murbad tehsil of the district on Thursday, police said.