Breaking News, December 31 | HIGHLIGHTS

Earthquake of Magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale strikes Nepal, as per National Center for Seismology.

Delhi Police conducts flag march in Connaught Place on New Year’s Eve.

ISRO Chairman S Somnath visited and offered prayers at Shri Chengalamma Parameswari Temple in Sullurpeta, Andhra Pradesh.

Delhi: Rashtrapati Bhavan, North and South Block illuminated with colourful lights and decorated beautifully on New Year's Eve.

Himachal Pradesh CM Sukvinder Singh Sukhu participates in the New Year’s Eve celebration at Mall Road, Shimla.

Madhya Pradesh: Devotees offer prayers at the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain.

 Chennai International Airport lit up & decorated on New Year's Eve.

Uttarakhand: People perform Ganga Aarti at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh.

Uttar Pradesh: Ganga aarti performed at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi.

Visuals of New Year celebrations at the historical Riz Maidan in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla.

Tamil Nadu Forest Department reunites a lost baby elephant with its mother at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore.

Huge rush of devotees seen at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra.

Uttar Pradesh: Sandhya Aarti being performed at Saryu Ghat of Ayodhya.

Australia celebrates the beginning of New Year 2024 with dazzling fireworks in Sydney.

 Security tightened around Mumbai’s Gateway of India ahead of New Year celebrations.

Last sunset of 2023.

J-K: Security heightened in Udhampur ahead of New Year celebrations.

Delhi: People throng Connaught Place on the eve of New Year 2023.

 Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad launches book "Ram Mandir Rashtra Mandir Ak Sajhi Virast" at Rang Bhawan Auditorium, Delhi. 

 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the 'Health ATM' in Gorakhpur.

Dr Arvind Panagariya, former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog was appointed as Chairman, Finance Commission.

"The group is found spreading anti-India propaganda and continuing terror activities to fuel secessionism in J&K," Amit Shah said.

Maharashtra: The Crime Branch team conducted a raid in Thane and detained several people.

He will attend the convocation of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tezpur University.

A truck carrying a train coach met with an accident reportedly due to brake failure on Ulta Pul in Bhagalpur, Bihar. No injuries or casualties were reported.

BJP chief JP Nadda is in Lucknow to participate in the 'Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra' on Sunday. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November, the yatra is aimed at attaining saturation of flagship schemes of the government by ensuring that the benefits of these schemes reach all targeted beneficiaries in a time-bound manner.

Kashmir reeled under cold wave conditions Sunday as minimum temperatures across the Valley stayed several degrees below the freezing point, officials said. The minimum temperature in the summer capital Srinagar dropped to minus 3.4 degrees Celsius from the previous night's minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, they said.

India has logged 841 new cases of COVID-19, the highest in 227 days, while the number of active cases of the infection have been recorded at 4,309, the health ministry said on Sunday. Three new fatalities due to Covid-- one each from Kerala, Karnataka and Bihar -- have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

23 trains are running late in Delhi area due to fog, Indian Railways said.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde launched 'Maha Swachhata Abhiyan' at Gateway of India.

Jammu and Kashmir: Devotees arrive at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi in Katra, in large numbers, on the last day of the year 2023.

AQI in Anand Vihar at 425, in Dwarka-Sector 8 at 425, in RK Puram at 426, in Mundka at 431.

Visibility was 25 meters in Ambala, 50 meters in Bikaner, Patiala, Chandigarh, Gwalior, Jhansi and 200 meters in Amritsar and Hisar.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Tezpur, Assam today and interact with the students of Tezpur University during their Convocation.