Breaking News, December 5 | Highlights

Police on Sunday rescued a 12-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped and arrested three accused in Chapar police station limits. Shahvan, a resident of Chapar village, went missing 10 days ago. His family members received a phone call saying he had been abducted and the caller demanded Rs 60 lakh for his safe return, Assistant Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar Bishnoi told reporters.

Shahvan's father Sattar works in Saudi Arabia, he said. Sources said though the boy went missing 10 days ago, the police registered a case of kidnapping only on Saturday. The ASP said the accused have been booked under Section 364 A (kidnapping for ransom) of the Indian Penal Code. 

Senior CPI(M) leader Sham Prasad Kesar died at a hospital here on Sunday, his family said. He was 75.

“My father suffered high blood pressure on Tuesday and was shifted to (Shri Mata Vaishno Devi) Narayana (super-specialty) hospital, where he breathed his last today (Sunday),” Kesar's elder son Sangarash told PTI.

Kesar, who served as the CPI(M) state committee member and regional secretary Jammu, is survived by his wife and two sons. CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami expressed grief over the demise of the party leader.

Three skiers have been killed and two injured in an avalanche in central Austria, authorities said Sunday. The victims were part of a group of 11 skiers, eight of whom were hit by a roughly 200-meter (655-foot) wide slab of snow as they ascended a slope during a ski tour on Saturday in the Tweng area, in Salzburg province.

Three of the skiers were buried by the avalanche, while another two were partly buried and able to free themselves, regional police said in a statement. The third buried skier wasn't carrying a search device. His body was located about four hours after the avalanche and recovered.

The Congress on Sunday named Lalsawta as the chief of its Mizoram unit after Sonia Gandhi accepted the resignation of former chief minister Lal Thanhawla from the post. The party also appointed Thanhawla a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

Gandhi on Saturday accepted the resignation of Thanhawla as Mizoram Congress chief and had invited him to join the CWC as a member.

In a letter to Thanhawla, Gandhi hoped that the rich legacy he has bequeathed will be carried forward by his successor.

In a statement on Sunday, the party said Gandhi has appointed Thanhawla as member of the CWC and Lalsawta as the President of Mizoram Congress, with immediate effect. 

Amit Shah arrives in Jaipur

Gondwana Jan Sandesh Yatra starts

Amit Shah meets Bhairo Singh Rathore

Rajya Sabha has lost 52.30% of the scheduled sitting time

Rain lashes Kolkata as Cyclone Jawad progresses further

Tanzania returnee test Covid positive in Mumbai

Resident doctors of RML hospital to boycott Emergency services

At least 11 civilians killed in Nagaland's Mon district

Amit Shah takes part in  BSF's 57th Raising Day celebrations

Death toll in the eruption of Mount Semeru in Indonesia rises to 13, reports AFP. 

Indian Army to take part in the 11th edition of exercise 'EKUVERIN' between India & Maldives to be conducted at Kadhdhoo Island, Maldives from 6th to 19th December: Ministry of Defence. 

The upper himalayan village of Gunji in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district receives heavy snowfall. 

Jammu and Kashmir: Designing and bulb sowing enter final stage at the Srinagar tulip garden as authorities gear up for next tulip show. "Sowing started on November 14 and we hope to complete it by the first week of December," an official of the garden said on Saturday. 

Haryana Government has suggested (to the Central Government) that the area of the state in the radius of up to 100 km around Delhi should be kept in the National Capital Region (NCR) and the districts that don't fall in this area should be taken out of NCR: CM Manohar Lal Khattar. 

Magnitude 6 earthquake occurs 259 km north of Tobelo in Indonesia: US Geological Survey.