Gyanvapi Complex, VaranasiGyanvapi Complex, Varanasi
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  • 45 Rajya Sabha MPs and 33 Lok Sabha MPs, including Congress Party’s Leader in the House, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, were suspended today. MPs K Jayakumar, Vijay Vasanth, and Abdul Khaleque reportedly climbed to the Speaker’s podium to raise slogans.
  • Some unverified reports saying Dawood Ibrahim is in critical condition at a Karachi hospital in Pakistan have kindled speculations that the underworld don was poisoned. Many even posted fake screenshots of a condolence message from Pakistan’s caretaker PM Kakar.   
  • The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) submitted its scientific survey report on Gyanvapi mosque premises to the Varanasi district judge as a sealed document this afternoon. The next hearing in the case will happen on Thursday. 
  • Extremely heavy rainfall disrupted normal life in four Tamil Nadu districts — Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tenkasi, and Kanyakumari. Thiruchendur received 60 cm of rain in a mere 15 hours. Two NDRF and three SDRF teams have been deployed to carry out relief and rescue ops in these districts. 
  • NIA has arrested eight terror suspects belonging to the ISIS module in the Ballari district of Karnataka. The agency, which has been carrying out raids in 19 locations across four states, said the arrested terrorists had plans to trigger IED blasts. 
  • Karnataka health minister said senior citizens in the state with co-morbidities should mandatorily wear a mask amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in neighboring Kerala. The Minister added that the State Government is monitoring the situation, and a detailed advisory would be issued soon. 
  • Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan strolled across SM street in Kozhikode for about 200 meters, declining to accept police security. Khan interacted with some shopkeepers and children and also posed for photographs. 
  • Thane Police SIT has arrested Ashwajit Gaikwad, son of MSRDC MD Anilkumar Gaikwad, for seriously injuring his girlfriend and beautician Priya Singh with his SUV on December 11. Cops also seized two SUVs used in the crime.