A 22-year-old from Uttar Pradesh is said to have been killed for smiting the Guru Granth Sahib with a kirpan in the inner sanctum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Touching any article in the sanctorum is considered sacrilege. The deceased is said to have climbed into the sanctorum and hit the Granth Sahib. It must be mentioned that a Dalit farm labourer, Lakhbir Singh, was lynched at the Singhu border by Nihang Sikhs for desecrating the Granth when he touched it. Punjab is headed to the polls and the Dalit-Jat Sikh dynamics will play a significant role in who wins this year. The Congress is facing a stiff battle with former CM Amarinder Singh carving out a seat-sharing deal with the BJP. The Aam Aadmi Party is also focusing on winning the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least 11 killed and more than a dozen got injured in an explosion in a building in Pakistan’s Karachi. As per reports, the blast took place in the Paracha Chowk area of the Shershah neighbourhood on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delhi Government on Saturday announced that it has converted four private hospitals into Omicron dedicated centres. These hospitals are Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Max (Saket), Fortis (Vasant Kunj), and Batra Hospital (Tughlakabad). As of now, a total of 5 hospitals are available for the treatment of new variant in the national capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur. The six-lane expressway is a mega project by the government in Uttar Pradesh. The Ganga Expressway will be built at the cost of Rs 36,230 crore and is said to be the longest expressway in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Star opening batsman KL Rahul to be named as the vice-captain in Test format in Rohit Sharma’s absence for the upcoming test series against South Africa. The Indian team led by Virat Kohli will play a three-test-match series against South Africa, starting from December 26 in Jo’Burg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India on Saturday reported total 7,145 new Covid cases and 289 deaths in the last 24 hours, while 8,706 recovered from the infection. Currently, total active cases in the country stand at 84,565 which is the lowest in the last 569 days. As of now a total of 1,36,66,05,173 vaccination have been completed by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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