School assembly news headlines (02.12.2025): Top national and international updates

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Top National Headlines

Lok Sabha sees adjournments, RS walkout over SIR; govt says not averse to discussion

New Delhi: The first day of the Winter session witnessed repeated adjournments of the Lok Sabha and an opposition walkout from the Rajya Sabha over demand for a debate on Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls as the government asserted that it is not averse to a discussion but a timeline cannot be set.

Remnants of cyclone Ditwah near TN-Pondy coasts cause spells of rain

Chennai: Several parts in Tamil Nadu including Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, and Ranipet continued to receive moderate downpour on Monday due to the remnants of the cyclonic storm Ditwah that remained close to Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts.

Govt not averse to taking up discussion on SIR, electoral reforms: Rijiju in RS

New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday asserted in the Rajya Sabha that the government is not averse to holding a discussion on SIR or electoral reforms, as he asked the Opposition not to insist on setting a timeline.

Masala Bond case: ED notice to CM Vijayan to scare CPI(M) ahead of polls, says Cong

Kollam/Kozhikode (Kerala): Opposition Congress in Kerala on Monday mocked the ED's show cause notice to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former finance minister T M Thomas Isaac in the KIIFB Masala Bond case and said that it was just to scare the CPI(M) ahead of local body elections and not meant for any real investigation.

Govt's tactic to divert attention from real issues: Cong on fresh FIR in Herald case

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday slammed the Centre over the filing of a fresh FIR in the National Herald case, describing the move as "harassment" by the Enforcement Directorate and a tactic by the Modi government to divert public attention from real issues.

Eight terrorists slain, 5 pushed back as forces foiled every infiltration bid across LoC this year: BSF IG

Srinagar: There was no terrorist infiltration into Kashmir across the Line of Control (LoC) during the current year, with eight infiltrators killed by the security forces while five others were pushed back -- foiling four intrusion attempts by terror operatives, a senior BSF officer said on Monday.

SEC's decision to postpone some local body polls 'wrong': Fadnavis

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday sharply criticised the State Election Commission's (SEC) decision to postpone some of the upcoming local body elections, terming the move "wrong" and "unfair" to candidates.

CBI arrests 'absconder' in 1989 Rubaiyya Sayeed kidnapping case

New Delhi/Srinagar: The CBI on Monday arrested an "absconder" carrying a Rs 10 lakh reward in connection with the sensational 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed, the daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, for allegedly being part of a conspiracy hatched by members of the banned JKLF terror group.

GST collections slip on rate cuts to Rs 1.7 lakh cr in Nov

New Delhi: India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections slipped to a year-low of Rs 1.70 lakh crore in November, growing at a meagre 0.7 per cent year-on-year on a base lowered by the exclusion of proceeds from cess on sin and luxury goods, the official data released on Monday showed.

EC in SC defends SIR in Bengal, Tamil Nadu; terms disenfranchisement claims 'exaggerated'

New Delhi: The Election Commission has strongly defended in the Supreme Court its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, saying that allegations of mass deletion of genuine voters are "highly exaggerated", "speculative" and politically motivated.

International headlines

Israel's military to receive Iron Beam laser interception system on Dec 30: Official

Tel Aviv: A new low-cost laser interception system, known as Iron Beam, will be delivered to the Israeli military on December 30 to bolster its air defence, a senior defence ministry official announced here on Monday.

India evacuates last batch of stranded citizens from Sri Lanka, intensifies relief efforts

Colombo: India on Monday evacuated its last batch of stranded nationals from Sri Lanka, as New Delhi intensified its assistance to Colombo's rescue operations for Cyclone Ditwah disaster victims, officials said.

B'desh court sentences Hasina to 5-year jail term, UK lawmaker niece to 2 years in land scam

Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Monday convicted and sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to five years of imprisonment and her niece, British parliamentarian Tulip Siddiq, to a two-year jail term in a land scam case.