In today’s afternoon digest, News18 brings you the latest updates on India’s response to China’s claims of mediating a peace truce with Pak, Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s funeral, EAM Jaishankar meets Zia’s son and BNP leader Tariq Rehman, and others.
India has firmly rejected China’s claims of having mediated a peace truce with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, reiterating its stance that there was “no third party involved”.
EAM S Jaishankar handed over a condolence letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman during his visit to Dhaka, conveying India’s sympathies following the death of his mother and former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia.
Amid the ongoing tension ober Bengaluru demolition row, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan exchanged a warm handshake and a smile as they shared a stage in Varkala, Kerala.
Gig and platform worker unions have called a nationwide strike today, December 31, 2025, accusing app-based companies of “systemic exclusion from core labour entitlements”. They have demanded immediate government intervention to stop what they call widespread “exploitation” across food delivery and taxi services.
A 25-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men inside a moving van late Monday night in Faridabad. Read More
Sarfaraz Khan is on fire for Mumbai with the bat in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group C match against Goa.
Akshaye Khanna is embroiled in controversy as Drishyam 3 producer, Kumar Mangat, has accused him of abruptly leaving the film days before shooting.