Overview
- At least 15 people were killed in the Bondi Beach attack during a Hanukkah event in Sydney, where 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Alexander Kleytman died shielding his wife, as police investigate father-and-son suspects accused of targeting Jews.
- Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where a 6 December blaze killed 25, were brought from Thailand to India and are being taken to Goa for questioning under BNS sections including 105, 125 and 287, with police indicating a court production on 17 December.
- Delhi will, from 18 December, deny fuel at petrol pumps to vehicles lacking a valid Pollution Under Control certificate, with camera-based enforcement and penalties, alongside tighter curbs on sub-BS VI out-of-state private vehicles and construction-material transport.
- Indore’s Crime Branch arrested alleged ringleader Ankit Baurasi in a fake-currency case inspired by the web series Farzi, seizing counterfeit ₹500 notes and a printer after four earlier arrests tied to the same racket.
- A Kanpur couple reported a 70-day ‘digital arrest’ extortion totaling ₹53 lakh under threats to their family as police probe the case, while A-1 Ltd’s shift of its bonus and split record date to 31 December drove a fresh upper-circuit move and political tensions grew over a proposed MGNREGA name change and remarks on army size.