December 18  

A special court on December 18 convicted four people in the 2008 Jaipur serial blast case. One accused in the case was acquitted by the court. The four accused were held guilty on charges under different sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. JMM leader Hemant Soren kicked up a controversy with his statement, calling Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath "a saffron clad rapist". BJP considers Soren's statement as an insult to Hindus across the nation.Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.

 

A special court on December 18 convicted four people in the 2008 Jaipur serial blast case. One accused in the case was acquitted by the court. The four accused were held guilty on charges under different sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

 
 

CJI Bobde recused himself from hearing the review petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. A new bench will hear the case today (December 18)

CJI Bobde on Tuesday recused himself from the Nirbhaya case. One of the convicts Akshay Kumar Singh had filed a review petition after the top court had ordered death sentence.
 

On December 18, the temperature in Hyderabad dropped from 27 degree Celsius to 13 degree Celsius.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's declaration on Tuesday that GST for most goods will be brought in the sub-18% slab, good news keeps pouring in, as RBI governor Shatikanta Das is now working on enhancing liquidity even as the rupee climbed an impressive 110 p against the US dollar on December 18

Devotees travelling for darshan and their vehicles have been given an exception from prohibitory orders.  The exception applies to devotees who also arrive in groups, and also applies to chanting mantras individually or in groups.

The dissolution means there will be fresh elections in the state, which may take place with the Lok Sabha polls next year. The six-month tenure of the Governor's rule ends on December 18 which will be followed by President's rule.

The chief minister drew Modi's attention to a letter of December 18, 2016 of the state government recommending the award to the former chief minister posthumously.