Cold wave intensified its impact on Saturday as Shimla witnessed its first snowfall of the season. While some tourist spots in Himachal Pradesh were enjoying snow, there were many which experienced light showers. In the national capital, chilly conditions prevailed and scattered rainfall was noticed to ensure that winters have finally arrived.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday blasted Centre and BJP over 4-day CBI remand for her close aide Madan Mitra and mentioned that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has photo with Sahara chief, so should we demand that CBI should arrest PM Modi. Banerjee also said that CBI has lost all its credentials and TMC MPs will protest against it in the Parliament on Monday.

The young Indian engineer from Bengaluru allegedly handling Twitter handle of Islamic State has been held by cops. During interrogation he confessed that he was handling the account @ShammiWitness from the last several years and is said to be close to English-speaking ISIS terrorists. On the other hand, his father said his son is innocent and it is not possible he was working for ISIS.

Finally winter has arrived in the national capital! Friday witnessed the minimum temperature of 5.1 degree celsius comprised with light smog whole day. The maximum temperature was recorded 22.3 degree Celsius which is one degree less than normal temperature, while the minimum temperature was 3 degree less than the normal.

One more development has come in the Uber cab case as the cops arrested the finance agent involved in making the fake document of the driver Shiv, who allegedly raped a woman professional in the national capital. The agent Sumit Sharma has been charged under forgery. On interrogation, Sharma accepted his involvement in the case but refused to take direct blame and said some other persons were also involved in it.

It’s only about commuters in the national capital! One must have witnessed heavy traffic on the roads and have wasted several hours in it. But, apart from time what we waste is the fuel – commonly petrol. According to a report by IIT Delhi and a US based firm, vehicles waste about 25% of the total fuel required during their commute. On an average basis, a vehicle end up wasting about 2.5 litre petrol due to traffic congestion.

Taking a very bold step, government has decided to scrap Article 309 from the Indian Penal code. This will now make attempt to suicide a non-punishable offence soon. After 18 states and 4 Union Territories lend their approval, the government took the final call and decided to delete it. This will also come out as breather for Sharmila Irom who has been on hunger strike for years and has also attempted suicide at several occasions.

With almost no safe place left in the national capital, now cabs have also joined the rape horror league. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon last night. The incident took place at around 9:30 P.M. when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi’s Inderlok area.

Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh Suhag today said the attack on Uri camp in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district was a desperate attempt by militants to disrupt the democratic process in the state.

In a list of 175 nations, India has improved its ranking a bit to make it official that the corruption is dropping after Narendra Modi took charge as Prime Minister. As per current ranking India stands on 85th place, last year it was 94, while neighbour country China has made its stand at 100th spot. The whole ranking was based on the CPI (Corruption Perception Index) by TII.