Bhaskar LIVE Updates: Tablighi Jamaat banned in Saudi Arabia, orders to vacate mosques before next Friday

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Saudi Arabia has banned Tablighi Jamaat. The government of Saudi Arabia has described Tablighi Jamaat as ‘one of the gates of terrorism’. Along with this, the government has ordered the people of this Jamaat to vacate the mosques before the next Friday prayers.

Today’s big news…

Preparations started to open Bastara toll

The Bastara toll plaza, which is closed due to farmers’ agitation, will start soon and new charges will have to be paid as soon as it starts. The toll is expected to remain closed for 4 more days now. After the resolution of the farmer movement, the toll company has become active to start Bastara toll. Computer systems have been turned on at all the booths of toll plazas and employees have been deployed. Read full news here…

Property of UP’s richest MP seized

The bank has taken a big action after Malook Nagar, BSP MP from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, was in debt of Rs 53.50 crore. State Bank of India has taken over milk dairy and about 15 plots located in Hapur district. Now the debt will be recovered by auctioning them. The bank took this action on December 9. Read full news here…

Encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora, one terrorist killed by security forces
A terrorist was killed in an encounter by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora. Encounter is still going on in Baragam area. Earlier on Wednesday, 3 terrorists were gunned down by security forces in Shopian, South Kashmir.

PM Modi’s Twitter account hacked late last night

The official Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hacked in the early hours of Sunday. Hackers tweeted a spam today at 2.11 am. It said, “India has officially legalized bitcoin. The government has officially bought 500 BTC and is distributing it to all citizens of the country. Hurry up India… the future has come today!”

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) informed about the hacking of PM Modi’s Twitter account. The PMO tweeted, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter handle was compromised. Account has been secured immediately. We have taken up the matter with Twitter. Tweets made during the time the account was hacked Ignore it.” Read full news here…

Tamil Nadu Helicopter Incident; 4 more dead bodies were identified through DNA, funeral will be held today
The identity of the soldiers killed in the helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu is gradually being completed. According to army officials, 4 more bodies have been identified through DNA testing on Saturday. These include Lt Col Harjinder Singh, Havildar Satpal Rai, Naik Gursewak Singh and Naik Jitendra Kumar.

Army officials said that on Sunday morning i.e. today these bodies will be handed over to their families. After this, his last rites will be performed with full state honours. Earlier the identification of all the four Indian Air Force personnel JWO Pradeep A, Wing Commander PS Chauhan, JWO Rana Pratap Das and Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh was completed.

Last farewell was given to Wing Commander Prithvi Singh and Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh Rao on Saturday. On Friday itself, the last rites of General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and Brigadier LS Lidder were performed.

Today’s major events, which will be seen