At least eight people were arrested for "disrespecting" General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in last week's helicopter crash and was close to Hindu nationalist PM Narendra Modi, reports say.
The Mi-17V5 helicopter was on its way from an air force base to the army defence services college when it crashed near the town of Coonoor, a hill station in Tamil Nadu.
Hospitals will get medical oxygen from armed forces reserves with retired medical military personnel joining Covid-19 health facilities to help the country as it tries to battle an unprecedented crisis.
Narendra Modi and Imran Khan may be tempted to escalate the hitherto limited warfare in disputed Kashmir, both to distract public opinion away from domestic governance failures, and to reinforce their ideological claims to power.
Government of northern Uttar Pradesh state sent 230 notices to people, mostly minority Muslims, also demanding heavy fines over damage to public property during protests over a controversial citizenship law.
As the year draws to a close Kashmir's violence continues unchecked, adding another year of tragedy, brutality, and oppression to the lives of its citizens.
At least 600 people in India-administered Kashmir, which includes Indian soldiers, local police and 160 civilians, lost their lives to violence.
At least five rebels and four Pakistani soldiers were killed in separate gun battles along the de facto border in disputed Kashmir, officials say. Pakistan says it killed three Indian soldiers in retaliation.
Indian troops and police shot dead a rebel and three civilian protesters in India-administered Kashmir during a gun battle and subsequent anti-India demonstrations.
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