1. The number of pilgrims visiting the famous Vaishno Devi s...

1. The number of pilgrims visiting the famous Vaishno Devi shrine atop the Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir is likely to cross 85 lakh this year the highest in the past five years. 2. The Army Saturday said they have averted a major terror attack with the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. 3. A low-intensity explosion rocked the main bus stand here, with the police suspecting that a grenade was lobbed to target the police station building in the vicinity. 4. Virat Kohli and his troops put on an all-round show to beat Australia by 137 runs on the fifth day of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday. 5. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday registered a case against several revenue officials including a former assistant commissioner revenue (ACR)) in a corruption case dating back to 2015 in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. 6. Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Swatantra Dev Singh Saturday reached Jammu to invite people from all walks of life to join the Kumbh Mela at Triveni Sangam in Allahabad from January 15. 7. On their return from a 10-day capacity building tour during which they also visited several places in New Delhi, a group of 20 girl students from Srinagar interacted with a top Army commander in Udhampur district Saturday and thanked the Army for the experience. 8. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) president Bhim Singh Saturday called for a ceasefire for at least three months beginning the new year to end "bloodshed" in the state. 9. The administration of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik is planning convergence of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) with other government schemes. 10. Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Saturday declared the results of class 10 annual examination for Kashmir division, with over 75 per cent of the students passing the tests which were held in October-November. 11. More than 2,800 tourists who got stranded at Nathu La near Indo-China border and other places in the Sikkim region following heavy snowfall on Friday were evacuated by the Army through rescue operations that were carried from Friday evening till Saturday afternoon. 12. The government is likely to introduce the Space Activities Bill, 2017, which will allow commercial use of space, in the budget session of 2019. 13. Residents of the national capital spent the coldest December night in four years, with the mercury plummeting to 2.6 degrees Celsius early on Saturday, and claiming the life of a homeless woman. 14. A Delhi court on Saturday remanded Christian Michel, the suspected middleman in the AugustaWestland bribery case, to another seven days in the Enforcement Directorate's custody and imposed restrictions on him meeting lawyers after the agency said he was misusing legal access by handing them notes on how he should deal with questions on a "Mrs Gandhi". 15. Pakistan has finalised the draft of a 14-point agreement with India on the basis of which Indian pilgrims will be allowed to enter the country to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur through a special corridor that is expected to be operational by November 2019.

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