Top 10 news today: ‘Delhi bus gangrape offender still a threat’, setback for Rahul Gandhi girls’ college, Aamir Khan controversy, more

1. Parents of Dec 16 Delhi bus gangrape victim want juvenile's face be shown before release
The parents of the December 16 Delhi gangrape and murder victim have demanded that the face of juvenile convict who was the "most brutal" of all the six offenders, should be shown to the world before he is released saying "he is a threat to the society". The father of the girl said, "We have learnt that the juvenile was getting indoctrinated in jihad inside the juvenile home which is a very dangerous thing." Also, he was the most brutal of all the six and he is showing no signs of remorse about what he has done. His release will be a threat to the society. We don't want that what has happened with out daughter is repeated." He added, "if at all he is to be released, his face should be shown to the world."

2. Rahul Gandhi faces embarrassing moments in Mount Carmel College for girls
Rahul Gandhi faced some embarrassing moments when a large section of his student audience at a girls' college responded in resonating 'yes' to his poser whether they thought PM Narendra Modi’s ambitious 'Swachh Bharat' and 'Make In India' campaigns were working. Rahul Gandhi asked the students whether 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' was working, to which most replied in a resounding 'yes'. It didn’t end here as the Congress MP again asked the students if they thought the 'Make in India' programme was really working and the students again gave the same reply, making the leader apparently uncomfortable. Gandhi hastened to tell the audience that he differed with them. (PTI)

Three months ago, the Bollywood superstar had made controversial comments on perceived intolerance in the country that evoked criticism from many quarters. (Express photo)

4. Texas toddler dies after siblings put her in oven
A toddler left alone with her pre-school siblings in their Texas home suffered fatal burns after they put her in the oven and switched it on, US media reported. J'Zyra Thompson, 19 months, was left unsupervised along with her three-year-old twin siblings in the Houston apartment. A five-year-old was also present. Court records obtained by ABC-13 News in Houston said the twins told child protective services that one of them put their little sister in the oven and the other one made it "hot." Their mother Raqual Thompson, 25, is set to appear in court Monday on four counts of child endangerment, according to the Harris County Sheriff's office. Thompson reportedly told police that she had gone out with her boyfriend to collect a pizza and a prescription at the drug store when her child burned to death on November 16. (Image Source: Thinkstock)

5. 176 dead in Tamil Nadu, more rains expected
Death toll in rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu mounted to 176 today, even as the weatherman has forecast more rains in the next 24 to 48 hours. Seven more deaths were reported from across the state since yesterday, while there was a let up in rainfall in most areas of the state since last evening, including Chennai. Five persons died yesterday while two deaths were reported from the state today. The meteorological department said rains or thundershowers would occur at a few places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep in the next 24-48 hours. Papanasam in Tiruneveli district received heavy rainfall of 10 CM, while Rameswaram, Cheranmahadevi and Coonoor received least rainfall of one cm each. (Image Source: AP)

6. Lalu Prasad Yadav's trusted IAS officers placed in sons' departments
RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav's two of the most trusted senior IAS officers have been moved into departments held by the party patron's sons in the Bihar cabinet. 1982-batch IAS officer Sudhir Kumar, who was with Lalu Prasad during his tenure as Railway minister, has been made Principal Secretary Road Construction Department under charge of Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, a government notification issued last night said. A 1987-batch IAS officer R K Mahajan has been moved from Education department and made Principal Secretary of Health held by Lalu Prasad's another son Tej Pratap Yadav. Mahajan had served as Executive Director, Public Grievances, Minister of Railways when Lalu Prasad was in Rail Bhawan during UPA I. (Image Source: PTI)

7. HC asks police to allow Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary function
The Madras High Court today directed Tamil Nadu police to accord permission with conditions to an outfit to hold a public meeting in January in connection with the birth anniversary celebrations of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan in Vellore district. Justice M M Sundresh gave the direction to the inspector of Gudiyatham Town Police Station on a petition filed by Ismail, General Secretary of Thamizhaga Makkal Jananayaga Katchi, seeking grant of permission to hold the function. The police had on November 20 informed the court that they had rejected permission to Katchi apprehending law and order problem, which was challenged by the outfit.
(Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad along with BJP supporters staging a rasta roko protest against the recent violence in Madikeri over Tipu Sultan's Birth anniversary celebration in Madikeri (Image Source: PTI))

8. 2015 set to be hottest year on record: UN
The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record, the UN's weather agency said today, a week ahead of a crucial climate change summit in Paris. "2015 is likely to be the hottest year on record, with ocean surface temperatures at the highest level since measurements began," said Michel Jarraud, head of the World Meteorological Organisation. "This is all bad news for the planet," he added in a statement. The WMO said data from the first 10 months of the year suggested temperatures over land and sea would tick in at their highest level ever measured this year, after already reaching record highs in 2014. The UN agency said the preliminary data showed the global average surface temperature has reached "the symbolic and significant milestone" of 1.0 degree Celsius above mid-19th century levels. Global surface temperatures this year are also about 0.73 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 average of 14 degrees Celsius, WMO said. (Image Source: Reuters)

9. 'Indrani Mukerjea had a dislike for Rahul Mukerjea'
Though Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, disliked Rahul Mukerjea, she did not have the same attitude towards his brother Rabin, also Peter's son from his previous marriage, and never restrained her husband from talking to him. This has emerged in a mail addressed to Peter Mukerjea in November 2014, two years after Sheena's death, in which Indrani Mukerjea said she never stopped Peter from talking to Rabin, according to the chargesheet filed by the CBI in the case. "I don't recall telling you at any point that you should not call or mail or chat with Rabin, neither that thought ever crossed my mind, wonder why it crossed your mind," Indrani said. "Rabin has not yet stooped to Rahul's level. So who is talking about no contact and why ?," the mail read. (Image Source: PTI)

10. Price rise major factor behind defeat in Bihar polls: BJP MP
In an embarrassment to the NDA government at the Centre on the eve of the Winter Session of the Parliament, a BJP MP today said that price rise was a "major" factor behind his party's defeat in the recent Bihar Assembly elections. "Because of inflation, we lost Bihar polls. Price rise became a major poll issue," Harinarain Rajbhar, an MP from Ghosi said. He maintained that in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, people voted for the party and not for Prime Minister Narendra Modi while alleging the PM never took the party MPs into confidence before doing any work. (Image Source: Reuters)