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Colonel Prithipal Singh Gill, who had the unique distinction of having served in all three services - Army, Navy and Air Force - passed away here on Sunday. He would have turned 101 on December 11.

A relative of Colonel Gill said that he had been mildly unwell for a couple of days and passed away peacefully at his home this afternoon. The cremation took place at Sector 25 crematorium later in the evening. A World War 2 veteran, Colonel Gill had the unique distinction of having served in the Royal Indian Air Force, Royal Indian Navy and the Indian Army during his career in uniform.

TheEnforcement Directorate (ED) recorded the statement of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Friday, in a money laundering case it is investigating against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh, reportsVijayV Singh. Singh earlier avoided two ED summons while he was in hiding to avoid arrest in different cases registered by the police against him. Last month, the Supreme Court provided Singh protection from arrest till the next hearing of his petition on December 6. Singh then visited Mumbai to record his statement to police and subsequently the ED issued a third summons to him.

Hitting back at Mamata Banerjee over her "no UPA" jibe, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said the TMC chief must clarify whether she wants to make TMC the main Opposition party by fighting those in power or by taking on fellow Opposition parties. He also said no Opposition alliance is possible at the national level without the Congress which has to be the main pillar of the bloc taking on the BJP.

In an interview with a news agency, Baghel said a decision on who would be the face of the Opposition that would take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 general election would be taken collectively by the constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that is headed by Sonia Gandhi.

One of the two Omicron-infected patients travelled to the UAE as per his travel history records as shared by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday.

The 66-year-old man, who had arrived in India on November 20 and tested positive for Covid-19, reportedly took a flight to Dubai seven days later. He had been vaccinated with both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

Details of the passengers' travel history as released by the Bengaluru municipal corporation: