Live news updates: December 17, 2017

Here are the live news updates for today:

17 December 2017

14:10 IST

There seems to be no end to the poster war in India polity. In the latest instance, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra has tweeted a poster of the CPM in Kerala featuring North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

11:00 IST

Newly-elected Congress president Rahul Gandhi will on Sunday host a lunch for party MPs, office bearers, Pradesh Congress Committe members and Congress Legislative Party leaders.

Facing the uphill task of reviving a moribund party, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took over as the Congress president.

09:26 IST

Pakistan is processing the visa applications of Indian death row prisoner Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife and mother, who had requested to meet him.

09:04 IST

Punjab municipal elections 2017 live updates:

The voting for the municipal polls in Punjab kickstarted on Sunday. 40 municipal bodies in Punjab, including the key municipal corporations of Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar are going to polls today. Polling is being held in 327 wards of the 29 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats.

07:27 IST

Fresh voting will be held at two booths each in Viramgam and Savli constituencies and one each in Vadgam and Daskroi constituencies.