Senior IPS officer and NIA chief Sadanand Date on Saturday took charge as the new Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP). Pics/Sameer Abedi

At least 24 people were killed, including a child and more than 50 were injured after Ukrainian drones struck a cafe and a hotel during New Year celebrations in the Kherson region, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday. (Pics/AFP)