Breaking News, Latest News Updates of October 17
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BREAKING NEWS OF OCTOBER 17:
5:30 pm: 'Congress party has lost ground in MP,' says PM Modi (READ)
3:30 pm: Supreme Court's order is Constitutional & govt is bound to implement it: K K Shailaja, Kerala Minister
3:15 pm: Protesters block and attack Republic TV journalist Pooja Prasanna's car in Pathanamthitta
02:36 pm: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik increases ex-gratia from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh each for the kin of the deceased, who have been affected due to cyclone Titli in the state.
01:28 pm: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's Advisor and Coordinating Secretary, Shiral Lakthilaka rubbished media reports that claimed President had named Indian intelligence agency, RAW, for hatching an assassination plot against him, reports ANI.
2:00 pm: Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists attack a police party in Baramulla's Pattan. Two security personnel are injured in the incident. Further details awaited. (ANI)
01:42 pm: Odisha: Death toll in the state due to #CycloneTitli & subsequent floods rises to 52. 10 mores are being verified. As per preliminary estimate, property worth Rs 2,200 crore have been damaged
01:40 pm: Delhi government has notified the appointments of 7 principal judges for family courts of various district courts. Earlier, Delhi High Court had directed the Delhi government to notify the appointments as soon as possible on the recommendations of the court.
12:58 pm: As per inputs available to us, there is no change in terrorist infrastructure across the LoC in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, and therefore we keep having several reports of infiltration attempts by Pakistan trained terrorists: GOC Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh (ANI)
12:08 pm: Self-styled godman Rampal awarded life imprisonment in a murder case (FIR number 430).
11:47 am: Minister of Interior Wais Ahmad Barmak confirms 3 killed, including election candidate, Jabar Qahraman, in this morning's explosion in Afghanistan's Lashkargah city. Seven others were also wounded: TOLO News
11:43 am: This is a clear case of cold-blooded murder. In a feat of rage, gunman Mahipal first attacked the judge's son,when the judge's wife intervened he shot at her: DCP Crime Gurugram,on the incident of wife&son of addtitional sessions judge shot by judge's gunman in Gurugram on 13 Oct
08:40 am: Ramanathapuram: 3 persons died on the spot, 4 persons received injuries in a collision between a car and a government bus near Sayalgudi, TamilNadu
08:05 am: Kerala: Total 1000 security personnel, 800 men and 200 women, deployed at Nillekal and Pampa base. 500 security personnel deployed at Sannidhanam. Portals of the Sabarimala Temple will be opened today.
07:30 am: Delhi: Several people injured after a bus overturned after being hit by a truck under Wazirabad flyover, around 6 am today. Police at the spot.
07:25 am: Jammu And Kashmir: Encounter underway between security forces & terrorists in Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar. More details awaited.
07:10 am: Youtube facing global outage.
07:03 am: UP: 4 dead after a pick-up van collided with a tractor in Saharanpur last night. District Magistrate says, ”3 minors and 1 adult dead in accident; 8 injured people admitted to district hospital; all are out of danger. Absconding driver of the tractor will be arrested soon.”
06:00 am: Nation begins celebrations of Durga Ashtami/Mahaashtmi
02:41 am: Northern Irish writer Anna Burns wins Booker Prize.
02:07 am: USA Gymnastics interim CEO Mary Bono resigns: Reuters quotes US Olympic Committee
02:06 am: US strike in Somalia killed 60 militants, reports AFP quoting Pentagon
01:14 am: Andhra Pradesh: Two naxals have been arrested by Visakhapatnam police. The two naxals had fled with land mines & other explosives during a police vehicle checking at Paderu in Visakhapatnam.
01:00 am: The United States has announced the imposition of fresh sanctions on Iran targeting banks and investment companies