Breaking news on November 7

Delhi Police has issued 454 challans for violation of Odd-Even scheme 

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway blocked at Samroli, Udhampur due to a landslide.

CM Yogi Adityanath held a meeting over the law and order situation in the state. UP DGP, State Chief Secretary, State Home Secretary and other senior officials were present in the meeting. CM also held a meeting with all district officials, via video conferencing.

Gurdaspur MP, Sunny Deol to also be a part of the official 'jatha' that will attend the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor, on 9th November.

Dhir Singh Kasana, Secretary-General, Coordination committee: Abstinence from work in all Delhi District Courts will continue tomorrow. Litigants will be permitted to have access to the courtrooms.

Political clearance has been granted to Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu to travel through the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on November 9.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve meets Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan.

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear on November 13 the issue related to the implementation of the decision of the apex court Collegium by the Centre on the elevation of Bombay High Court judge Justice Akil Kureshi as the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.

A 383-year-old tombstone has been found in a village in China's northern Hebei Province, local publicity authorities said on Thursday.

The publicity department of Nanhe County said the tombstone, dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), was recently discovered in Gongzhuang Village, Heyang Township.

The body of a five-year-old boy was recovered from the sea at suburban Bandra Bandstand in Mumbai late on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday.

The body was fished out at around 8 pm on Wednesday, and was sent to Bhabha Hospital for autopsy, which revealed that the boy had died due to drowning and no injury marks were found on him, senior inspector from Bandra Police Vijaylaxmi Hiremath said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off on Thursday 100 standard floor buses equipped with hydraulic lifts, CCTV cameras and panic button under the cluster scheme.

He said in the next 6-7 months, 3,000 buses, including 1,000 electric buses, will be added to the public transport fleet in the national capital.

The engine of Ajmer-Puri Express on Thursday caught fire near Handapa railway station in Odisha's Angul district, railway officials said.

However, there was no report of any casualty, the official said.

Congress workers protest wearing garlands made of onions, at the Delhi Secretariat against the state government, over the issue of increase in onion prices.

Indian Army has decided to form an advisory committee to tackle honey trap cases. 

Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar islands is out of danger now from the impact of Cyclone Bulbul. The impact will be seen in coastal Odisha and West Bengal. We are deploying National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams in both the states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brazil for the upcoming BRICS Summit. 

Cyclonic storm 'Bulbul' lay centered at 8:30 am, today, over the east-central Bay of Bengal, about 680 km south-southeast of Paradip, Odisha and 780 km south-southeast of Sagar islands, West Bengal. It is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during next 24 hours.

Dr. PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to PM held a high-level meeting with the states of Odisha, West Bengal and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to review their preparedness to deal with the situation in view of cyclone storm ‘Bulbul’.

Sensex gains 183.96 points to hit a fresh record peak of 40,653.74 and Nifty reclaims 12,000-mark.

Sanjay Raut in a press conference took a dig at BJP and emphasized that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be from Shiv Sena. He also said that BJP is demanding presidential rule in the state. 

"We have the numbers to make our own Chief Minister, we don't need to show that here, we will show that on the floor of the house. We have alternatives, we don't speak without options and alternatives," he added.

"If you (BJP) have the numbers, form the govt. If you don't have the numbers then admit it. Constitution is for the people of this country,it is not their (BJP's) personal property. We know the constitution well. We'll form CM of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra constitutionally," he said. 

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar held a press conference ahead of Kartarpur Corridor opening. 

Pakistan must submit the final list 4 days in advance, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar says.

Sense of confusion continues, we are aware that there is a bilateral agreement between the two countries, any amendment can't be made unilaterally,  so those who are taking the journey on 9th November will have to take all the documents stipulated in the agreement till it is revised or amended. We presume that all the names we shared with Pak are confirmed and will be able to go there, says Raveesh Kumar. 

We request all the pilgrims to take their passports along with them, says Kumar 

Jharkhand BJP Core Committee meeting is underway at the residence of party's Jharkhand in-charge, Om Prakash Mathur. Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is also present at the present meeting; Jharkhand will go to polls from November 30 to December 20.

Shiv Sena MLAs are confident that the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be from their party. 

BJP sources have confirmed to India TV that the party is not ready to compromise the Maharashtra CM post and give in to Shiv Sena's 50-50 demads. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presently addressing the Global Investors’ meet in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has ruled himself out for the CM post in Maharashtra. Speaking to the reporters Gadkari said, "I am in Delhi and there is no question of returning to Maharashtra. Devendra Fadnavis will be the next Maharashtra Chief Minister. 

"Talks with Shiv Sena are ongoing, you will hear the outcome of the talks soon," Gadkari signed off by saying. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by a death row convict seeking review of its verdict affirming capital punishment imposed on him for "horribly" gangraping a minor girl and later killing her along with her brother in Coimbatore in 2010.

In a majority judgment of 2:1, a bench headed by Justice R F Nariman, said there are no grounds to review their verdict upholding the death penalty of convict Manoharan.

While Justices Nariman and Suryakant dismissed the review plea, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was also part of the three-judge bench, said he has a different view on the point of the sentence only. 

"In view of the majority judgment, the review petition stands dismissed in its entirety," the bench said. 

PTI

Following Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement of ₹25,000 crore stimulus for the real estate sector, the housing finance stocks opened in green on Thursday taking Sensex to a new high.

Market benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 200 points to hit its lifetime high of 40,676 in early session on Thursday led by gains in index heavyweights HDFC, ITC and RIL, as positive domestic cues boosted investor sentiment, PTI reported.

The 30-share index was trading 202.93 points, or 0.50 per cent, higher at 40,672.71. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 50.20 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 12,016.25.

Top gainers at Sensex

IndusInd Bank, SBI, ITC, HDFC, RIL, Axis Bank and Bajaj Finance, advancing up to 3 per cent. 

Stocks that fell

Tata Steel, Vedanta, ONGC, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, Yes Bank and Bajaj Auto fell up to 2 per cent.​

Sanjay Raut has said that no talks have taken place between Mohan Bhagwat and Uddhav Thackeray 

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has once again said it publically that the next Maharashtra CM will be from Shiv Sena. He also added, "There is no need for us to do this, our MLAs are firm in their resolve and committed to the party. Those who are spreading such rumours should worry about their MLAs first."

A delegation of BJP leaders led by the party's state chief Chandrakant Patil to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at 10:30 am.

Rain and snowfall expected today in mountains of Uttarkashi

Mysuru Bishop KA Willam on being accused of corruption sexual assault by priests: The allegations are baseless, I have not misused money. Also,the allegation by the lady is nothing but baseless. I am ready to face them legal and I am ready for investigation.

A delegation of BJP leaders led by the party's state chief Chandrakant Patil to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari today.

A CRPF jawan has lost his life in an encounter with Naxals in Bijapur earlier today. More details awaited

Delhi's pollution levels have dropped significantly but the air quality still remains unhealthy as the AQI hovers above the 200 mark. 

The Delhi government is likely to lift the odd-even restrictions on vehicles on November 11-12 to ensure hassle-free commute on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism.

Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Wednesday that the government received representation from Sikh organizations seeking exemptions from the road rationing rules on Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary on November 12. Read More

The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday.

A complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi government officials to recruit employees at the social media giant to look up the private data of thousands of Twitter accounts.

Honeypreet, close aide of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, reached Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa, earlier tonight. She was released from Ambala Central Jail last evening after being granted bail by a Panchkula Court, in connection with violence in Panchkula in 2017.

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met his  Finland counterpart, Pekka Haavisto on 6th November. The two ministers also held a delegation-level talk.

Chethan Koppa and Akshatha Kudla, a couple and teachers from Mangaluru, have entered into the 'Exclusive World Records’ for making the largest paper cutting art using papers and stencil & making highest number of mimicry sounds in one minute, respectively.