Breaking News, November 13 | HIGHLIGHTS

West Bengal Police arrested one person in connection to the murder of a local TMC leader in Jagddal today. Ashok Shaw, a former TMC president of Bhatpara Ward No 12, was shot multiple times when he was standing in front of a tea stall, a few hundred metres away from the Jagaddal police station in North 24 Parganas district. Crude bombs were also hurled simultaneously, targetting him. 

On the margins of the poll rallies in Maharashtra, Union Health Minister and BJP president JP Nadda offered prayers at Sai Baba temple in Shirdi. 

US President Joe Biden met President-elect Donald Trump at the White House after the US presidential polls. 

In a significant development, street vendors at a vegetable market in Delhi's Najafgarh will have to display their names on carts. The local councillor and the market association claimed that the move was aimed at preventing "illegal" Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants from selling produce there.

UP: Aspirants held candle march outside Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission in Prayagraj

On phase 1 polling in Jharkhand, BJP leader Pratul Shah Deo said, "...as per the polling that was held on 43 seats, it was evident that people want a change, they voted enthusiastically, and they want to get rid of the Hemant Soren government. As per our calculations, we will win at least 33-34 seats in this phase." 

Addressing an election rally in Maharashtra, UP CM Yogi Adityanath slammed Congress. He said, "PM Modi abrogated Article 370. Congress is talking about restoring Article 370. But PM Modi has already said that even the fourth generation of Congress will not be able to restore Article 370 in Kashmir... Many schemes are being implemented for the welfare of the poor in the country... Maha Vikas Aghadi did nothing even during Covid. They looted the state and created an atmosphere of anarchy."

 The air quality is deteriorating in Delhi. A layer of smog engulfs several parts of the national capital. 

Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadanvis’s bags were checked by the Election Commission team today at the Katol assembly constituency after he landed at the helipad. 

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Wednesday said Delhi's air quality breached the 'severe' category for the first time this season. The national capital's Pusa area recorded 430 AQI-level which falls under the 'severe' category.

Several shops at Sandhya Bazar of South Kolkata gutted in fire. Six fire tenders reached the spot and doused the fire. More details awaited.

Amid controversy over the recent bag check of Uddhav Thackeray, EC officials conducted a similar inspection of CM Eknath Shinde’s bag during his visit to Palghar. The move has led to heightened scrutiny over EC protocols and impartiality.

Six passengers were injured when a private double-decker bus they were travelling in overturned in the Colonelganj area of Gonda district early on Wednesday.

Maharashtra: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Jagdamba Mata Temple in Washim.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a public rally in Dhule, Maharashtra. He said, "Mahayuti means 'vikas' and Aghadi (Maha Vikas Aghadi) means 'vinash'...You have to decide whether to bring to power those who do development or those who cause destruction...."

Emotional scenes were witnessed at the polling stations set up for the survivors of the landslides, which hit the hill district in July this year, to cast their votes in the bypoll for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency when they saw their neighbours and close friends after a long time since the disaster.

EAM Dr S Jaishankar holds a bilateral meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, in Delhi.

EAM said, "Our partnership is premised on progress and focused on the future. Today, I am glad to host you and your delegation to the second meeting of the Committee on Political Security, Social and Cultural Cooperation under our Strategic Partnership Council. We have maintained a good tempo of high-level engagements and coordination across the multilateral forum. The Indian community in Saudi Arabia is 2.6 million strong and I take the opportunity to thank you for ensuring their welfare and for their comfort...We've had regular exchanges on training and capacity building and our cooperation has now expanded to defence industry and exports as well. Our security cooperation has also grown steadily. We are collaborating in counterterrorism, combating extremism, terrorism financing and drug trafficking. Saudi's Vision 2030 and Vikshit Bharat 2047 hold complementarities for our industries to build new partnerships."

Jammu and Kashmir: Several people injured in collision between two buses in Reasi.

Delhi Police launched Operation Kavach against criminals in Outer North Delhi. More than 500 criminals were apprehended. In the Dwarka district, associates of the Nandu gang and Kala Jatheri gang were apprehended including those who were going to meet gangsters as prisoners.

Drugs worth more than Rs 3 crore have been recovered from Assam's Guwahati and four people, including a woman, have been arrested in this connection, police on Wednesday. The Guwahati police, in a series of posts on X, said that narcotics substances like heroin and 'Yaba' tablets were recovered from a guest house in Hatigaon area of the city.

Demolition of properties: SC says its direction will not be applicable if there is unauthorised construction on public land.

SC lays down pan-India guidelines for demolition of properties.

Demolition of properties: SC says not a happy sight to see women, children on streets overnight.

SC directs that proceedings of demolition shall be videographed.

BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla wears a gas mask as the pollution level increases in Delhi-NCR.

A voter turnout of 9.53 per cent was registered till 9 AM on Wednesday in the by-elections to Tarari, Imamganj, Belaganj and Ramgarh assembly seats in Bihar on Wednesday, an official said.  According to the Election Commission data, Ramgarh witnessed 11.35 per cent turnout of voters till 9 am, followed by Belaganj at 9.12 per cent, Tarari at 9.3 per cent, Imamganj at 8.46 per cent. All four assembly seats had fallen vacant after MLAs representing them were elected in the last Lok Sabha election. More than 12 lakh voters will decide the fate of 38 candidates in these four assembly seats.

 A voter turnout of 17.86 per cent was recorded in Vijaypur and 16.90 per cent in Budhni till 9 am as polling was underway on Wednesday for byelections to the two assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, a poll official said. The bypoll to Vijaypur in Sheopur district was necessitated after sitting Congress MLA Ramniwas Rawat joined the BJP. He is currently a minister in the Mohan Yadav cabinet. The Budhni bypoll was required as sitting MLA and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year.

An estimated overall 10.14 per cent voter turnout was recorded during the first two hours, since the voting began for by-polls to three Assembly segments in Karnataka on Wednesday, election officials said. The voting began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm. More than seven lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in about 770 polling stations in Shiggaon, Sandur and Channapatna, where a total of 45 candidates are in the fray.

Nearly 13 per cent of 9.1 lakh electors cast their votes in the first two hours of polling on Wednesday during by-elections to five assembly constituencies in Assam, according to official data. According to the Election Commission, approximately 12.55 per cent of 9,09,057 electors, including 4,54,963 women and 19 third gender, exercised their franchise in the first two hours till 9 AM to decide the fate of 34 candidates. There are also 2,617 service voters in these five constituencies, where polling is taking place as per pre-delimitation data, an official said. Bypolls are taking place in Dholai (SC), Sidli (ST), Bongaigaon, Behali and Samaguri assembly constituencies as these seats fell vacant with the representatives of them winning the recent Lok Sabha elections.

Sehore, Madhya Pradesh: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with his wife performed puja ahead of casting his vote for the by-election of Budhni Assembly constituency.

Cooch Behar, West Bengal: Voting is underway for the Sitai Assembly seat by-election.

Kerala: Congress candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visits a polling centre in Wayanad.

 Kerala: Congress candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, "My expectation is that the people of Wayanad will give me the chance to repay the love and affection they have shown and to work for them and to be their representative. I hope everyone will exercise their democratic right and vote..."

Rajasthan Bypolls: BJP candidate from Khinsvar Revant Ram Danga casts vote in a polling booth set up at a government school in Padli village of Dausa. 

Rajasthan Bypolls: Congress MP Murari Lal Meena, along with his wife Sunita and daughter Niharika, casts vote in Dausa.  

Rajasthan Bypolls 2024: People cast their votes at a polling booth in Deoli-Uniara Assembly constituency in Tonk.

 Gurugram, Haryana: A thick layer of smog looms over the city as air quality continues to deteriorate.

Delhi: Toxic foam floats on the surface of Yamuna River in the Kalindi Kunj area. Visuals also show a layer of haze in the sky as the air quality remains in the 'Very Poor' category.     

A blanket of smog covered several parts of Haryana's Ambala district.

Karnataka: People queue up at a polling station in Channapatna, Karnataka to vote for Channapatna Assembly by-elections. NDA has fielded JDS leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy from this seat; five-time MLA CP Yogeshwar is contesting against him on a Congress ticket.

A blanket of smog covered several parts of Mumbai city.

 Tamil Nadu: Rain lashes in several parts of Cuddalore district earlier today.

Bihar bypolls: Visuals from a polling booth set up at a government school in #Imamganj, Gaya.

Kerala: People queue up at a polling station in Wayanad to vote for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-polls.

 Chhattisgarh: Voting underway for Raipur City South Assembly by-elections.

Assam: People queue up at a polling station in Nagaon to vote for the Samaguri Assembly by-polls.

Voting begins for the first phase of Jharkhand assembly elections; In this phase, voting is taking place on 43 out of 81 seats. Voting has also begun in the by-elections for 31 assembly seats spread across 10 states, as well as for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

A blanket of smog covered several parts of Assam's Nagaon district.

Dense smog cover in parts of Delhi. Visuals from Akshardham area.

Rajasthan Bypolls 2024: Mock poll underway at a polling booth in a PWD office building ahead of voting in Dausa which is scheduled to begin shortly.