Breaking news on November 14

A 25-year-old Navy sailor died due to a bullet injury at naval station INS Angre in south Mumbai on Thursday, a defense statement said. Akhilesh Yadav, the sailor, was found in a pool of blood on Thursday evening. The bullet was fired from his service rifle, but the statement did not specify if it was a case of accidental firing or something else. He was rushed to naval hospital INS Ashvini where he was declared dead on arrival. Colaba police and naval authorities are investigating the matter further, the statement added. 

A 6-year-old boy died after failing into a vessel containing 'sambar', in school. Police says,"At lunch hour, the kid was rushing into the lunch hall, suddenly he fell into a sambar vessel. Case has been registered against school management."

A shooting has been reported at a high school in Southern California on Thursday. Deputies have arrived at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, some 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles, the department said. Emergency workers have taken at least three people out of the school on gurneys, and large groups of people have been walking out single-file with armed escorts. Deputies are looking for a suspect described as an Asian male in black clothing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the dialogue with BRICS Business Council and New Development Bank. He said: "Until the next Summit, the BRICS Business Council should make a roadmap to achieve the target of $500 billion Intra-BRICS trade."

"I would like to request BRICS nations and New Development Bank to join the coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure," he added. 

Security forces recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on the outskirts of the city. The device, weighing around 2 kg, was inside a pressure cooker found near the highway. 

Drug firm Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit to Rs 255.54 crore for the second quarter ended on September, 2019. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 414 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said in a BSE filing.
Net sales of the company stood at Rs 2,763.73 crore, up 8.81 per cent, during the period under review as against Rs 2,539.85 crore of the corresponding quarter previous fiscal.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Thursday reported a 36.2 per cent drop in second quarter net profit as it faced double whammy of fall in oil production and drop in prices. Net profit in July-September at Rs 5,276 crore was 36.2 per cent lower than Rs 8,271 crore profit after tax in the same period a year back, the company said in a statement. 

Revenue fell 10.5 per cent to Rs 1.01 lakh crore.

Oil production fell 3.9 per cent to 5.8 million tonnes while gas output fell 1.6 per cent to ‎6.2 billion cubic metres. The company got USD 60.33 for every barrel of crude oil it produced and sold, down from USD 73.07 realisation a year back. Gas price realisation, however, was up 20 per cent at USD 3.69 per million British thermal unit, the statement said.

(PTI)

Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) on Thursday reported 21.07 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 280.35 crore for the second quarter ended September 30. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 231.55 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, RInfra said in a BSE filing. Its total income during July-September quarter declined to Rs 6,357.97 crore, as against Rs 7,182.76 crore in the year-ago period.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at BRICS Summit in Brasilia, Brazil said: "We need to focus on trade and investment between BRICS nations, Intra-BRICS trade is only 15% of the world trade."

Bharatiya Janata Party has released the third list of candidates for upcoming Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections.

A 6-year-old boy who had fallen into a 300-feet deep borewell, earlier today, has been rescued by NDRF personnel in Kalwan Taluka of Nashik district. The child is undergoing treatment at a hospital, and his condition is normal.

The Delhi High Court will pass an order in the bail application of Congress leader P. Chidambaram in connection with INX Media case tomorrow.

Tri-Services India–U.S. Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Amphibious Exercise, known as 'Tiger TRIUMPH' commenced today. The Harbor phase of the exercise is scheduled from November 13 to 16 and the sea phase, from November 17 to 21.

Enforcement Directorate arrests former Ranbaxy promoter Malvinder Singh and former CMD of Religare Enterprises, Sunil Godhwani in Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) funds misappropriation case

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said: "People living in border areas are not ordinary citizens but they are our strategic assets. I still remember when AN-32 aircraft had crashed, it is with the help of locals that we got information about the crash site."

A Delhi Court has stayed the bailable warrant issued against Shashi Tharoor in connection with a defamation case pertaining to his alleged “scorpion sitting on Shivling” remark against PM Modi.

BJP has announced M. Sharavana as its candidate for by-poll to Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency.

The income tax department has raided 37 locations in Maharashtra. The department has detected fund siphoning in BMC projects. 

Justice Joseph of the Supreme Court has opened a huge door into investigation of the RAFALE scam. An investigation must now begin in full earnest. A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) must also be set up to probe this scam. 

The Delhi court has awarded a 3-year jail term to 2 directors of a company in a case related to the allocation of North Dhadhu coal block in Jharkhand.

Delhi High Court today while hearing a suo-moto petition on air pollution in Delhi, pulled up Delhi Government departments and other concerned authorities over the hazardous level of air pollution in the city.

Delhi High Court said, "The problem lies in implementation and not lack of ideas. There is a complete lack of will to implement the same and all the stakeholders including the citizens, have to take a proactive role in case we have to make Delhi pollution-free".

The Indian Railways has installed RailWire Wi-Fi at Dera Baba Nanak railway station in Punjab. 

Sensex ends 170.42 points higher at 40,286.48. Meanwhile, Nifty rises 31.65 points to 11,872.10.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck 122 km southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan today.

No deal to be made on the issue of Kulbhushan Jadhav says Foreign Office. The decisions about him will be made in accordance with Pakistani laws while honoring the verdict of International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case. 

Government extends the due dates of filing of Form GSTR-9 (Annual Return) and Form GSTR-9C (Reconciliation Statement) for Financial Year 2017-18 to 31st December and for Financial Year 2018-19 to 31st March 2020.

BJP gives tickets to 13 Congress-JD(S) disqualified legislators for assembly bypolls in Karnataka

IPS officer Arnab Ghosh, one of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) members that initially probed the Saradha scam, was interrogated by the CBI here on Thursday over alleged suppression of evidence.

This was the second time that Ghosh was being questioned by the central investigating agency in this connection this year.a

Union Home Ministry appoints K K Sharma, Farooq Khan as advisors to Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir: Order

A Dalit youth was strangulated to death at Kamalpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.

The body of the youth, identified as Pankaj Kumar alias Guddu, was found near a tubewell in Kamalpur village under Shahpur police station, Circle Officer Vijay Pratap Singh said, adding that the victim was missing since Wednesday night. The victim was strangulated to death, he said.

Trump and Erdoğan held a joint press conference- Trump said he's a "big fan" of the Turkish president - The two leaders had a "frank" discussion on a range of issues including Turkey's fight against Daesh militants - Trump said Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 missile system from Russia creates "serious challenges"

BS Dhanoa, former chief of the Air Staff: I hope the matter is now laid to rest. Raking up such issues to get political gains, putting the interest of your armed forces behind, I think is not right. #RafaleVerdict

China’s industrial production growth slowed sharply in October, rising 4.7% year-on-year, Reuters report said. China's industrial production growth missed forecasts of 5.4% on pressure from weak global and domestic demand on the economy.

Cabinet Ministers Anil Vij, Former Speaker Kanwarpal Gujjar, BJP legislator Mool Chand Sharma, Independent MLA Ranjit Singh Chautala take oath as cabinet ministers at Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh 

Moody's cuts India's GDP growth forecast for current year to 5.6 pc from 5.8 pc earlier. ​

Supreme Court hearing a batch of petitions filed by  Kashmir Times Editor, Anuradha Bhasin & others fixed for final hearing in the case on December 10, with respect to restrictions on communication  & other restrictions after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir.

Delhi court defers judgement in Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case due to lawyers' strike in district courts

Gold prices on Thursday rose Rs 53 to Rs 38,150 per 10 gram in the futures trade as speculators widened their bets on spot demand, tracking a firm trend overseas.

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold contracts for the December delivery traded higher by Rs 53, or 0.14 per cent, at Rs 38,150 per 10 gram in a business turnover of 1,880 lots.

Two persons were killed as their pick-up vehicle fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district. The accident took place at Ghiyagi on Wednesday evening, Kullu Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh said.

15 rebel Karnataka MLAs of Congress and JD(S) joined BJP today in the presence of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. 17 MLAs were disqualified by the state assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar and their disqualification was upheld by the Supreme Court, yesterday.

Supreme Court dismisses Rafale review petitions against its December 14, 2018 judgement upholding the 36 Rafale jets' deal

A fire broke out in the Kotwali police station of Patna on Thursday morning but there was no report of any injury, a police officer said. The fire broke out on the first floor of police station probably due to short circuit around 7:30 am, Kotwali police station SHO Ram Shankar Singh said.

No one has been injured in the incident, he said adding that the fire has been doused with the help of fire tenders which were pressed into service to control it. Many files and documents were gutted in the incident, police said.

• CJI refers all review, other pleas in Sabarimala case to seven-judge bench of SC
• Larger bench will decide religious issues relating to Sabarimala, entry of women into mosques, practice of female genital mutilation:
• CJI favours examination of such religious issues by bench of seven judges.
• SC should evolve a common policy on religious places like Sabarimala, says CJI while referring to restrictions on the entry of women into mosques. 
• Restrictions on women in religious places are not restricted to Sabarimala alone, prevalent in other religions also: CJI Ranjan Gogoi
• The endeavour of petitioners was to revive the debate on religion and faith: CJI Ranjan Gogoi on review of Sabarimala verdict.

A 10-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a tractor driver in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Thursday.

The boy was playing outside his house when the man took him in his tractor to a jungle and sexually assaulted him there, they said, adding the incident took place on Wednesday in Kairana town of the district.

A case has been registered against the accused, police said.

Mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh passes away at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH). He was 74 years old

The Indian rupee depreciated 15 paise in early trade on Thursday tracking weak macroeconomic data, rising crude prices and negative cues from global markets.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened marginally higher at 72.05 against the US dollar, before turning negative and dropping 15 paise to 72.24 against its previous close.

A Class 8 girl was allegedly raped by a youth in the Mandi area here, police said on Thursday.

The youth abducted the girl, 14, when she was on her way to the school and took her to a jungle and sexually assaulted her, they said, adding the incident took place on Wednesday.

A case was arrested against the accused after a complaint by the girl's mother, police said. The youth has been arrested, they added.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, former Vice President Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pay tribute to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, at Shantivan on his birth anniversary today.

All government and private schools in Baghpat district to remain closed on November 14 and 15 amid rising pollution levels

Government of Andhra Pradesh appoints Neelam Sahni as the Chief Secretary of the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets, "Tributes to our former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary".

- SC to pronounce judgement on review petitions against its earlier verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups in Sabarimala temple.

- SC to pronounce verdict on review petitions against its earlier judgement upholding the Rafale deal.

- SC to pronounce contempt plea filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi against Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing to the court his “chowkidar chor hai” slogan.

At least 7 dead and around 12 people were injured in a bus-tempo collision in Rajasthan's Khatushyamji, Sikar on Wednesday night. The injured were take to nearby hospital. Investigation is underway